| Title: | Psychic Phenomena |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing |
| Moderator: | JARETH::PAINTER |
| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 27 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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-< Unusual Statistic>-
An interesting sidelight for New Englanders:
Today, a local radio talk-show station, WRKO is holding its annual
marathon for The Jimmy Fund [the only charity they do one for].
Per usual, they try to get people to issue "challenges," that is,
to match donations for a given subset (e.g., "If all people in the
mental health field will each contribute $20.00...").
A woman called from Salem, Massachusetts and identified herself
as a witch. She challenged all witches _and Pagans_ in the
area to contribute at least $20 apiece, saying, "We're supposed
to be healers. Now, let's put our money where our mouth is."
She sounded legitimate.
The host of the show asked her, "How many witches would you say
are in the area?"
The caller said, "In Salem alone, more than 2,000. In Massachusetts,
something like four to five thousand.
An interesting way to glean witch census figures.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 373.1 | follow-up | INK::KALLIS | Hallowe'en should be legal holiday | Mon Jun 29 1987 14:54 | 8 |
Answering my own entry:
In the _People_ magazine profile on Laurie Cabot, she claims that
there are about 6,000 witches in the United States, with 2,000
in Salem alone. Maybe Lauriie Cabot is where the caller got her
figures. Presumably these are of the Wiccan variety.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 373.2 | EVER11::EKLOF | We're everywhere. | Mon Jun 29 1987 16:08 | 7 | |
Re: .1 So by those figures, 1/3 of the Witches in the U.S. live in Salem?! I find that somewhat hard to believe. Mark | |||||
| 373.3 | ERASER::KALLIS | Hallowe'en should be legal holiday | Mon Jun 29 1987 16:29 | 22 | |
Re .2:
I agree. I suspect that there are a lot more than that. However,
I posted the follow-up because of the base note. I suspect there
are more in the West (I do not count shamans as witches, or there
would be _lots_ more out West).
Steve Kallis, Jr.
P.S.: An occultist I know quite well swears this is true. Although
he's not a Wiccan, he buys some of his supplies from a place out
in Colorado with Wiccan connections. He sent out an order and hadn't
heard from them for a while, so he thought he'd give them a call.
He dialed long distance, and got a "This phone has been disconnected"
message. Puzzled, he dialed the Colorado Directory Assistance and
got an operator. He explained he was trying to find a number for
this extablishment, giving name and city, buit that the phone had
registered disconnected. The operator said, "Oh-oh!"
"What's the matter?" said the occultist.
The operator said, "That's where I buy _my_ stuff."
-SK
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