Yule Gift Ideas
It’s December and Mystic Witch is ready! We have Yule Kits that are filled with wonderful items. In the kits you receive: oil, working, herbs and more! Everything that is needed for the Yule ritual.
Of course we also offer the Yule oil & incense separately.
Need a gift for a special friend and wish to find something unique? How about one of Mystic Witch’s kits of the month? We have Spell Kit of the Month, Herb of the Month, Oil of the Month and so on. If you can’t decide you can purchase all clubs for one low price!
Look for some seasonal sales in our store front just for Yule.
Hope everyone has an enchanting week!
Sharing Pagan Stories of 9/11
This is a news release written in entirety by Circle Sanctuary Rep.
This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
This national tragedy impacted people of many walks of life, ethnicities, national origins, and spiritualities, including Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, and Pagans of other paths.
To aid with the healing and renewal process, and to help collect and preserve Pagan history, I have been in touch by phone and by email with some Pagan survivors of the 9/11 attacks as well as other Pagans impacted by 9/11 to learn about their experiences and perspectives.
In addition, I created a page for sharing support, resources, and Pagan Stories of 9/11 on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pagans-Healing-Remembering-911/242330215810330
My friend, Terry Comparetta Wagner, who assisted me with the 9/11 Memorial Ritual last year on September 11 at the Earth Spirituality Festival in Pennsylvania, is working with me in administering this new Facebook Community page. She had an office in the World Trade Center and was on her way to work there when the attacks happened. I am glad she survived and is helping me with this project.
SHARE YOUR STORIES
We invite you to “like” this page & join in the Community Sharing, such as commenting on one or more of the following.
* Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you learned the news of the attacks? What did you do? How did this impact you?
* Were you involved in 9/11 rescue, recovery, clean-up, other helping efforts? Please describe.
* Do you know of Pagans killed in the 9/11 attacks or who died of injuries or diseases sustained as part of responding? Please share their stories.
* What 9/11 rituals, meditations, memorial events were you part of then and/or in the years since?
* What are you doing this year to observe the 10th anniversary of 9/11?
* What resources have you found helpful in the 9/11 healing & renewal process?
Circle Sanctuary’s Future Planning Survey
There is still time to take part in Circle Sanctuary’s future planning survey – but please do so soon.
The deadline to complete the survey is Saturday, September 24, 2011 so that Circle Sanctuary’s Strategic Planning Committee can consider the results and help chart our future directions more clearly.
This short, anonymous survey will help us prioritize our efforts, identify areas in need of attention, and determine how well we serve your needs.
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/survey/index.php?sid=46791
Wherever you live & however you are connected with Circle Sanctuary and its services, please share your experiences and ideas with us. We thank you for your time!
Sincerely,
Circle Sanctuary Strategic Planning Committee
Group Healing Prayer and Magickal Working for Ed Francis
Group Healing Prayer and Magickal Working for Ed Francis at 11am Central Time, Sunday, April 3, 2011.
Please join in & encourage others to do so. Please share this email widely.
As most are aware, long time Circle Sanctuary & Pagan Spirit Gathering Community member Ed Francis suffered a major stroke on March 16. Ed and his partner Linda are now on the road to his recovery and this simultaneous group healing event is in support of his effective and rapid return to a healthy state.
This is an invitation to all who know Ed, and to others who want to help and wish him a quick and full recovery to join together in a simultaneous outpouring of Love and Healing Energy.
This invitation is going out to several thousand Pagans and others throughout the U.S. and around the world.
The event itself will provide Ed, Linda, their immediate family, friends and caregivers a powerful ongoing wave of loving support simultaneously generated by many hundreds, from which to draw from in the coming months.
The many that’ve already sent prayers and healing thoughts are also encouraged to join this group healing in the sense of re-enforcing their previous work.
The protocol is simple and straight forward:
(1) On Sunday, April 3, 2011, beginning at 11am CENTRAL daylight time (Noon Eastern Time, 10am Mountain time, 9am Pacific), those wishing to participate—raise energy via meditation, prayer, magical work, or other form of healing support, visualizing Ed in a fully healed state.
(2) At the end of the 20th minute, concentrate and project/send your healing energy to the collective Sacred Sphere already in place, in close proximity to Ed–who is located at: St. Mary’s SSM Rehabilitation Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. Know that this Sacred Sphere contains the combined love and support sent by all participants, and shall be available to Ed, Linda–and through them–family, and caregivers to draw upon as needed throughout this healing process. Once energized, this Sacred Sphere shall remain with Ed wherever he goes.
Additional Thoughts:
(1) If you need assistance in visualizing Ed and his Partner Linda, visit his healing page: www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/edfrancis/index.htm
(2) Visualize Ed fully healed.
(3) Remember to send your prayer/support to the Sacred Sphere–from which Ed and Linda and their Higher Selves may draw as needed.
(4) Schedule brief re-enforcing sending’s of energy periodically utilizing protocol step 2 above.
Thanks and Blessings to all for your generous gifts of healing love and support to Ed and Linda. See you on the Outer Planes at 11am Central time, Sunday, April 3.
Early Registration Deadline
Early Registration Deadline, with discounted rates, is MONDAY, APRIL 4, for this year’s Pagan Spirit Gathering.
Register on-line or send your completed registration with payment by midnight central time APRIL 4 to PSG, Circle Sanctuary, PO Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507.
Ways to Register:
(1) ON-LINE - http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/onlineregistration
OR
(2) BY POSTAL MAIL - use the registration form from the in-print brochure, OR download & print off a version of the brochure at
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/faqs.htm.
Postal registrations must be POSTMARKED by April 4.
To register and for more info: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg
Early Registration Deadline for this year’s Pagan Spirit Gathering!
Early Registration Deadline, with discounted rates, is Friday, March 4, 2011, for this year’s Pagan Spirit Gathering.
Solstice Magic! Join with Pagans from across the nation in celebrating Summer Solstice. PSG 2011 will be held June 19-26 at Stonehouse Park, a beautiful, rural historical re-enactment campground near Earlville in Northern Illinois, about 80 miles west of downtown Chicago.
REGISTER online through MARCH 4 to receive the early registration discount rates!
www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/onlineregistration
More details about this year’s gathering are now on-line: www.circlesanctuary.org/psg
Pagan Spirit Gathering 2011
Pagan Spirit Gathering 2011
National Celebration of Summer Solstice and Pagan Culture
June 19-26 at Stonehouse Park in Northern Illinois
www.circlesanctuary.org/psg
Enthusiasm for PSG 2011 is continuing to grow. We hope you can join us!
Registration is now open - register online by March 4 for a special early bird registration rate: www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/onlineregistration
Hundreds of Program Activities including:
Rituals * Workshops * Candlelight Labyrinth * Concerts Magickal Marketplace * Youth Programs * Firespinning Bonfires * Drumming * Dancing * Pagan Leadership Institute * Rites of Passage * Solstice Revels * and much more!
Presenters include:
Raven Grimassi, Stephanie Taylor, Trish Telesco, Don Lewis, Kathryn Hinds, Steve Posch, Falcon River, Jack Montgomery, Patrick McCollum, Nora Cedarwind Young, Selena Fox, and others!
Musicians include:
Ruth Barrett, Arthur Hinds, Murphey’s Midnight Rounders, Shibaten, Spellsinger, Spiral Rhythm, Tuatha Dea, Watersprite, and others!
Proposals for workshops, rituals, concerts, and other presentations are now being accepted from those who register. Vendor applications are also being accepted from registrants.
Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Pagan_Spirit
Join the PSG Facebook group: http://tiny.cc/PSGfbgroup
Have a Merry Pagan Yuletide!
Have a Merry Pagan Yuletide!
This year, Circle Sanctuary is expanding its Winter Solstice activities and resources for Pagans of many paths as well as continuing its work with interfaith relations and public education about Yule and Paganism:
Celebrating Winter Solstice On-line Resources
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/wintersolstice.htm
Ideas, chants, poems, rituals, & articles by Selena Fox for celebrating Yuletide
Operation Circle Care
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/ministries/military/operationcirclecare.html
Yuletide care packages containing gifts donated by Pagan businesses, groups, and individuals are making their way to Pagan Troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea, on USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Pacific, and elsewhere overseas.
Know of a Pagan in the US Military serving overseas? Please email their name, postal address, and if known, email address to Operation Circle Care right away - and before December 6: occ@circlesanctuary.org so that they can get a package in time for Yule.
Interfaith Awareness Week
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/ministries/interfaith/IAW/
Circle Sanctuary’s contributions to Interfaith Awareness Week, December 5-11 in Wisconsin include a Yuletide display in the World Religions Interfaith Education Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Capitol, presentations in the Human Rights Day program at the Capitol, and an Interfaith Yuletide Open House on Saturday, December 11.
Internet Radio
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/events/smf-yule10.html
Circle Sanctuary high priestess Selena Fox will share info about Yuletide as part of podcasts she is doing on two shows on Blog Talk Radio in December.
Yuletide Workshops & Celebrations
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/events
Events at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve in Wisconsin this year include the Community Yule Festival on December 18, Winter Solstice Full Moon Circle on December 21, and Yuletide workshops by Selena Fox on December 7, 11, and 14.
Winter Solstice Pageant
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/wintersolstice/
Circle Sanctuary, with the help of Pagans from several organizations and traditions, puts on this annual public celebration of Winter Solstice with music, storytelling, costumed characters, and more. This year’s Pageant will be on Friday evening, December 17 at the First Unitarian Society in Madison, Wisconsin.
Charity Food Drive
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/charity
As in past years, canned goods and other food will be collected at all the Yuletide events that Circle Sanctuary sponsors and donated to a local food pantry to feed the needy.
OPERATION CIRCLE CARE: Yuletide Care Packages for Pagans in the Military
For the fourth year in a row, Circle Sanctuary is honoring and supporting active duty Pagan service members through Operation Circle Care.
This year, we are widening our focus and sending Yuletide care packages to active duty Pagan troops serving in any overseas theater of operation, including Germany, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, or on board Navy ships. The success of this program is due to the generous support and donations from Pagan community members from many paths and places.
With your continued support, it is our goal to honor and remember each and every Pagan US military service member we can with a special personalized gift for Yule, just as we have in years past.
Here’s How to Help:
(1) SEND CONTACTS: Send us names, postal addresses, and if known, email addresses, of deployed Pagan service members who would like to receive Yuletide packages. Pagan service members can submit their own names & contact information. Contact info received will be kept confidential for use by OCC only. Send contacts to the OCC Program Coordinators: occ@circlesanctuary.org. Be sure to include full name and rank as well as an accurate APO/FPO address for each deployed military Pagan.
(2) DONATE ITEMS: Donate gift items that are small and easy to mail such as Pagan music CDs, incense, jewelry, Pagan calendars, books, and altar cloths. For more ideas on items to donate, visit the Operation Circle Care web page at http://tiny.cc/operationcirclecare. Please send your items to us by December 1 so that they are received in time to ship out in early December. Contact OCC coordinators for shipping options & addresses: occ@circlesanctuary.org.
(3) DONATE FUNDS: Shipping costs for Operation Circle Care packages range from $10.70 to $12.50 each. Monetary donations are needed to help to cover postage costs, plus related OCC expenses, such as production of our Pagan military prayer cards that we send free of charge to Pagans on active duty and their families, both overseas and here in this country. To donate by credit card visit our secured on-line site: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/donate or call (608) 924-2216. Be sure to select “Operation Circle Care” when designating your donation. Funds are tax deductible in the USA. Or you can send a check or money order, payable to Circle Sanctuary - OCC to: Operation Circle Care, Circle Sanctuary, PO Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507 USA.
(4) TELL OTHERS: One of the MOST important things the Pagan community can do to support Operation Circle Care is to help us get the word out about this program. Please let others know about Operation Circle Care and our call for contacts, gift items, and donations – forward this email to lists, blogs, websites, others; circulate widely the OCC website address: http://tiny.cc/operationcirclecare
For more information about OCC and other Circle Sanctuary Military Pagan Services: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/ministries/military/
Circle Cemetery
Circle Cemetery is America’s first national Pagan burial ground and green cemetery. Founded in 1995 by Selena Fox & others, it is located in southwestern Wisconsin at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve. It is operated by Circle Sanctuary, a shamanic Wiccan church and Pagan resources center which has been serving Pagans worldwide since 1974.
The newly expanded Circle Cemetery was dedicated as Wisconsin’s first Green cemetery in a public ceremony on Sunday afternoon, October 31, 2010. The dedication was held as part of a public open house that followed the conclusion of this year’s Samhain Festival at Circle Sanctuary land.
The Green cemetery dedication began with a sacred directions blessing rite in the tall grass prairie, which is now part of the 20 acres that makes up Circle Cemetery. The blessing was followed by the first community ceremony of cremains scattering in the new part of the cemetery.
Rev. Selena Fox, director of Circle Cemetery and senior minister of Circle Sanctuary, led the blessing. She and several close friends of Circle Sanctuary Community member Bruce Parsons scattered some of his cremains there. Also participating in the rite were some members of the Circle Sanctuary Community and several other spiritual communities and organizations in the area.
The ceremony continued with a Samhain honoring of the dead at the main altar and then at each of the gravestones and cairns in the original part of the cemetery. Then, cremains of Bruce Parsons were interred in a memorial service that included the dedication and placement of his US Department of Veterans Affairs pentacle grave marker. Bruce served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War and was a member of the Order of the Pentacle. His marker is the 8th VA-issued pentacle marker at Circle Cemetery.
An article and photos from the dedication and memorial appeared in the November 1, 2010 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal:
http://tiny.cc/WSJarticleNov2010
More information about Circle Cemetery:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/cemetery
In Memoriam: Bruce Parsons photos & tributes:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/memoriam/bruce_parsons.htm
Circle Sanctuary Samhain Festival
Bruce Kirk Parsons of Wisconsin, his life, and service will be remembered at
the Circle Sanctuary Samhain Festival this weekend.
Bruce, a Pagan Elder, Wiccan Teacher, Navy Veteran and long-time member of
the Circle Sanctuary Community, died on June 15, 2010. A memorial was held
in Milwaukee in July.
On Sunday, October 31 at 1 pm, there will be the natural burial of Bruce’s
cremains and the dedication of his US Department of Veterans Affairs
pentacle marker on Veterans Ridge of Circle Cemetery at Circle Sanctuary
Nature Preserve near Barneveld, Wisconsin.
Members of the Order of the Pentacle, a multi-tradition Wiccan/Pagan
veterans association sponsored by Circle Sanctuary will be assisting Selena
Fox, high priestess of Circle Sanctuary, and other Circle Sanctuary
ministers with the rite.
This memorial will be part of Circle Sanctuary’s Green Cemetery Open House,
Noon-4 pm, and is free and open to the public.
Pre-registration is not required, but is appreciated:
events@circlesanctuary.org
Those planning to attend are invited (not required) to bring fresh or dried
flowers to leave at the gravesite and juice or snacks for the potluck
reception.
SHARE CONDOLENCES, TRIBUTES, REMEMBRANCES
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/memoriam/bruce_parsons.htm
More info about Samhain Festival activities, including Open House
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/samhain
Yule Writer Contest
Starting November 1st-November 30th Mystic Witch is presenting a simple yet fun contest to enter.
Contest
The contest is for those that wish to send us their best Yule craft idea. The article must contain all materials, instructions and pictures are optional but would be better to have them to show the idea that you are crafting.
Deadline is November 30th. Please mail your entry to:
Mystic Witch
P O Box 143
Montpelier, IN 47359
ATTN: CONTEST
Include:
Your name, address and phone number.
Email address
Complete instructions and article for your craft.
You must be 18 to enter this contest or with parental approval.
Winners:
There will be 3 stages for winning. First, first runner up and third place.
First Place: Yule Ritual kit: Includes ten items to help with a solitary ritual.
Yule oil, incense, charcoal, ritual, pouch, tails man, 3 herbs and sea salt.
Runner Up: Yule Oil, Incense and charcoal disk
Third Place: 1 ounce Yule Oil
Winners to be announced December 6th
The three winners will have their craft article printed in the Yule Special Issue (which will be sent to them) of the publication The Simple Witch along with being printed on the Mystic Witch.
Get those articles started!!
For more information please contact: ravenfyre@mysticwitch.com
Telephone: (765) 499-2123
Lady Liberty League
Circle Sanctuary Minister Patrick McCollum is in federal court today in
California in the seven year quest to get Equal Rights for Pagans.
Rev. Patrick McCollum is currently engaged in federal litigation in the US
9th Circuit (McCollum, et al. v. CDCR, et al., C 04-03339 CRB) challenging
the California Department of Corrections’ “Five Faiths” policy which
recognizes only five major world religions for inclusion in California’s
prison chaplaincy program.
Watch this short video, just released, as a way to learn more about this
quest & to send him & his attorneys support & success:
Use photos at his Lady Liberty League support page as a way to connect with
him: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/pmccollum
Read well-wishes expressed there. Add your own if you haven’t done so
already.
LADY LIBERTY LEAGUE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF PAGAN RIGHTS ENDEAVORS
LADY LIBERTY LEAGUE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF PAGAN RIGHTS ENDEAVORS
On Wednesday, September 15, 2010, Lady Liberty League will be celebrating
its 25th Anniversary with a reception in Washington, DC.
The reception is free and open to the public.
It will be held from 7-9 pm at the Universalist National Memorial Church,
1810 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
National and regional Pagan Rights activists, spiritual leaders, and
practitioners of many traditions will be taking part in this interfaith
celebration. Participants include those from Washington, DC, Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin, US
Virgin Islands, and elsewhere.
Founded in 1985, Lady Liberty League (LLL) is a national and global Pagan
civil rights and religious freedom organization. LLL is coordinated by
Circle Sanctuary, an Ecospirituality center and Shamanic Wiccan church that
has been serving Pagans worldwide since 1974.
This special evening includes networking, refreshments, and remarks by
Selena Fox of Wisconsin, Lady Liberty League’s Founder and Executive
Director, and Patrick McCollum of California, LLL Chaplaincy Affairs
Director and among this year’s recipients of the Hindu American Foundation’s
Mahatma Ghandi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism.
The evening will include an overview of the history and accomplishments of
Lady Liberty League, including its origins in September 1985 in the
networking that defeated federal anti-Wiccan legislation.
Lady Liberty League activists and Circle Sanctuary ministers from across the
country will be helping with the reception.
Among the national Pagan leaders already planning to take part in the
reception include Marci Drewry of Virginia, Director of Military Affairs,
Sacred Well Congregation; Holli Emore of North Carolina, Executive Director,
Cherry Hill Seminary; and Peter Dybing, First Officer-Elect, Covenant of the
Goddess.
The site is on the bus line and is a short walk from the Dupont Circle Metro
station. Free parking has been arranged in the Masonic Library parking lot
across the street.
The LLL Reception is being produced by Lady Liberty League, with the
sponsorship support of a variety of national and Washington, DC metropolitan
area Pagan churches, organizations and businesses.
Those interested in attending should RSVP
* Via the LLL Reception Page on Facebook: http://tinycc.LLLdcreception
* Or by contacting Jeanet Ewing: jeanet@circlesanctuary.org; cell:
703-489-5406.
Those interested in being a Sponsor can do so on-line:
www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty or by contacting Deb Morris:
deb@circlesanctuary.org
Those wanting more information about the venue should contact David Ewing:
david@circlesanctuary.org
More information about Lady Liberty League
Email: liberty@circlesanctuary.org; Phone:(608) 924-2216
Follow LLL on Twitter: @LadyLibertyLeag
Follow LLL on Facebook: http://tiny.cc/LLLfbfans
PSG Work Shops Available
Want to present a workshop or other program activity at this year’s PSG?
After you have registered, you can submit proposals on-line or by postal
mail.
Deadline for program proposals is MAY 1.
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/proposals
View the updated PSG website includes info about this year’s authors, musicians,
and other program activities.
Some of this year’s workshop descriptions will be on-line soon at
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg/proposals/psgview.php.
Keep checking back for new entries!
Green Spirit Festival 2009
Green Spirit Festival 2009
July 31-August 2
Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve
near Barneveld, Wisconsin
Lammas Magic
schedule now on-line
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/greenspirit
register by July 15 for discounted rates
Presenters include:
Mari Powers: Poetry as Liturgy * Pagan Song Circle * History & Mystery of
Tarot
Michael Doran: Druid Ways
Linda Blue Heron: Wheat Weaving Magic
Reed Cockrell: Nature Walk
Selena Fox: Mugwort Magic * Lammas Traditions
Crow & Phoenix: Shamanic Witch Night Walk
Also Harry Potter Witching World Activities for Youth
Plus
Candlelight Labyrinth* Bardic Circle * Drumming * Firespinning * Merchanting
& More!
33rd Annual Pan Pagan Festival
This is the theme of the 33rd Annual Pan Pagan Festival put on by the Midwest Pagan Council which will be held near Knox, IN August 5th to the 9th, 2009.
You are cordially invited to join us as we celebrate Community at our gathering. If you have never attended a Pan Pagan Festival or have not made it to Pan in the last 3 years, please use this code: PPF33WV09 to get $5 off of your Pre-Registration or On-Site rate. Just write it on the form you can download from our website or bring the code with you if you plan on registering On-Site.
For those unfamiliar with Pan Pagan, it is the oldest continuous National outdoor gathering in the Midwest. Both Pagan Spirit Gathering put on by Circle and Chrysalis Moon Festival owe their start to Pan Pagan as they both evolved from it and use its concepts.
We open on Wednesday with only the Opening Ritual scheduled so that people can set up their campsite and enjoy the area without trying to run to make a program/event.
Thursday through Sunday we have 3 program sites where programs can be held three times a day. All the programs are put on by attendees who desire to share their knowledge with others through love….no one is paid for their presentation, though as a partial compensation they are excluded from having to do two hours of service. We also have Childrens programing for the young folks.
Thursday night the MPC invites all to come to our Meet & Greet party. We provide a limited amount of beer, wine, soft drinks, and munchies and everyone get to meet everyone. After the introductions have gone down, you can walk the candle lit Labyrinth under the stars.
Friday night those with talent have a chance to entertain one and all at the Follies.
Saturday afternoon the MPC puts on its acclaimed FEAST!!!! Can you say roast pig stuffed with polish & sauerkraut?! (Yes we have vegetarian fare as well prepared by a vegetarian. No one goes away hungry.) After the Feast we have the Main Ritual focusing on our theme & Bonfire.
Sunday about noon we have the Closing Ritual.
All of the above including your tent space costs only $70 PreReg per adult, $20 per child 5-13 y/o. We have a Family Plan of only $160 for those with 4 or more children. AND after you put in your 2 hours of service you can redeem you work voucher for a $10 refund!!! (Note: We do have RV sites with water & electric available for an additional charge.)
For more information or to print out a Registration From please visit
www.midwestpagancouncil.org
ps: There is no charge for Merchants to sell at PPF, but we do limit the total number of spaces to 14. The early Merchant gets the Spot.
READ a review of the Pagan Spirit Gathering
READ a review of the Pagan Spirit Gathering by long-time PSG Community member, teacher, & priestess Nora Cedarwind Young:
http://www.examiner.com/x-11273-Pagan-Travel-Examiner
COMMENT: add your own good memories and perspectives in the comments section at the end of the review:
http://www.examiner.com/x-11273-Pagan-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Pagan-Spirit-Gathering-PSG-preview-Old-traditions-new-beginnings
REGISTER: Interested in being part of this year’s Pagan Spirit Gathering? It is being held June 14-21 at Camp Zoe near Salem, Missouri. Register by June 4: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/psg
IDEAS: The review of PSG is on a new Pagan Travel website by writer Branwenn White Raven (Paula Jean West), a teacher of the Craft and a long-time member of Circle Network. She welcomes input for her on-line Pagan Travel column, including suggestions of Pagan sites to feature, festival news, and events reviews. Submit your ideas in the comments sections of articles on her website or by emailing her: Branwenn@aol.com
Women & Spirituality Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio
Selena Fox, High Priestess of Circle Sanctuary, will be presenting the
keynote address at the International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Women
and Spirituality on Saturday, March 14 in the main campus building of
Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
The symposium, held in celebration of March as Women’s History Month, is
taking place from Thursday, March 12 through Saturday, March 14, 2009 on the
CSU campus in the Main Classroom Building, located on the corner of Euclid
Avenue and East 21st Street.
The multifaith and multicultural conference opens with the screening of the
film, “Ties That Bind: Connecting Communities Across Religious Boundaries.”
Selena also will be speaking as part of the panel discussion that follows
the film. Other Pagans presenting during the symposium include Book of
Goddesses author Patricia Monaghan who is part of another panel and Druids
Ian Corrigan and Liaf who will be presenting music and a ritual.
The conference is presented by CSU’s Women’s Comprehensive Program,
Department of History, Dean’s Office of the College of Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences, the Initiative for the Study of Religion and Spirituality
in the History of Africa and the Diaspora (RASHAD), Office of the Vice
President for Institutional Diversity, and The President’s Advisory
Committee on the Role and Status of Women.
Cost for the conference for all three days is $35 or $12.50 per day. It is
FREE for students of CSU and other campuses with current student ID. At
door registration is an option. CEU’s are available. For more information
and to register, please email: spirituality@csuohio.edu.
Celebrate Summer Solstice & Pagan Culture
Celebrate Summer Solstice & Pagan Culture at Pagan Spirit Gathering June
14-21, 2009.
Registration is underway for this year’s Pagan Spirit Gathering, one of
America’s oldest and largest Pagan festivals.
The Pagan Spirit Gathering, also known as PSG, is a national celebration of
Summer Solstice that brings Pagans of many paths together to create
community & commune with Nature.
Pagan Spirit Gathering has a new home this year at Camp Zoe in Salem,
Missouri, which is located in the beautiful Ozark region of south central
Missouri. This 330 acre campground is surrounded by thousands of acres of
national forest. A crystal clear spring fed stream runs through the camp
for wading, swimming and tubing. The site also has hiking trails, shaded
camping areas, food vendors and a spectacular concert venue.
Pagan Spirit Gathering has hundreds of activities throughout the week,
including presentations by acclaimed Pagan authors & other teachers,
rituals, concerts, and workshops. There also will be a Pagan Leadership
Institute, firespinning, drumming, Pagan shopping, Kid’s activities, Rites
Of Passage, and more. A list of some of this year’s featured presenters
and musicians is now on-line.
Visit the Circle Sanctuary website www.circlesanctuary.org/psg and register
online early for a substantial fee reduction. Solstice weekend only rate is
also available. Children under 12 are free. Merchant sites, including some
with electricity, are also available. Early registration deadline is March
28, 2009. Program proposal deadline is May 1. Final registration deadline
is June 4.
For complete PSG information: www.circlesanctuary.org/psg
Email: psg@circlesanctuary.org or call: 608-924-2216
ROBERTA STEWART IN FIRST FREEDOM FIRST FILM
For Immediate Release
Pagan News Media 3/25/2008
Roberta Stewart of Circle Sanctuary will be among the activists speaking
on Church-State Separation at the First Freedom First film presentation
tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 26 simulcast in theaters in 38 cities
across the USA including New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Roberta will talk about Wiccan rights and the decade-long Veteran Pentacle
quest and victory. âI am glad to be part of this event. It is important
that American people be informed and stand up for separation of Church and
State.â Said Roberta Stewart in a phone call with Selena Fox of Circle
Sanctuary this afternoon.
Titled âEverything You Always Wanted to Know about the Separation of
Church and State ⦠but Were Afraid to Ask!,â the high-definition program
is being hosted by First Freedom First (FFF), a joint project of Americans
United for Separation of Church and State and The Interfaith Alliance
Foundation.
Peter Coyote, a celebrated Hollywood actor and filmmaker, will emcee the
program, which is to include a performance by special guests, The Bacon
Brothers. Actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael formed the band more
than 10 years ago and continue touring nationwide.
Tickets are free. The event, which is being filmed tonight, March 25,
2008, will debut on Wednesday evening, March 26 at 6:00pm eastern, 5:00pm
central, 7:00pm mountain, and 6:00pm pacific. Some venues are at
capacity-check with the theater in your area to see if tickets are still
available.
A podcast is being planned for later this month which will make it
possible for even more people to view this special evening.
More info about the event:
http://www.firstfreedomfirst.org/simulcast-event/learn-more/
More information about the First Freedom First project:
http://www.firstfreedomfirst.org/
Three Day Underground Arts and Culture Festival Announced
Three day underground arts and culture festival announced
(Portland, OR) June 11, 2007 -
This August, the City of Roses will play host to esoZone, a unique, three-day event billed as a “Designer Reality Expo.”
esoZone will bring together people from disparate Internet subcultures to exchange art and intellect from Fri., August 10 to Sun., August 12 at the Someday Lounge in downtown Portland, Ore. It will feature mind-altering performances, dangerous entertainment, occult art, futurist rituals and a dance floor, all to culminate with an epic meditation by cult phenomenon artist Paul Laffoley.
The event will showcase members of the experimental occultists and artists, and other highly active anti-professionals toiling away in isolation.
“We’re trying to create a bridge between the sort of intellectual aspects of these fringe cultures and the artistic aspects,” says art director Danny Chaoflux. “We want this to be a great party, as well as an event where people learn something.”
esoZone is being coordinated by people from online communities all over the world and locally supported by Portland Occulture, a loose affiliation of people with an interest in esoteric subjects.
Performers will include: syndicated television host Freeman; alternative Internet radio personalities the Viking Youth; the London theatre troupe Foolish People; and acclaimed
local performance artist the Red King.
Klint Finley, esoZone executive director and Portland Occulture organizer describes esoZone as “a natural extension of both the international Internet culture and the local network we’ve built.”
“Portland, Ore. has long had a reputation as a city for outsiders, marginals and malcontents,” says event director Nick Pell. “It seemed the natural place to hold a weekend dedicated to both high and low weirdness.”
Other organizations contributing to esoZone include the Key 64 webzine, the online community Irreality.net, and the Foolish People.
For tickets and more information, visit www.esozone.com.
Contact: Nick Pell, nick@esozone.com , 413-455-8913.
Media kit: http://www.esozone.com/media
PRESS RELEASE: NEW OCCULT FICTION FOR WOMEN
KITTYFEATHER PRESS
P.O. Box 212534-P
Columbia, SC 29221-2534
803/749-8579
laurastamps@mindspring.com
www.KittyfeatherPress.blogspot.com
PRESS RELEASE
Laura Stamps
laurastamps@mindspring.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW OCCULT FICTION FOR WOMEN
January 13, 2007 (Columbia, SC). Kittyfeather Press has published a new series of Occult novels for women, portraying contemporary Pagans and Witches realistically. Empowering. Informative. Entertaining. Unique. You’ve never read novels like these!
This new series is written by award-winning poet and novelist, Laura Stamps, whose poems and short stories have appeared in over 700 literary magazines, journals, and anthologies worldwide. Winner of the “Muses Prize Best Poet of the Year 2005″ and the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize nomination and seven Pushcart Award nominations, she is the author of more than thirty books and chapbooks of poetry and fiction. A Wiccan Witch, she has been involved in feral cat rescue for many years and currently cares for four housecats and a feral colony of nine cats.
Each novel in this series weaves an entertaining story, as well as including useful information about feral cat rescue, how to shrink uterine fibroids naturally, herbal remedies, surviving perimenopause, and more. Each chapter also contains a spell, chant, or magickal prosperity principle that works. “It is important to me, as a Witch, that there should be novels in the marketplace portraying contemporary Pagans as we really are in everyday life,” says Stamps. “That means the characters in these novels face the same problems as anyone else (marriage difficulties, divorce, financial challenges, illness, self-esteem issues, etc). But because they are Witches, they use magick to solve their problems, making these books great fun to read, whether you are Pagan or not.”
This new Occult fiction series is only available from Kittyfeather Press. Readers can order from the website (www.KittyfeatherPress.blogspot.com) or request a free book catalog from Kittyfeather Press, P.O. Box 212534-P, Columbia, SC 29221-2534. You can also email laurastamps@mindspring.com for a catalog.
Press Release: Volume 2, Living A Magical Life
Comining in March of 2007 by writer Melissa Anderson
Volume 2, Living A Magical Life will be hitting
the market in March 2007. The book is a step by step guide to living that
simple magic life and placing yourself in sphere of magic whereas all things
generate automatically. It includes many ancient recipes for a daily ritual.
Quote by author:
The books I write attempt t remove the pompous rituals of the past and place
the practitioner in a magical life. Of course some of the rituals are
necessary and the rules and spirituality of magic are quite defined.
If you have had the opportunity to read Ancient Rituals you will wish to put the March date on your calendar.
The Pagan and Occult Author Resource Page
The Pagan and Occult Author Resource Page
SEATTLE, WA November 25, 2006
After several months of updates and design changes, authors Taylor Ellwood and Lupa would like to announce the rebirth of the Pagan and Occult Author Resource Page. Located at http://www.thegreenwolf.com/poarp.html, this is an extensive collection of resources specifically aimed towards writers in the pagan and occult nonfiction genres.
In 2004, Taylor published his first solo book, Pop Culture Magick. In the process, he realized that there was no central resource available to new occult authors navigating the ins and outs of writing, editing, publishing, and promoting nonfiction texts. He collected the resources he had gathered in his own research, arranged them online, and the Occult Author Resource Page was born.
Fast forward to 2006. Taylor and his new wife, friend and fellow author Lupa, decided to revamp the OARP. They moved everything over to their joint site, weeded out the dead links, and spent weeks adding even more essays, tips and links of interest to authors. Because the information was relevant to pagan as well as occult authors, the name was changed, and the OARP became the POARP.
Since then, Taylor and Lupa have been adding to the POARP on a consistent basis. The basics of the OARP have been retained: magazines and other publications for authors to submit their articles and review copies of books to, radio shows and podcasts aimed at pagan and occult listeners, and an ever-growing list of festivals and other events. New features include essays and tips on everything from editing to promotion and publicity, calls for writers, and a variety of links to valuable online communities and other resources.
The look and location may have changed, but the focus is the same: to offer both new and experienced authors in the pagan and occult nonfiction genres the information they need to write, publish and market that book theyve been working on. New resources and essays are accepted and appreciated. And, as always, the POARP is entirely free of charge.
To find out more about the POARP, visit http://www.thegreenwolf.com/poarp.html.
Press release: WHITE WITCH: A Novel
Press Release:
WHITE WITCH: A Novel
by Laura Stamps
Kittyfeather Press, 2006, paperback, 110 pages……………….$8.98
Ravena Riley is a Wiccan Witch, who successfully approaches her catnip toy business, feral cat rescue, perimenopause, and fibroids with white magick, spellcrafting, holistic healing, and herbs. But when her husband suddenly sinks into the angry depths of a midlife crisis, Ravena realizes she will have to conjure the greatest spells of her life to determine whether her marriage is worth saving.
Every chapter in this novel contains a spell or chant. You’ll also find lots of strategies and tips for catching, taming, and caring for feral cats and feral cat colonies. Plus, plenty of information for women about how to shrink uterine fibroids naturally…even big ones!
Anne K. Edwards, Book Reviewer and Editor of Voice in the Dark says: “Meet Ravena Riley, the White Witch, whose day starts off with a feeling of being followed and finds it might be a blessing in disguise. Or is it? The events of that day heralded a change in Raven’a life, a change that leads her into a new way of living and thinking. And for twenty years her life follows this new direction. Yet again change comes into her life, and she must seek answers before she can resume the even tenor of her days. Written in flowing words by talented poet and author Laura Stamps, you’ll see with new eyes through the lovely and elegant phrasings of this tale. Take a mental walk through a world you’ve never visited before and enjoy a thrilling new outlook on life. I have.”
TO ORDER: Make check or money order payable to LAURA STAMPS. Free shipping in the U.S. If you live in South Carolina please add sales tax.
MAIL TO: Laura Stamps, Kittyfeather Press, P.O. Box 212534, Columbia, SC 29221-2534
Laura Stamps is an award-winning poet and novelist. Over seven hundred of her poems, short stories, and book reviews have appeared in literary journals, magazines, anthologies, and broadsides worldwide, including the Louisiana Review, the Pittsburgh Review, Poetry Midwest, The Wheel, Big City Lit, Poesy Magazine, American Writing, and the Chiron Review. Winner of The Muses Prize Best Poet of the Year 2005 and the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize nomination and six Pushcart Award nominations, she is the author of more than 30 books of poetry and fiction. Her archives are housed at The Poetry/Rare Books Collection of the University Libraries, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, and Special Collections at James B. Duke Library, Furman University, Greenville, SC. More information about books by Laura Stamps can be found at www.KittyfeatherPress.blogspot.com. For a free catalog of poetry books and novels by Laura Stamps email laurastamps@mindspring.com.