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WiccaJan Phillips word The maneuver of the Wise tells of how she came tolearn of one of her ancestors who was hung during the Salem Witch Hunts. Thislit an participation in her mind to further research the subject of Wicca, the craftof the wise. By consulting many books about witchcraft, she learned that Wiccais more of a nature and imagination based religion than the tourcasting voodoopracticing stereotype it has been made out to be in the past. Through herresearch, she finds out that Wicca and Paganism have become the straightaway growingreligions in the United States. She then goes on to tell the differences among magic and the supernatural. She closes by stating that we should try tosee ourselves in other lot instead of focusing in on our differences.The second article I found concerning Wicca emphasizes Jan Phillips thatdespite peoples own(prenominal) preferences we are all human beings. The article DoYou Believe In Magic tells the plight of two practicing witches, the Rileys,who chose to unfastened a pagan shop in a predominantly Christian town. Due todifferences in ghostly views, their land lord refused to renew their lease. more townspeople, including several town ministers, publicly voiced theirobjections to the couples business venture. The Rileys gathered sonny boy Pagansfrom surrounding areas and marched down the towns main street publiclydisplaying their beliefs. People began to compare this incident to the SalemWitch Hunts. Just as Jan Phillips ancestor was pain because of sheallegedly chose to practice her beliefs, so were the Rileys for choosing to gopublic with their beliefs.The third article I read was about an average American woman who is as wella High Priestess of a Boston area coven. She tells of how traditionalProtestant beliefs were not for her, and how Wicca seemed to fit her idealsbetter. Like the Rileys, she too has been the victim to discriminations due toher religious choice. Ms. Ralph, the witch mentioned above, des cribes anincident when a coworker was bothered so much by her religion that she went toMs. Ralphs superiors. The coworker claimed that Ms. Ralph was performinganimal sacrifices and was threatening to cast a spell on her family. Ms. Ralphcouldnt understand how someone could be so opposed to anothers personalbeliefs. In the end of the article she goes on to say that her boss maxim throughthe whole scheme, and listened to what her religion really entailed. To hersurprise he was in truth open-minded to her religious practices, and she wondered