Jesus the Magician?

Click here (MSNBC) for a provocative and controversial archaeological find from 2008...

What are your thoughts about its purported authenticity? About its religious and magical ramifications?

Owl By Myself . . .

Click here (Pravda) to learn about tensions between ancient spells and contemporary ecosystems...

Do you think that this sort of behavior is destined to continue? What will it take to stop it? Should it be stopped?

Heart of Darkness

 
Click here (GuardianUK) to read about a disturbing trend involving witchcraft in an economically desperate country...

Why do you suppose that bleak poverty might find some sort of consolation in (accusations of) black magic?

 

Keeping an Eye Out

Click here (ancientegyptonline) to learn more about the mysterious and magical Eye of Horus...

And click here (evileyestore) to see how notions of the 'evil eye' are still very much alive in some cultures...

Why do you think that such objects and beliefs are so persistent?

Pharaoh's Magic Spells

 

Click here (pyramidtextsonline.com), and follow the links, for some remarkable views of mortuary inscriptions from Egypt's 5th and 6th Dynasties...

What observations do you make regarding the relationships between the graphic (hieroglyphic) and spatial layouts of these tombs? How might these positionings contribute to the efficacy of the magic?