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Who qualifies as the biggest book-burner in history? Caliph Omar, the Muslim potentate who (as legend has it) torched the library at Alexandria? Savonarola, with his Bonfires of the Vanities? Josef Goebbels who, whenever, he heard the word culture, reached for his petrol can? My personal vote would go to our own Bomber Harris. When the RAF firebombed Dresden in February 1945 it incinerated some

They went to pray. They went to see Pope Benedict XVI on his home turf. They went to ask that he rescind historic church doctrine that played a role in the genocidal onslaught of millions of indigenous people worldwide. For 13 indigenous grandmothers, accomplishing only one of their three goals wouldn't have been so bad - had they also not been harassed by several Vatican policemen who claimed

Nature tries hard. I was watching a black ant drag a flake of oatmeal through blades of grass at an alpine lake last weekend, thinking what a hero the little guy was going to be when he got home, when it occurred to me how much junk I had to carry to survive for a few days in the wilderness. A few weeks ago a series of aerial photographs were sent around the world showing a small clan of "uncon

Fortune tellers, spiritual advisers and curanderos. Many in our community embrace these purveyors of hope and healing. Jody Blackburn feels he can heal people through spiritual rituals and by reading tarot cards. He calls himself a curandero. To him, curanderismo is a mind, body and spirit healing approach. He began at an early age. he was only 14 years old when he began reading tarot cards. “I

Witches, druids, heathens and spiritualists will gather in Moray this weekend in celebration of their beliefs. The three day summer camp – the first of its kind in the area – is bringing together over 60 members of the Scottish Pagan Federation to dance, meditate and explore rituals.