> On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:09:10 +0100, "Jani" dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>

>>*Wicca* has Masonic influences. Witchcraft came long before Masonry.

>
> "The Cunning Linguist" has been throwing round the term. He says he's
> a witch. The term "cowan" seems to be of masonic origin (in this
> context, anyway). Therefore witchcraft is linked to and has taken from
> freemasonry.

>Rupert Boleyn paradise.net.nz> wrote in
>news:u7u7c2lj8ilgjnoeaph3ogupjirgq2v4d0@4ax.com:
>

>> On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:09:10 +0100, "Jani" dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>>

>>>*Wicca* has Masonic influences. Witchcraft came long before Masonry.

>>
>> "The Cunning Linguist" has been throwing round the term. He says he's
>> a witch. The term "cowan" seems to be of masonic origin (in this
>> context, anyway). Therefore witchcraft is linked to and has taken from
>> freemasonry.

>
>Tsk. Tsk. That's a fallacy of hasty generalization. Present evidence of a
>representative sample of "witches" that use this term, or withdraw your
>statement.