Most modern Christians do not believe that witchcraft genuinely works. Those Christians who do, generally believe that it derives its power from forces of evil. For example, some Christians believe that witches' powers were obtained from a pact with Satan. For some reason, the same views are generally held on supposed witchcraft that does not gain power from Satan. Others take a slightly more moderate view that witchcraft is a false religion very little different from other religions they view as false. These, however, often believe that Sat ...

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Christian views on witchcraft, Christian views on witchcraft - Modern views, Christian views on witchcraft - Scriptural references, Christian views on witchcraft - Medieval views, Christian views on witchcraft - Anti-Witchmonger interpretation, Christian views on witchcraft - English translations of Exodus 22:18

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In early 1998, 3dfx embarked on its "Rampage" development project, which was to be a new graphics card that would take two years to develop, and would supposedly be several years ahead of the competition once it debuted. The company hired hardware and software teams in Austin, Texas to develop 2D and 3D Windows device drivers for Rampage in the summer of 1998. The hardware team in Austin initially focused on Rampage, but then worked on Transformation and Lighting (T&L) engines and on MPEG decoder technology. (Later, these technologies were part of the NVidia asset purchase in December 2000.) 3dfx - Voo ...

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3dfx, 3dfx - Early history, 3dfx - Glide driver, 3dfx - Voodoo Rush, 3dfx - Voodoo 2, 3dfx - SLI, 3dfx - Voodoo Banshee, 3dfx - Sega Dreamcast, 3dfx - Decline, 3dfx - Voodoo 3 and strategy shift, 3dfx - Voodoo 4 and 5, 3dfx - Cause for Decline, 3dfx - Chip table, 3dfx - See Also

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In early 1998, 3dfx embarked on its "Rampage" development project, which was to be a new graphics card that would take two years to develop, and would supposedly be several years ahead of the competition once it debuted. The company hired hardware and software teams in Austin, Texas to develop 2D and 3D Windows device drivers for Rampage in the summer of 1998. The hardware team in Austin initially focused on Rampage, but then worked on Transformation and Lighting (T&L) engines and on MPEG decoder technology. (Later, these technologies were part of the NVidia asset purchase in December 2000.) 3dfx - Voo ...

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3dfx, 3dfx - Early history, 3dfx - Glide driver, 3dfx - Voodoo Rush, 3dfx - Voodoo 2, 3dfx - SLI, 3dfx - Voodoo Banshee, 3dfx - Sega Dreamcast, 3dfx - Decline, 3dfx - Voodoo 3 and strategy shift, 3dfx - Voodoo 4 and 5, 3dfx - Cause for Decline, 3dfx - Chip table

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3dfx's decline is a matter of debate. Some attribute it to 3dfx lavishly spending on its employees - it reportedly spent US$30,000 just on company lunches and other perks a month, even up to the last two weeks before it went under. 3dfx's fall is most often attributed to managerial prioritizing of research and development. When Greg Ballard became CEO of 3dfx in 1997, analysts marked that as a turning point since Ballard was a marketing guru but he failed to understand R&D in the graphics industry. His attempt to develop a single ...

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3dfx, 3dfx - Early history, 3dfx - Glide driver, 3dfx - Voodoo Rush, 3dfx - Voodoo 2, 3dfx - SLI, 3dfx - Voodoo Banshee, 3dfx - Sega Dreamcast, 3dfx - Decline, 3dfx - Voodoo 3 and strategy shift, 3dfx - Voodoo 4 and 5, 3dfx - Cause for Decline, 3dfx - Chip table

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Zombie

In Haitian and West African folk belief, a soulless corpse reanimated by a Voodoo preist, known as a bocor. A zombie moves listlessly in a trancelike state and does the bidding of the bocor. The term is apparently derived from Nzambi, a West African deity.

Most cultural anthropologists working in Haiti discount stories about zombies. Some researchers, however, claim that the stories are true and that a bocor's victims are administered a powder containing a powerful neurotoxin derived from the puffer fish. The powder is alleged to paralyze the victim into a deathlike state. The bocor later revives the victim. Pharmacologists who have tested samples of the alleged powder found little or no poison in them.

Zombie was originally a python god of certain West African tribes, and its worship was carried to the West Indies with the slave trade, and still somewhat survives in Voodoo ceremonies in Haiti and some of the southern states of the USA.

(See also: Zombie, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Stan Ridgway - Wall of Voodoo. Wall of Voodoo (EP) (Index, 1979) Dark Continent (IRS, 1981) Call of the West (IRS, 1982) The Index Masters (BMG/Restless, 1999) remastered release of "Wall of Voodoo" EP with additional concert tracks Stan Ridgway - Drywall. Work the Dumb Oracle (IRS, 1995) The Drywall Incident Soundtrack (Geffen, 1996) The Drywall Project/The Drywall Incident (TWA, 1996) Barbeque ...

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Stan Ridgway, Stan Ridgway - Albums, Stan Ridgway - Wall of Voodoo, Stan Ridgway - Drywall, Stan Ridgway - Solo, Stan Ridgway - Solo--Live, Stan Ridgway - With Pietra Wexstun, Stan Ridgway - Singles, Stan Ridgway - Film Scores / Film Music

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Early in his career, at a time when Death fell apart, Schuldiner temporarily joined the Canadian band Slaughter on guitar. Furthermore, he played guitar in the project Voodoo Cult. ...

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Chuck Schuldiner, Chuck Schuldiner - Biography, Chuck Schuldiner - Early life, Chuck Schuldiner - Death, Chuck Schuldiner - Equipment, Chuck Schuldiner - Other bands, Chuck Schuldiner - Discography, Chuck Schuldiner - With Death, Chuck Schuldiner - With Control Denied, Chuck Schuldiner - With Voodoo Cult, Chuck Schuldiner - External link

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The series began in June 1951 as a horror anthology from Marvel's 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics. Initially modeled after the gory morality tales of the popular and groundbreaking EC line of comics, Strange Tales became lesss outré with the 1954 imposition of the Comics Code, which prohibited graphic horror, as well as vampires, zombies and other classical monsters. The comic changed again with the return of industry legend Jack Kirby, the artist who had co-created Captain America for the company and then worked elsew ...

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Strange Tales, Strange Tales - Monsters and magician, Strange Tales - Steranko and spies, Strange Tales - Warlock and voodoo, Strange Tales - Cloak and Dagger, Strange Tales - Bibliography, Strange Tales - Other uses

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The Human Torch and Thing had already been replaced in #135 (Aug. 1965) by Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., a superspy in keeping with the concurrent James Bond/The Man from U.N.C.L.E. craze. The 12-page feature was initially by Lee and Kirby, with the latter supplying such remarkably inventive and enduring gadgets and hardware as the Helicarrier — an airborne aircraft carrier — as well as LMDs (Life Model Decoys) and even automobile airbags. Marvel's all-purpose terro ...

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Strange Tales, Strange Tales - Monsters and magician, Strange Tales - Steranko and spies, Strange Tales - Warlock and voodoo, Strange Tales - Cloak and Dagger, Strange Tales - Bibliography, Strange Tales - Other uses

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After Doctor Strange's second series was cancelled in the 1980s, Strange Tales was relaunched as Vol. 2, #1 (April 1987). A split book once again, it featured 10-page Doctor Strange and Cloak and Dagger stories (the latter continuing from Cloak and Dagger #11). This ended with issue #19 (Oct. 1988), after which new Doctor Strange and Cloak and Dagger series were launched. A one-shot Human Torch, Thing, and Doctor Strange story, by writer Kurt Busiek, with painted art by Ricardo Villagran, was released in sq ...

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Strange Tales, Strange Tales - Monsters and magician, Strange Tales - Steranko and spies, Strange Tales - Warlock and voodoo, Strange Tales - Cloak and Dagger, Strange Tales - Bibliography, Strange Tales - Other uses

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Chuck Schuldiner - With Death. 1987: Scream Bloody Gore (CD) Combat 1988: Leprosy Combat 1990: Spiritual Healing Combat 1991: Human Relativity 1992: Fate: The Best of Death (best of) Relativity 1993: Individual Thought Patterns Relativity 1995: Symbolic Relativity 1998: The Sound of Perseverance Nuclear Blast 2001: Live in L.A.: Death & Raw (live) Nuclear Blast 2001: L ...

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Chuck Schuldiner, Chuck Schuldiner - Biography, Chuck Schuldiner - Early life, Chuck Schuldiner - Death, Chuck Schuldiner - Equipment, Chuck Schuldiner - Other bands, Chuck Schuldiner - Discography, Chuck Schuldiner - With Death, Chuck Schuldiner - With Control Denied, Chuck Schuldiner - With Voodoo Cult, Chuck Schuldiner - External link

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Chuck Schuldiner - Early life. Schuldiner started playing guitar when he was nine years old. He had gotten the guitar from his parents after his brother (Frank) died in an accident. Chuck Schuldiner - Death. Schuldiner was diagnosed with terminal pontine glioma, a type of brain cancer in 1998. The news shocked the metal community, and a series of fundraiser gigs were held to help the family with the costs of therapy. This was only a temporary help though - Schuldiner die ...

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Chuck Schuldiner, Chuck Schuldiner - Biography, Chuck Schuldiner - Early life, Chuck Schuldiner - Death, Chuck Schuldiner - Equipment, Chuck Schuldiner - Other bands, Chuck Schuldiner - Discography, Chuck Schuldiner - With Death, Chuck Schuldiner - With Control Denied, Chuck Schuldiner - With Voodoo Cult, Chuck Schuldiner - External link

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There are several references to witchcraft in the Christian Bible, and the strong condemnations of such practices which we read there do not seem to be based so much upon the supposition of fraud as upon the "abomination" of the magic in itself. (See Deuteronomy 18:11-12; Exodus 22:18, "wizards thou shalt not suffer to live" - A.V. "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live".) The whole narrative of Saul's visit to the witch of En Dor (I Samuel 28) implies the reality of the witch's evocation of the shade of Samuel; and from Leviticus 20:27: "A ...

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Christian views on witchcraft, Christian views on witchcraft - Modern views, Christian views on witchcraft - Scriptural references, Christian views on witchcraft - Medieval views, Christian views on witchcraft - Anti-Witchmonger interpretation, Christian views on witchcraft - English translations of Exodus 22:18

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In the eleventh century, the Roman Catholic church took a sceptical position to claims of witchcraft, partly owing to the belief that the Canon Episcopi was written in a very early Council of Bishops. Since the late Middle Ages, Christians have used the term to refer to people who worshipped and consorted with Satan, the Devil, and/or other demonic forces. In the 13th century, by contrast, the Roman Catholic Church concluded that witchcraft, as such, simply did not exist. This usage was most famously applied in the Salem witch trials ...

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Christian views on witchcraft, Christian views on witchcraft - Modern views, Christian views on witchcraft - Scriptural references, Christian views on witchcraft - Medieval views, Christian views on witchcraft - Anti-Witchmonger interpretation, Christian views on witchcraft - English translations of Exodus 22:18

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Mangkukulam: derive from the Filipino word kulam which means "hex". Curse in filipino is "sumpa". Mangkukulam is a witch or sorcerrer in Filipino. Another term is brujo ('bruho' for warlocks), bruja ('bruha' for witches ). Kulamin means 'to place a hex'. The mangkukulam recites a spell and pierces the part of a doll where he or she wants whoever it represents, to experience suffering. This is mitigated by finding the mangkukulam and bribing him or her. Superstitious folks still attribute certain illnesse ...

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Kulam, Kulam - Mangkukulam, Kulam - Sample spell

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image magick (image magic, sympathetic magic, sympathetic magick): Ancient form of magic whose basic principle is that like produces like - i.e., that a person or thing can be supernaturally affected through the name of, or an object representing, that person or thing. Specifically, it is a form of homeopathic magic (mimetic magic) that includes doll magic.

Practitioners typically use image dolls (e.g., voodoo dolls): small clay, cloth, straw, waxen, or wooden representations of their targets. image magick extends from black magic to love magick and white magic. For example, practitioners of white magic may use image dolls to effect healing or to increase fertility.

(See also: Image magick, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Some claim that the use of this phrase in the Bible referred to a specific religious practice: some adherents of near-east religions acted as "mediums", channeling messages from the dead or from a "familiar spirit". The words "witch" and "witchcraft" in the Bible are sometimes translated "necromancer" and "necromancy" for this reason. However, some well-respected lexicographers, including James Strong and Spiros Zodhiates, disagree. These scholars say that the Hebrew word kashaph, used in Exodus 22:18 and 5 other places in the Tanakh ...

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Christian views on witchcraft, Christian views on witchcraft - Modern views, Christian views on witchcraft - Scriptural references, Christian views on witchcraft - Medieval views, Christian views on witchcraft - Anti-Witchmonger interpretation, Christian views on witchcraft - English translations of Exodus 22:18

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LOA

Voodoo Gods. (See LHA).

(See also: LOA, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton of PR Watch believe that the term "junk science" is often used to deride scientific findings which stand in the way of short-term corporate profit maximization. In their book Trust Us, We're Experts (2001), they write that industry has launched multi-million-dollar campaigns to position certain theories as "junk science," often failing to employ the scientific method themselves. For example, it is alleged that the tobacco industry has used the term "junk science" to describe research showing neg ...

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Junk science, Junk science - Use of the term, Junk science - Increased Media Attention To Junk Science, Junk science - Further reading and information

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Skeptics have criticized traditional media, for their relationship with pharmaceutical advertisers, and consequential reluctance to publish negative findings on the topic to the public. Non traditional media outlets have become more popular avenues for expression of the controversial discussion on the concept of junk science. Examples of media that have covered the topic in depth are as follows: 1) Don Imus, of Imus In The Morning Radio/ Morning Television show on MSNBC 2) Kevin Trudeau, author of Natural Cures b ...

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Junk science, Junk science - Use of the term, Junk science - Increased Media Attention To Junk Science, Junk science - Further reading and information

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The interception of Soviet bombers was a great military preoccupation of the late 1940s and 1950s. The revelation in 1947 that the Soviet Union had produced a reverse-engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the Tupolev Tu-4 (NATO reporting name 'Bull'), which could reach the continental United States in a one-way attack, followed by the Soviets developing the atomic bomb in 1949, produced considerable panic. Against high-speed bombers, the World War II-vintage fighter armament of machine guns and cannon was inadequate. The u ...

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AIR-2 Genie, AIR-2 Genie - Development, AIR-2 Genie - Specifications AIR-2A

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Candomble:

A Brazilian spiritist religion.

See also Umbanda; Voodoo.

(See also: Candomble, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)