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Almanac

Almanac

The Almanac is a resource of significant pagan events and the birthdays of important people connected to paganism/wicca.

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Almanac for August

01/08 - 31/08 - Birthstones - Peridot

Compassion, Simple pleasures. Mercury. Creates feeling of protection, allowing heart to open. Unblocks congestions. Aids adrenal function. Use this stone as your sun stone to prevent personal darkness from your fears and guilts. If you become depressed or fearful , a peridot can aid in changing your attitude for it may just radiate the sun's energy as an additional resource to guide you.

19/08 - The Salem Witches

On 19th August 1692, George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs, Sr., John Proctor, John Willard were executed for witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

20/08 - Pendle Witches

On 20th August 1612 Alizon Device, Elizabeth Device, James Device, Chattox, Anne Redferne, Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, John Bulcock, Jane Bulcock & Isobel Robey are hanged for witchcraft, after the Pendle Witch Trials, at Lancaster gaol.

Website: Pendle Witches »

31/08 - Raymond Buckland

Raymond Buckland (born 31 August 1934), whose craft name is Robat, is an English American writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of Wicca, of which he is a High Priest in both the Gardnerian and Seax traditions.