Saturday, 24 June 2017

Senator Elizabeth Warren Performing Nude Pagan Rituals In College Is Fake News


Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) performing a pagan ritual in the nude during college is fake news. There is no truth to the story as a fake news web site used an unrelated image.


Where did this fake news originate? In June 2017, a blurry black and white image showing a group of nude people dancing around a circle appeared with text claiming that it shows Warren participating in the pagan ritual. You can see the image below; however, the text is false.



Photo of Elizabeth Warren at a nude pagan ritual. A roomate of Elizabeth Warren’s from college released this photo of her and a bunch of her “pagan friends” dancing around a tribute to the gods of wind and fire:


The roomate, a hairdresser from Methuen named Francesca, said Warren was “flat-chested and awkward but always looked like she was having fun.” She added that marijuana, magic mushrooms, peyote and LSD were common at the rituals.


Where did this text originate? The text included with the image was originally published in a hoax article on TheLastLineOfDefense.org, which has been known many times in the past to post factually inaccurate stories. TheLastLineOfDefense.org does carry a clear disclaimer:


DISCLAIMER: America’s Last Line of Defense is a satirical publication that may sometimes appear to be telling the truth. We assure you that’s not the case. We present fiction as fact and our sources don’t actually exist. Names that represent actual people and places are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and do not in any way depict reality.


In other words, if you believe this crap you’re a real dumbass.


Here are some examples of people sharing the meme on social media.












Snopes reported that several sources claim that it shows a man named Alex Sanders (far right in the robe) leading a “skyclad ritual” somewhere in the United Kingdom. Sanders, who was known as the “King of the Witches,” founded Alexandrian Wicca in the 1960s:


Sanders was a born showman who avidly courted publicity. In September of 1962 he even succeeded in convincing the Manchester Evening News to run a front-page article about Wicca. As a result he soon attracted a large following. During this period Sanders and his coven worked from his home at 24 Egerton Road North, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. One of his initiates was “Maxine Morris”, a Roman Catholic 20 years his junior. After her initiation, they handfasted and she became his High Priestess. They were married in a civil ceremony in 1968 and moved into a basement flat near Nottinghill Gate, London. Later that same year, Maxine bore him a daughter they called “Maya”.


From their new home the Sanders’ ran his London coven and taught training classes, he claimed to have initiated more than 1,623 witches working in 100 covens around the country, all-practicing what had become known as the Alexandrian Tradition. At one meeting, a gathering of sixteen of his covens, Sanders was bestowed with the title of “King of the Witches”. Sanders frequently appeared in ritual photos as robed or wearing only a loincloth while Witches surrounding him were naked. His explanation for this was that the old “Witch laws” required that the Elder of a coven should be easily identifiable from the other coven members.


Sanders and his wife later consulted on the 1966 movie Eye of The Devil. A photograph of Alex, Maxine, and the film’s star Sharon Tate appears to show a circle similar to the pagan ritual shown above.



With regards to Warren, she entered college in the 1960s. Warren was born in 1949 and was accepted into George Washington University at just sixteen years old.


She put her college career aside after just two years, however, dropping out to marry a NASA engineer she had been dating throughout her teens, then moving with him from job to job: she finished her undergraduate degree in Houston, taught elementary school. Later in her life, Warren would enroll in law school at Rutgers, where she would earn her J.D. when she was nine months pregnant.


There is no strong evidence that Warren ever practiced Wicca or danced “skyclad” in cabalistic and obscure rituals. Images of Warren from that time in her life clearly show someone with long dark hair.



What did you think of the fake news about Warren performing nude pagan rituals in college? Did you believe it or see people sharing it falsely on social media? Let us know in the comments section.



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