From : Magan                                      Sun 27 Feb 94 
 Subj : West Memphis meeting...



Greetings All!

    Me and a few real good friends decided to "infiltrate" a lecture
    that Mid-South Hospital was holding on "Occult/Cult and their
    effects on Society". All of us held our breath as we listened to the
    speeches of the experts waiting for that fearful moment when the
    truley enlightened "experts" would seal our fate with the words
    Wiccans and Pagans alike dread....."Pagans/Witches are
    Devil-Worshipers!". To our surprise, no more than fifteen minutes
    into the meeting, one of the panel members stood up and pronounced
    that "Wicca was not satanic worship, but instead are followers of an
    old religion that pre-dates Christianity and invoke the Spirits of
    Nature and their Gods!". The enormous sigh of relief that escaped
    our lips was strong (and loud) enough to blow down a brick house.

    Minutes went by and still no further mention of Wicca.....untill the
    Q&A part of the meeting. We were handed some index cards earlier
    that evening and where told to write any questions that we may have
    for our panel on these cards....well yours truly could not resist. I
    proceded to write my question on my little card in hopes that the
    panel member who spoke so highly of us before would again STRESS the
    differance of Satanism and Wicca. My question?....."Do you feel that
    Wicca or Paganism is harmful to society? Why or why not?". Simple
    enough...I already knew the answer I just wanted to make sure
    everyone understood it. When the question was asked, I got the most
    unusual response, one that I was not expecting....Dr. Gaylen Hurst
    Phd. proceded to debunk MY religion in a most impolite manner! This
    is the part where I blacked out from anger! Nine years of martial
    arts and meditation training gone down the drain in just one fit of
    anger...I was actually losing control! The good Dr. placed upon the
    projecter a letter that he and the F.B.I. had received from the
    WICCA community which told of plans that WE have for accomplishing
    world domination. As I stood there slack jawed, heart pounding so
    hard that my jacket was actually moving, and tunnel-visioned...my
    brain raced in agony to come up with the words to say at that moment
    to stop this madness....I clutch the chair in front of me, knuckles
    white under the strain, in hopes of standing up and stopping the
    onslaught of lies that lay before me! My mouth felt like it was
    stuffed with cotton and I could not breath, yet I had to stand..I
    had to fight!!!!....And then, the "voice"! At first it was not real,
    only a trick played on the mind during these fits of rage..but Lo
    and behold, the voice spoke again and I began to see...It was
    someone who had also taken to much of the lies and beat me, by
    miliseconds, to the punch! This lone voice spoke out with clarity
    and sureness....with fire and passion! "These are lies! This is not
    what WICCA is all about!". As the cops drew closer, I knew our voice
    had been heard and that this was another win for the community. As I
    watched many people left, mumbling about how fake this whole thing
    was and that they did not know what they were talking about. My
    heart, that only minutes ago was ready to burst with anger, was now
    gleaming with pride...I had come to the conclusion that only a small
    handfull of the people there really believed this "panel of
    experts". The few that did?....Well, we can only open thier mind one
    at time...........

May the Gods Bless you All.....

Magan