Bustin' Chops

A Penultimate Statement, perhaps?

2011-09-03T10:12:00.003-04:00

Chops was recently given this reply -

Here's the problem. "Lady" Isadora Raven Avalon has been asked for her lineage as a Gardnerian. She never has been forthcoming. Now she states that she was active in the Coven Oroborous et Ova in LA. The only "Donna" that Chops is aware of associated with that coven would be Donna Cole Schultz.

In any case, that is not a lineage. How would a Gardnerian not understand what a lineage is. A Gardnerian should be able to state that "I was initiated by x, who was initiated by x, who was initiated by x" and so on, back to the original Gardnerian covens.

These will be easily verifiable people, not random pictures pulled off the internet and relabeled with others names on them. So, please, once again Chops awaits a lineage. But we won't hold our breath.

Should anyone care to address the questions Chops has been asking for over a week now, feel free.
We reiterate:

1. Why is Black Raven Coven's url Rochelle Moores Facebook group page, when they claim they don't know Rochelle?

2. Why is Raven Avalon and BRC using two of Rochelles book covers as their logo and book cover? (The book that Lulu just dropped for plagiarism, the other is the coven logo from Rochelles cover, 'When the Levee Breaks.')

3. Why did the artist of the purple pentagram book cover (Fanny Price) state that she was told Rochelle gave Raven permission to use her book cover, when Raven and BTC principles claimed they did not know Rochelle?

4. Why are all the 'coven' self-publishings Rochelle Moores plagiarized content?

5. Why won't a Gardnerian provide her degree/teaching credentials?

6.Why are the same few coven admins/members constantly speaking for Raven?

7. Why did Lulu pull the 'coven book' if it wasn't plagiarized materials from real authors?

A Final Statement from Black Raven Coven?

2011-09-02T16:56:00.006-04:00

So it has been brought to Chops attention that "Lady Isadora Raven Avalon" has at least replied to charges of plagiarism, but no other questions that Chops and other pagans at large have asked. Here is, in part, said "Final Statement".

Posted in BLACK RAVEN COVEN - WITCHES & WICCANS OF FACEBOOK by Isadora Raven Avalon on 9/1/2011

Black Raven Coven Final Statement: (warning: this is not a nice read so if you are not aware of this situation pass it by and if you are, then please read.

Black Raven Coven

It is a terrible situation that a few people have tried to undermine our coven, one in particular, who has harassed members and admins. BRC will not rise to the bait from now on and the fluffy bunnies and bustin chops can do what they like with this information.

BRC answers to the following questions raised by chops who should at this stage come out in public and stop hiding.

“Chops stands by it's original assertion that Black Raven Coven is Rochelle Moore, back under a new persona (Raven, and many phoney admin alts), recycling her older Moore works under a different name and premise this year after the plagiarism bust of last year - to continue to make money off the pagan community.”

ANSWER: A photograph was provided showing Isadora and no more will be issued. Your turn to show who you really are we have complied completely and are still at the end of these accusations by a fictitional character.

A picture from a newspaper's website labeled "reveler", rebranded. Not much in the way of "proof", especially after attempting to pass off three previous stolen pics as you, including one of actress Olivia Wilde! Chops remains unimpressed. :(

And The Black Raven Coven claims not to even know Rochelle Moore, even though the New BRC group has the same URL as the old group. See for yourself how it shows on profile engine.com

Chops: "The Right to Verify Credentials: Seekers shall not be obstructed from contacting persons who can substantiate or disavow the claims made by a group or teacher. In the case of elders who were inspired to create a new tradition, the seeker has a right to know the circumstances surrounding the inception of that tradition.”

ANSWER: Black Raven Coven have never hid their lineage if you read our book it is shown clearly. We also have posted in all of our groups the Seekers Bill of Rights to enable our members to ask any questions they wish and do not hide from anyone. In relation to the question about Raven's lineage and degree: Isadora studied her 3 degrees in gardnarian wicca in the early 1980's with the Coven Ouroboros et Ova in Los Angeles the coven was active in the late 1980s teaching within a very structured degree-based program and Isadora was known as Donna. Raven returned to the UK in 1985 and took over BRC in 1987 as High Priestess along with High Priest Eros Wicca (chris agnew). Credentials verified.

It seems that you are writing from beyond the grave, then. Quite A feat, Chops must admit!

You see, unfortunately, the Donna you speak of, Donna Cole Schultz, mentor of many American witches, and founder of the Temple of the Pagan Way,passed around many years ago. As usual, you forget that many pagans actually know each other.

EDIT Update: Chops feels these actions more or less speak for themselves. It becomes increasingly apparent that none of the people actively involved in the Siobhan/Rochelle Moore/Raven Avalon/Black Raven Coven issues can refute a single claim on this blog. They have every opportunity, and continue to hide, obfuscate, and blame the whistleblowers.

ANSWER:

Many members of Black Raven Coven including Raven along with various group members have written to bustin chops blog forwarding proof against these wild accusations. This person choose never to print any of our correspondence because it would ruin their hateful campaign and take them out of the limelight. You have also added a few more names to our HP's including jacqueline, elizabeth, lilla, catherine and this list has become so long it is borderline madness.

Chops has asked repeatedly for proof. The only thing Chops has ceased publication of are the repeated ramblings of (perhaps drug induced) psychosis.

Chops:

“Now that it has been established that Isobelle Raven Avalon and Black Raven Coven are indeed Rochelle Moore, Chops knew much of what she is attempting to sell as her own work would be plagiarized from other authors - and they would all be online. Indeed that is the case. In a brief examination of just one small part of the book 'Magic For The New Witch and Wiccan', one finds the following: (Raven/Rochelle's book quotes are in grey, the plagiarized originals are in blue. Red denotes the word or two that Rochelle added or changed). Naturally, none of the stolen works are cited or attributed.

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-from Raven Avalons (Rochelle Moore) Magic For The New Witch and Wiccan

INTRODUCTION: NEW TO THIS?

You would not be reading this were you not already a Seeker, trying to find your Way. Your search, the inner work it involves, the dedication, are what matter, not if your Path leads finally to being a Witch or Wicca. Walk in the light and you will never go astray. The journey to Magick starts with an inner voyage.

Magick will take you further, teach you how to penetrate the veils and layers of reality. Magick deals in ultimate truths. This journey, should you decide to undertake it, is a never-ending one. We all have things we can still learn about ourselves and about Magick, no matter how long we have been studying.

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Where she stole the above content from:

You would not be reading this were you not already a Seeker, trying to find your Way. Your search (and the inner work it involves) are what matter, not if your Path leads finally to Wicca or somewhere else.

Walk in the light and you will never go astray. The journey to magick starts with an inner voyage, the journey to Self.

-- from The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland. http://www.wattpad.com/520723-the-wicca-handbook-by-eileen-holland-introduction

ANSWER: Appendix & Resources in our book clearly states: The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland link: www.covenofthegoddess.com

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So, a link to a non-existent website is a citation? Maybe the world of Academia has imploded and no one informed poor Chops. :(

Also, while an "Appendix & Resources" is listed in the table of contents, none seemed to be actually included in the book. Funny, the exact same excuse and mysteriously missing appendix were present in the Rochelle Moore plagiarism case. Curiouser and curiouser.

Raven/Rochelles book:

Witches do not exactly "believe in" anything. They just know it to be there. Witches are great individualists and while all Wiccans are Pagans, not all Pagans are Witches. Witchcraft is a type of Paganism.

Pagans all believe in the same things but Witches work spells and Magick whilst Pagans who are not Witches do not. This will become more clear as we move through this book.

The terms Black or White Magick really have no meaning. Magick in itself is a neutral force. It is how you use it that determines whether it is for good or bad. However, Witches bear in mind the message given in the Wiccan Rede and the Threefold rule; "What you do will return to you threefold"; hence, it is not advisable to actually work any harmful Magick.

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Where she stole the above content from:

Witches do not exactly "believe in" anything. They just know it to be there. Witches are great individualists. While all wiccans are pagans, not all pagans are witches. Witchcraft is a type of paganism.

Pagans all believe in the same things but witches work spells and magic whilst pagans who are not witches do not.The terms Black or White magic really have no meaning. Magic is a neutral force. It is how you use it which determines wether it is for good or bad. However, witches bear in mind the message given in the wiccan rede and the Threefold rule. ((What you do will return to you threefold)). It is very unadvisable to actually work any harmful magic.

Source: written by: Bekka http://members.tripod.com/~Kith_Kinesthae/calling/intro.html

ANSWER: In our Appendix & Resources - www.witchvox.com/kith

Oh, look! Another non-existent link to a website, from a non-existent Appendix. Even if it all existed, that's still not a citation and still plagiarism. :(

CHOPS

rAven/Rochelles book:

The term Pagan is from the Latin "Paganus", an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country." As a noun, “Paganus” was used to mean "country dweller, villager”. The semantic development of post-classical Latin Paganus in the sense "non-Christian, heathen" is unclear. The dating of this is controversial, but the 4th century seems most plausible. An earlier example has been suggested in Tertullian De Corona Militis xi, "Apud hunc [sc. Christum] tam miles est paganus fidelis quam paganus est miles infidelis," but here the word Paganus may be interpreted in the sense "civilian" rather than "heathen".

From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more rapidly in major urban areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth, Rome) than in the countryside (in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban), and soon the word for "country dweller" became synonymous with someone who was "not a Christian," giving rise to the modern meaning of "Pagan."

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Where she stole the above content from:

The term pagan is from the Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country." As a noun, paganus was used to mean "country dweller, villager."[7] The semantic development of post-classical Latin paganus in the sense "non-Christian, heathen" is unclear. The dating of this sense is controversial, but the 4th century seems most plausible. An earlier example has been suggested in Tertullian De Corona Militis xi, "Apud hunc [sc. Christum] tam miles est paganus fidelis quam paganus est miles infidelis," but here the word paganus may be interpreted in the sense "civilian" rather than "heathen".

From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, Rome) than in the countryside (in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban[citation needed]), and soon the word for "country dweller" became synonymous with someone who was "not a Christian," giving rise to the modern meaning of "pagan."

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

ANSWER: In our Coven Book stated clearly after this paragraph: Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

While reprintable for common use by Wikicommons, reprinting for monetary gain is right out. And there was certainly no citation in the book. No citations to be found anywhere for anything, actually. :(

Chops:

Raven/Rochelles book:

There are many branches of Paganism e.g.:

Celtic (Druid), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Celts before the

Christianization of areas such as Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe.

Eclectic Pagan; a term that describes people who take from many different faiths and combine them into one, Egyptian (Kemetic), is a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the ancient Egyptians and Heathenism, (Asatru), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Norse people before the onset of the Christianization of Scandinavia.

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Where she stole the above content from:

Celtic (Druid), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Celts before the Christianization of areas such as Ireland, Britain, and Gaul

Eclectic Pagan, a term that describes people who take from many different faiths and combine them into one.

Egyptian (Kemetic), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the ancient Egyptians.

Heathenism (Asatru), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Norse people before the Christianization of Scandinavia.

Source: Adam Bean, Paganism & Wicca FAQ - from the Facebook group Paganism & Wicca

https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=53173&post=1246143&uid=2204731498

ANSWER: From where? A Facebook group. This is common knowledge to any pagan who is practiced in the craft!

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Yet, not so common that you had to copy and paste it, word for word and line for line, from someone else. Shameful, really.

Now, the statement continues in this same manner, seemingly endlessly, refuting plagiarism to fake links from a non-existent Appendix, the same as Rochelle Moore did. If and when a link does work, it simply references another writer plagiarizing the original source, as if that makes everything ok. Then, she goes on to accuse others of plagiarism;

So now lets look at the facts shall we:

I am not going to go down to your level however les jackson started all of this against rochelle and she has been behind all of these groups in some form or another so let us just take her as an example as we dont have the time to waste on this anymore.

Les or leslie jackson aka cmyraes or cmyraes gwylt

link: http://cymraes.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/a-word/

her article

Cymraes' Corner

~ weird and wonderful blogging from the Welsh Marches and beyond…

For the New Seekers of the Mysteries

A word…

Posted by Cymraes' Corner ⋅ September 19, 2010 ⋅ 9 Comments

Filed Under cash, Covens, money, pagan, Religion and Spirituality, scams, Traditions, wicca, witch

In this unreality of the internet it is all to easy for the Seeker to find the wrong type (what, I hear you ask is the right type – more of that further on) of person, all to eager to take your money in exchange for Witchcraft/Wiccan degrees or such like – online.

Truth of the matter is anyone who is offering to help in the name of the Gods will do it for nothing, as it’s a calling not a money-making scam… the new Gods of the Cash Tills get worshipped far too much imho… but that’s another rant for another day…

I’d give (and have in the past) ANYONE who wants to take our money in exchange for an online degree or two a wide berth – it’s a waste of money!

You’d be better off getting yourself a good book by a well-known author and getting stuck in with that. Even better find a few good like-minded people and get stuck in with them. If you are one of the unfortunate ones who live in a remote area then do that online. Or if you are lucky enough to be in an area where they hold MBS fairs pop along – you never know who you will meet there! Moot’s are pretty wide spread in the UK now – another good place to start.

Any thing is better than parting with your hard earned money to an online scam or an online teaching coven who CHARGES money – the real McCoy do it for nowt, nothing, zilch, nadda, for free!

PLAGIARISM!!!! now go back over what you accused us of.

Where she stole the above content from:

Walk in the light and you will never go astray. The journey to magick starts with an inner voyage, the journey to Self.

-- from The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland. http://www.wattpad.com/520723-the-wicca-handbook-by-eileen-holland-introduction

As one can see, other than the commonality of the word "seeker". there is not even a hint of plagiarism. Is this sheer lunacy, or is this person so daft as to not understand the very concept of plagiarism after having the same book under three different incarnations pulled from the shelves?!

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They Are Legion: David Boyer aka Byron

2011-08-29T05:47:00.001-04:00

See here and here for another rampant plagiarist, and the blogs that are assisting in stopping his many thefts. David Boyer aka David Byron aka a dozen more names has made a small and dirty career of brashly stealing from other authors, including Dean Koontz, Jeani Rector and dozens upon dozens of others.

Quotes from his victims below. Note the exact same tactics as used by Raven Avalon & minions:.

Janrae Frank: "David Boyer stole stories from Jane Timm Baxter. The stories were under contract with Daverana Enterprises for a collection by Ms. Baxter that would include reprint and original material. When both Ms. Baxter and her publisher demanded that the book be removed (and indeed did manage to persuade Lulu to remove the title), Boyer dumped abuse on both of them that continues to this day."

Ferrel "Rick" Moore: "One of his practices as a “publisher” was to solicit manuscripts from writers and then to steal them, publishing them under his name or one of his many aliases. Which is why so many organizations in the US have issued warnings against him. Also, he stole stories from Storymania and published those under one of his many names. Another interesting tactic of his has been to blame his victims who have been spreading the word to protect other writers, trying to portray them as “stalkers” when in fact he was the original predator. This is known as the “I’m a victim” tactic."

Chops wonders if there is some undergound handbook being circulated amongst these unsavory people that they are all following, because that is the exact same behavior that Raven Avalon/Rochelle Moore uses. Amazing. Perhaps it's a genetic marker of some trait common to them all.

Registration Required

2011-08-28T00:43:00.004-04:00

Comments now require registration before posting. This became necessary after the incessantly off-topic, disingenuous posts reached 200 over four topics; with none of them addressing the issues.
Future posts that do not address the topics are not likely to get published unless they touch on a relevant subject.

Should anyone care to address the questions Chops has been asking for over a week now, feel free.
We reiterate:

1. Why is Black Raven Coven's url Rochelle Moores Facebook group page, when they claim they don't know Rochelle?

2. Why is Raven Avalon and BRC using two of Rochelles book covers as their logo and book cover? (The book that Lulu just dropped for plagiarism, the other is the coven logo from Rochelles cover, 'When the Levee Breaks.')

3. Why did the artist of the purple pentagram book cover (Fanny Price) state that she was told Rochelle gave Raven permission to use her book cover, when Raven and BTC principles claimed they did not know Rochelle?

4. Why are all the 'coven' self-publishings Rochelle Moores plagiarized content?

5. Why won't a Gardnerian provide her degree/teaching credentials?

6.Why are the same few coven admins/members constantly speaking for Raven?

7. Why did Lulu pull the 'coven book' if it wasn't plagiarized materials from real authors?

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Food for thought:

"Potentially unsafe groups or leaders come off very nice at first, they go for vulnerable people who are looking for answers, lonely, what you'd call 'normal people.' They're very good at what they do and can get people to believe anything. You might think you'd never get taken in, but don't bet on it. "

-- Margaret Singer, Ph.D.

Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe group/leader.

1. Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.
2. No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.
3. No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement.
4. Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.
5. There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.
6. Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.

7. There are records, books, news articles, or television programs that document the abuses of the group/leader.
8. Followers feel they can never be "good enough".
9. The group/leader is always right.
10. The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.

Ten warning signs regarding people involved in/with a potentially unsafe group/leader.

1. Extreme obsessiveness regarding the group/leader resulting in the exclusion of almost every practical consideration.
2. Individual identity, the group, the leader and/or God as distinct and separate categories of existence become increasingly blurred. Instead, in the follower's mind these identities become substantially and increasingly fused--as that person's involvement with the group/leader continues and deepens.
3. Whenever the group/leader is criticized or questioned it is characterized as "persecution".
4. Uncharacteristically stilted and seemingly programmed conversation and mannerisms, cloning of the group/leader in personal behavior.
5. Dependency upon the group/leader for problem solving, solutions, and definitions without meaningful reflective thought.

6. Hyperactivity centered on the group/leader agenda, which seems to supercede any personal goals or individual interests.
7. A dramatic loss of spontaneity and sense of humor.
8. Increasing isolation from family and old friends unless they demonstrate an interest in the group/leader.
9. Anything the group/leader does can be justified no matter how harsh or harmful.
10.Former followers are at best-considered negative or worse evil and under bad influences. They can not be trusted and personal contact is avoided.

-Source

Update: Requiring registration has stopped the trolling completely. Apparently many people do not want to reveal their email to register; oddly, these were the same people who were demanding that Chops and practically everyone else should reveal their identities. ;)

Isadore Raven Avalon/Black Raven Coven Book Pulled by Lulu.com

2011-08-27T00:38:00.002-04:00

'MAGICK FOR THE NEW WITCH & WICCAN - New seekers of the Mysteries on the Path of the Wise' pulled for plagiarism.

The 'coven book' which Raven Avalon claimed was authored by herself, & edited by Bram Darkraven, was today removed by Lulu.com from it's sales lineup due to plagiarism. Rightful authors of stolen material contacted Lulu.com with proof that their work had been stolen and Lulu responded immediately.

Cached page showing the books listed; current page showing them removed.

Chops strongly encourages these real authors to also contact Amazon. Plagiarism claims are handled through this email address: copyright@amazon.com.

For a real-life example of the simple email process, see here, where an author has posted their email exchange with Amazon after dealing with another repeat scammer/thief.

Isadore Raven Avalon/Black Raven Coven Is Rochelle Moore aka Zara Alcott

2011-08-22T22:20:00.009-04:00

Comparing the 'Black Raven Coven' books and Rochelle Moore's books; they are virtually identical. Chops believes this puts to rest any further questions; Black Raven Coven is Rochelle's 2011 money-making iteration on social networking sites following her plagiarism bust last year. Same Facebook group urls, same books, same everything.

All that would remain is for Rochelle/Siobhan/Raven/Zara to explain why she went from a Christo-Wiccan to a hereditary witch practicing thousands of years old witchcraft descended from her ancestors the Druids to a third-degree Gardnerian witch with 45 years of practice and seminars. Chops won't be holding it's breath.

The book examinations: identical passages are in red. Large files, click to expand each image.

Page one

Page Two

Page Three

Page Four

Page Five

Chops stands by it's original assertion that Black Raven Coven is Rochelle Moore, back under a new persona (Raven, and many phoney admin alts), recycling her older Moore works under a different name and premise this year after the plagiarism bust of last year - to continue to make money off the pagan community.

EDIT Update:

Now that it has been established that Isobelle Raven Avalon and Black Raven Coven are indeed Rochelle (Siobhan Mary Whelan) Moore, Chops knew much of what she is attempting to sell as her own work would be plagiarized from other authors - and they would all be online. Indeed that is the case. In a brief examination of just one small part of the book 'Magic For The New Witch and Wiccan', one finds the following: (Raven/Rochelle's book quotes are in grey, the plagiarized originals are in blue. Red denotes the word or two that Rochelle added or changed). Naturally, none of the stolen works are cited or attributed.
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-from Raven Avalons (Rochelle Moore) Magic For The New Witch and Wiccan
INTRODUCTION: NEW TO THIS?
You would not be reading this were you not already a Seeker, trying to find your Way. Your search, the inner work it involves, the dedication, are what matter, not if your Path leads finally to being a Witch or Wicca. Walk in the light and you will never go astray. The journey to Magick starts with an inner voyage.
Magick will take you further, teach you how to penetrate the veils and layers of reality. Magick deals in ultimate truths. This journey, should you decide to undertake it, is a never-ending one. We all have things we can still learn about ourselves and about Magick, no matter how long we have been studying.
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Where she stole the above content from:
You would not be reading this were you not already a Seeker, trying to find your Way. Your search (and the inner work it involves) are what matter, not if your Path leads finally to Wicca or somewhere else.
Walk in the light and you will never go astray. The journey to magick starts with an inner voyage, the journey to Self.
Magick will take you further, teach you how to penetrate the veils and layers of reality. Magick deals in ultimate truths. This journey, should you decide to undertake it, is a never-ending one. We all have things we can still learn about ourselves and about magick, no matter how long we have been studying.
-- from The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland. http://www.wattpad.com/520723-the-wicca-handbook-by-eileen-holland-introduction
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Raven/Rochelles book:

Witches do not exactly "believe in" anything. They just know it to be there. Witches are great individualists and while all Wiccans are Pagans, not all Pagans are Witches. Witchcraft is a type of Paganism.
Pagans all believe in the same things but Witches work spells and Magick whilst Pagans who are not Witches do not. This will become more clear as we move through this book.
The terms Black or White Magick really have no meaning. Magick in itself is a neutral force. It is how you use it that determines whether it is for good or bad. However, Witches bear in mind the message given in the Wiccan Rede and the Threefold rule; "What you do will return to you threefold"; hence, it is not advisable to actually work any harmful Magick.
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Where she stole the above content from:
Witches do not exactly "believe in" anything. They just know it to be there. Witches are great individualists. While all wiccans are pagans, not all pagans are witches. Witchcraft is a type of paganism.
Pagans all believe in the same things but witches work spells and magic whilst pagans who are not witches do not.The terms Black or White magic really have no meaning. Magic is a neutral force. It is how you use it which determines wether it is for good or bad. However, witches bear in mind the message given in the wiccan rede and the Threefold rule. ((What you do will return to you threefold)). It is very unadvisable to actually work any harmful magic.
Source: written by: Bekka http://members.tripod.com/~Kith_Kinesthae/calling/intro.html
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Raven/Rochelles book:
The term Pagan is from the Latin "Paganus", an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country." As a noun, “Paganus” was used to mean "country dweller, villager”. The semantic development of post-classical Latin Paganus in the sense "non-Christian, heathen" is unclear. The dating of this is controversial, but the 4th century seems most plausible. An earlier example has been suggested in Tertullian De Corona Militis xi, "Apud hunc [sc. Christum] tam miles est paganus fidelis quam paganus est miles infidelis," but here the word Paganus may be interpreted in the sense "civilian" rather than "heathen".
From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more rapidly in major urban areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Corinth, Rome) than in the countryside (in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban), and soon the word for "country dweller" became synonymous with someone who was "not a Christian," giving rise to the modern meaning of "Pagan."
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Where she stole the above content from:
The term pagan is from the Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country." As a noun, paganus was used to mean "country dweller, villager."[7] The semantic development of post-classical Latin paganus in the sense "non-Christian, heathen" is unclear. The dating of this sense is controversial, but the 4th century seems most plausible. An earlier example has been suggested in Tertullian De Corona Militis xi, "Apud hunc [sc. Christum] tam miles est paganus fidelis quam paganus est miles infidelis," but here the word paganus may be interpreted in the sense "civilian" rather than "heathen".
From its earliest beginnings, Christianity spread much more quickly in major urban areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, Rome) than in the countryside (in fact, the early church was almost entirely urban[citation needed]), and soon the word for "country dweller" became synonymous with someone who was "not a Christian," giving rise to the modern meaning of "pagan."
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

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Raven/Rochelles book:
There are many branches of Paganism e.g.:
Celtic (Druid), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Celts before the
Christianization of areas such as Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe.
Eclectic Pagan; a term that describes people who take from many different faiths and combine them into one, Egyptian (Kemetic), is a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the ancient Egyptians and
Heathenism, (Asatru), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Norse people before the onset of the Christianization of Scandinavia.

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Where she stole the above content from:
Celtic (Druid), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Celts before the Christianization of areas such as Ireland, Britain, and Gaul
Eclectic Pagan, a term that describes people who take from many different faiths and combine them into one.
Egyptian (Kemetic), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the ancient Egyptians.
Heathenism (Asatru), a reconstruction of the faith practiced by the Norse people before the Christianization of Scandinavia.
Source: Adam Bean, Paganism & Wicca FAQ - from the Facebook group Paganism & Wicca
https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=53173&post=1246143&uid=2204731498
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Raven/Rochelles book:
As time progressed and Christianity spread, those same country folk were often the last strongholds clinging to their old religions.
Thus, "Pagan" came to mean people who didn't worship the God of Abraham

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Where she stole the above content from:
As time progressed and Christianity spread, those same country folk were often the last holdouts clinging to their old religions.
Thus, “Pagan” came to mean people who didn’t worship the god of Abraham.
Source: Patti Wigington, ‘Wicca, Witchcraft or Paganism?’ About.com author
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/wiccaandpaganismbasics/a/WWPDiffs.htm
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Raven/Rochelles book:
Hedge-witchery, or Hedge-craft, is a kind of combination of Witchcraft and Shamanism. This Path is based on the Traditional Witchcraft and Cunning Folk traditions of Europe from ancient to modern times.
The word "Hedgewitch" may come from the Saxon word for Witch, Haegtessa, which translates to "hedge-rider". The Old Norse lay Havamal refers to "hedge-riders, witching aloft.
For the Hedge-witch, "the Hedge" is a metaphor for the line drawn between this world and the next; between reality and dream, between the Upper, Middle, and Lower Worlds.
In short, the Hedge is what many Pagans refer to as the Veil.
Hedge Witches use herbs and shamanic techniques, such as drumming and meditation, to induce altered states of consciousness.
They work with familiar spirits, their ancestral dead, plant and animal Totems to assist in their Otherworld work.
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Where she stole the above content from:
Hedgewitchy or Hedgecraft, is a kind of combination of Witchcraft and Shamanism. This Path is based on the Traditional Witchcraft and Cunning Folk traditions of Europe from ancient to modern times.
“Hedgewitch” most likely comes from the Saxon word haegtessa, which translates to “hedge-rider”. The Old Norse lay Havamal refers to “hedge-riders, witching aloft”.
For the Hedgewitch, “the Hedge” is a metaphor for the line drawn between this world and the next; between reality and dream, between the Upper, Middle, and Lower Worlds.
Treating “the Hedge” an another word for what pagans commonly call the Veil.
Hedgewitches use herbs and herbal concoctions known as flying ointments, as well as shamanic techniques such as drumming and meditation, to induce altered states of consciousness. They work with familiar spirits, their ancestral dead, plant and animal Totems and the like, to assist in their Otherworld work.
Source: Written by Juniper
http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/2008/07/what-is-hedgecraft/
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Raven/Rochelles book:
A Hedge Witch would have learned their trade or Craft by word of mouth. More than likely they would have learned it from a family member or the former village Witch and is an eclectic path.
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Where she stole the above content from:

A hedge witch would have learned their trade or craft by word of mouth. More than likely they would have learned it from a family member or the former village witch.
Source: Written by: GreenWitch
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/greenwitch/sacred.html
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Raven/Rochelles book:
Animism is derived from the Latin word "anima” meaning “breath or soul" and the belief of Animism is probably one of man's oldest beliefs in the world. This Tradition believe that a soul or spirit exists in every object, even if it was inanimate.
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Where she stole the above content from:
The term animism is derived from the Latin word anima meaning breath or soul. The belief of animism is probably one of man's oldest beliefs, with its origin most likely dating to the Paleolithic age. From its earliest beginnings it was a belief that a soul or spirit existed in every object, even if it was inanimate.
Source: ‘Animism’ written by Alan G. Hefner and Virgilio Guimaraes for PaganSpace.net
http://www.paganspace.net/group/animism--
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To anyone being fleeced by this woman, return your books and demand a refund. All salient material in Raven/Rochelles book is available for free online; to include Rochelle Moore's Gather and Associated Content sites.Do not continue to be fooled by this poser pretending to be a 'high priestess.' For shame.

EDIT Update:

Raven says the matter is settled; she has posted a photo that clearly proves she is not Rochelle/Siobhan:

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Except...it's another photo she took from an online website and added her name to:

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Well, that just settles everything, doesn't it. ;)

On Visiting Facebook, and continued plagiarism

2011-08-22T05:42:00.020-04:00

Following several requests for Chops to make an appearance on Facebook in the last week or two, and especially in the comment section here; Chops created a profile and page on Facebook. We posted in two groups that we were there, and directed anyone to our personal page who wished to speak directly to Chops.

We asked that discussions remain civil and factual, one issue at a time.

The next morning, Jacqueline Bowser claimed to have received a private message, and blamed Chops for it. Even after the person who sent the message publicly spoke up in Bowsers group and stated that she was the author of the message, Bowser continued to portray anger and blame Chops. She claimed she would not speak to Chops because of this message that Chops had nothing to do with. One can only assume that she never expected Chops to come to FB, and had to fabricate a reason to avoid speaking with us. This casts a significant pall on her previous claims of victimhood, in the comments here.

Two days after Chops arrived at FB, Bram Darkraven, admin of Isadore Raven Avalon's/Rochelle Moore's Black Raven Coven, posted to the Chops wall. After Chops responded to him, he deleted the entire conversation.

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Chops feels these actions more or less speak for themselves. It becomes increasingly apparent that none of the people actively involved in the Siobhan/Rochelle Moore/Raven Avalon/Black Raven Coven issues can refute a single claim on this blog. They have every opportunity, and continue to hide, obfuscate, and blame the whistleblowers.

Having been caught out as being Rochelle/Siobhans page, they are now planning on changing to another group page to break the Moore association, apparently:

The basic facts remain:
Raven's coven group page on FB is Rochelle Moore's Witches and Wiccans of Facebook; the title was changed in February when 'Raven' and the coven suddenly appeared online. The coven claims no knowledge of who Rochelle Moore is, yet coven admins who appeared online with Raven and the coven in Feb, linked to Moore's books on their Gather and Twitter pages (now removed.) and used two Moore book covers as coven logos.

On Facebook later, Raven again uses the two Rochelle (Siobhan) Moores book covers as personal and coven logos. When questioned, suspected alt Aidana Silvermist claims Rochelle gave Raven permission to use them. The artist who owned the rights to one cover was contacted, and confirmed that she was told this, and Raven then had to pay the artist a fee to continue to use the art. Coven still claims not to know who Rochelle is.

Raven Avalon appropriated two copyrighted internet photos from their owners, in one case even removing the artists watermark, before claiming both were of herself, photographed and painted by a friend. The real artist painter confirmed her work was stolen and altered.

Following this exposure, Raven went on the attack, using her alts and group members to harass the whistleblowers. The coven posted Rochelle Moore's old Hate List from 2009/2010, and encouraged all members to report the people on the list and get them banned from Facebook. (Side by side lists can be seen in the previous post).

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The Goblin Hunter alt is created, Coven admins join him/her on all his profiles and pages, and s/he repeatedly creates numerous groups, spamming the Hate List and calling for everyone on the list (130+ Facebook pagans) to be Reported and banned. Most profiles and groups are removed by Facebook for Hate Speech.

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Raven Avalon continues to plagiarize. On her coven group info, it initially copied Ravensgrove Coven's information. This was changed, and the current info is palgiarized from uncredited web sources (see image below), yet signed by Raven herself. One wonders why a self-declared third-degree Gardnerian high priestess, who claims to have been teaching and running seminars for years, cannot write a simple introduction paragraph for her own coven statement.

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At this point, the coven members are still continuing to deny their involvement and promotion of the Hate List with attacks, obfuscations, denials and twisted tales. They continue to deny that Raven is Rochelle Moore. They cannot offer even a single explanation as to why their coven is Moore's group page - (among other things.) Raven still refuses to provide any credentials or verification to back her teaching and 3rd-degree Gardnerian high priestess claims, her location, and even her supposed "coven of 20 years." Offers to meet in her supposed Wiltshire location, in a public place, with well-known public figures of the UK pagan leadership are ignored. Any legitimate teacher would be willing to provide their credentials.
Rather ironically, Black Raven Coven has The Seekers Bill of Rights posted as a document:

"1. "The Right to Verify Credentials: Seekers shall not be obstructed from contacting persons who can substantiate or disavow the claims made by a group or teacher. In the case of elders who were inspired to create a new tradition, the seeker has a right to know the circumstances surrounding the inception of that tradition."

I suppose it's to lend a feeling of credibility to the group, and the newbies are afraid to ask.

Those who have read the 'coven books' report that they are a simplistic rehash of basic material found for free all over the internet. The coven 'Book of Shadows' is only 200+ pages, yet covers 60 topics; meaning each topic averages two pages each, front and back. Chops has not reviewed the book, but has had numerous confirmations of the above statements. The Coven charged for the books and also for lessons; they deny this but Chops has screenshots of the pages on this, and unless they have removed it, the post by Llewellyn David explaining the charges for lessons and to send them to an anonymous Paypal email remains in the coven Discussions.

Enough. The connection with Rochelle Moore following last years plagiarism (and re-self-publishing as Zara Alcott) remains quite clear. Chops warns Dear Readers once more about scammers trying to separate pagans from their money. Steer clear, and please pass the word to newbies, especially.

Comparisons.

2011-08-14T20:56:00.000-04:00

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Our Way or Highway

2011-08-12T16:03:00.008-04:00

... the Black Raven Coven founder and administrator:

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Chops might point out that the real issues lie completely with Rochelle Moore/Raven Avalon, and they should be the ones addressing the posts in this blog. Everyone else is incidental, and Chops wonders why they are pressuring others to answer for them. .

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Edit Update 12 Aug 2011:

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Chops is going to take this opportunity to directly address Raven Avalon/Rochelle or whomever she is, since she is quite focused on Chops this week. :)
Raven's quotes are in grey, italics:

A. “Some of you are aware of the current witch wars going on which have been started by a supposed pagan named bustin' chops (enough said)..”

1.There is no 'witch war.' People's choice of spirituality has nothing to do with the issues at hand, which are you, a few of your admins/members and the Goblin Hunter behaviors/Hate List.

2. Bustin' Chops is the name of a blog, not a person. However, to belittle the Chop's author/s assumed spirituality because you do not like what they have to say does not increase your credibility.

3. Chops did not 'start' anything, Chops merely reported the events, and actually quite a bit after they were in full swing.

B. “..which has led to the opening of a group against bullying on Facebook run by jacqueline.”

1. Jacqueline Bowser did not suddenly & altruistically start a group against 'general bullying.' She was an active participant with you & certain of your admins/members and the Goblin Hunter's Hate List and groups. She created the current page after all the other groups & Goblin Hunter profiles were removed by FB for hate content. Shortly after creating it, someone apparently realized the damage the Hate List had done to its promoters, realized they weren't looking reputable, and decided to change their tune; especially after some members questioned why a supposed anti-bullying group was itself targeting and bullying people.

2. This change of tactics was discussed in your group and her group; even to include the idea of accusing Hate List victims of being the Goblin. Chops has the screen shots of these statements should you desire them posted here.

3. To state that Jacqueline is “the true pagan here” is an implied insult to all other pagans; especially given her behavior and promotion of the Goblin Hunter and the Hate List against so many pagans, many of them leaders in the community. Chops wonders if what you really meant by that was to encourage her (and others) to continue to fight & obfuscate your battle for you.

Positing false 'spiritual litmus tests' of others based on whether you approve of their opinions or not is a classic manipulation technique.We see this in the post above this one, also.

C. “ Paganism for those who believe is to harm none and be balanced not to finger point and say I am a bigger pagan than you.”

1. There is no 'harm none' rule in Paganism. That's an incomplete, and therefore misleading, quoted portion of the Wiccan Rede. One would expect a 'Third-degree Gardnerian Wiccan,' as you claim to be, to know this.

2. 'Harm none' – even for a Wiccan, does not mean allowing or ignoring bad behavior. Your frequent invocation of 'Harm None' appears to be a subtle demand for others to ignore your behavior, and is demeaning to all sincere Wiccans.

3. The only person who ever mentioned anything about being big or high was Rochelle Moore, who had an alt 'reveal her to be' the secret “High Witch of Ireland” - several years ago.

D. “I am disgusted by at the behavior of so-called UK pagans or those worldwide who act in such a manner.”

1. You were called out on copyright theft, you followed it with lies and attacks, and it continues. No one likes being caught.

2. You are using the term 'pagans' to falsely portray this as a religious/spiritual issue. That is the pagan version of someone telling a Christian shoplifter that they are a thief, and the Christian yelling 'I'm being persecuted because I'm Christian.' Your behavior has nothing to do with paganism itself, except wherein it impacts the pagan community either financially or through negativity.

E. “So you have written a blog, so you have written an odd article, or perhaps say I represent the midlands area.....truth is you are nothing more than the rioters in London.”

"not your false world.."

This is directed at Daniel Griffith, better known as Chattering Magpie of the East Midlands Pagan Federation; and the Pagan Federation Regional Officer for Derbyshire. (The above comment from Raven Avalon towards him is the apparent result of his private conversations with Jacqueline Bowser over the last few days on Facebook - which apparently were shared by Bowser with Raven Avalon.)

Comparing real-world pagan UK leaders to the “rioters in London” simply because they do not agree with you is beneath warranting a response.

Chops will also point out that Mr.Griffith/Chattering Magpie stands with his real name and location, open about himself, his credentials and background, and his roles, past and present, in the pagan community. Raven, on the other hand, uses a false name, and apparently only exists online.

" (enough said)"

Enough said, indeed.

Obfuscation FTW

2011-08-07T20:53:00.034-04:00

When caught publishing hate lists and persecution of people in the pagan community, what to do, what to do when you realize you've trashed your credibility and reputations and gone too far?

Blame the victims:

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It's a bit odd that these alts have begun accusing the Bunnies that pointed out their bad behavior ...of attempting to to drive up book sales - when this is Rochelle/Ravens entire raison d'etre. While there is a Bunny or two that's published, none of the discussions involving these issues have ever mentioned Bunnies or their books, nor has Chops ever promoted any Bunny publishing. Curious.

Chops does recall, however, a random and slightly incoherent comment from a Black Raven Coven member a month or so ago, that out of the blue, suddenly began asking the Bunnies which of them were published authors, and demanding their 'author credentials.' It was pure Rochelle Moore style from 2010, angry and completely out of context. The discussion at the time was over Ravon Avalon's theft of copyrightd images, and claiming they were pictures of her taken by a friend - as covered in a previous post.

Chops, with a long *sigh*, gives you, Dear Reader, a recap and summary of this entire blog:

App. 2005-6: Siobhan Moore Whelan appears on the internet, writing Xtian and Wiccan & miscellaneous content for the free Associated Content and poetry sites online. She also uses the name Rochelle Moore and Rochelle Whelan Moore on MySpace, Gather, and several free writing and social networking sites. All the writings contain cut & pasted info from other online sites. Also writing as Free Whelan, she publishes a giddy retrospective of drugs, dealing with Dublin drug police, and concert-going in the 70's.

In the next couple of years, she self-publishes a couple of small books. Bad reviews on Amazon are removed by her, and she leaves herself glowing reviews with alts all over the internet. Sales are apparently poor, and most she does not pay to republish.

2008/2010: By 2008, she uses only the name Rochelle Moore and promotes herself as a published author and winner of international awards, with interviews all over the world. All false. Two internet 'interviews' by phone and chosen as a winner (allegedly, cannot be located) on a free poetry forum, Voices.net.

She discovers Facebook, abandons her MySpace page and makes numerous Facebook pages, groups and profiles. In March of 2009, she runs afoul of a UK group by stealing and posting a rather serious ritual from their copyrighted website. She attacks in return, but eventually removes the material.

In May, Facebook removes her (and the posts involved, on what is now the Black Raven Coven group page, formerly her Witches and Wiccans of Facebook - hosted by 'renouned' author Rochelle Moore) for running a poetry contest to generate money; ostensibly for an unnamed charity.

She later claims that she runs an animal sanctuary and solicits donations; however, calls to the sanctuary she mentions are met with denials of ever having heard of her. (Chops was told that she made a subsequent donation to the shelter when that info was made public, but cannot verify that claim.)

In between, she writes articles for Associated Content. The 'information' articles for Associated Content contain/ed some wrong -and sometimes dangerous information- particularly in matters of medicine or herbal use. All the writings contain much cut & pasted info from other online sites; sometimes hilariously disjointed or even double-pasted.

She has also changed her persona by this time period to be a non-Wiccan witch of ancient lineage, descended from the Druids and practicing thousands of years-old witchcraft, with a "renouned famous-all-over-Ireland Grandmother witch who handed down the family BOS from generations back. She is secretly the 'high witch of Ireland.' She refers often to her spells, etc, being thousands of years old.

At this time, her and her son are also running online 'tourist' trips in Dublin from Facebook Irish tourism pages/groups, asking for non-refundable deposits to their untraceable PayPal accounts, & giving false contact addresses and phone numbers. Following a particularly notable Midsummer scam fiasco and reports to the Irish Tourism Department, their 'company' and Paypal accounts vanish.

Later in 2010, Rochelle Moore's book, Beyond the Third Eye, is dropped from publication by the Yarborough family publishing company. A few members of the Fluffy Bunny group had brought the (2/3rds of the book) plagiarism to light. (It has since come to light that Rochelle deceived the publishing company at the time the book contract was signed, illegally using a false name and lying about the content being her original material.)

Rochelle goes on the attack for months , claiming persecution, witch hunting, publishes lists of people & groups she wants Reported and banned from Facebook. (Somehow overlooking that her book wouldn't have been dropped if more than half wasn't plagiarized material.) She uses her group members and many alts (Poppy Wild, Frederick Dealimao, Trevor Houdek, Elder Moon, Mark Harrington, Germaine Aston, Silvermist, Irish Pagans, etc) to try to generate false outrage, pretend to be lawyers and new publishers, threaten everyone; posts work and personal information about people on her hit list, and then suffers 'sudden illnesses' which generate group sympathy. Less than a month after the book was pulled from the market, her second -and last- internet radio interviewer discovered she had plagiarized a Pravda article of his, in her book, shortly after presenting her on his internet psychic show; mere weeks before the book was pulled. At first a staunch defender of her amidst the cries of plagiarism, he soon threatened a lawsuit after his discovery, and Rochelle suddenly moved to France and largely disappeared from Facebook.

Late 2010: Zara Alcott, a previous alt of Rochelles on Facebook, pays Lulu.com to self-republish the plagiarized book under a different name. The two books are identical. Lulu removes the book from their online catalogue when they discover it is the plagiarized & repackaged Beyond The Third Eye.

Early 2011: (Isabelle) Raven Avalon, Bram Darkraven, Freya LaVey, Isis Waterwytch & Zoe Oakmoon all appear on the internet & Facebook simultaneously, promoting their small self-published 'Black Raven Coven' book everywhere; in all the exact same social networking sites that Rochelle did. They originally had links to Rochelle Moore's books when they first created their Twitter & Gather accounts - those have since been removed. Isobelle Raven Avalon claims to be a third-degree Gardnerian witch who has been teaching and running seminars for decades. (Just as with Rochelle, no one in the claimed Wiltshire area (or anywhere else) has ever heard of her, her coven or anyone -or anywhere- else they claim to be. She will not provide anything to back up her teaching 'credentials', and anyone who questions is attacked and banned. She refuses to respond to offers to meet publicly with well-known pagan area representatives to clear her suspicion of being Rochelle Moore.)

She creates several groups and pages on FB, changes her old Rochelle Moore group to the new Black Raven Coven group to sell her book, using Moore's 'When the Levee Breaks' book cover as the coven logo. The former publishers of Beyond The Third Eye also confirmed that Rochelle had originally submitted this art as the first proposed cover for Beyond The Third Eye. She also uses Rochelles purple pentagram book cover and alters it to be a Black Rock Coven/Raven Avalon logo. The graphic artist is notified, contacts Raven Avalon, and is told "Rochelle let them use it." Rochelle did not own the rights to it, the artist did. "Raven" settles for paying a fee for the use of the art. (This occurred even before Raven Avalon and her coven were claiming not to know Rochelle Moore.) Recently, coven alt Silvermist, when this fact was brought up, stated that the credit card Raven paid for the artwork with was later "fraudulently used to start three internet businesses in Australia, where the artist is from." The implication teeters on actionable criminal slander. The artist resides in the UK.

The Coven was charging the Facebook group members via PayPal in their 'teaching coven' "if you hadn't bought their book" but wanted to participate in the secret group. They deny this, but the pages are still viewable, as is the post in their group Discussions. The main 'Coven' page is Rochelle Moore's former 'Witches and Wiccans of Facebook, hosted by renouned author Rochelle Moore page; she changed the name, but the url cannot be changed. If you continue to scroll far back through the coven pages, you will find all the old Rochelle convos with her alts, book spam and even the early plagiarism conflicts and the poetry money-raising scam.

People on Facebook (some of them Bunnies) catch on to all of the above, start talking about it, catch her out stealing copyrighted pictures and claiming they are of herself - and the same attack cycle begins. Rochelle/Raven Avalon and alts go on the attack, claiming persecution, witch hunting, publishes (as the Goblin Hunter) a hate list of people & groups she wants Reported and banned from Facebook. She uses her groups and many alts again to try to generate false outrage, pretend to be victims, and they create several anti-cyberbullying groups to try to gain supporters of some kind.

In a (forgive Chops, but it must be said) black-humor-what-an-idiot sort of way, the Goblin Hunter & Raven Avalon targets the people from 2010 that Rochelle had listed back then. Many of these people were no longer active and had never mentioned Raven or her 'coven' -in 2011. Oops. Many more of the 130+ pagans named on the list were blindly copied from friend lists and groups of people they disliked, which inadvertantly led to them targeting notables such as Sorita D'Estes, Raymond Buckland, Green Egg, etc. The current public names running this iterations attack campaign are the Black Raven/Goblin Hunter crew; Joanne Nelson, Jacqueline Morrow Bowser, Freya LaVey, Emily Dicksen, and a few others.

Also noteworthy is that Freya Lavey and Bram Darkraven, admins of Black Raven Coven began posting screenshots from the old Rochelle Moore scandal of a year ago for the Goblin Hunter hate campaign.

More recently, Raven and Bram Darkraven have pressured their group members, implying that they are not "true pagans" if they do not agree with this campaign. A few members have questioned these tactics.

That's it in a nutshell, and in conclusion, this person, whomever she really is, is apparently a determined online scammer who seems set on profiting from the pagan community. Proof of all the above statements are contained in this blog; should anyone really want the entire sordid story, start at the New Here? link on the left upper menu on any page.

The pagan community will blow the whistle on scammers, and will continue to do so whenever possible. In the interim, Chops dearly hopes these people will take a long, very long vacation.
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As a final word, especially given the apparent 'plan' these folks have to try to turn the hate campaign back on the victims, Chops leaves you with the following image, and it should settle forever any potential doubts as to who was behind, and with, the Goblin Hunter and the pagan 'hit list' they put out to harrass many FB pagans.

Note: bolded names are intended to show the commonalities between Rochelle Moore's/her alts and all the other groups, as well as the commonalities between the Raven Avalon and Goblin hunter groups - and especially given the current denials amongst the key players. Actual screenshots are available of the collated information.

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EDIT Update 10 August 2011:

Chops has received notice of this post on Facebook:

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While Chops doesn't truly see the need to respond to blatant revisionism, and especially long-distance and second-hand requests - for the sake of our Dear Readers we will engage in a moment of redundancy:

Mz. Bowser was in every single group with the Goblin Hunter, and usually an admin. Screenshots can be found in all previous Chops posts on this matter.

Bowser was also on all the Goblin Hunters personal friend lists, even after the Goblin Hunters profiles were removed by FaceBook for Hate Speech content, several times. Bowser was an admin in the very first Goblin Hunter page, on the very first day, which posted the pagan Hate List for the very first time and demanded that everyone on the list be Reported and banned from Facebook. Bowser approved of all this in her comments, contributed to every Goblin hate group, and when Facebook removed the Goblin Hunter & the previous iterations of the Cyberbully groups they kept creating, she converted her former Connecticut Bosses page to the current Cyberbully one.

Should anyone care to provide proof that Chops is in error, Chops will happily review any information provided here in our comments sections.

Edit Update:

Jacqueline Morrow Bowser has responded in the comments section.

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..and the beat goes on..

2011-08-06T13:06:00.011-04:00

Minor update to the Rochelle Moore/Raven Avalon/Goblin Hunter/Joanne Nelson/Jaqueline Morrow Bowser/et al Facebook mini series:

Rochelle has suddenly made a reappearance (along with old alts Poppy Wild, Frederick Dealimao, etc) after disappearing last year when her book, Beyond The Third Eye was dropped by its publisher for massive plagiarism. She has changed her page title, edited her info, and added a free AOL.fr address to support her claim last year of having "moved to France" when the hammer descended and lawsuits were threatened by authors she had plagiarized.

As a reminder, here is an example from last year of Moore/Avalons hilarious fabrications with her alt, Poppy Wild: click here.

This reappearance coincides with 'Isabelle' Raven Avalon being 'gone' for a week to tend an ill daughter (sound familiar?), and the apparent removal *or admin disabling) from Facebook of Raven/Rochelles Black Raven Covens private 'teaching' group.

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Chops might point out to one of the posters in the above screenshot that a Closed group can't be cyberbullied, nor reported by anyone but admins or members, and no one can join unless an Admin approves. If the group is gone, then Rochelle/Raven either deleted it or temporarily withdrew it from access. Chops also notes that Kiah Webster is an old familiar name from the Rochelle Moore days of yore. Also friends with some of the Moore/Raven/Goblin Hunter crowd. ;)

Continuing onward, Moore/Avalons alts are friended with, and appearing in the 'anti-cyberbullying' groups being run by the cyberbully Goblin Hunter hate-list people:

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Perhaps Bowser would care to respond to the many screenshots on Chops previous posts, showing her as an active and aggressive member/admin in the Hate-list cyberbullying campaign against so many Facebook pagans.

Stay aware, lovely people. The only possible purpose for the hate-list people to continue to seek membership for their groups is to have a pool of innocent people to use when they want to call on group members to Report someone en masse, to attempt to get someone banned from Facebook.

...and the beat goes on.

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Monkey's Paw, Cookie Jar

2011-07-21T10:17:00.012-04:00

A picture is worth a thousand words.

When you Google the old Rochelle Moore Facebook group, 'Witches and Wiccans of Facebook hosted by Rochelle Moore' and then click the link, it takes you to Black Raven Coven/Lady Raven Avalon's page.

How could this be, you ask? Because Rochelle changed the page and group name ...but couldn't change the Facebook URL address without deleting the group and losing the previous members.

Why is Black Rock Coven using Rochelle's old cover art from the 2006 self-published of 'When The Levee Breaks?' The book failed to sell and she apparently never payed to republish it, so she must have pulled it off the market and recycled the cover art when she invented the coven and her apparent new alt, Lady Raven Avalon.

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Rochelle Whelan Moore, Mary, Siobhan, Isabelle/Isodora Raven Avalon; whatever your real name is - why must you persist in trying to deceive the pagan community to sell your self-published books? Why not just be who you are, write honestly, and market yourself honestly?

Chops will never understand.

All Chops can say to anyone on Facebook who finds themselves involved with any of these groups or people is, don't take our word for it. Ask questions. Ask for real-life references. Ask their qualifications. Look at what they post (cut & paste 'spells' from all over the internet). Ask for the theory and intent behind the spells, ask why certain ingredients are used. If they cannot answer coherently and fully, you have frauds on your hands. Ask historical questions. If they revere Salem as the "Witches Holocaust", or claim to be descended from Druids, run away. Quickly.

Important Clarification

2011-07-14T05:48:00.008-04:00

Please note:

As Chops covered here, the Raven Avalon/Goblin Hunter contingent posted, in one or more of their hate groups, a huge list of Facebook users that they wanted targeted.

Facebook users are now receiving messages and not understanding where this list originated. Goblin Hunter is the author of this hate list; and has distributed it amongst their numerous hate groups designed to harrass the people on the list.
Another Goblin Hunter profile - note the two friends and Interests Freya, admin of Black Raven Coven, and Wools, an alt, also a admin or member of the Coven pages AND on Rochelle Moore's friend list):

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Please see the previous 4 Chops posts on this matter of the list for clarification. Chops will endeavor to obtain a screen shot of the list from one of the hate groups to help clarify this matter.

If any Facebook users receive messages about their name being on this list, please read the list well. Other victims and groups targeted by this list are being mistakenly accused of being the authors (and reported) because people are not reading the entire Goblin message. Be aware before you accuse, please, and do not be an unwitting tool for these hate groups.

Pagans Against Plagiarism has posted a copy of Goblin Hunters target list so that Facebook users can see who is being targeted for harassment - primarily within the Pagan community. Please do not accuse the group or its members; they are simply trying to help the community.

Edit Update:

Pagans Against Plagiarism has added screen shots of the hate list. That should make very clear who, and what group, is behind it. They are an open group.

Another pagan group, NJ Pagans, has posted this:

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Edit Update 2:

They continue to form new groups (below). Chops assumes 'Stop Cyberbulling' from them, the cyberbullies, really means 'stop exposing us as frauds and bullies.'

Ratcheting Up

2011-07-13T10:30:00.006-04:00

Busy little bees; they've launched yet another FB group:

Stop Cyberbullying on Facebook: Dedicated to stamping out bullying on FB

Full group profile:
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All the same people; truly on a roll this week; and of course they don't mean stamping out anyone except the people who have pointed out their bad behavior. One amusing note - from their group info (sorry, they tend to yell a lot in caps; very exciteable):

WEBGOBLINS: Who are they and why they roam Facebook freely insulting, bullying and harassing real genuine people.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JOIN FOR GENUINE REASONS WILL HAVE TO ADD GOBLIN HUNTER OR ELIZABETH DICKSON AS A FRIEND AND THEIR PROFILES WILL BE LOOKED AT TO AVOID SOCKS AND BUNNIES

Only real people will be let into this group so do not ask to join if your name is SILVER SHADOW WOLF or FLOATY AIRY FAIRY!!!

...except of course, for the admins, Goblin Hunter, Freya LaVey, Tawny-eye Moonchild and the other fake alt names such as Adana Silvermist & Aunbis Talsin ( << yes, it was a misspelling; she has a duplicate account with it spelled properly) that are behind the group. ;)

Also from their info:

Cyberbullying could be another name for webgoblinses or just plain unsatisfied, underachievers who gang together to boost their own little lives and give them an interest.

Chops only sees one group of people making dozens of groups and pages and alts, posting lists of real peoples name, taking peoples underage childrens' photos and posting them -and demanding that they all be persecuted and run off of Facebook. That would be you.

Followers of Goblin/Raven/Rochelle/Freya/etc - please stop and think. Rochelle-Raven-Freya-et al's own actions got her in the soup; if she hadn't plagiarized more than a third of her book last year, it wouldn't have been pulled from the market, regardless of what was said about it. Her own fault, no one elses. As Raven, if she hadn't taken copyrighted photos and then lied about them repeatedly (even after the artist had spoken up about it), she wouldn't have made herself look so disreputable.

While you may not like the whistleblowers, Chops fails to see how it serves any of you to defend wrongdoing by obfuscating and harassing the people that pointed it out; along with many other innocents who had nothing to do with it at all - including children. Read this entire blog, from the first post, and you will understand the nature of the few main people (and their many alts) whose groups you are in.

Reference material:

Goblin Hunter, full profile (note 'Facebook Stalking' listed as Activities):
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Update to the Raven Avalon post

2011-07-13T00:47:00.010-04:00

Edit Update: Shortly after this posting hit Chops earlier today, the bashing groups went secret, so the links to them in the previous post will not show their pages. The Bunny group has dozens of screenshots of Goblin Hunter (a brand-new alt) posting members profile links, links to off-Facebook work, etc; all demanding that everyone report them to get them booted off Facebook. Even Chops got a mention. :)

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..funny that Goblin misspells Sehnga the exact same way that Rochelle always did.

Chops could fill pages with similar screenshots:

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...but you get the idea. This campaign seems to be driven in public (we know who lurks behind) by a Joanne Nelson, who is possibly an alt or a family member of you-know-who - or a tool. Her and her 'friend', Elizabeth Dickson, descended on the Bunny group after Raven Avalons copyright thefts and subsequent lies; never once addressing the issue, but attacking the group for quite some time, then leaving the group and fomenting cries of persecution elsewhere, rallying the unaware. Another face is Lila K. Elteto, who may in fact be the Goblin Hunter:

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Below is a convo screenshot, where they discuss having targeted a Bunny members child. The child was never a member of the Bunny group; they looked through a members profile and took his photo and posted it with comments, presumably to intimidate/upset the member.

They should indeed be scared; the boy is 13, not 16.
Noticeably absent is any concern for the child himself, or the ethical wrong of what was done in the first place.

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Goblin Hunter's page - far too long for a screenshot, C&P'd, "(name removed)" is my doing:

We need You!!! List of escaped goblins nasty horrid gremnasties i need to bring back underground DEEP UNDERGROUND to the mines of Mogodon

We need You!!! List of escaped goblins nasty horrid gremnasties i need to bring back underground

TO: the real people who want to show just how horrible facebook can be with fake accounts and goblins running all over the place. I am here to find those nasty escaped goblins and bring them back down underhill where they belongs.

fluffy Bunnie coven and there abuse of genuine people. - WELL DONE

I am a real goblin not a real person Goblin Hunter

nasty nasty goblins

Ignoring, for the time being that my first account was deleted, The Whacko (name removed) aka (name removed), (name removed) and (name removed)'s ridiculous stockpiling of international goblins mindwreckers as if they're the scarcest of commodities on our planet , it would appear that Whacko, (name removed) and (name removed) under the keen eye of (name removed) are is embarking on a policy of assembling a goblin team to really frighten opponents… with their physical weirdness.

Not content with having Uncle Fester (name removed), there's (name removed) sporting a Travis Bickle haircut and a bitter attitude in defence, while (name removed) with a dreadlock beard is a mean Predator and (name removed) sits bacn and acts like a corpse. (The less said about (name removed) foreskin's shrieking the better.)

Then there's quite possibly the most hideous assembly of goblins in the world who folllow dim witted and blind, with (name removed) the Organ shuffling down the flank like Sloth from 'The Goonies',

j(name removed) inked from the top of one arm like a goth who whacko (name removed) states “has more knowledge about witchcraft than all of the other normal people who tried to speak openly about their sparklieeeee bunny group.

The forehead-less (name removed) running all over the internet, Shenga flashing his junk to anyone that passes by, (name removed) chewing hes way down the list of genuine people with her humungous teeth, (name removed): scurrying about with hers shrunken head, and there's (name removed) , who is definitely not that physically appealing but her mouth makes up for her unattractive head.

Now (name removed) has added to her legion of the weird with (name removed) a woman whose teeth could double up as a bottle opener, which will come in handy for (name removed), who has returned from his self publishing holidays with a hobo beard and a beer belly.

If you've see any of these goblins I'd advise never taking a child along with you even as a curiosity as they're likely to have nightmares for the rest of their days having seen such a motley bunch of downright ugliness up close and personal.

The goblin hunter

Sound awfully similar to the third-grade level frothing-at-the-mouth from last year, yes? ;)

The post then listed a ton of peoples Facebook names and account URLs, off-Facebook businesses, etc (which Chops will not repost for privacy concerns); calling for everyone to Report them and get them banned from Facebook.

Doesn't this all seem a bit extreme for a simple case of someone lying - albeit multiple times - about photos?

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The problem - and tell about all of the above nonsense? The list was from last year, when Rochelle Moore was doing the exact same thing to try to deflect from her massive plagiarism that resulted in her book being dropped by her publisher, Andborough Publishing. Goblin Hunter focused the attacks above on Moore's former publisher and the four or so Bunnies that were instrumental in exposing Moore ...last year.

The current Bunny group - the ones who asked about Raven Avalon's copyright infringement, doesn't include all the people from last years Moore debacle, and some of those that are still listed in the group have been noticeably absent for a very long time (and never were present or commented on the Raven issues) - and still another one or two no longer even use the FB accounts she names. Of note also is the number of year-old+ posts and screenshots Freya LaVey/Bram Darkraven/etc (Raven/Moore alts) have dredged up from that time period and tossed in as fuel for Goblin Hunter/Joanne Nelson against the Bunnies that busted Moore way back when.

In conclusion, it appears quite certain that Moore is still with us, under many alts old & new - and Raven Avalon. All the old Moore alts are friended with the new Raven alts, on all the same pages, all friended with Goblin Hunter and Joanne Nelson; and all these new Raven-and-alts-and-groups-and-pages were created at the same time (same day, usually), both on Facebook and other networking sites; all pushing the self-published book sales.

Chops does recall that when Moore first hit the internet years ago to try to earn money off the pagan community, she presented herself as a Wiccan with Christowiccan inclinations (her father was lay clergy, if memory serves). That later morphed into 'non-Wiccan hereditary high witch of Ireland descended from Druids and practicing thousands-of-years-old witchcraft. After her embarrassment and exposure last year, the Rochelle Moore persona had to be reinvented; and here we are, back to Wiccan.

Chops stands by it's conclusion from last year; that this woman is a determined scammer of the pagan community, and will continue her attempts. Inventing a new persona online only takes moments. Be smart, people, and especially newbies. One good tell is to engage someone in conversation, and ask in-depth questions. If they rarely speak at any length or explain anything other than by posting cut & paste items from the internet and other people; be advised that they are quite probably phonies.

As for Goblin Hunter; this educational video is for you. Cheers!

Black Raven Coven - Witches and Wiccans of Facebook

2011-07-12T08:18:00.204-04:00

Please see the previous post for context, if needed.

Black Raven Coven - Witches and Wiccans of Facebook was previously Rochelle Moore's Witches of Facebook group. She changed it's name (but left the old discussions up) when Lady Raven Avalon (and a slew of new alts) suddenly appeared (February 2011) with just-published Lulu trash, and a dozen brand-new accounts online at social networking sites, to promote her 'books' - and take over this group. (The Rochelle Moore persona is noticeably defunct.)

The group apparently exists to sell her 'coven' books, although it claims to exist to help newbies (as does her other group, here; basically a duplicate group to spam book sales). The group Info is loaded with links to purchase her books, and a quick perusal of the group will show no real discussion going on, just copy & paste blurbs straight off the internet - and that's what's in the books, too.
A second quick perusal will show all the same Rochelle Moore alts from last year as members of this - and the other groups (here, and here) now bashing the people and Fluffy Bunny group that busted Raven Avalon last month. The main people listed as the 'coven' are all alts of the same person:
Lady Raven Avalon (HP) (This personal page is just sales spam)
Eros (Wiccan) HP
Freya La Vey
Bram Darkraven
Isiswaterwitch
Llewella David
(more of their spam groups here & here.)

...and there are at least twenty-five more alts. Chops will be publishing a major list of all the alts shortly.

Chops truly wishes Facebook would cross-check IP's, and change their policy to associate IP's with accounts when they are created; it would put an end to this sort of abuse immediately. However, they have in reality made it even easier, with new changes, for scammers to get away with their nonsense and multiple accounts. (Go ahead, Facebook; we double-dog dare you to check the above IPs.)

Chops will leave you with a lovely example of the Black Raven Covens love & light & 'harm none' teachings - and remember they claim to be teaching newbies:

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Chops suspects Cantucci of either being an alt or a shill for you-know-who; (she was voracious when she went in the Bunny group to attack after the Avalon plagiarism outings).

Rochelle Moore did the same thing last year in all her groups; rarely posting as herself; each group was managed by one different alt, with 'Rochelle' occasionally 'popping in' to say hello- and talk to her alts. - to our endless amusement.

Cheers, Dear Readers, and raise a glass to sheer persistence. I guess. :P

Another Day, Another Dollar

2011-06-24T09:22:00.017-04:00

Redux.

Once again, and all-too-familiar: Chops is forced to raise it's virtual pen and warn of reprobates.

Newest entry onto the field of play is the self-styled Lady Raven Avalon, who claims she is the high priestess of a Black Raven Coven, and an experienced witch, mentor and teacher of seminars of more than 40 years. She lists her location as Wiltshire, UK, but no one has ever heard of her in Wiltshire or anywhere else. Hers, and the 'coven' name spontaneously appeared on the internet this past February; all pushing her (self-published) books for sale. Facebook, Gather, PaganSpace.net, Twitter, Blogger, etc - all accounts made within a day or two of each other, and most never returned to after placing the book ad and links (drive traffic and up search engine ratings = $$).

From what Chops has read of the self-publishings so far, they seem to rehash the most simplistic Wiccan/Witch info that is freely available everywhere on the web. Raven's sudden appearance with no prior history or presence in the pagan communities or online; the claims and sales spam, is all incredibly reminiscent of Rochelle Moore (aka Zara Alcott) ; and most especially to include her use of Facebook to solicite $$ and naive alcolytes. Said acolytes who of course would never think to ask for real references or proof of her claims before tossing fawning bright blessing$ all over her.

First coming to our attention as a copyright infringer, Raven then solidified Chops attention when she repeatedly lied, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that certain pictures and paintings were of herself, and done by a friend named P. Faust, whom Chops suspects is one of a long line of alts. This was utterly Moore-esque. The following screenshots are used with permission.

From Ravens Facebook profile:

When this came to light, Raven insisted that her profile pic was a photograph of herself taken by a friend click for larger image:

At the same time that she was typing the lie, the professional artist who painted the picture, Mary McAndrew was contacted and made clear that it was her artwork, copyrighted and watermarked, and she had not given permission or gifted the art to this Raven person (as Raven claimed elsewhere). Raven immediately went on a counterattack largely through alts, trying to raise sympathy for her persecution amongst her group followers, and attacking the people who had caught her out. More Moore-ishness..

On the heels of the above incident came another:

This time she claimed her profile pic (another negative-ized image, above, right) was a photo of her taken by a friend (sound familiar?). Apparently Mz. Raven doesn't seem to realize that simply making a picture a negative image doesn't fool too many people. She is not Olivia Wilde, the actress pictured. Another round of denial and lies ensued. She is still using this Olivia image on a few websites.

Then, again...not four days after the first two. This time she labeled the stolen photo as herself, and added her alts name as the painter:

True to form, the image is someone elses property and copyright: Maggie Sottoro, LLC.

She is still using the above stolen photo as her own at her Gather profile. EDIT: It has been removed from that profile, but Olivia Wildes negative image remains.

Two notes - Raven claims the stolen Maggie Sotero, Ltd image is a painting of her done by P. Faust in 2009; Maggie Sotero didn't produce the dress prior to 2011 for the current line. Also, on her PaganSpace profile, created this March 2011, Raven claims to be 55 years old, and a practicing witch for 50 years. Eh? So Maggie Sotero's wedding dress model is actually the 52 year old Raven Avalon.

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Following these embarrassments, Raven and her alts (and one or two acolytes) called for a group persecution of the Facebook group and administrator of the group that busted her (seen this before?). Note the attempt to make her followers feel they were all being attacked to twist her deception and theft into some form of group persecution:

...as well as to try to use them to get Lesley and the groups that caught her out banned.

Chops is amazed at the gall; but moreso at the insistent lies after proof positive is clear for all to see, including the culprit. Is this the hallmark of a compulsive liar, a substance-abuse problem, or just sheer stupidity? We may never know. In any event, following all of the above, Mz. priestess 'experienced teacher of newbies' closed her Lady Raven Avalon Facebook page, and directed all to her Black Raven Coven page.

In conclusion - although Chops anticipates more to come - we would like to warn newcomers to Paganism to please beware of those claiming titles and experience and who-knows-what, without a shred of evidence to back it up, and especially if not a soul in the real-world pagan community has ever heard of them. You have every right - and in fact, an obligation to yourself - to ask questions, to ask for credentials and references. A good teacher would appreciate your common sense and be happy to prove themselves. A good teacher would not be tossing 'titles' around. Also, ask around; don't rely on just their word, no matter how saccharine love & light they first appear.

These cautions are quadrupled in the online world, where anyone can say anything, create fake alts to back themselves up, and pay to have books published and listed on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Literally anyone can publish anything today; it isn't read, selected for publishing, or anything else. If you can pay, upload it to the publisher and purchase an IBN number, *poof* - you have a book on Amazon.

Buyer beware; there are costs more important than your money.

As for the many coincidences between 'Raven' and Moore (far more than mentioned here) - well, we shall see, won't we.

Edit update: Well, well; I guess we did see. Click to enlarge.

Edit update: Just like last year with the Rochelle Moore incidents, the group that brought her thefts and lies to light have since had a number of people descend on their group page, insulting, harrassing and in one case, spewing the most vile and base language. Some, if not most of these people, are obvious fake accounts, deleted soon after posting. A la Moore style, many post and then delete their posts so they cannot be reported. Same Scheiße, different day.

Edit update/shortcut: For those with attention deficit or lacking the patience to read the posts following this one (and Chops does understand); the above incidents are what started the entire Raven Avalon contingent forming the hate groups, and ultimately, their 'Goblin Hunter' alt putting out the 'hate list' that targeted so many in the pagan community & making the rounds on FB.

Chops thinks this was a very extreme reaction to someone merely being found out for lying about pictures. Perhaps the real concern is credibility and book profits - and having to reinvent herself all over again.

Existence After Death, Zara Alcott/Rochelle Moore

2011-04-26T03:29:00.012-04:00

Edit Update -

Confirmed:

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As readers might recall, when Chops used its own third eye and examined Moore's Beyond The Third Eye last year (refresher here), there were numerous issues with her book. Entire pages were other authors works, and her Resources failed entirely in identifying or crediting those pages to their rightful authorships.

These are the complete Resources from both books. Click for full-sized.

Moore, Beyond The Third Eye:

Alcott's' Existence After Death:

This is rather amazing. With the exception of some additional websites listed (and Jeffrey Sealman newly added *cough*), Alcott's Resources are the same as Moore's. But the amazing part is that they are even in the same order. Déjà vu, mon ami's.

Chops suggests that the websites listed in MooreCott's Existence might want to peruse the book for stolen & uncredited content from their sites.

As for you, Ms. MooreCott, Chops can offer you a free remedial course in proper resource/bibliography/citation/quotation/credit and re-wording of other people's work (yes, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it). I recommend the parenthetical style:

Harvard System of Referencing

Here is a very clear explanation of what does, and does not constitute plagiarism:

Plagiarism explained in great detail

Please note that tossing a vague reference in the back of a book does not clear one of plagiarism if the author and source are not quoted properly within the body of the book when & where their words or ideas are used.

Chops hopes that the above will be very useful.

photo credit

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Rochelle Moore becomes Zara Alcott waves magic wand

2011-04-08T11:42:00.016-04:00

As Bustin' Chops (yawningly) predicted last year, Moore has invented yet another cyber identity and has re-published her trash under a new name and title. Rochelle Moore’s old book Beyond The Third Eye - pulled from the market last year by it's publishers for massive plagiarism - has been self-published again under yet another new pseudonym, Zara Alcott; titled Existence After Death. She has paid to republish through LuLu.com.

Be warned, Fair Readers.

'Zara Alcott' has begun the identical, repetitive Moore technique: Facebook PR campaign of multiple groups, ID's and pages to push sales; also on Gather - with the identical 'review' of the book that was on Amazon, but posted under a different name. 'Alcott's' appearance on FB and Gather coincide with the self-publishing; November 20, 2010 - she created a flurry of pages, joined a bunch of groups all on the same day, and has not signed in since. Hilarious.

For those who need a refresher about self-publishing or Lulu.com - the online company you pay to 'publish' a book via email (and for an extra fee you can buy a positive 'review'), see here.

In addition, it may be noted that Zara Allcot was a Facebook alt of Rochelles, last year.

UPDATE: Lulu.com has pulled the book from their online catalog after discovering it was a rehash of the plagiarized BTTE.

Perhaps if Chops is bored at some point, we will do a page by page comparison of 'Zara's' book and the old BTTE.

Rochelle, who vehemently denied plagiarism in the face of all evidence, and whom loudly & repeatedly proclaimed that the Third Eye had been picked up by a new publisher the day after Andborough Publishing dropped the book due to plagiarism - remains silent about why Third Eye was not republished as she claimed it would be.

But we know why, don't we Dear Reader?

Cheers!

PS:
Amusing coincidental note: Zara Cot is a UK line of baby furniture. Rochelle Moore's name came up in connection with a childcare service & baby store in Witlow, Ireland; her professed place of residence.

To Facebook ...On A Platter

2010-09-21T07:24:00.005-04:00

Dear Facebook,

Your Reporting system, banning, reinstatement & 'investigative' systems/policies are terribly flawed. Should you ever actually have a human being read this, all you need do is cross-check the following 'user' IP's to find the fraudulent (two) primary scammers behind them all.

Check the IP's; it's a landline and easily traceable. There are actually more fake profiles, and countless groups and pages - but these are a good start. Chops has faith that even Facebook staff can figure this one out, and Gmail can help you should you need assistance. They don't like their email services being abused, either. ;)

UPDATE: Apparently a number of the above Sybil-esque alt accounts have indeed been banned from Facebook. Unfortunately and predictably, several new ones have appeared to take their place.

The Funny Pages

2010-08-30T13:52:00.003-04:00

Following a well-deserved rest from the tedious and incessant cyberloonybin world of RM, Chops has decided to lighten the mood from the dreary boot-sucking mud-mirings of the past few months. Below are a few priceless gems written by RM, from her plagiarized collection of cut & paste formerly known as Beyond The Third Eye. Let's review a portion of what RM calls The Universal Laws.

Rochelle Moore, on Albert Einsteins Theory of Relativity (page 24):

'When trying to understand the law of relativity, our first principle to understand is in reality nothing is good or bad, it's just the way it should be in a perfect state of grace. The law of relativity states, if we practice relating our situations to something worse off than ourselves, then we'll always be happy and fulfilled.

This law gives us the ability to stay connected to our hearts when proceeding to solve the situations and basically translates to "Nothing is good or bad until it's related to something of meaning to you."

To simplify the Law of Relativity for mere mortals within this law we find, the deeper we dig, that everything is relative to something and if used correctly we win.'

Rochelle Moore, on The Law of Correspondence (pg. 26):

The Law of Correspondence means that your outer world will be a direct mirror reflection of your inner world and that you are totally in charge; whether you wish to be a victim or ecstatically happy. The Law of Correspondence is a foundation principle of virtually all religions and schools of thought; nothing can happen to you unless it corresponds to something inside you.

An example of this is people who are constantly in bad health. Their attitudes reflect what is going on inside their being and are caused by them.

Rochelle Moore, on The Law of Vibration (pg 25-27):

The Law of Vibration playes a very huge part in understanding Universal Consciousness. If everything is vibrational and communication is instant between everything, if everything is tied together within the unity of energy, then we are all tied into the cosmic universe.

This Universal Law brings balance, fulfillment and harmony into our lives and a life without the Law of Polarity denies us the ability to fully experience our physical lives.

If you are experiencing illness and disease you also have within that situation the potential and possibility to experience vibrant health by making the conscious choice to do so.

Rochelle Moore, on the Law of Cause and Effect (pg. 28):

The Law of Cause and Effect states that absolutely everything happens for a reason.

The Law is more commonly known as Karma (see Karma one of my first books on Amazon) works the same for everyone at all times.

Karma expands. Once we have an imprint of action in our minds, it tends to be habit-forming. Then it becomes normal. You reap whatever you sew.

Rochelle Moore, on the Law of Attraction (pg. 31):

The main principle of the Law of Attraction is "you get what you believe in."

Rochelle Moore, on the Law of Compensation (pg. 33):

The Law of Compensation translates to: "You will be compensated for your work." What you put out you will get back in return. Eventually, with all the right effort you can have anything you want.

Some people's lives are cut short though, either because they give up and quit or just simply lack the vision and motivation to continue.

The Law of Compensation states that for every loss there is a gain and for everything we gain there must be a loss.

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How fun was that, kids? And you thought the Creationists were funny.

In honor of the above hilarious mishmash of irrationality, illogic and perfectly splendid misundertanding of poor Albert in particular, I give you Rochelle Moore in another incarnation as a very short Thithilian:

If leaving offerings to Rochelle, please insure that they are her two favorites:

Character...you either have it or you don't..

2010-07-20T09:24:00.008-04:00

..
Since Chops first began it's peek into the plagiarism of Rochelle Moore, much has happened, and the majority of it has played out in the virtual world of Facebook, where Moore has made her home for the last couple of years, forming group after group to try to garner fans (and book-buyers) from the pagan community.

Although she is well over 50 years old, she associates herself with the youngest and most naive of the pagan community, fostering friendships in private PM's, rarely saying anything on public boards. She & son Shaun have campaigned relentlessly against the Fluffy Bunny group who blew the plagiarism whistle (and has now had to go secret =EDIT Update: they finally managed to get the Fluffies group banned from FB=), successfully getting at least 15 people and 2-3 groups banned. Her and her son apparently have 30+ Facebook alts (Chops has a report that her husband, Richard - the former 'Kashmir Agents for author Rochelle Moore' - left her shortly after the plagiarism became public), and at least 15 groups and pages between them, covering paganism, marijuana, violent Irish nationalism and hate speech against England and Jews. They still have Irish tourism pages and groups, although after the Midsummer event fiasco, they deleted the tour 'company' gmail and associated PayPal account -rather quickly- after the organizations in both Ireland and the UK that monitor scams and tourism fraud were notified of their activities.

Anyone who criticizes her (or even discusses the plagiarism) is accused of witch hunting and subsequently attacked, smeared, lied about and Reported until they can kick in the automated Facebook ban system, which simply operates on an automated algorythm: xx numbers of Reports and an account is closed. No oversight, no human checks to see what's going on; if you can log into enough accounts and click Report enough times, you can get someones account instantly banned. (Way to go, Facebook; stellar asinine system.).

They have abused the Facebook system and intent of the site tremendously; we hope at some point Facebook will finally take notice!, and do a simple IP check on all those phony accounts, because what they are doing, essentially, is using Facebook to deceive and bully people, and possibly defraud them to boot

Oh yeah, and Chops is now on their target list. ;) Mom's so proud!

"Also - we now have a new objective against Butt N Chops who are witch harassers"

You can see that here, their hate site designed to generate false 'pagan outrage' against the Fluffy Bunny group and Andborough Publishers; under the guise of ending all pagan and witch discrimination. Click See more to the left in their group info.

Chops can demonstrate Rochelle's character, however.

Rochelle Moore claims she took 'Poppy Wild"s photo in NY:

(Poppy is an alt of theirs). The 'photo' Rochelle claims she took of her friend Poppy in New York ....is a still from The Forbidden Kingdom, a 2008 Jackie Chan movie, filmed in China. The actress is Ni Chang (Li Bing Bing), the photo credit: Chan Kam Chuen. Taken in China. Please note that Elvira, Frederick, Poppy and Moore are all the same persons; either Moore or her son Shaun.

Then we have the sweet and emotional claim that this woman (another Moore alt), below:

is "my late mother Dawn, a brilliant psychic."

Except the photo is of Mrs. B, a famous UK fashion icon who owns the chain of Brown's UK couture stores, very much alive:

..and so on. Chops could fill pages with this sort of deceits. You get the idea.

Soo...the wheel turns, the piper calls, and rumor has it that there are numerous lawsuits in the works against this dotty woman. Karma, and the Rule of Three - two oft-repeated and favorite phrases of Rochelles, appear to be preparing to pay a personal visit to her. We hope she'll be able to appreciate the irony.
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Moore Loses It Completely

2010-07-01T23:14:00.008-04:00

Today's new offering on Rochelle Moore's private Facebook group:

"Report them all!"
Lovely, isn't she? ;) (FYI: Emily is Rochelle)

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Plagiarism: The Idiot's Guide

2010-06-30T09:04:00.007-04:00

Plagiarism, 101:

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Starclear Takes A Hike

2010-06-28T20:07:00.014-04:00

Following Jeffrey Seelman's retraction regarding Rochelle Moore, which can be heard here, he was asked a few questions regarding his statement on the Facebook group, Fluffies.

The post follows (transcription of Jeffrey's audio retraction is in blue). Jefforcist and his girl/StarClear partner , Amy Lamb, had been in Fluffies chatting it up since just before he discovered Moore had plagarised his work, too.

The post:

I have some issues with Jeffreys statement.

Jeffery: "...we did get a barrage of people in the chatroom and ...-snip-...saying 'hey, don't have this person on, we have some proof that she's a plagiarist." Well, you know, I looked, very hard, and found that among some true statements were some statements that wer NOT true and so I had to make a decision whether or not to have this person on because um in and around some true statements were actually some statements that were not accurate so I made a decision to go ahead and have this person on.."

".. and ..it wasn't until - I mean the interview went fine - it wasn't really until several days afterwards that we were contacted by the actual publisher who had finally run a plagiarism report on Rochelle Moore and found out that indeed she was plagiarizing other authors works. And so uh we felt terrible. But among this information -and of course I wanted just to leave this go and not continue with this and move on with StarClear radio we're a positive show, we're positive people -snip-"

..so my idea was to essentially move on. Amy did some more digging, and between her and the publishers, found out that I was one of the people she had plagiarized..and..so that's why ..it was really quite shocking. -snip-"

"And so, unfortunately we had this person on on June 5th that we have to apologise for - there was no way for us to know she was a plagiarist at the time,"

Except that by your own admission, you had access, prior to the show, to information. You state that you found true info. You were also sent the Bustin' Chops blog, where numerous examples of Moore's plagiarism are documented, cited, sourced and proven for anyone who chose to look. Despite this, you accused the people who were trying to show you of being malicious.

I am also curious what information you were given that was untrue..?
Jeffery: :" But it's kind of interesting that, because of the radio show that we did, it actually set things into motion where the publisher of her latest book where she plagiarized my work and other authors as well, many other authors, that she was discovered. "

Er, no. Fluffies and the publishers were on this while you were still posting your support of Moore. This is rather offensive to all the people who have worked for 2-3 years to expose her plagiarism, Jeffrey.
Jeffery: "So some good finally did come out of this. At least we know that she is a plagiarist, it could be proven, all the reports have been done and her publisher has formally announced this. So we can safely talk about this, we're not making accusations that are unfounded here, her book has been pulled.. -snip- "

I ask again - what accusations regarding Moore did you receive that were unfounded, either before or during the June 5th show?

Unfortunately, Jefforcist and his Amy decided that this was far too direct a conversation, deleted all their posts and left the group. We feel that Jefforcist has tried to rewrite things to benefit his own image and cover his own arse; which is understandable, but by doing so he inadvertently accused others of falsehoods & maliciousness, and assumed a role in the Moore bust that didn't exist.

The publisher had publically announced the plagiarism on June 17th; Jefforcist was still posting the following support statement (in various groups and emails/PM's) on June 20th -in response to the plagiarism bust:

They had variously stated that they did look into the warnings before the show, that they didn't have time, and several other versions between the two. That they have deleted all their posts from the Fluffy group so that their previous words could not be seen, speaks volumes as to their credibility.

Obviously, they felt foolish since they had previously been warned, and even after the publishers issued their public statement, they still backed the losing horse. ..and, and ..what about those 'Advanced Psychic Powers?' Guess they only work after invoking PayPal or moneybookers. Chops is willing to bet that they were in contact with Moore since before the June 5th show when they were first warned about her, and chose to believe her in the face of all evidence - including the publishers statement-, until Jeffrey discovered she has stolen from his work, too.

Classic schadenfreude.

We stand by our initial impression and opinion, that these two featherheads are full of baloney, and have about as much 'psychic power' between them as a chicken has dingleberries. Beware, vulnerable people.

Update: Apparently, following a disappearing act by Jeffery for a period of time, Amy and the Jefforcist are no longer riding the psychic wavelength in the Batmobile together. Amy has disappeared from StarClear's pages; hence the above links referencing her pages are now broken.
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Bustin' Chops

A Penultimate Statement, perhaps?

A Final Statement from Black Raven Coven?

They Are Legion: David Boyer aka Byron

Registration Required

Isadore Raven Avalon/Black Raven Coven Book Pulled by Lulu.com

'MAGICK FOR THE NEW WITCH & WICCAN - New seekers of the Mysteries on the Path of the Wise' pulled for plagiarism.

Isadore Raven Avalon/Black Raven Coven Is Rochelle Moore aka Zara Alcott

On Visiting Facebook, and continued plagiarism

Comparisons.

Our Way or Highway

Obfuscation FTW

..and the beat goes on..

Monkey's Paw, Cookie Jar

Important Clarification

Ratcheting Up

Update to the Raven Avalon post

Black Raven Coven - Witches and Wiccans of Facebook

Another Day, Another Dollar

Existence After Death, Zara Alcott/Rochelle Moore

Rochelle Moore becomes Zara Alcott *waves magic wand*

To Facebook ...On A Platter

The Funny Pages

Character...you either have it or you don't..

Moore Loses It Completely

Plagiarism: The Idiot's Guide

Starclear Takes A Hike

..so my idea was to essentially move on. Amy did some more digging, and between her and the publishers, found out that I was one of the people she had plagiarized..and..so that's why ..it was really quite shocking. -snip-"

Jeffery: :" But it's kind of interesting that, because of the radio show that we did, it actually set things into motion where the publisher of her latest book where she plagiarized my work and other authors as well, many other authors, that she was discovered. "

Er, no. Fluffies and the publishers were on this while you were still posting your support of Moore. This is rather offensive to all the people who have worked for 2-3 years to expose her plagiarism, Jeffrey.

Rochelle Moore becomes Zara Alcott waves magic wand