Bullet-proofing spell flawed

[Matt Dragonfly Drury]

Noted over in alt.callahans, and courtesy BBC World Service...

"A Ghanaian man has reportedly been shot dead while testing whether a magic
spell has made him bulletproof."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1220000/1220752.stm

[Gale]

It's not nice to laugh at dead people. ;-

More seriously, it appears to me we forget how different a thing magic
is in a world where we have every confidence in the efficacy of the
laws of physics than it is in a world where things mechanical retain
an aura of mystery. The world is indeed "demon-haunted" for many, and
the compratively recent rejection of the scientific mindset (but not
the implements of destruction) of the West by some African and Eastern
cultures makes those "demons" much stronger.

Blessed Be,
Gale

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[AmethystRose]

Ok...is it just me here or is this really stupid? I mean, who would
ever truly think to do something like this??? Granted, I haven't read
the article because for some reason it's not coming up on my
computer...but the sound of it is just...

*sigh*

[Spuddie]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:02:47 CST sunburned and smelling of rum,
AmethystRose <amethy...@home.com> traipsed into the Ladies and
happily said:

>Ok...is it just me here or is this really stupid? I mean, who would
>ever truly think to do something like this??? Granted, I haven't read
>the article because for some reason it's not coming up on my
>computer...but the sound of it is just...
>
>*sigh*

Is it really any different than the Christian thing where they play
with poisonous snakes and believe they'll survive because God will
protect them? This sort of thing exists in every religion/culture, I
reckon...or rather, the type of people who would attempt such things.

Cheryl
~~~Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread
within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All
things are bound together. All things connect.~~~ (Chief Seattle)

[AmethystRose]

Frenchy wrote:
>
> X-No-Archive:yes
>
> "AmethystRose" <amethy...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:3AB1121A...@home.com...

> > Ok...is it just me here or is this really stupid? I mean, who would
> > ever truly think to do something like this??? Granted, I haven't read
> > the article because for some reason it's not coming up on my
> > computer...but the sound of it is just...
>

> We are dealing with a desperately poor and not well-educated part of the
> world here. In other parts of Africa, they believe that having sex with a
> virgin cures AIDS and that witches need to be burned alive (and it happens!
> Transvaal is one such place). They believe in magic in a much more literal
> way than most of us here do. Like, while many of us have worked spells I'll
> bet *none* of us would ever try something like *this*...
>

Yeah, but still you would think that if someone were to work a spell and
then test it that they would do something a little less deadly. I mean,
was he testing the spell or his power? There are safer ways to test
magick.

*Remembers her first spell. A healing spell for her mother that worked
extremely well.*

Blessings!
Amethyst
http://www.enchanteddoorway.com

[Sah'aquiel]

"Gale" <ga...@arwm.net> wrote in message
news:3ab0bb90...@news.gmi.net...

> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 06:45:34 CST, "Matt Dragonfly Drury"
> <drag...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> >Noted over in alt.callahans, and courtesy BBC World Service...
> >
> >"A Ghanaian man has reportedly been shot dead while testing whether a
magic
> >spell has made him bulletproof."
> >
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1220000/1220752.stm
>
> It's not nice to laugh at dead people. ;-
>

<rest snipped>
Amen - I snorted laughingly when I read that, but it wasn't a second before
I felt guilty and sorry for the poor guy...

Sah'aquiel, patron dog of dyslexia