WE REFER TO YOUR ATTACK ON THE GOOD NAME OF PAGANISM AND THE PERSECUTION BY YOUR MAGAZINE (APRIL 98 EDITION) OF MR CHRIS BRAY OF THE LEEDS-BASED, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION-SAFF.

For many years PAN has been successfully combating the victimisation of innocent Pagans by the church, media and general establishment. We are absolutely appalled by your unwarranted diatribe against Paganism. We deal with more Pagans than you will ever know and to foster a myth that Pagans are fascists is ludicrous in the extreme. Genuine Pagan practitioners abhor and condemn all forms of nationalistic mind-manipulation. By printing such misleading information you will simply encourage social unrest and religious intolerance in this society.

Regarding Mr Chris Bray and your misleading statements. Chris Bray has achieved more for human rights and minority religious tolerance than anyone else we have ever known. He has devoted much time, money and personal effort to helping people in need. He has suffered death threats, vandalism, firebombing, slander and libel to shield others from fundamentalist oppression. For you to incorrectly link him with any form of Nazism is a disgusting slur and merely proves that you have yourself been wholly misled. Mr Bray is certainly not a fascist and as a freethinker he deplores this type of tribal ideology.

INCIDENTALLY, MR BRAY'S WIFE IS OF JEWISH EXTRACTION AND HAS LOST CLOSE RELATIVES TO NAZI PERSECUTION IN THE HOLOCAUST. THIS VALID FACT ALONE EXPOSES YOUR CAMPAIGN TO BE COMPLETELY FLAWED AND UNTRUSTWORTHY. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD APOLOGISE TO MRS BRAY IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR IN THIS AVOIDABLE EVENT.

Thousands of innocent Pagan families who simply wish to live in peace will now (because of your odious campaign) be increasingly defamed and treated with disdain by an already intolerant society. We don't know (yet) who has been supplying you with this ridiculous (mis) information, but it appears that SEARCHLIGHT has been well and truly had!

IF YOU SINCERELY DESIRE REAL, HARD-LINE, FASCIST LINKS THEN YOU SHOULD BE PURSUING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BIBLE BELT USA (WHERE THE SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE MYTH FIRST STARTED) AND THE SOCIAL DENIGRATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY. RIGHT-WING CHRISTIAN TROUBLE-MAKERS SEEKING A PLATFORM FOR THEIR INTOLERANCE IMPORTED THE SATAN-MYTH FROM THE STATES. THIS LED TO THE TERRIBLE EVENTS IN ORKNEY, ROCHDALE, NOTTS, ETC AND NUMEROUS FAMILIES/CHILDREN SUFFERED VILE AUTHORITARIAN ABUSE.

YOUR UNSUBSTANTIATED ANTI-PAGAN CAMPAIGN MAY JUST HELP TO TRIGGER OFF MORE DAWN RAIDS. IT MAY ALSO HELP THE XTIAN-BIASED ESTABLISHMENT TO SQUANDER FURTHER MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY, CHASING SATANIC SHADOWS. WE WONDER, DO YOU ACTUALLY CARE IF IT DOES?

In the name of sanity and good old-fashioned common sense we urge you to desist from your misguided victimisation of Paganism and also of Mr & Mrs Bray. We believe that Mr Bray had previously offered to assist you in 1995 to get your erroneous facts straightened out. Please, if you truly value your reputation, get in touch and listen to the real (provable) truth instead of accepting scare-mongering lies from parties with possible, hidden-agendas. Pagans are not Satanic child-killers and they are most certainly not any group of Nationalistic Ideologists with clandestine motives! Pagans have long awaited an apology from the church for all the heinous atrocities committed in the name of the Xtian God against our ancestors throughout the ages. Instead the Vatican is now blaming Pagans for the Jewish Holocaust. An apology from Searchlight for defaming thousands of innocent Pagans wouldn't go amiss here, although such a noble gesture from Searchlight would be as equally pleasing (and surprising) as one from the Pope himself.

I WONDER, HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE LEFT-WINGERS ARE BLAMED/FRAMED FOR SOME SIMILAR CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY BY THE PIOUS HOLY FATHERS! SEARCHLIGHT WOULD THEN WITHOUT DOUBT BE PUT IN A RATHER EMBARRASSING POSITION. HISTORY SUBSTANTIATES THAT WHEN LEFTIST FACTIONS COLLAPSE, THE IRON-FIST OF THE CHURCH IS SWIFT TO GAIN MONOPOLY OVER THE ONGOING SITUATION. YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING YOUR FLANKS AND WORKING WITH OTHER MINORITIES INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THEM. PLEASE THINK DEEPLY ON THIS ESSENTIAL MATTER. XTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM IS ALSO YOUR ENEMY AND BY VILIFYING US YOU ARE AIDING AND ABETTING THOSE FORCES WHICH WORK TOWARD YOUR OWN DOWNFALL. Before you know it the fundies will have you jumping to their tune. Any philosophy/belief that isn't Biblically Christian-orientated is fair game for their subversive attentions, moreover you must realise that your own is no exception to this concrete rule. This whole establishment is Xtian-based and controlled. The powerful Xtian fifth column in parliament regularly pass laws built on family (meaning Xtian) principles. Your liberties are also under threat from this creeping erosion of human rights just as much as those of every single Pagan. Before launching into more silly, anti-occultist, gung-ho campaigns you should first get your facts straight then identify your REAL ENEMY. This so-called DECADE OF EVANGELISM concerns you too! YOU ARE TOTALLY IN ERROR AND MUST PUT MATTERS RIGHT BEFORE YOU DO EVEN MORE DAMAGE TO SOCIAL HARMONY-NOW!