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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Occultism</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Couple looks to bring hope to those struggling with Satanism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21948/"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/darkness-to-light.jpg" alt="Refuge Ministries" width="90" height="89" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> 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.<br /><br />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.]]></description>
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		<title>UK watchdog raps Indian channel for ad promoting the occult, psychic practices and exorcism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exorcism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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".]]></description>
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		<title>Meanwhile: Europe&#8217;s love of the occult</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19094/europe-occult</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Astrology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Britons report psychic powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than half of Britons believe in psychic powers such as mind-reading and premonitions, a survey suggests.
Of 1,006 adults polled for Readers Digest Magazine, 43% reported reading others&#8217; thoughts or having theirs read.
More than half had had a dream or premonition of an event before it happened and 26% said they had sensed when a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wizard: Hussein obsessed with magic</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4066/wizard-hussein-obsessed-with-magic</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
The lights die. Water splashes from a bowl. The &#8221;genies&#8221; have arrived, and the questions begin.
Will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even on the run, Hussein has Iraqis under his &#8217;spell&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3930/even-on-the-run-hussein-has-iraqis-under-his-spell</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 6, 2003
http://www.csmonitor.com/
By James Hider &#124; Special to The Christian Science Monitor
BAGHDAD – As US forces rolled into Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, the Ace of Spades in the US Army&#8217;s deck of cards of wanted Iraqis, did a spectacular vanishing act. Many Iraqis believe their former leader, a lifelong dabbler in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese embrace occult over science in SARS fight</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3322/chinese-embrace-occult-over-science-in-sars-fight</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2003 21:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP, May 13, 2003
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/world/story/887679p-6184826c.html
By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - Hiring sorcerers. Lighting firecrackers. Following advice reputed to be from a mystical talking baby. While China&#8217;s government promotes science, thousands of its people are turning to the supernatural to fight SARS.
The resort to tradition has prompted efforts by China&#8217;s state press and the officially atheist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occult link investigated in slaying, organ theft</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2946/occult-link-investigated-in-slaying-organ-theft</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2003 16:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 5, 2003
http://www.philly.com/
By Thomas J. Gibbons Jr., Inquirer Staff Writer
It was a death so bizarre that veteran city Homicide Division detectives, some with more than 30 years&#8217; experience, couldn&#8217;t remember a similar case.
The body of Willie J. &#8220;Pete&#8221; Kent, a 60-year-old street person, was found Feb. 28 inside an abandoned rowhouse in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murder trial lays bare Malay royals&#8217; intrigue, and a belief in black magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2003 04:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Witch doctors prosper despite Islamic orthodoxy and modern education
South China Morning Post, Feb. 19, 2003
http://asia.scmp.com/
BARADAN KUPPUSAMY in Kuala Lumpur
The trial of five men for the murder of a Malaysian princess is providing the public a window on royal intrigues and the use of black magic to defeat rivals in business, politics and affairs of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making paranormal less normal</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2381/making-paranormal-less-normal</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2003 07:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conference seeks to counter culture&#8217;s calm on the occult
The Dallas Morning News, Feb. 15, 2003
http://www.dallasnews.com/
By KRISTEN HOLLAND / The Dallas Morning News
Anybody who checks the TV listings regularly knows it&#8217;s not hard to find a show with spiritual or supernatural themes. Film fans often find similar fare in the movie listings.
Stations ranging from Fox to [...]]]></description>
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