Romania's witches harness the 力/強力にするs of the web

By Emily Wither

MOGOSOAIA, Romania, May 1 (Reuters) - "Repeat after me! To be together with who I want," a family of Romanian witches 詠唱する 経由で a ビデオ call to a (弁護士の)依頼人 in India 支払う/賃金ing for a love (一定の)期間.

The 開会/開廷/会期, in a decorated shed in a 支援する yard 15 km (9 miles) north of Bucharest, is one of many 協議s the family 持つ/拘留するs online, 補欠/交替の/交替するing them with rituals livestreamed on Facebook to build up their 数字表示式の に引き続いて.

"A truly powerful witch can solve problems from a distance," explains 20-year-old witch Cassandra Buzea.

"It's not the phone or Facebook that are doing the 魔法. It's the words that we're 説, the rituals that we're doing and it's enough to look each other in the 注目する,もくろむ for the ritual to work."

The 力/強力にする of the Internet has 許すd Romania's busy witch community to 徐々に migrate their 古代の practices の上に the Web.

Witchcraft has long been seen as a folk custom in the eatsern European country, and many of its 概算の 4,000 witches are 誘惑するing 顧客s from Europe, Asia and the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs.

Buzea said it was the younger 世代 that had 説得するd the old about the 力/強力にするs of the 'selfie', and her mother was quickly on board.

"Nothing's changed, the (手先の)技術 is the same, but now it's much easier for us to be in 接触する with (弁護士の)依頼人s from other countries," said Mihaela Minca, who taught her daughter Buzea the family (手先の)技術.

LOVE, HEALTH, MONEY

They would not 公表する/暴露する how much they earn but said a tarot reading starts at 50 euros ($56.11).

However, many of the special rituals, often to do with love, health or money, last weeks and can run into the hundreds.

The witches also said they had recently turned their attention to politics, joining anti-汚職 抗議するs.

Minca said she connected online with nine witches and wizards from across Europe to the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, 捜し出すing to put a 悪口を言う/悪態 on Romanian 国会議員s seen by witches as corrupt.

Streamed online, the group had 成し遂げるd a 集まり ritual 同時に with their overseas associates, against "those who don't do their 職業s, those who have bad 意向s, will lose their positions and 苦しむ health problems," said Minca.

She said they 計画(する) to harness the 全世界の 力/強力にする of the Internet once more ahead of May's European 議会 選挙s.

"We will continue this ritual on the 25th of May. We will do a powerful ritual against the Romanian 政府, so on the 26th when the European 選挙s are taking place we will cast our (一定の)期間 for the good of the country."

Transparency International 階級s Romania as one of the EU´s most corrupt 明言する/公表するs and Brussels has kept its judicial system under special 監視するing since it joined the 圏 in 2007.

Romania's 判決,裁定 Social 民主党員s spearheaded an 精密検査する of the country's 犯罪の codes last year. The European (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 said the 提案するd changes were a 逆転 of a 10年間 of democratic and market 改革(する)s in the former 共産主義者 country. (Editing by William Maclean)

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