The Power of the Witch (1971) by OLIVER HUNKIN

The Power of the Witch
Produced by Oliver Hunkin for the BBC (commissioned by the religion department of the BBC), UK, 1971, 50 min

 

An extremely rare documentary about Witchcraft aired once in the UK in 1971. Featuring contributions from Eleanor Bone, Cecil Williamson, Alex & Maxine Sanders, Doreen Valiente (…) along with a stellar cast of old-school occultists and Wiccans. It also highlights a famous unsolved murder of Charles Walton on Meon Hill Gloucestershire in 1945 which was believed by many to be a blood sacrifice at the very end of WWII.

 

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Häxan (1922) by BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN (June 20, 2013)
The Occult Experience (1985) by FRANK HEIMANS (January 13, 2012)
Angeli Bianchi… Angeli Neri (1969) by LUIGI SCATTINI (March 25, 2011)

Costco apologizes for labeling Bible as ‘fiction’

Costco apologizes for labeling Bible as 'fiction'

Big-box retailer Costco is apologizing to the public this week after a Christian pastor discovered copies of the Bible labelled as « fiction » in one of its U.S. stores.

Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach of Simi Valley, Calif. was shopping for a gift last Friday when he noticed that all of the Bibles in his local Costco’s book section were marked with tags that read « $14.99 Fiction.”

“Costco has Bibles for sale under the genre of fiction… hmmmm,” he tweeted, including a photo of one book.

The photo spread far and wide, stirring up quite a conversation within Kaltenbach’s parish and on social media. The pastor himself was more intrigued by the discovery than outraged, telling CBS Los Angeles « it’s caused a lot of controversy. It’s caused a lot of conversation, which I think conversation is good. »

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Costco itself issued an apology on Wednesday, writing in a statement “Costco’s distributor mislabeled a small percentage of the Bibles, however we take responsibility and should have caught the mistake. We are correcting this with them for future distribution. In addition, we are immediately relabeling all mislabeled Bibles. We greatly apologize for this error.”

Some on Twitter are arguing that Costco should not have apologized for the error, but Kaltenbach himself was gracious about the response.

 

Lauren O’Neil
CBC News

The Sound of Progress (1987) by ALEXANDER OEY

The Sound of Progress
Alexander Oey, 19987-1988?, Germany, 40 min

 

The Sound of Progress – Pop Music according to Foetus, Coil, Current 93 & Test Dept

 

A Dutch documentary (around ’88) originally aired on Dutch television, as well as shown at the 1988 Rotterdam International Film Festival, with Interviews with J.G. Thirlwell, John Ballance, David Tibet and the guys from Test Dept and parts of live performances of the bands. In case of Foetus the featured tracks are: « Anything », « DI-1-9026 » and « Boxhead » from the tour ’86.