Our cemeteries are full of people who prayed to live.
-Annie Laurie Gaylor, freethinker and activist (b. 2 Nov 1955)
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These 3 Books Are Perfect for the Aspiring Witch
These 3 Books Are Perfect for the Aspiring Witch
WHEN YOU THINK of a witch, what do you picture? Maybe you imagine cool teenage girls like in Sabrina or The Craft or a sisterhood like in Practical Magic. Or do you see bubbling cauldrons and toads instead? As cool as pop culture witches are, that isn't what the modern concept of witchcraft has evolved into. It's about channeling and finding an outlet for your energy and intentions, honing your intuition, and reconnecting with nature.
New research reveals why people are afraid of clowns
New research reveals why people are afraid of clowns
creepy clown Halloween decoration. photo: Jennifer SandlinPhilip John Tyson, an Associate Professor of psychology at the University of South Wales, recently published an article about the fear of clowns, with colleagues Shakiela Davies, Sophie Scorey, and William James Greville.
The research that resulted in the article, titled "Fear of clowns: An investigation into the aetiology of coulrophobia," published in Frontiers of Psychology, sought to understand why some people—about five percent of Americans, according to a recent survey—are afraid of clowns. Tyson and his team found more than 500 people who are afraid of clowns and asked them a series of questions about their fears. The Washington Post provides an overview of the findings:
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Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.
-Natalie Clifford Barney, poet, playwright, and novelist (31 Oct 1876-1972)
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