Witch bottlesBeach goers are reporting on a series of eerie finds that have been washing up along the Gulf coast of Texas recently – glass bottles containing strange objects that are supposedly used by witches to trap malevolent spirits.
Author Rick Riordan (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Rhodendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)JG writes: "My daughter has asked to read The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. Do you know anything about the author or book series? I appreciate your feedback."
Entrance to the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, Yelm, Washington (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Richard David Ramsey, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)BL asks: "What do you know about a woman named J.Z. Knight who claims to channel a 35,000 year old spiritual entity named Ramtha?"
Due to an alarming increase in enrollment in Freemasonry in the Philippines, the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a new document that reaffirmed the Church’s long-standing condemnation of masonry.
KF writes: "As a former practitioner, I understand the dangers involved in . . . TM-style meditation, centering prayer and yoga. I'd especially like to see an article on the enormous damage that can be caused by 'kundalini' effects."
DD asks: "Can you explain tai chi, and what is wrong with it from a Christian point-of-view?"
ST asks: "What is so New Age about dreamwork? Doesn't the Bible contain several stories about people, such as St. Joseph, who received important messages in their dreams?"
TV asks: "I am wondering about the Law of Attraction material. Jerry and Ester Hicks are the people who channel Abraham. Is there any truth in their teaching? Sometimes it sounds like it makes sense."
The University of Exeter is offering the UK’s first graduate degree program in the study of occultism and magic, an offering that one exorcist calls “dangerous stuff.”
