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Any way we can get these Russian people off the site? Posting nudes is NOT part of Massachusetts Pagan topics.
Dancers Tarot Project
Hello, pagan friends!
A photographer/dancer friend of mine in Northampton, MA is creating a photographic Tarot deck -- it is a beautiful project, and I thought it might be interesting to folks here...
You can watch a short video about the project on kickstarter.com. (And if Spirit moves you to support the project with some money, you can do so there.) Definitely worth checking out!
http://www.kickstarter.com/project…
xoxoxo
froggoddess
A photographer/dancer friend of mine in Northampton, MA is creating a photographic Tarot deck -- it is a beautiful project, and I thought it might be interesting to folks here...
You can watch a short video about the project on kickstarter.com. (And if Spirit moves you to support the project with some money, you can do so there.) Definitely worth checking out!
http://www.kickstarter.com/project…
xoxoxo
froggoddess
The Book of Lilith: A theatrical bellydance production
Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre and Salem Theatre Company present
THE BOOK OF LILITH
Goddess -- Demon -- First Woman
A theatrical bellydance production
3 shows!!
Fri, Sat, Sun - Sept 3, 4, 5
Salem Theatre Company
90 Lafayette St, Salem, MA
Show times Fri, Sat 7:30pm, Sun 3pm
Tickets on sale NOW!
Purchase tickets at http://www.salemtheatre.com
Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre performs its original theatrical bellydance production The Book of Lilith, based on the story of the ancient Middle Eastern goddess and demoness. From her beginnings as handmaiden to the Great Goddess, initiating men into Her mysteries through sacred eros, and her appearance as First Woman in the Garden of Eden, to her Fall from Grace to become a darkly serpentine, winged and fiery force of nature and the supernatural. Come with Lilith as she flies through the ages through dance and artistry.
Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre is led by Artistic Director Aepril Schaile and also includes, for this full-length premiere performance, dancers Amelia Kurpeski, Libby Rowe, Shaina Rae, and Samara Martin. Performances are September 3 and 4 at 7:30pm and September 5 at 3:00pm, at the STC Theater at 90 Lafayette Street in Salem, MA. Tickets are $25 and are available for purchase online at http://www.salemtheatre.com/. For more info about Exquisite Corpse Dance Theatre, go to http://www.exquisitecorpsedancethe….
my fall class offerings at Cherry Hill Seminary
Anyone can sign up for Master's courses with instructor permission, so please refer folks who are looking for continuing ed, as well as those who might be interested in pursuing a degree!
ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL PAGAN MINISTRY
http://cherryhillseminary.org/Curr…
Paganism and the Body
N5650 / A6450
Declaring that all acts of love and pleasure are the rituals of the Goddess, contemporary Pagans widely affirm the sacredness of the body and of sexuality. Students will engage with theological and ethical writings around gender, sexuality, and the body from Pagan and allied perspectives, such as Christian and post-Christian feminist and queer theologies. Special attention will be given to Pagan understandings of same-sex relationships, BDSM, polyamory, transgender, and other expressions of gender and sexuality that are marginalized by mainstream society. The role of gender polarity and sex magic in the Western esoteric tradition and its influences on religious witchcraft will also be considered. Students will examine their conceptions of gender and sexuality and develop their own the-logies of the body in a context that takes both personal liberation and social justice into account. Students will also consider the challenges and joys of ministering to a sexually diverse Pagan community and emerge better equipped to counsel their communities in ethical responsibilities around eroticism and touch. Class meets with PCELL: Erotic Ethics.
Required Texts:
Ellison, Marvin M., Erotic Justice: A Liberating Ethic of Sexuality, Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. ISBN: 664256465
Hunter, Jennifer., Rites of Pleasure: Sexuality in Wicca and NeoPaganism, Citadel Press, 2004. 806525843
Contemporary Global Paganisms
CT591.Z
This survey course will introduce students to the wide variety of Paganisms being practiced around the world. We will challenge scholarly definitions of Paganism and our own personal ones by attempting to trace common threads between many disparate traditions. Students will familiarize themselves with both popular and scholarly descriptions of contemporary Paganisms, then explore the Internet and their local communities to gain first-hand experience with traditions not their own. In these encounters, we will deal with issues of cultural appropriation versus appropriate cultural borrowing and consider Paganism's position as a consciously (re)constructed, combinative religious path. A final project will allow students to synthesize their knowledge in an intercontinental comparison of Paganisms that supports the unique thrust of their ministerial paths.
Required Texts:
Strmiska, Michael, ed. Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Religion in Contemporary Cultures). ABC-CLIO, 2005 ISBN: 1851096086
Please note that the required Modern Paganism book can take several weeks to arrive! If unavailable from Fields Books or Amazon, it can be ordered from the publisher at http://www.abc-clio.com/ in print or in a less expensive e-book edition.
Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today. Penguin, 2006 revised & updated edition ISBN: 143038192
ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL PAGAN MINISTRY
http://cherryhillseminary.org/Curr…
Paganism and the Body
N5650 / A6450
Declaring that all acts of love and pleasure are the rituals of the Goddess, contemporary Pagans widely affirm the sacredness of the body and of sexuality. Students will engage with theological and ethical writings around gender, sexuality, and the body from Pagan and allied perspectives, such as Christian and post-Christian feminist and queer theologies. Special attention will be given to Pagan understandings of same-sex relationships, BDSM, polyamory, transgender, and other expressions of gender and sexuality that are marginalized by mainstream society. The role of gender polarity and sex magic in the Western esoteric tradition and its influences on religious witchcraft will also be considered. Students will examine their conceptions of gender and sexuality and develop their own the-logies of the body in a context that takes both personal liberation and social justice into account. Students will also consider the challenges and joys of ministering to a sexually diverse Pagan community and emerge better equipped to counsel their communities in ethical responsibilities around eroticism and touch. Class meets with PCELL: Erotic Ethics.
Required Texts:
Ellison, Marvin M., Erotic Justice: A Liberating Ethic of Sexuality, Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. ISBN: 664256465
Hunter, Jennifer., Rites of Pleasure: Sexuality in Wicca and NeoPaganism, Citadel Press, 2004. 806525843
Contemporary Global Paganisms
CT591.Z
This survey course will introduce students to the wide variety of Paganisms being practiced around the world. We will challenge scholarly definitions of Paganism and our own personal ones by attempting to trace common threads between many disparate traditions. Students will familiarize themselves with both popular and scholarly descriptions of contemporary Paganisms, then explore the Internet and their local communities to gain first-hand experience with traditions not their own. In these encounters, we will deal with issues of cultural appropriation versus appropriate cultural borrowing and consider Paganism's position as a consciously (re)constructed, combinative religious path. A final project will allow students to synthesize their knowledge in an intercontinental comparison of Paganisms that supports the unique thrust of their ministerial paths.
Required Texts:
Strmiska, Michael, ed. Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (Religion in Contemporary Cultures). ABC-CLIO, 2005 ISBN: 1851096086
Please note that the required Modern Paganism book can take several weeks to arrive! If unavailable from Fields Books or Amazon, it can be ordered from the publisher at http://www.abc-clio.com/ in print or in a less expensive e-book edition.
Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today. Penguin, 2006 revised & updated edition ISBN: 143038192
New Spirituality, Esotericism & Healing conference, Northampton, MA
Hi everyone!
This is the first year of "Changing Times, Changing Worlds," and it looks a bit like an effort to start an East Coast Pantheacon. It's quite inexpensive -- $40 if you register before July 20, and the fee goes up in $10 increments to a maximum of $60 at the door. The con features a number of well-known Pagan writers and presenters, including Raven Kaldera, Jane Sibley, Tchipakkan, and Kirk White. I'm teaching a workshop myself ("Preventing Witch Wars: Managing Overlapping Roles in Pagan Communities"). The conference is billing itself as "interfaith," and it looks like a range of presenters from other religious traditions will be sharing on esoteric topics as well.
In addition to focusing on healing and prosperity, the conference is looking to move beyond introductory topics and into material that will be of interest to intermediate and advanced practitioners.
Changing Times, Changing Worlds
November 12-14, 2010
Northampton, MA
Clarion Hotel
You can register and get a great deal of information at the website:
http://www.changingtimeschangingwo…
Blessings,
Helix (Christine Kraemer)
This is the first year of "Changing Times, Changing Worlds," and it looks a bit like an effort to start an East Coast Pantheacon. It's quite inexpensive -- $40 if you register before July 20, and the fee goes up in $10 increments to a maximum of $60 at the door. The con features a number of well-known Pagan writers and presenters, including Raven Kaldera, Jane Sibley, Tchipakkan, and Kirk White. I'm teaching a workshop myself ("Preventing Witch Wars: Managing Overlapping Roles in Pagan Communities"). The conference is billing itself as "interfaith," and it looks like a range of presenters from other religious traditions will be sharing on esoteric topics as well.
In addition to focusing on healing and prosperity, the conference is looking to move beyond introductory topics and into material that will be of interest to intermediate and advanced practitioners.
Changing Times, Changing Worlds
November 12-14, 2010
Northampton, MA
Clarion Hotel
You can register and get a great deal of information at the website:
http://www.changingtimeschangingwo…
Blessings,
Helix (Christine Kraemer)
Fall Semester at Cherry Hill Seminary
Dear friends,
With increasing numbers of scholarly publications and its own well-established program group at the American Academy of Religion, Contemporary Pagan Studies has been making great strides forward in rigor and credibility. The creation of a viable Pagan intellectual culture -- along with the ability to dialogue effectively with others in both scholarly and religious contexts -- is one aspect of what will allow Pagans a place of respect on both local interfaith councils and in global meetings like the Parliament of World's Religions.
I am excited and proud to be involved with Cherry Hill Seminary, where I serve as instructor and head of the Nature, Deity, and Inspiration department. Cherry Hill Seminary provides professional training for Pagan ministry in a mostly on-line format. Degree candidates are required to participate in a small number of in-person, face-to-face academic intensives before graduation. ( Read more...Collapse )
Although registration for our next semester won't open until July 15, I'm very excited about the classes we'll be offering this Fall! FDN (4-week) and PCE (semester-long) courses are community education classes open to all; the rest are Master's-level and require a bachelor's degree or instructor's permission. You can enroll in classes without being a matriculating student (in other words, without a plan to complete a degree program).
FDN: Research and Writing in Pagan Studies - Potts
FDN: Why Magickal Thinking Isn't Crazy - Dobyns
FDN: Effective Website Development for Pagan Organizations - Mohnkern
PCE/NDI: Erotic Ethics - Kraemer
PCE: Rites of Passage - Arthen
PCE: The Warrior in Shadow: Violence From a Pagan Perspective - Rifkin
PCE: Call of the Dark Mother - Bennett
NDI/PAL: Paganism and the Body - Kraemer
NDI/TTI: American Spiritualities - Whedon
NDI/TTI: A Saunter with John Muir and Walt Whitman: The Poetry and Politics of Nature - Highland
PAL: Religion and the Law - Bianchi
PAL: Spirit of Economics - Levitt
PAL: Starting a Spiritually Centered Business or Organization - Levitt
PPC: Human Development in a Pagan Context - Mason
PPC: Personality Theories - Oringderff
TTI: Contemporary Global Paganisms - Kraemer
TTI: Western Initiation: Theories and Issues - Winslade
Whether you're looking for a complete Master's program or simply to acquire some specific knowledge or skills, Cherry Hill has a great deal to offer. We particularly celebrate the efforts of covens and small communities to raise funds for their leaders and facilitators to study ministry skills at Cherry Hill and encourage other interested students to do the same.
Because accreditation is a time-consuming and expensive process, we also appreciate your donations. Building a seminary takes years, and our dedicated staff and instructors put in large numbers of volunteer hours. Please spread the word about our work!
Best,
Christine Hoff Kraemer
With increasing numbers of scholarly publications and its own well-established program group at the American Academy of Religion, Contemporary Pagan Studies has been making great strides forward in rigor and credibility. The creation of a viable Pagan intellectual culture -- along with the ability to dialogue effectively with others in both scholarly and religious contexts -- is one aspect of what will allow Pagans a place of respect on both local interfaith councils and in global meetings like the Parliament of World's Religions.
I am excited and proud to be involved with Cherry Hill Seminary, where I serve as instructor and head of the Nature, Deity, and Inspiration department. Cherry Hill Seminary provides professional training for Pagan ministry in a mostly on-line format. Degree candidates are required to participate in a small number of in-person, face-to-face academic intensives before graduation. ( Read more...Collapse )
Although registration for our next semester won't open until July 15, I'm very excited about the classes we'll be offering this Fall! FDN (4-week) and PCE (semester-long) courses are community education classes open to all; the rest are Master's-level and require a bachelor's degree or instructor's permission. You can enroll in classes without being a matriculating student (in other words, without a plan to complete a degree program).
FDN: Research and Writing in Pagan Studies - Potts
FDN: Why Magickal Thinking Isn't Crazy - Dobyns
FDN: Effective Website Development for Pagan Organizations - Mohnkern
PCE/NDI: Erotic Ethics - Kraemer
PCE: Rites of Passage - Arthen
PCE: The Warrior in Shadow: Violence From a Pagan Perspective - Rifkin
PCE: Call of the Dark Mother - Bennett
NDI/PAL: Paganism and the Body - Kraemer
NDI/TTI: American Spiritualities - Whedon
NDI/TTI: A Saunter with John Muir and Walt Whitman: The Poetry and Politics of Nature - Highland
PAL: Religion and the Law - Bianchi
PAL: Spirit of Economics - Levitt
PAL: Starting a Spiritually Centered Business or Organization - Levitt
PPC: Human Development in a Pagan Context - Mason
PPC: Personality Theories - Oringderff
TTI: Contemporary Global Paganisms - Kraemer
TTI: Western Initiation: Theories and Issues - Winslade
Whether you're looking for a complete Master's program or simply to acquire some specific knowledge or skills, Cherry Hill has a great deal to offer. We particularly celebrate the efforts of covens and small communities to raise funds for their leaders and facilitators to study ministry skills at Cherry Hill and encourage other interested students to do the same.
Because accreditation is a time-consuming and expensive process, we also appreciate your donations. Building a seminary takes years, and our dedicated staff and instructors put in large numbers of volunteer hours. Please spread the word about our work!
Best,
Christine Hoff Kraemer
Building a Daily Spiritual Practice with veedub, Oct. 2 [BOS]
Building a Daily Spiritual Practice
with Valerie Walker (
veedub)
Saturday, October 2, 2010, 10am-9pm
Boston, MA area (Malden, T accessible)
Using meditations and techniques from the Feri Tradition and from veedub's own material, this workshop will give students the tools to build a daily practice that is both cleansing and spiritually strengthening. Topics covered will include:
--Core Feri concepts: 3 Souls, Iron and Pearl Pentacles, Kala, the Black Heart of Innocence
--The Ladder of Hestia and the Chakras
--The Feri Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
--Pentacles of Attention and Manifestation
veedub (Valerie Walker) is a Feri Tradition initiate, teacher, ritualist, altar-builder, writer, and Crone. Several of her articles on various Feri topics have appeared in Witch Eye. These may also be found at http://www.wiggage.com/witch/feric…. Her book, The Dustbunnies' Big Damn Handout Book, available on http://www.lulu.com/content/3023755 (free pdf also available for download) contains many of her practical suggestions for developing an effective personal practice.
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with Valerie Walker (
veedub)Saturday, October 2, 2010, 10am-9pm
Boston, MA area (Malden, T accessible)
Using meditations and techniques from the Feri Tradition and from veedub's own material, this workshop will give students the tools to build a daily practice that is both cleansing and spiritually strengthening. Topics covered will include:
--Core Feri concepts: 3 Souls, Iron and Pearl Pentacles, Kala, the Black Heart of Innocence
--The Ladder of Hestia and the Chakras
--The Feri Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
--Pentacles of Attention and Manifestation
veedub (Valerie Walker) is a Feri Tradition initiate, teacher, ritualist, altar-builder, writer, and Crone. Several of her articles on various Feri topics have appeared in Witch Eye. These may also be found at http://www.wiggage.com/witch/feric…. Her book, The Dustbunnies' Big Damn Handout Book, available on http://www.lulu.com/content/3023755 (free pdf also available for download) contains many of her practical suggestions for developing an effective personal practice.
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dark fairytale cyberpunk music in Belchertown, MA THIS FRIDAY
Psyche Corporation, a dark cyberpunk/steampunk band from NYC is coming to perform in Belchertown, MA this Friday. The music combines old mythologies with a strange world overtaken by an unorthodox worship of dreams made possible by neural implants that allow wearers to download dreams from the internet.
We've previously performed at a lot of alternative events, scifi conventions, renaissance faires, and pagan-friendly events such as Wicked Faire and Midsummer Magick Faire and will be performing again May 14-16 at Steampunk World's Fair in New Jersey.
SHOW INFO:
Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
Black Moon Music Lounge
37 State Street
Belchertown, MA
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?…
Links:
http://myspace.com/psychecorp
http://psychecorporation.com/index…
http://youtube.com/psychecorp
We've previously performed at a lot of alternative events, scifi conventions, renaissance faires, and pagan-friendly events such as Wicked Faire and Midsummer Magick Faire and will be performing again May 14-16 at Steampunk World's Fair in New Jersey.
SHOW INFO:
Date: Friday, April 30, 2010
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
Black Moon Music Lounge
37 State Street
Belchertown, MA
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?…
Links:
http://myspace.com/psychecorp
http://psychecorporation.com/index…
http://youtube.com/psychecorp
Annual Darq Gathering in Salem
DARQ ( www.darqsalem.com ), Salem's only goth/industrial/synth/ebm night, and The Fool's Mansion bring you the annual DARQ GATHERING. April 23 - 25th.
This is a weekend long event! Spend some time in Salem before it gets too crowded and full of yuppies wearing fanny packs!
Discounts & deals in downtown Salem, 3 DJs, 2 Bands, 3 days... $15 presale, $20 on Friday the 23rd.
Show your wristband at the Spellbound Museum while buying tickets to one of our historic paranormal tours and receive 20% off! Our tours aren't some cheesy SciFi Channel BS - history and science matter to us just as much as horror and gore!
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Hope to see some of you at my tours. I'll be working Friday and Sunday nights! XD
[crossposted a bunch, sorry!]
www.darqsalem.com
This is a weekend long event! Spend some time in Salem before it gets too crowded and full of yuppies wearing fanny packs!
Discounts & deals in downtown Salem, 3 DJs, 2 Bands, 3 days... $15 presale, $20 on Friday the 23rd.
Show your wristband at the Spellbound Museum while buying tickets to one of our historic paranormal tours and receive 20% off! Our tours aren't some cheesy SciFi Channel BS - history and science matter to us just as much as horror and gore!
( And check out a few other places doing discounts!Collapse ) There's also a bunch more.
Hope to see some of you at my tours. I'll be working Friday and Sunday nights! XD
[crossposted a bunch, sorry!]
www.darqsalem.com
Turn on Your (Psychic) Light with T. Thorn Coyle, Mar 13-14 [BOS]
Turn On Your (Psychic) Light
with T. Thorn Coyle
March 13-14, 2010
in Boston, MA (Somerville - T accessible)
There is a light that shines within us, lighting up occluded spaces. Are you clairvoyant, clairaudient, or clairsentient? Everyone is some variation on these, seeing, hearing, sensing or simply knowing. Light up your soul with techniques to expand the senses and aid your psychic opening.
During this highly experiential workshop, we will play games, practice psychic skills, get in touch with our God Soul and our Guides, learn to distinguish among various types of information and impulses, talk about centering and boundary work and do readings for each other.
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T. Thorn Coyle is an internationally respected teacher of spiritual practice who has been studying the magical arts for more than 25 years. Author of Kissing the Limitless and Evolutionary Witchcraft, she has a spiritual direction practice by the San Francisco Bay, where she writes, dances, makes music and enjoys life. Thorn has taught in the Reclaiming and Feri traditions of witchcraft and is founder and head of Solar Cross Temple and Morningstar Mystery School.
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with T. Thorn Coyle
March 13-14, 2010
in Boston, MA (Somerville - T accessible)
There is a light that shines within us, lighting up occluded spaces. Are you clairvoyant, clairaudient, or clairsentient? Everyone is some variation on these, seeing, hearing, sensing or simply knowing. Light up your soul with techniques to expand the senses and aid your psychic opening.
During this highly experiential workshop, we will play games, practice psychic skills, get in touch with our God Soul and our Guides, learn to distinguish among various types of information and impulses, talk about centering and boundary work and do readings for each other.
*******
T. Thorn Coyle is an internationally respected teacher of spiritual practice who has been studying the magical arts for more than 25 years. Author of Kissing the Limitless and Evolutionary Witchcraft, she has a spiritual direction practice by the San Francisco Bay, where she writes, dances, makes music and enjoys life. Thorn has taught in the Reclaiming and Feri traditions of witchcraft and is founder and head of Solar Cross Temple and Morningstar Mystery School.
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