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First up in the News
I soapbox rant of mine made it on Witchvox last week. No great surprise there right? Another rant on the Vox.
What was surprising was is it actually lit a fire in the online pagan community at large, albeit a very small one.
I am no psychologist nor sociologist so I will not hazard a guess as to why this article, of all articles would catch on so well myself. Well I will but I’m not sharing them with ya…
Anyways I thought I’d share some of the responses I’ve gotten from folks. Interestingly enough, most positive responses came via email, comments here, or through the Vox. While the less than positive comments were never directly sent to me, but posted on other folks blogs and such. Once again , I am no sociologist…
For those of you wondering were said rant came from, if you go through the Vox’s archives back to last October/September sometimes, there was a series of articles of (mostly young) newbies complaining that there “Aren’t any good Elders, they’ve all abandoned us, people are obligated to teach us” etc etc. One article in fact was call something along the lines… Continue reading
Beltaine at Misty Acres
I am hosting Beltaine (May 1st to 3rd, its a weekend) at my farm, Misty Acres.
Please come out and enjoy 55 acres in southern British Columbia that backs onto thousands of acres of back country. Misty Acres is located on a mountainside between Grand Forks and Greenwood.
Misty Acres has access to the Trans Canada trail on the property. There are several lakes nearby as well as the Kettle Valley river, which is world renown for its inner-tubing (though the water may be a little chilly for swimming). Also a short drive away is an old mine where you can take tours and collect your own crystals and semi-precious stones.
There are a few different groves and areas for ritual, so you or your group can have your own ritual. I will also be leading a (Celtic) Hedgewitch-y ritual.
There is plenty of camping space, and kids and dogs are allowed.
Dogs MUST be up to date on their vaccination and you will have to bring something from your vet to prove this (we are an animal rescue an cannot risk disease).
Kids must be supervised by their parents or older sibling at all times.
Activities planned so far… Continue reading
Another Article on Witchvox
An article I wrote a while back about how people need to stop complaining there are not enough Elders and start working on becoming Elders themselves was put up on witchvox this week. I was out of town and didn’t know until I got home!
Thank you everyone who has emailed me, and I promise to get back to everyone. Might take me a week but I will.
I have gotten the strongest response from HPs and community leaders, half a dozen emails from Head-so-and-so of such-and-such group. Yikes! *hides* Actually, they’ve all had good things to say *shines*
Something I would like to mention to everyone is that I am not making the assumption that there are no more Crowleys and Gardners myself, but addressing that very attitude in the community at large. So please stop emailing me that there are good Elders out there, I know that. Though I may think there’s less out there than you do, I like to set the bar pretty high.
Thanks for reading it and;
YES you may reproduce anything I write just take my name (and better yet a link to Walking the Hedge at the bottom)
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