UK.Hundreds of Devil worshippers and Satanists serving prison sentences are to be given the day off work for Halloween out of respect for their religious beliefs.
Prison Service bosses have instructed staff to grant the Devil worshippers and Satanists, special privileges on Tuesday.
They can use certain artefacts, including rune stones, flexible twigs and hoodless robes, provided they are kept in their cells or worn during communal worship. The move is revealed in Home Office documents handed to The Mail on Sunday, Thisislondon
There are currently 282 Devil worshippers and Satanists in jails in England and Wales.
USA. On a neglected downtown Columbus street, a dusty minivan sits across from a store. Nothing suggests what's inside the shop except for the vehicle's bumper sticker: "My other car is a broom." Store owners and self-described witches Lady Hawk and Ole Bear have kept a subdued business since 2001.
In the couple's shop- and the couple hundred others in Northeast Mississippi- witches from Lowndes and and surrounding counties meet first and third Saturday. This coven, Sacred Pathways: Grove of the Mystic Unicorn, is a 501(3)(c) organization and a valid church in Mississippi. Most area Wiccans are "solitaires" who practice their beliefs in private.However, over the past few years, the witches that make up Sacred Pathways have carefully connected with each other, the djournal reported.
USA. At the New York-based Church of Satan, anything goes sexually between consenting adults -- or between an adult and his human-like sex toy. Satan is a symbol of indulgence. Strength is celebrated. Compassion for the weak is discouraged. High Priest Peter Gilmore outlines these points, among others, in a piece posted on the church's Internet site, according to Pantagraph.
AUSTRALIA. The Brisbane Sunday Mail says that devil worshippers who will gather in Brisbane for Halloween have promised to hold a series of "shock rituals". The Church of Satan has sent emails to members nationwide, urging them to attend a gathering at a secret "grotto" in Brisbane on 31 October,
the paper says.
Details of the meeting emerged after a goat was beheaded on Friday the 13th this month at a church in Bellbowrie in western Brisbane. Melbourne Satanist Drew Sinton said the meeting was an act of rebellion and would involve "destructive rituals". Brisbane was an increasingly popular area for satanic cults, according to Cathnews.
Source: Cathnews
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