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(' I 'I I I ! Sediacek: All have witchcraft potential by H. J. Cummins Imagine the newly-found powers of a deaf person who suddenly discovers an ability to hear. Or the expanded potential of an infant who discovers his or her legs and uses them to roll over. Both of these are analogous to the untapped potential for witchcraft within everybody, according to Jud Sediacek, a fifth year senior at the University and delver into the ''art and science of witchcraft." Basically, the geology student explained, there is power within everyone that, once discovered and trained, can be used however the "power source" person wishes. "If you need money, you can use your power to get it; or you can kill someone, give peace to a troubled mind, heal the sick, foretell the future, or anything you like," Sediacek said. "It's all a type of electromagnetic energy," she continued, adding that studies are now being done on it at the University of Florida in Orlando. To exercise the power to heal, Sediacek explained a power source must first look at THE COLLEGE PLAN for THE COLLEGE MAN The "Husker" Agency 220 N. 10th-432-0146 A division of Fidelity Union Life Insurance SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL Mon. thru Fri. 1 :00 4 lines bowling $2.00 1 hour pool or snooker .60 18 holes indoor golf .50 HONEST VALUE $3.10 ATINEE SPECIAL!! ALL for $1.00 SNOOKER BOWL 48th & Dudley Wamnfi STOCK UP WHILE THE f?"'"" t " .ih. 'W 1 - iWM'iw.t m. IS A V- i LASTS OF THIS HAMM'S SPECIAL LIMITED SUPPLY PACKAGE TMfODOHl HAMM COMPAN 1. fAUl MIWN . SAN FFANOSCO I'S. A'.CItlS a sick person, imagine ine diseased tissue well, and then electromagnetically rearrange the tissue to be as the source imagined it. listimating that there are enough "witches" and "wizzards" on campus to organize a coven (which takes 12 and a leader), Sediacek said, "there is somebody from every field around here." She said she believes "magic is magic" hut explained magic's usual subdivisions include white magic, black magic, the Wicca Craft (Celtic for "The Craft of Wisdom") and the Satanic Church or "sex magic." Sediacek said she considers white magic "kitchen magic" because it basically consists of herb cures, and "household" concoctions easily executed by almost anyone. Black magic, she said, has traditionally been defined as that which "society sees as not quite acceptable." Witches and wizzards of the Wicca Craft, perform much like those in white magic but differ in that they have a mother goddess, Diana the moon, and consider themselves "very much a religion," Sediacek said. The Satanic Church, or "sex magic," she said, "seeks to use sex forces, love, and lust in order to generate enough force to get spells to work." These distinctions, and some "psychic phenomena" including astral projection, meditation, and in-depth study of witchcraft will be covered in a Free University course, "Magic and Witchcraft," according to the course instructor, Bob Jones. Jones, also a University student, describes meditation as finding your spirit, "which has always existed and will always exist," and using it to explore "many different pm to 5:30 pm 434-9822 SUPPLY in in ii i a thought nlanes.' This is done, he continued, by meditating on a symbol, then expanding its meaning until you can associate it with many other things. Astral projection is much like a dream of the future, Jones said, except dreams "may or may not be fantasy" and "always come to you," while astral projection . is a definite look into the future and "you must go to the vision." Both Jones and Sediacek said they, as power sources, draw many spirits. But Jones defined magic as "the art and science of causing change to occur in conformity with the will," and Sediacek complained that a more empirical definition is now possible and should be used. "I like a nice hard science," she said, adding she believes sociology and psychology "aren't that empirical." She contended that "palmistry is statistics" and just as valid as any theories in the human sciences since, like them, "there is a body of knowledge behind it." The two also differ in their opinion of religion, Jones seeing it as "a basic misunderstanding, an oversimplification that puts all good at one extreme, a god, and all bad at the other in a devil." Sediacek sees magic as very close to Christianity in that both of them "seek to communicate with a higher being." "The Catholic Mass is actually a magical ritual, calling upon the Son of God, a great magician, to come down and meditate between you and the mighty power, his father," she said. "People want to talk to people on the 'other side' (dead) to ask the spirits what they (the living) should do to get happlily to the 'other side'." But Jones warned that there are dangers in using witchcraft. "Calling out the powers in oneself can be good," he said, "but you car, really get burned if you don't know what you're doing, or you use your powers unwisely." 13th It R Mon., Tues., Wed., Sat. 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.m. Thursday & Friday 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Sunday 1 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. fun Fashions Guys & Gals Pantpit,13th S R St. New Store Hours of the k - f i $;Sj ) J An Art Lending Library is being conducted in the base ment of the Union. This program offers fine works of art to students to decorate their rooms. ROTC department extends enrollment The period for adding a freshman course in Army and Air Force ROTC has been extended through September 30, according to spokesmen for those departments. Knrollment in ROTC will enable the student to be draft deferred, they said. Fnrollment in the beginning Military Science and Aerospace Science courses can be accomplished with the use of a standard UNL drop and add form. The form must include the signatures of a member of the Military or Aerospace Science faculty, the College Dean and the student's Faculty Advisor. Maj. Richard C. Skaggs noted that enrollment in the Army ROTC' freshman and sophomore courses incurs no obligation. A cadet in the advanced program receives a subsistence allowance of $50 per month during I'.ie junior and senior years. Army ROTC graduates must fulfull a combined active duty and reserve obligation of six years. (ierald Nutting, Asst. Professor of Aerospace Studies, said the Air Force ROTC' program is similar to that of the Army. He indicated that pending legislation would increase the amount of scholarship money and would raise the allowance from $50 to $100, although the allowance period would be cut from 1 2 to 1 0 months. Capt. Herschel A. I'ahl, chairman of the department of Naval Science indicated that Navy ROTC has not extended the course add period. He said the same rules which apply to the rest of the University apply to the Dept. of Naval Science. He said, however, students can apply for the program next fall, when they will be screened. I'alil said normal procedure is for the student to get into the program at the beginning of his freshman year. A few enroll at the start of the sophomore year if they are enrolled in a five-year program in the University. The Navy program differs from the Army and Air Force ROTC programs in that in necessitates the student spending four years in the program. coming attractions: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nebraska Union-U.S. Govt. Career Day. 12 30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship. 2 p.m. Nebraska Union-Student Affairs Dean Meyerson. 3:30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Phi Chi Thcta 3:30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Hyde Park 4 p.m. Nebraska Union Govern ance Committee-Group C. 4 30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Union Board Interviews. 6 p.m. Nebraska Union Governance Committee Dinner. 6 p.m. Nebraska Union Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. 6 P.m. Nebraska Union Special Sryice--Tutoring. 6 p.m. Nebraska Union-AUF Exec. 6 30 Nebraska Union-Recreation Advisory Board. 6:30 p.m. Nebraska Union-AUF. 6:30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Tassels - Homecoming Oueen Interviews. 7 p m. Nebraska Union - Christian Science Org. 7 p.m. Nebraska Union-Tutors of Nebr. Indian Children. 7 p.m. Nebraska Union-NFU, "American Indian." 7 p.m. Nebraska Union-Uni, Council of the Arts Philosophy Dept. 7 30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Math Counselors. 7 30 p.m. Nebraska Union-Human Relations IrisKjht League. 8 p m. Nebraska Union - School of Environ. Control with Professor Anderson. 8 p.m. Nebraska Union-Young Republicans. 9 p.m. Nebraska Union ASUN Book Exchange Committee. PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1971
