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The radical wing of the feminist movement is the main "Death is not an end; it is a stage in the cycle "...abortion is a sacred act...an expression voice behind the pro-choice campaign in Ireland. Many that leads on to rebirth. After death, the human of maternal responsibility and not a failure feminist leaders today are practitioners of or one soul is said to rest in "Summerland," the Land of maternal love." (2) (p.8) of the Goddess religions. Some are transgender. This of Eternal Youth, where it is refreshed, grows "...abortion can be the expression of a means their attitude to abortion is determined largely by young, and is made ready to be born again. highly evolved form of feminine pagan religion and, in particular, by the Wiccan teaching Rebirth is ...seen as the great gift of the consciousness, not simply an egotistical on childbirth and the Great Mother. Goddess, who is manifest in the physical act..." (2) (p.53) world." – The Spiral Dance (p.51) In their own words "In most Goddess religions a similar Let's look at that teaching using direct quotations from Here we see birth being portrayed as re-birth in the reasoning is applied to the fetus and the women who are familiar with the inner workings of great "spiral dance." Witches believe an aborted newborn. It is morally acceptable that a . Since these beliefs, including those relating child is simply going to the 'Summerland' to be woman who gives life may also destroy to blood sacrifice, are widely held but seldom recorded refreshed before returning again to earth to a life under certain circumstances, although in print, these quotations should be taken very seriously. different mother. For a woman to ignore the inner there are restrictions on the use of this prompting to abort her child is, as said, power, and there is always a time limit Since she is quoted approvingly on several occasions by "[to ] dishonor the Goddess manifest in her being." within which the decision must be Dr Zappone in her book, The Hope for Wholeness (1991) , reached." (2) (p.53) we will start with Starhawk (the Craft name of Miriam This is the bizarre reasoning that many are using Simos, a high-level witch who studied under today to justify the killing of unborn children. "It is not immoral to choose abortion; it is generational Luciferian, Zsuzsanna Budapest): simply another kind of morality, a pagan Abortion as an initiation into Wicca one." (2) (p.56) "...Witchcraft is a religion, perhaps the oldest Abigail Seidman, whose mother had hoped to religion extant in the West ...The Old Religion, induct her into witchcraft, stated the following in "Our culture needs new rituals as well as as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native an interview: laws to restore to abortion its sacred American traditions or to the shamanism of the dimension, which is both terrible and Arctic." – The Spiral Dance (p.26-27) "There were a lot of things that were not necessary." (2) (p.92) talked about outside of the [Wicca] group... "The importance of the Goddess symbol for You had to have had an abortion. That was "Abortion as a sacrifice to Artemis. women cannot be overstressed. The image of the considered the initiation rite [into Wicca] and Abortion as a sacrament – for the gift of Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as you didn't get to learn about certain things or life to remain pure." (2) (p.107) divine, our bodies as sacred ...and our power to go to any kind of ceremonies until you've had nurture and create, but also to limit and destroy your first abortion." The Goddess and her demands when necessary, as the very force that sustains – YouTube video: 'Abigail Seidman: Pagan loathes what it describes as patriarchal all life." – The Spiral Dance (p.33-34) Religion and the Abortion Industry' attitudes. So too does Goddess religion. As a sacred vessel the woman brings life into the world as a gift Note the words, "to limit and destroy when necessary." In her book, The Sacrament of Abortion , Professor from the Goddess. She is empowered, both by the act Witches believe that a woman's body is sacred and that Ginette Paris, a radical feminist, let the cat out of of giving life and by the act of withholding it. There she alone has the power and the right to decide whether the bag when she brazenly disclosed, not only the are times when the Goddess will demand the child. an unborn child will live or die. importance of abortion in feminism, but its deep The act of apparent destruction is viewed as a rite of occult roots: initiation, a sacrament, a sacrifice – and the Goddess is pleased.

______Any sense of guilt is assuaged by the belief that the The people of Ireland need to wake up soul goes ahead to the 'Summerland' and The people of Ireland need to wake up to the gravity of The Irish Government reincarnates at a future date. No man has the right to what is happening. They need to recognize that a dark, interfere in this sacred cosmic process. rebellious spirit is now working in the minds and Supports Liberal Abortion hearts of many of our leaders, and that our government This is paganism in its true form. We ought to be and 'the Old Religion' will not lift a finger to defend our children and future deeply concerned that such a perverse philosophy ______generations – those who survive the knife – from the should have any influence on our leaders. It is Wiccan 'sacrament' of abortion. difficult to comprehend, for example, how a "The ancient traditions of witchcraft and government minister should speak so well of a self- Keep the Eighth Amendment . Once the killing starts, it Goddess worship provide rich sources for confessed witch: won't stop. ...[theological] reflection."

"...Starhawk weaves together stories of the – Katherine Zappone (1) (p.21) "Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship Goddess with her own experience ...She gathers with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? "I have participated in ...rituals facilitated by the sacred records of Wicca religion and Starhawk [a world-famous witch] ...where They gather themselves together against the interprets their meaning through the we celebrated the presence of earth, fire, air, soul of the righteous, and condemn contemporary experience of feminist ritual and and water in our own lives." (Zappone, p37) the innocent blood." political activity for peace." – Katherine Zappone (1) (p.33) – Psalm 94:20-21 Irish law and 'the Old Religion' "...in journeying with other feminists, I have Witchcraft conflicts utterly with Biblical values, the found that the sacred stories of Goddess Sources cited: religions affect my imagination in ways the same values that until recently have informed our legislation and our constitution. This government 1 The Hope for Wholeness: A Spirituality for Feminists by Jesus story never will. Narratives of the has taken a sharp turn down the road of humanism, Katherine Zappone, Twenty-Third Publications, 1991. Goddess, hymns to and images of her freemasonry, marxism, and "the Old Religion." The unequivocally symbolize the power and 2 The Sacrament of Abortion by Ginette Paris, Spring goodness of the female." following statement by Dr Zappone would seem to Publications, 1992. reflect generally the profoundly anti-Christian – Katherine Zappone (1) (p.39) 3 The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of attitude of our government: "For human life to be rich, joyful, loving, it the Great Goddess by Starhawk (Miriam Simos), Harper "In Starhawk's view, this notion of a "savior Collins, 1979 [Kindle edition]. must be the freely given gift of the Mother – God" must be replaced with a sense of the through the human mother ...To coerce a Sacred that impels us to take our own 4 Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics by woman ...to bear an unwanted child is responsibility for healing the earth. The Sacred Starhawk (Miriam Simos), Unwin Paperbacks, 1982. immoral. It denies her the right to exercise

is here, waiting for us to work with her in the her own sacred will and conscience, robs her project of re-creation." (Zappone, p143) of her humanity, and dishonors the Goddess Copyright childinthewomb.com manifest in her being." When Dr Zappone says, "...I am convinced that it is – Starhawk, Dreaming the Dark (p.39) extremely urgent for women with social power to - Permission is given to copy and distribute - declare the sacredness of woman's body." (Zappone, The four quotations above summarize in stark and p62) , she is flying, not just the flag of feminism, but disturbing terms the moral framework in which our 11/2017 the flag of paganism and witchcraft. government is now operating.