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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Nov 11 01:35:31 1989
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 89 01:37:32 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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bozo (Richard H Christie):
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
C-M-<sigh>
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leira (Linda L. Julien):
I attended the MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players' performance of "The
Sorcerer" on Friday night, but left early because I was offended. In
the middle of the first act, the sorcerer pulled out a black cloth
with a (upright) silver pentagram on it, layed it on the floor, then
started chanting about the conjuring of demons.
I would have thought the people in the cast and crew were better
informed than that. An upright pentagram is a religious symbol of
Pagans in general and Witches in particular. As a Wiccan priestess
and a Pagan minister, I deeply resent my religion being associated
with the "conjuring of demons." I will go into detail about what IS
associated with my religion with anyone who cares to ask me in person.
In general, religious persecution is not prevalent at MIT, nor is it
tolerated. It is, of course, possible (and perhaps likely) that the
Gilbert & Sullivan Players were truly unaware that their actions were
offensive to Pagans. They will be informed that this is the case, and
it is my hope that they will be more considerate in the future.
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montreal (Toby):
"Teach us delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done
And love to all men 'neath the sun."
-- Toby Kwan ---------------------------------------------- DBS '88 MIT '93 --
---------------------------------------------------- montreal@athena.mit.edu --
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paul (Paul Boutin):
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he
encounters needs pounding.
- Abraham Kaplan
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
-- Maslow
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psg (MIT Pagan Students' Group):
The Pentagram
The pentagram (a five-pointed star inside of a circle) is a religious
symbol used by Pagans to represent the four elements of Earth, Air,
Fire, and Water, ruled over by Spirit. It is often worn by Pagans
(Witches specifically) in the same way that a cross is worn by
Christians or a Star of David is worn by Jews. It is NOT used to
"conjure" things, as portrayed in "The Sorcerer," put on by the MIT
Gilbert & Sullivan Players. Ceremonial Magicians, contrary to popular
belief, do not invoke things into pentagrams, but into triangles.
The upright pentagram used by Witches and other Pagans is often confused
with the inverted pentagram used by Satanists. Satanists invert
pentagrams for the same reason they invert crosses.
Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill:
"An ye harm none, do as ye will."
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skf (tree):
survive
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wonko (Dave Balkwill):
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