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WAS IT THE SACRED CAVE RITUAL?

By Charlie Sykes

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Last Tuesday, the State Assembly began its daily session of running our lives with a prayer, as per usual. Except, it was not per usual at all.

One legislator thought the prayer itself sounded so odd, he decided to check into the background of the Rev. Selena Fox, who apparently had been chosen to inspire lawmakers with a little dose of paganism.

Rev. Selena Fox is senior minister and high priestess of Circle Sanctuary, a Wiccan church, Pagan resource center, and Nature preserve with a worldwide Ecospirituality ministry ...

For more than thirty years, Rev. Fox has served as one of the elders, religious freedom activists, and public media spokespersons for the Wiccan religion and related forms of contemporary Paganism and Nature religion, nationwide and internationally...

She is author of the Goddess Communion handbook and the research study: When Goddess is God. Her audio recordings include Sacred Cave Ritual and Magical Journeys...

And then there is this:

She is among the religious leaders appointed to and presently serving on the Religious Practices Advisory Committe to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

 

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  1. Dave P. - Nov 02, 2009 9:43 AM

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    My own issues with paganism/Wicca aside, I'd have to defend Rev. Fox's appearance there on grounds of religious freedom, on the natural condition that all faiths/spiritualities are allowed, and not just politically correct ones; and that they don't do anything messy, like sacrificing a goat or an intern.

  2. cletus - Nov 02, 2009 10:12 AM

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    How can we call ourselves "one nation under God" then pray to something other than the One True God? Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, the country was founded on a fundamental belief in God as revealed in the Bible. Our politicians like to slap a "God bless America" on the end of their speeches but then turn around and offer up worship to pagan entities via Wiccan prayer. No wonder God's Word says "God is not mocked. You reap what you sow." God help America.

  3. craig - Nov 02, 2009 10:33 AM

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    http://www.mhtc.net/~selena/

    classic "moonbat" thrust into another political forum

  4. Dave P. to Cletus - Nov 02, 2009 10:55 AM

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    I agree that the Founding Fathers, or even the founders of Wisconsin, envisioned this happening. But I also remember that there was a time not that long ago that state legislatures would not have wanted a Catholic priest leading them in prayer, as he was regarded as a minion of the Whore of Babylon. If I want the freedom to express my faith in public, I must defend the freedom for others to do so, even if I do not share those beliefs at all.

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