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Alchemy Works Seeds & Herbs ****
Focuses on seeds, herbs, and plant resins traditionally used in Earth-based spirituality and magick.
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Feejee Mermaid *
A famous hoax. A model of the Feejee mermaid appears in Rob Zombie's new film House of 1000 corpses, if you look quickly! Rob Zombie himself has always been fascinated by "human oddities."
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Green Earth Ethnobotanicals ****
Note: Amanita comes from Washington State. Canadians will not be allowed to import it.
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Sideshow: Harry the Hat goes home *
Voodoo dolls, spell kits, gris-gris bags -- this is what most folks recognize as New Orleans-style magic. But that was before Harry the Hat set up shop in the French Quarter with a very different bag of tricks.
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Winter Solstice: Return of the Light *
The winter solstice, the day the "sun stands still," marks the longest night and the shortest day of the year (it occurs December 21 to 22, this year).
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Mallick's most wanted: Watch out, Wills *
Toronto's chief of police, Julian Fantino, the Mel Lastman of Canadian law enforcement, recently announced that his Most Wanted List has 400 people on it.
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Ottawa may allow sale of pot at pharmacies *
Under pressure from the courts to reform its medical-marijuana policy, Health Canada is considering a Dutch option in which marijuana would be made available to needy patients at the corner pharmacy.
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Why some haunts haunt you *
Air currents and electromagnetic fields blamed for strange aura of spooky places
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Will Susanna Clarke follow in the footsteps of J. K Rowling? *
Although it has not yet been published in her native Britain, Susanna Clarke's first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, has been sold in 23 countries. A fantastical tale of practical magic, reviewers' copies have reportedly sold for more than $200 on eBay. Today, we meet the woman behind the hype. . .
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