| Diana's Grove: Selling the land |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|08:23 pm] |
I was shocked to find an email in my inbox last night that Diana's Grove will be selling the land after the 2010 Mystery School year ends. I'm still kind of sad and angry, and feel like I've had a metaphysical punch in the gut.Having lived at Diana's Grove for several months, and having spent a lot of time there, this news doesn't come as a complete surprise. I know what many of the challenges Cynthea and Patricia and other staffers have faced with making Diana's Grove possible. But it still hurts. And my heart hurts not just for me, but for all my friends who are part of the Diana's Grove community. --- In 2010, Diana’s Grove Mystery School will be working with the story of Persephone. It is a story of cycles, and as we all know, part of the wisdom of cycles is that all things come to an end. While it is our intention that Mystery School will continue, Diana’s Grove Center, as you and we have known it, is coming to an end. |
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| Pagans and finance |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|02:07 pm] |
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Hello all! I've been pondering something & I figured this would be a good place to put out some feelers and see what the rest of the (neo-Pagan) world thinks.
I've been wondering if there are any Pagan-specific financial issues. I work in the mortgage industry and I had a borrower who happened to find out that I was Wiccan. Thankfully the result was positive in that she was also and was actually tickled pink to find out that she was working with another Wiccan. But in talking to her I got to thinking about do Wiccans/Pagans have special financial needs?
I can think of several issues that very much overlap the LBGT and polyamorous groups of the general population. Things like getting mortgages when you're not legally married or there's more than two people and what title/ownership implications there are for that (nothing that can't be worked around easily these days, but still there are implications).
What about buying a covenstead - how would you finance that? It's not really a second home. How would you handle it if you had 13 people all wanting to hold partial title and contribute to the mortgage payment each month?
Are there other issues I'm not seeing? I only work in mortgage, so I don't know what other finance issues Wiccans and Pagans might have. I guess I'm trying to figure out how financial institutions could be supportive of the Pagan population.
X-posted to my personal journal. |
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| New Here |
[Feb. 13th, 2009|03:01 pm] |
Merry Meet,
I'm fairly new to LJ and look forward to meeting new folks and making new friends.
A little bit about myself:
I am a 3* Gardnerian HPS and run my own coven. I also run the Toronto Pagan Pub Moot . This Monday we're celebrating 13 wonderfully witchy years of success.
I am married, with one son, and I am the author of "Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen" which is set to be released this summer.
I look forward to getting to know everyone here.
Bright Blessings!
Karen Dales
Author
"Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen"
Release - Summer 2009
www.thechosenchronicles.com
karendales@thechosenchronicles.com
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| 5 am thoughts |
[Jan. 27th, 2009|11:13 am] |
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I have just finished reading Priestesses Pythonesses Sibyls edited by Sorita D'Este. Very thought provoking to say the least. It reminded me to once again consider the view that we are each our own Priestess.
Being the somewhat reluctant priestess that I am, I often find it difficult to get past the barrier of my low self esteem and into the mindset that I am worthy enough to commune with Deity. Sure, I have people around me that believe in me, my abilities - my strength, my compassion - but it is rather a rare occasion to find that I am accepting of their support and trusting myself, allowing myself to embody all of those things. I am working very hard to give myself permission to be the person I am, and I suspect that I always will be to some extent. I tend not to actively petition Deity to speak through me, or to me for that matter, as I have the constant fear that I'm not good enough, I'm not the right person for the job, I'll screw everything up.
Despite this, Deity still 'speak' to me, just as They always have. They guide me in my dreams, walk with me in meditation and watch over me always. They inspire me to write poetry (usually in the shower of all places), to draw and paint, to be an ambassador for Them in my thoughts, and in my actions. I strive to live with honour and compassion, with joy and a boundless capacity for forgiveness, and most importantly for me, with accountability. Working for Deity is hard. Every day there is a challenge to be faced, a test of our devotion and trust. It is also a blessing and a privilege, to know that everything that you do reflects not only on you but on Deity. This is not to say that the people around us know why we conduct ourselves as we do, but it is to be hoped that in this self-centric age we are able to stand a breath apart, to lead by example and to change little by little the attitudes of the people we share the earth with. Not for one moment do I mean that I achieve this on a daily basis, but it is something to aim for. Even if we only touch the heart of one person in a lifetime, bring one person closer to knowing the ceaseless embrace of the Divine, that one person can make a difference. This is for me the life of the priestess, and I live the best way I can. |
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| New Year Altar |
[Jan. 13th, 2009|11:40 am] |
Below is a cell-camera shot of my altar ready for the New Year in '09.
I cleaned off previous energy work and the altar is mostly empty, like a blank canvas.
There is a bowl of protective stones in a dish to the left. My silver blade athame to the right.
The candle is a 'problem-solving' candle charged with energy.
In the corner of the wall stands the tall wooden staff gifted to me more than 10 years ago.
The shadows cast on the wall behind are of two Goddess-like statues I have.
Happy New Year!
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| Favorite Samhain ritual |
[Oct. 13th, 2008|01:56 pm] |
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Hi all! With Samhain just around the corner (eta: in the Northern hemisphere) I was wondering what everyone else's favorite Samhain (eta: or other late Fall/early Winter) ritual that you led or attended. What was the most fun? Or, conversely, what was the least favorite? |
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| Oops, sorry |
[Sep. 22nd, 2008|10:44 pm] |
I didn't mean to post that long thing without a cut to the community but apparently I can't edit it- at least, I can't figure out how to from the page- so forgive it and if the Mod wants to delete the post, I'd not be offended.
Just trying to get the word out about an event I put on in my corner of the world.
-Lisa |
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| Antelope Valley Pagan Pride Day (SoCal) |
[Sep. 22nd, 2008|10:40 pm] |
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We welcome and encourage you to forward and repost this information widely-
we are putting on a great event this year!!
-Lisa
Local Coordinator, AV Pagan Pride Day http://paganpride.avpagans.org
Come join us for a lot of fun in Palmdale as we celebrate Pagan Pride Day in
Palmdale, CA.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
10:00am-5:00pm
Poncitlan Square
at 38315 9th Street East in Palmdale, California. Near the Library and City
Hall
( details ) |
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| Scarlet Imprint Red Goddess LAUNCH PARTY |
[Jun. 14th, 2008|04:03 pm] |
Dear Friends,
You are cordially invited to the Launch party for The Red Goddess at midday on the Summer Solstice Saturday June 21 at Atlantis Bookshop in London, England.
Please be prompt as from there we will be proceeding to the British Museum for a ritual reading at the John Dee exhibit.
We are deliberately evoking BABALON on this date at this time in this location.
We will then be returning to Atlantis for champagne cocktails and spirited discussion.
To reserve your place please call 020 7405 2120 or email info@theatlantisbookshop.com
We look forward to seeing you there.
If you cannot make it, do a raise a glass to Her at the Solstice.
In Nomine Babalon
Scarlet Imprint x
We have also attached the public press release below for The Red Goddess, if you belong to any online groups or are the webmaster of a news site, please feel free to post. We very much appreciate your support.
Dear Friends,
Scarlet Imprint are delighted to announce the publication of: The Red Goddess for midday Summer Solstice June 21.
This title is now available for you to order.
The Red Goddess is an octavo book of 260pp, printed throughout in red and black ink, and with four luscious plates.
The standard edition is strikingly bound in white book cloth, scarlet endpapers, and embossed with the seven pointed star of BABALON. Each and every book is perfumed and consecrated.
It is being prepared in a strictly limited and hand-numbered edition of seven hundred and seventy-seven copies.
A copy can be yours for thirty-seven English pounds plus postage.
In addition, 49 devotee copies of The Red Goddess are being quarter bound in black moroccan goat and finished in scarlet silk with hand marbled endpapers. These fine books will be bound by Brian Settle. Each one a work of art and rare beauty in a world of mass production. We will only sell these direct to individuals who contact us and explain why they wish to own a copy, a necessary step given the speculators who seek to profit from our work.
These are magickal books, for a magickal purpose, and that is their value.
We do accept installments, as we want our books to reach the right people.
The devotee copies will each cost an hundred and fifty six English pounds plus secure delivery.
The Red Goddess is an ecstatic journey through the unheard history of BABALON, from Revelations back through the Ishtar Gate and forward into a living modern magickal current.
This is an explicit and challenging vision of a very modern Goddess coming into power. This is more than a history, it is a passionate account of living magick and the transcendent power of Love.
The epic sweep of the text takes us from Babylon to Jerusalem to Rome, and onwards to Apocalypse.
It looks at the angelic work of renaissance mage John Dee.
It lays bare the excesses of Aleister Crowley, and unlocks the secrets of Waratah Blossoms.
It explains the immolation of the Californian antichrist-superstar Jack Parsons and his relationship with Scientology founder L.Ron Hubbard.
This is the missing history of the Holy Whore.
Thirteen essays conclude the book on subjects including: roses, mirror magick, BDSM, aphrodisiac drugs, the information age, love vs lust, and the meaning of apocalypse.
Intelligent and balanced reviews for the previous edition from both readers and people of standing in the occult community can be found at www.scarletimprint.com
Those working with Ishtar, Inanna, Lilith, Kali, Sekhmet, Bast, Freya, Pomba Gira, Erzulie, witchcraft, Tantra, sacred sex and ritual transgression will find much here to intrigue, inspire and challenge them.
The Red Goddess is suitable for anyone with blood in their veins, regardless of tradition, background or experience.
It is a Love story.
To secure your copy please credit our paypal account for £37 plus postage scarletimprint@gmail.com
Postage rates are:
UK First Class £4
Europe £6
Worldwide £10
If you do not have a paypal account and wish to pay by cheque (uk residents only), please email us and we will forward you our postal address.
If you need our IBAN and SWIFT numbers for an international bank transfer again, email us and we will provide you with them.
Full details can be found at www.scarletimprint.com
This is an important book for these times.
In Nomine Babalon
Scarlet Imprint x
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