Wiccan lottery winner plans Md. spirituality center


	Wiccan lottery winner plans Md. spirituality center

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11-8-2007 6:28 PM

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Yes, he'd like to start a pagan seminary. But no, it's not going to be some sort of Hogwarts-on-the-Patapsco, with precocious adolescents running around in wizard hats and casting spells.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-te.md.co.bunky05nov05,0,4114188.story?coll=bal-health-storyutil">
The future Willow Springs Sanctuary and Community Center - likely to be somewhere in Baltimore County, but Bartlett doesn't yet know where - will teach classes about all religions, offer technology courses for those seeking better jobs and counseling for those seeking to make sense of their lives. And, the $33 million winner hopes, it will help demystify a religion that for most of the public remains shrouded in myth - a fast-growing faith that millions of Americans share, even if they're not always open about it.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-te.md.co.bunky05nov05,0,4114188.story?coll=bal-health-storyutil">"I chose to educate. I believe that's what the gods wanted."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/577CD973-6AA7-4529-9C15-9D7926214735/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>