"Race With the Devil" "Wicker Man" "Bay Cove" Imagine for a moment that Hollywood did a bunch of movies portraying Jews as eating children or raping neighbors. It's not going to happen, is it? Well, why then does it seem okay to pick on Pagans and those who perform witchcraft? There has been such a corruption of the concept of an entire religion that it's staining everyone's viewpoint. Popular culture, such as Hollywood's portrayal of a religion, can greatly color those who are uneducated about it. Just remember what fundamentalists did to color most people's views of Muslims and Mormons. Now, let me clear up a few things: Witches are not like 1970s movies who perform sacrifices and worship the devil--they do not even have a devil in their concept. The pentacle is not an evil sign, but if inverted ( turned upside down ) it has been used to represent bad things, just as the cross upside down is used for the same purpose--a corruption of ...