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Palestine Police department for the period of 19 February 1947 to 16 November 1947 and was awarded a medal for the service. (From the original record) Name of Department - Police. Roll Original: Number: 1475 - Rank: B/Const - Name: Bracelin J. L. - Full period of Qualifying
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Probate entry in the index is the following: "Bracelin, Jack Leon of Chalet Suntan Fiveacres Country Club Fiveacres Avenue Bricket Wood Herts died 28 July 1981 Probate Oxford 14 January 1982." (the actual record is coming soon, will add more later)
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movement of the 1960s and 1970s, believing that it embodied the "life-affirming
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400:Fifty Years of Wicca
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505:British Traditional
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300:on 22 February 2015
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907:White magic
872:Wiccan Rede
771:Gavin Frost
691:Lois Bourne
584:Faery Wicca
382:Lamond 2004
370:Lamond 2004
341:22 December
319:Lamond 2004
153:Idries Shah
61:Nationality
40:2 June 1926
1459:Categories
1417:Witch-hunt
1268:Literature
1249:Tarot deck
1108:Lughnasadh
1035:Initiation
1030:Invocation
1025:Divination
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963:and ritual
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912:Otherworld
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686:Gavin Bone
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614:Stregheria
604:Reclaiming
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251:References
182:Post-Wicca
107:Early life
1219:Parchment
1133:Wild Hunt
1103:Midsummer
1020:Banishing
985:Wiccaning
832:Green Man
609:Seax-Wica
130:Palestine
1244:Talisman
1224:Pentacle
1194:Cauldron
1078:Solstice
1066:Holidays
947:Familiar
937:Summoner
860:concepts
801:Starhawk
215:West End
1328:Related
1234:Scourge
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1189:Candles
1118:Samhain
1098:Beltane
1083:Equinox
1010:Scrying
952:Animism
932:Skyclad
815:Deities
681:Artemis
634:figures
632:Notable
455:History
351:(1960).
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65:British
1405:Hebrew
1400:Theban
1239:Statue
1199:Censer
1179:Boline
1164:Athame
1159:Amulet
1093:Ostara
1088:Imbolc
406:
241:Greece
219:London
207:hippie
78:priest
76:Wiccan
1395:Runes
1229:Runes
1174:Besom
1154:Altar
1128:Esbat
1113:Mabon
961:Rites
927:Karma
897:Magic
887:Coven
547:Other
228:Death
211:disco
142:Wicca
136:Wicca
93:Wicca
1254:Wand
1209:Horn
1169:Bell
1123:Yule
666:Dafo
589:Feri
404:ISBN
343:2008
306:2014
170:and
149:Sufi
49:Died
37:Born
858:Key
217:of
99:'s
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358:^
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290:.
259:^
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