To the great and good of 17th-century Edinburgh, Major Thomas Weir was the epitome of puritanical respectability. An esteemed preacher who railed against sin from his pulpit in the city’s West Bow thoroughfare, he and his sister Jean were considered so devout they were known locally as the “Bowhead Saints”.
So it came as something of […]
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Scottish warlock was inspiration for Mr Hyde
Posted by CheGhost-chased stripping Aussie has mental problems, says hotel
PENANG: The Australian tourist who stripped and jumped into a monsoon drain after claiming he was “chased by a ghost” has a history of mental illness, said a spokesman of the hotel where the man stayed.
“The man’s wife told us that he had been sick in the past. We sent him to the Penang […]
Shennongjia, Home to the Wild Men?
Shennongjia is a very famous place in China for at least two reasons. It’s a treasure trove of wildlife renowned since Emperor Shennong. He visited the mountains, searching for herbs and using a ladder to collect some of the most precious ones from the rocks. Shennong is best known as the writer of one of […]
Was an unrepentant Edinburgh sorcerer inspiration for Dr Jekyll
Major Thomas Weir was a preacher and captain of the town guard, a pillar of the community whose life ended in scandal - as an unrepentant sorcerer who was burned at the stake.
Ian Rankin, creator of Inspector Rebus, believes Major Weir could also be the real Dr Jekyll, principal character in one of Robert Louis […]
Atheist camp: Teachers buck School Board policy
Some Albemarle teachers recently refused to hand out fliers they consider objectionable, and county school officials complain the controversy over the distribution of religious materials is cutting into instructional time.
The latest flier to fan the church/state flames touts Camp Quest, a residential camp for children of atheists, freethinkers, and humanists held in Ohio and Michigan, […]
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