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Thursday January 26, 2012
OccultismPaganismRNB's Religion News Blog:
Don Rimer During the mid-eighties Don Rimer managed to establish himself as an internationally known authority on ‘Ritual Crime and the Occult.’

Unfortunately, his work contributed to the ‘Satanic Panic’ hysteria of that time.

Thursday November 12, 2009
Faith HealingOccultismWitchcraft:
Lawrence Omambia Of course it isn’t all that unusual for a pastor to claim healing powers. Witness the blow-dried televangelists of America and elsewhere, who often advertise their dramatic healing powers in infomercials.

But in western Kenya the belief in the supernatural is far deeper, and the line between Christianity and the occult is thin at best.

Monday December 22, 2008
OccultismQuackerySuperstition:
Kremlin So far, 130 healers, including Fadkin, have passed the service’s voluntary testing program, which promoters in the government say can determine whether someone has the inherent ability to cure. The program is limited to Moscow, but a Russian lawmaker is pushing to extend it nationwide and make it mandatory.

Skeptics scoff at the notion that such testing is meaningful and criticize the government for lending credibility to people who claim paranormal powers.

Tuesday August 5, 2008
OccultismSatanism:
Refuge Ministries Harshbarger’s tale begins at home in Indiana, where a lack of religious guidance combined with his parents’ divorce led him to become a bitter, disaffected teen with an appetite for the sensational, including tales of supernatural phenomena.

While in college, he befriended a co-worker at his day job who was already a Satanist. The two made plans to form their own cult and set about recruiting members.

Friday April 25, 2008
ExorcismOccultismPsychics:
The advert on DD-India channel in Hindi said that Pandit Bharatraj Shastri was an expert in “palmistry, birth kundali (horoscopes), vastu expert, marriage issues, troubles in business, dissatisfaction at work, warding off affects of black magic, family problems”.

Wednesday August 15, 2007
AstrologyOccultism:
EU Commission research indicates that 52 percent of Europeans believe astrology has a scientific basis compared to a more skeptical United States and Britain, at about 31 percent each.

Tuesday May 30, 2006
Occultism:
More than half of Britons believe in psychic powers such as mind-reading and premonitions, a survey suggests.

Tuesday August 19, 2003
Occultism:
HEET, Iraq - The wrinkled old man sprays perfume around the sparse, dingy room, then holds out his hands and feet and instructs one of his visitors to tie him up, knot the cloth three times and blow on it.

Thursday August 7, 2003
Occultism:
The Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 6, 2003

Wednesday May 14, 2003
Occultism:
AP, May 13, 2003

Monday April 7, 2003
Occultism:
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 5, 2003

Wednesday February 19, 2003
Occultism:
Witch doctors prosper despite Islamic orthodoxy and modern education

Monday February 17, 2003
Occultism:
Conference seeks to counter culture's calm on the occult

Monday October 21, 2002
Occultism:
Post-Tribune, Oct. 21, 2002

Thursday August 29, 2002
Occultism:
More and more Indonesians and their leaders are guided by the spirit world in the current economic crisis, a practice that predates Islam

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