Subj : Imbolc 4001
To   : Michael Gothreau
From : Rachel L. Akers
Date : Wed Feb 14 2001 09:49 pm

MG> Greetings to you, Rachel!

& A Gidday to you too <g>

RL>>         "THOU SHALL NOT SUFFER A WITCH/POISONER TO LIVE"

MG> Scholars agree the intent was a warning to poisoners...

<nodding head> Do you have a hard copy reference for that??? I've been hunting 
for one for a while. Doubt a refrence on the idiot box (that I didn't take the 
details from) really can count in a accademic paper. I've gotten away on 
several occassions by referring to "common belief within pagan communities" & 
similar comments... <g> 

Besides that particular show not only implied the translation "error" was a 
political gesture as King James was ... <thinks> ... don't think there's a name 
for a "witch" phobia ... supposedly from his experiences when in excile in 
France. However this does not explain the anti-witch panic in Europe. So I'm 
not really

>....
RL>> ... student of humour. The Court Jester was the most powerful 
RL>> person in a royal court as he was able to say things everybody 
RL>> might have thought but nobody was game enough to say.

MG> Todd ... [chomp]...

<nodding head> Still believe there's a magic in humour. However it depends on 
one's defination of magic. 

  Rai

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