Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Moore Steals Erica Jong Poetry - Again, or Still?

Rochelle has saturated the internet with her promotional spam and hundreds of duplicated 'articles.'

The problem with that, of course, is that no one can possibly remember where they posted everything. Having already once been caught out for theft of an Erica Jong poem, she removed the pirated work.

But she forgot something - or assumed the smoke had blown over and reposted it.

From her MySpace page, dated June, 2009:
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RM writes:
Monday, June 08, 2009

THE SIN OF BEING A WITCH - rochelle moore author WITCH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=28... (Note: article pulled from her Associated Content library & her many Facebook pages the first time the plagiarism was discovered.)

ANONYMOUS POEM FROM THE 16TH CENTURY For all those who died-stripped naked, shaved, shorn. For all those who screamed in vain to the Great Goddess, Only to have their tongues ripped out by the root. For those who were pricked, racked ,broken on the wheel for the sins of their inquisitors. For all those whose beauty stirred the... "
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THE ORIGINAL (and undisputed author) - from Erica Jongs website:

*For All Those Who Died
From Witches

For all those who died-
stripped naked, shaved, shorn.

For all those who screamed
in vain to the Great Goddess
only to have their tongues
ripped out at the root.

For all those who were pricked, racked, broken on the wheel
for the sins of their Inquisitors.

For all those whose beauty
stirred their torturers to fury;
& for all those whose ugliness did the same."

(..Erica's poem continues here)

*Copyright ©1997-2009 Erica Mann Jong

...................................................

Stunning hubris. Does anyone know if this 'anonymous 16th century poem' appears in Moore's Witch book?


Moore Baloney

On March 30, 2009 10:01 AM EDT, at Gather.com, a Gather member named SALEMSSISTER posted this exciting headline:

ROCHELLE MOORE (the Celtic Witch) her book reaches NUMBER 1 BESTSELLERS LIST - WITCH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

NUMBER 1 BESTSELLERS LIST WWW.AMAZON.COM

This was followed by cut & paste Moore promotional stuff. Salemssister, interestingly enough, joined Gather.com on Feb 8, 2008 - just in time to promote Moore's book, Beyond The Third Eye, which 'she' did lavishly - and her next-to-final post was to promote Witch; one month after it's release.

What someone apparently doesn't know - wait for it - is that Amazon archives all it's bestseller lists. You can search by year, month week, and even day.

Aren't databases and IT perfectly lovely?

Being the inquisitve little cat that I am, I searched March, 2009 for a mention of Witch on Amazon's bestseller list. Imagine my surprise when it was not amongst the 1-100 bestsellers. I then tried April, just in case Ms. Salemssisters had been a bit late writing her gushing review. Nothing. I then tried weeks, and days. Nothing. Witch never made it to any bestselling list on Amazon. Ever.

Ms. Salemssisters third and final post to Gather was on May 23, 2009 06:54 AM EDT , with this awe-inspiring news:

















In conclusion, I leave a fitting tribute to Salemssister, to celebrate Witch hitting the Amazon Bestseller List:

Turn it UP

;)

Monday, April 26, 2010

Abstract from Moore: I Spy with My Thieving Eye

On her Associated Content, published November 03, 2008, Rochelle abstracts her upcoming 'I Spy With My Third Eye' book, with this article on Celtic Supernatural Entities.

Regarding the identical Death & Burial Customs, by -an About.com guide; I have contacted Kimberly and await her response. I will update here should she reply.

RM writes: "Globally and since the beginning of time superstitions surrounding death have prevailed. Death has always been both celebrated and feared. As far back as 60,000 BC, man buried their dead with ritual and ceremony. Researchers have even found evidence that Neanderthals buried their dead with flowers, much as we do today."

-from Kimberly Powells Death & Burial Customs:
"Death has always been both celebrated and feared. As far back as 60,000 BC, man buried their dead with ritual and ceremony. Researchers have even found evidence that Neanderthals buried their dead with flowers, much as we do today. " She does not date her article, nor cite Rochelle as a source. Rochelle does not cite Kimberly.

RM writes: "In Ireland, Neolithic monuments and chambers for the dead are a legacy left behind by a section of the ancients, are literally sprinkled all around the country. "

-from The Irish Times, published Sep 9, 2008 (one month before Rochelle's):
"Magnificent megaliths
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by Amanda Phelan

GO IRELAND: Neolithic monuments and chambers of the dead are scattered all over the country"

RM writes:
In Loughcrew, Ireland, the "Hill of The Witch", a Cairn of stones lies at the crest and after the darkest night of each year, just as the sun begins to shine, light illuminates the length of the passage carved into the hill. The Hill of The Witch is 7,000 years old with stone age engravings and linear chambers to pay tribute to the dead, to gods of the Sky, Sun, Moon and the Stars. Other famous sites include Newgrange, The Burren passage tomb, Queen Medbh's Tomb and, many other wonderful monuments erected to the dead. Ancient superstitions surrounding the dead include using lucky charms, Magickal words, charms and incantations and it is amazing how many ancient myths are now part of our everyday lives and traditions. "

-from The Irish Times, published Sep 9, 2008 (one month before Rochelle's):
"Magnificent megaliths

by Amanda Phelan

AFTER THE DARKEST night of each year the feeble light of the rising sun shines on to a cairn of stones on the crest of Loughcrew, or Hill of the Witch, in Co Westmeath. An extraordinary feat of prehistoric architecture means the light illuminates the length of a passage hewn into the hill. As it has done for 7,000 years, this beam shines on to a flat altar stone at the back of the passage. The light strikes first on a fist-sized carving of the sun, and as the real thing rises in the east its rays pass over a series of Stone Age engravings. The spotlight moves diagonally to highlight another etching - and then, after less than an.."

Can anyone with an Irish Times subscription grab the full article from their online archives for me?
If you are new to this blog, please at least read the first post for context and explanation. :)