Ellwood "Bunky" Bartlett - Mega Millions lottery winner, Wiccan high priest, recently retired accountant - would like to clear up a few misconceptions about his plans for a "witch school."
Yes, he'd like to start a pagan seminary. But no, it's not going to be some sort of Hogwarts-on-the-Patapsco, with precocious adolescents running around in wizard hats and casting spells.
The future Willow Springs Sanctuary and Community Center - likely to be somewhere in Baltimore County, but Bartlett doesn't yet know where - will teach classes about all religions, offer technology courses for those seeking better jobs and counseling for those seeking to make sense of their lives. And, the $33 million winner hopes, it will help demystify a religion that for most of the public remains shrouded in myth - a fast-growing faith that millions of Americans share, even if they're not always open about it.
"I chose to educate. I believe that's what the gods wanted."
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