The Uk's legal "Fraudulent Mediums Act" 1952 has been set to be
repealed. The act, which some people claims infers recognition for
some genuine powers, is to be replaced. As part of a Europe wide drive
for common standards to deal unfair, misleading and aggressive
practices towards consumers there will be the introduction of "The
Consumer Protection from unfair trading regulations".

The 1952 act had it's self replaced the "Witchcraft Act" 1735. When
the Witchcraft act was passed it signaled that witches had been
'debunked', replacing the crime of being a witch with the crime of
*pretending* to be a witch.

The Fraudulent medium act criminalities "*intent* to deceive, purports
to act as a spiritualistic medium or to exercise any powers of
telepathy, clairvoyance or other similar powers".

Here's what 10 downing street says: "The CPRs include rules
prohibiting conduct which misleads the average consumer and thereby
causes, or is likely to cause him to take a transactional decision he
would not have taken otherwise.

Helen Duncan, the last person to be prosecuted under this act, was a
disgusting pig. According to one recent book on her practices, she
would produce 'ectopasm' by pulling soft cotton which she had
concealed in her private parts.

Yuk

Bismillah
--Sheik Ishmael

On 11 Feb, 16:20, Chade newsguy.com> wrote:

"Sheik Ishmael" yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Wow. The Brits prosecute pigs. Has anyone informed PETA of this?

Well, what did you *expect* her to pull out of her private parts? Ping-pong
balls? Furniture? Napoleon's ghost?

I'm not sure exactly what this law is supposed to do. Fraud is already
against the law, is it not? So why do they need an entirely different law
for what is merely one kind of fraud among many?

On 12 Feb, 22:41, "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:

Which law?

On 12 Feb, 20:06, Sheik Ishmael yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Duncan was prosecuted under the witchcraft act, using a dubious legal
process, after coming out with supposed military 'secrets' during
seances in WWII.

It was shortly after the repealing of the Witchcraft Act that Gardener
published "Witchcraft Today". The rest, as they say, is history.

On Feb 12, 3:30 pm, Chade wrote:

Yeah, repressed kinksters finally had justification for engaging in
S&M.

Not that anyone needs a reason to do it, it's just that, Gardner gave
them an excuse, the opportunity to claim it's a necessary and integral
part of their spiritual/religious practice. Go Gardner.

"Chade" newsguy.com> wrote in message
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The "Fraudulent Mediums Act".

"1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any person who-

(a) with intent to deceive purports to act as a spiritualistic medium
or to exercise any powers of telepathy, clairvoyance or other similar
powers, or
(b) in purporting to act as a spiritualistic medium or to exercise
such powers as aforesaid, uses any fraudulent device,
shall be guilty of an offence."

On 13 Feb, 16:19, "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:

On Feb 14, 4:07 pm, Chade newsguy.com> wrote:

On 13 Feb, 00:35, mika gmail.com> wrote:

I bow to your knowledge of S&M and it's participants

It's publication was the first public step in the neo-pagan witch
revival/reconstruction. A couple of years earlier and Gardener could
have been open to prosecution, in theory at least.