Vesica Woman

Avalonian Training Intensive - July 16 - 19, 2009

Blessings All,

The Sisterhood of Avalon has been sponsoring Avalonian Training Intensives around North America and Great Britain since 1998. These four-day residential Intensives allow women to learn Avalonian ritual, techniques, tools, and philosophy from an experiential perspective. Come to connect with the Goddesses of Avalon, immerse yourself in the transformational spiritual traditions of the Celtic Britons, and learn how to heal and empower yourself as you align with the Cycles of the Universe.

Level One - Calling the Barge

The Level One Intensive is for all women seeking the Ways of Avalon. For newcomers to the Goddess Path, it is an excellent starting point; for women who have been engaged in this journeying, it is sure to deepen connections both with the Lady and with the self, from an empowering Avalonian perspective. The SOA Level One Intensive is open to all women, members and non-members alike.

The next Level One Intensive is July 16 - 19, 2009 in New York State, and the all-inclusive price includes workshops, lodging, and vegetarian meals.

Detailed information packets and registration materials are available upon request. Space is limited. If you are interested in attending or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at intensives@ sisterhoodofavalon.org. Our complete 2009 Workshop Schedule, with sites in NY, CA, GA, OH and Saskatoon, SK can be found here: http://www.ynysafallon.com/SOA2009…

About the Facilitator
Jhenah Telyndru has been living the Avalonian Tradition since 1988. She is the Founder and Morgen of the Sisterhood of Avalon, and is Academic Dean of the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary. Jhenah is the author of Avalon Within: Inner Sovereignty and Personal Transformation through the Avalonian Mysteries (Ninth Wave Press, 2005) and the creator of a unique Avalonian Posture System demonstrated on the instructional DVD Trancing the Inner Landscape: Avalonian Landscape Postures. She presents Avalonian Intensive Workshops around the United States and facilitates Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites in the British Isles.

SOA Intensives are always incredible opportunities to become immersed in the transformational work of Avalon and to build sacred community with other women; we hope you will be able to join us!

Many thanks and blessings.
Jhenah

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Jhenah Telyndru
www.ynysafallon.com
www.sisterhoodofavalon.org

For the latest news and updates, please visit my blog at www.ynysafallon.com/blog
brewing mead

NYC locals take note!

From June 22-28, Just Food, a non-profit organization that works to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region, will be sponsoring "Pollinator Week", a series of events in Manhattan that highlight the use of local honey in food and drink. In part these events are designed to bring public attention to a drive to legalize beekeeping in New York City.

Kicking off the week will be the First Annual Beekeeper's Ball at Pier 17, South Street Seaport on Monday, June 22 from 6-11pm. On Thursday the 24th, fifteen Manhattan bars and restaurants will be featuring signature dishes and drinks that incorporate locally harvested honey. On Saturday the 26th, the Union Square farmer's market will be having a "honey fest" featuring local beekeepers and their wares.

As part of Pollinator Week, I will be one of the speakers at Jimmy's #43 on June 25th at 6pm. This is a fundraiser for Just Food, admission is $10. The evening includes a screening of "Hidden Hives", a movie about urban beekeeping. Representatives from the Manhattan Meadery and the Long Island Meadery will be present to let you sample their commercially available offerings. I will be speaking about the art of making homebrewed mead, and may have some of my own stuff for people to try.

"Bee" there!
tardis

10th Annual Temple of the Evening Star Ancestral Silent Supper

Once again, we will create a sacred and magical haven in the heart of New York City with The Temple of the Evening Star's 9th Annual Ancestral Silent Supper for Samhain 2008 The Temple's Silent Supper has become a special tradition we feel blessed to share with the NYC neo-pagan community. We will create a ritual space to honor and connect with our loved ones who've passed beyond the veil and celebrate the Turn of the Wheel to another sacred year. There will be food, fellowship, drumming, chanting, energy raising, readings by experienced psychic readers, an oracular divination and a good time to be had for all!


• Event Location: New Dance Group, 305 West 38th Street (at 8th Ave)
• Event Phone number and website: 212-904-1990 http://www.ndg.org
• Event Time: Doors open at 8:00pm. Ritual will promptly start at 8:30pm.
Latecomers may not be admitted.
• Ticket Price: $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Price includes a food and
limited beverages. *
• To make a reservation please use the PayPal button listed on our website
http://www.templeeveningstar.org. Check this website for any changes in the
schedule for the evening.


There will be an option on PayPal to raise money for our community to purchase land. This is optional if you wish to donate a little to help us achieve our dream and goal of sacred land for our work in the names of the old ones.

**Please remember to bring a token of any loved one(s) who have passed beyond the veil that you would like to honor at the Ancestral Altar this evening. We are also taking optional donations of canned pet food and used towels for a local animal shelter.






About The Temple of the Evening Star
The Temple of the Evening Star is a Minoan Fellowship and a 501(c)3 recognized New York State certified Wiccan Temple. We are comprised of several established and newly forming Covens, who work together to celebrate and honor our nature-based traditions. For more information, visit http://www.templeeveningstar.org/ Temple of the Evening Star's public events are open to anyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
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Temple of the Evening Star 10th Annual NYC Ancestral Silent Supper

Once again, we will create a sacred and magical haven in the heart of New York City with The Temple of the Evening Star's 9th Annual Ancestral Silent Supper for Samhain 2007 The Temple's Silent Supper has become a special tradition we feel blessed to share with the NYC neo-pagan community. We will create a ritual space to honor and connect with our loved ones who've passed beyond the veil and celebrate the Turn of the Wheel to another sacred year. There will be food, fellowship, drumming, chanting, energy raising, readings by experienced psychic readers, an oracular divination and a good time to be had for all!



• Event Location: New Dance Group, 305 West 38th Street (at 8th Ave)
• Event Phone number and website: 212-904-1990 http://www.ndg.org
• Event Time: Doors open at 8:00pm. Ritual will promptly start at 8:30pm.
Latecomers may not be admitted.
• Ticket Price: $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Price includes a food and
limited beverages. *
• To make a reservation please use the PayPal button listed on our website
http://www.templeeveningstar.org. Check this website for any changes in the
schedule for the evening.



* There will be an option on PayPal to raise money for our community to purchase land. This is optional if you wish to donate a little to help us achieve our dream and goal of sacred land for our work in the names of the old ones.

**Please remember to bring a token of any loved one(s) who have passed beyond the veil that you would like to honor at the Ancestral Altar this evening. We are also taking optional donations of canned pet food and used towels for a local animal shelter.

About The Temple of the Evening Star
The Temple of the Evening Star is a Minoan Fellowship and a 501(c)3 recognized New York State certified Wiccan Temple. We are comprised of several established and newly forming Covens, who work together to celebrate and honor our nature-based traditions. For more information, visit http://www.templeeveningstar.org/ Temple of the Evening Star's public events are open to anyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
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please sign this petition against kathy lee for her remarks

The links now work thanks to Night Flower. Please pass this on.

Greetings,

It has been a long time since I have posted, hoping some may remember me, and hope all are doing well :)

"As much as His Highness is trying to conserve his energy for Sirius Rising and Starwood some challenges do find him that need to be dealt with. He and Jordan take their role within this very diverse combination of tribes very seriously. They are only about two hundred signatures short of the needed five thousand to protest Kathy Lee Giffords thoughtless negative remarks about pagans."

Being as the Video The Faery King Posted is important, as well as the Petition regarding Nasty Pagan's I am hoping I have created WORKING links to both.

Faery King's You Tube Video Link ::Click::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z…Zik

Nasty Bad Pagans Petition ::Click::
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/q…sty-bad-pagansquot-protesting-hate…h-on-nbc

Love and Light~
Night Bloom
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Kathy Lee Gifford's derogatory remark on The Today Show

I just found out that on June 25th Kathy Lee Gifford, host of The Today Show, made a derogatory comment about pagans. I first found out this morning in an e-mail and then found it on a group on CafeMom. She was doing a wedding segment and asked people why the wedding ring was worn on the left hand ring finger.

Kathy Lee: Why do you wear your wedding band on your left hand ring
finger? Is it because (a) most people write with their right hand? Is
it (b), because Egyptians believed that finger follows the vein of
love to the heart, or (c), the Pagans -- the nasty, bad Pagans --
believed it was bad luck to wear metal on your right side?

OMG! A lot of pagans are writing The Today Show to demand that she publically appologize. If she had said something like this about any other religion then there would be a public outrage.

The video of Gifford's comment can be found at the link following, about 5 minutes in: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/2113…

E-mails can be sent to : today@nbc.com

Also, a petition has been started http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/q…

Website: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/2113…

Telephone: (212) 644-4249 (press 1 and ask to speak with Jim Bell, who is the Producer of the Today Show, and complain directly to him)

*hugs*
Jess

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Hello from East Meadow

Hello everyone! My name is Jessica and I'm a 30 year old ecclectic pagan living on Long Island. I know this group is mostly for NYC but since you have Long Island listed in your interests I hope it's OK that I'm here. :D

I moved here with my two children (ages 7 and 3) a year ago (was born and raised on Long Island but spent the past 10 years in California). My husband, who is Asatru, will be joining us at the end of October.

Even though I've been here a year I haven't made many friends. Mostly I hang out with my sister and her friends. While they're all great people, I miss having pagan friends. In California practically everyone I knew well was pagan. It's just the opposite out here.

So I'm looking to meet people and hopefully strike up some friendships. :D

*hugs to all*