Please send comfort, condolences, and other healing support to 10 year
old twins Claire & Damien of Wisconsin for their beloved cat, Vinnie,
who passed away on Friday, May 31.
Also, please send death transition blessings to Vinnie.
Well wishes can be sent to them via their mother:
peggy@circlesanctuary.org
Healing Circle: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Healing for Beth
Please send healing to Beth Drake whose multiple sclerosis has
intensified in recent days. Also send healing to her partner Vic
Wright. Beth and Vic live in Kentucky and have been part of the
Circle Sanctuary Community and the Pagan Spirit Gathering for many years.
Well wishes can be sent to them: labrysamazon11@yahoo.com -- although
circumstances are such that emails sent may not be individually
answered, know that they are appreciated.
Healing Circle: Monday, June 2, 2008
intensified in recent days. Also send healing to her partner Vic
Wright. Beth and Vic live in Kentucky and have been part of the
Circle Sanctuary Community and the Pagan Spirit Gathering for many years.
Well wishes can be sent to them: labrysamazon11@yahoo.com -- although
circumstances are such that emails sent may not be individually
answered, know that they are appreciated.
Healing Circle: Monday, June 2, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
Healing to Linda
Please send healing to Linda, sister of MoonFeather, PSG Manager and
long-time Circle Sanctuary Community member.
Linda, who lives in Pennsylvania, is finishing up her treatment process
for rectal cancer, which was the sixth type of cancer she has had in the
past five years. She just found out that she now has breast cancer.
Please send her healing and also send spiritual support to her husband
John.
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 29, 2008
long-time Circle Sanctuary Community member.
Linda, who lives in Pennsylvania, is finishing up her treatment process
for rectal cancer, which was the sixth type of cancer she has had in the
past five years. She just found out that she now has breast cancer.
Please send her healing and also send spiritual support to her husband
John.
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Astrological Charts - Couple
merry meet,
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the couple's astrological chart comparison.
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Here it is a down to earth natal chart that will help you to understand the choices your soul made for this lifetime. A comparison of characteristics of your sun and moon signs to your significant others. This will compare the lineage of your planets and where they can be in opposition or aligned. What makes you work and what makes you crazy.
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I have both of your birth dates, times and places of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $70
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, twelve house placement.
Please ask if there are specific health or diet issues that you would like to learn about your charts.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the couple's astrological chart comparison.
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Here it is a down to earth natal chart that will help you to understand the choices your soul made for this lifetime. A comparison of characteristics of your sun and moon signs to your significant others. This will compare the lineage of your planets and where they can be in opposition or aligned. What makes you work and what makes you crazy.
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I have both of your birth dates, times and places of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $70
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, twelve house placement.
Please ask if there are specific health or diet issues that you would like to learn about your charts.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Astrological Charts - Children
merry meet,
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the children's astrological chart
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Kids Natal Charts -
A compilation of characteristics of your child’s sun and moon signs; the position of the planets at the time of your birth. This chart will explain some of the many facets of your child’s personality, characteristics and how you can help them work with the planets to become more aware in this lifetime.
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I know your birth date, time and place of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $35
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, twelve house placement.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the children's astrological chart
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Kids Natal Charts -
A compilation of characteristics of your child’s sun and moon signs; the position of the planets at the time of your birth. This chart will explain some of the many facets of your child’s personality, characteristics and how you can help them work with the planets to become more aware in this lifetime.
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I know your birth date, time and place of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $35
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, twelve house placement.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Astrological Charts - Adult
merry meet,
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the adult astrological chart
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Here it is a down to earth natal chart that will help you to understand the choices your soul made for this lifetime. A compilation of characteristics of your sun and moon signs; the position of the planets in the twelve houses at the time of your birth. A portion is dedicated to raising your awareness of the universe today to help you work with the planets in play.
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I have your birth date, time and place of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $35
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, twelve house placement.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the adult astrological chart
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Here it is a down to earth natal chart that will help you to understand the choices your soul made for this lifetime. A compilation of characteristics of your sun and moon signs; the position of the planets in the twelve houses at the time of your birth. A portion is dedicated to raising your awareness of the universe today to help you work with the planets in play.
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I have your birth date, time and place of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $35
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, twelve house placement.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Introduction
I am probably the worst at introductions, although I do try. I am a little bit over posting an introduction but wanted to go ahead and send one out this evening as soon as I got a chance. life has been quite hectic to say the least.
Online, I go by the name of Gaia Song. I have been following a Pagan path for over 25 years. I prefer to use the term Heathen, but often settle for Pagan as a matter of ease of discussion with others in an online environment. My personal tradition is heavily based in Celtic tradition. However, as many would probably point out, the term Celtic can be fairly broad and therefore encompasses both continental and insular Europe. I therefore tend to find companionship and comradery with those who would follow both so-called Celtic (I am not overtly fond of the term Celtic but it works well when speaking very generally) and Northern traditions as many of the beliefs and traditions are often shared in many ways between the two. Of course, even within that statement I realize that there are many individual groups and that there are probably few definitive or broad statement that could be made and as this is merely an introduction I will leave this topic for another time as it could be a conversation all to its own with numerous subtopics as well. Simply, I do realize that both cultures and time do not exist within a vacuum but recognize each within its own. As such, based upon my beliefs and inclinations I can easily identify with many who might refer to themselves as reconstructionalists, traditionalists, and such. Much of such labeling is left within the details and the only thing that really matter is the oaths that exist between you and your Gods - and that is a personal issue and not something for public discussion, nor does it need to be.
As to myself, I am a mother and a wife. I have two wonderful children, one of whom is school age and one who is younger. I do not like to provide many specifics publicly regarding my family as such things tend to be private and therefore will only state that they are both under the age of seven and *wonderful* bright children whom I love dearly. I am a professional woman and have a career in the corporate world. I am married for many years to a great man who has many talents both as an artist, craftsman, and teacher.
I tend to balance myself through scholastic study and spiritual living. I also am a craftswoman and enjoy making things with my hands. Most of my work is focused on embroidery, but there are few things that I either have not tried to make or would not consider trying to make. I have worked with most mediums including wood, stone, pottery, cloth, earth, metal, reeds, pigments, and all sorts of things. I also have a newly acquired loom which I am learning how to weave on. I have saved learning how to spin for later as I realize that although the arts of spinning and weaving might go hand in hand, they really do require a different set of skills and therefore I am setting about to learn one before attempting the other. Truth be told, I will probably end up doing tapestry weavings based on my current interests and abilities, but I could still surprise myself.
Hmmm? What else? I own an extensive library comprised predominately of folklore, mythology, and archeology that is pertinent to Northern Europe and insular Europe. There are also a few things thrown in there regarding Northern Africa too, mostly archaeological; and also quite a few general art history books. Then, there are the books on herbs both in medicine and folklore; world children stories; assorted foreign language dictionaries; psychology; and other such related things. Most of the books are non-fiction and those which are based in fiction were either gifts from friends or relatives and therefore what am I going to do with them? So, they sit there. There is often a lot that can be told about a person based on their personal library, so there you have it.
If there is ever anything you would like to know about me, just ask. I will either answer or tell you that it is not something that I want to discuss in the public realm. I do tend to be a rather private person. This does not mean that I mean (scowl mode *on*), evasive, or anything of that ilk... I just have to get to know people a bit first. :) Really! I tend to have a rather, uhhm, interesting... yes, I think that is the word.... sense of humor sometimes that can throw people a bit off kilter. Other than that, I am a fairly nice person - or at least I think so!
Regards,
@~%~ Gaia Song ~%~@
DeDanann Gifts - http://stores.ebay.com/De-Danann-Gifts
Online, I go by the name of Gaia Song. I have been following a Pagan path for over 25 years. I prefer to use the term Heathen, but often settle for Pagan as a matter of ease of discussion with others in an online environment. My personal tradition is heavily based in Celtic tradition. However, as many would probably point out, the term Celtic can be fairly broad and therefore encompasses both continental and insular Europe. I therefore tend to find companionship and comradery with those who would follow both so-called Celtic (I am not overtly fond of the term Celtic but it works well when speaking very generally) and Northern traditions as many of the beliefs and traditions are often shared in many ways between the two. Of course, even within that statement I realize that there are many individual groups and that there are probably few definitive or broad statement that could be made and as this is merely an introduction I will leave this topic for another time as it could be a conversation all to its own with numerous subtopics as well. Simply, I do realize that both cultures and time do not exist within a vacuum but recognize each within its own. As such, based upon my beliefs and inclinations I can easily identify with many who might refer to themselves as reconstructionalists, traditionalists, and such. Much of such labeling is left within the details and the only thing that really matter is the oaths that exist between you and your Gods - and that is a personal issue and not something for public discussion, nor does it need to be.
As to myself, I am a mother and a wife. I have two wonderful children, one of whom is school age and one who is younger. I do not like to provide many specifics publicly regarding my family as such things tend to be private and therefore will only state that they are both under the age of seven and *wonderful* bright children whom I love dearly. I am a professional woman and have a career in the corporate world. I am married for many years to a great man who has many talents both as an artist, craftsman, and teacher.
I tend to balance myself through scholastic study and spiritual living. I also am a craftswoman and enjoy making things with my hands. Most of my work is focused on embroidery, but there are few things that I either have not tried to make or would not consider trying to make. I have worked with most mediums including wood, stone, pottery, cloth, earth, metal, reeds, pigments, and all sorts of things. I also have a newly acquired loom which I am learning how to weave on. I have saved learning how to spin for later as I realize that although the arts of spinning and weaving might go hand in hand, they really do require a different set of skills and therefore I am setting about to learn one before attempting the other. Truth be told, I will probably end up doing tapestry weavings based on my current interests and abilities, but I could still surprise myself.
Hmmm? What else? I own an extensive library comprised predominately of folklore, mythology, and archeology that is pertinent to Northern Europe and insular Europe. There are also a few things thrown in there regarding Northern Africa too, mostly archaeological; and also quite a few general art history books. Then, there are the books on herbs both in medicine and folklore; world children stories; assorted foreign language dictionaries; psychology; and other such related things. Most of the books are non-fiction and those which are based in fiction were either gifts from friends or relatives and therefore what am I going to do with them? So, they sit there. There is often a lot that can be told about a person based on their personal library, so there you have it.
If there is ever anything you would like to know about me, just ask. I will either answer or tell you that it is not something that I want to discuss in the public realm. I do tend to be a rather private person. This does not mean that I mean (scowl mode *on*), evasive, or anything of that ilk... I just have to get to know people a bit first. :) Really! I tend to have a rather, uhhm, interesting... yes, I think that is the word.... sense of humor sometimes that can throw people a bit off kilter. Other than that, I am a fairly nice person - or at least I think so!
Regards,
@~%~ Gaia Song ~%~@
DeDanann Gifts - http://stores.ebay.com/De-Danann-Gifts
Astrological Charts - Prenatal
merry meet,
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the prenatal astrological chart.
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Expecting a new arrival in the family, want a peek at your child’s personality traits based on your due date. Sun sign, Moon sign and Ascending sign information to help you prepare for the characteristics you may be facing with your precious new bundle. Also, a great shower gift.....
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I know your due date and place of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $20
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, ascending sign.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Recently, had a major life changes and walking the path of intention has me doing my astrological charts full time. I have been studying astrology for 20+ years and will also be available through email or phone for consultations. Please share this information with those that you feel would be interested in purchasing a chart. I have several different types of charts types. Please see below for the prenatal astrological chart.
walk in peace,
crone
Natal Charts - Astrologers roadmap to our spirits choices
Expecting a new arrival in the family, want a peek at your child’s personality traits based on your due date. Sun sign, Moon sign and Ascending sign information to help you prepare for the characteristics you may be facing with your precious new bundle. Also, a great shower gift.....
Simply email crone at olecrone@discover-net.net
The chart will require that I know your due date and place of birth. These records are used only for the placement of your natal chart information then deleted.
Cost = $20
Includes information on sun sign, moon sign and phase, ascending sign.
Further consultation by phone or email is bartered/charged at $60/hour minutely incremented.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Traditions Magazine
Item: Traditions Magazine - Volume 1 - Winter 2004
URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110225134855
Price: $2.50 USD
Condition: NEW
Description: A journal of folklore and magic. Thisis the premier first edition of the magazine known as Traditions Magazine which ceased publication in 2005. The magazine is currently out of print. These are the last known copies of the magazine whichwere obtained directly from the publisher and are in NEW condition.
Number of Available Copies: 10
Regards,
@~%~ Gaia Song ~%~@
DeDanann Gifts - http://stores.ebay.com/De-Danann-Gifts
URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110225134855
Price: $2.50 USD
Condition: NEW
Description: A journal of folklore and magic. Thisis the premier first edition of the magazine known as Traditions Magazine which ceased publication in 2005. The magazine is currently out of print. These are the last known copies of the magazine whichwere obtained directly from the publisher and are in NEW condition.
Number of Available Copies: 10
Regards,
@~%~ Gaia Song ~%~@
DeDanann Gifts - http://stores.ebay.com/De-Danann-Gifts
Healing to Ana Blechschmidt
Please send healing blessings to Ana Blechschmidt of Illinois. She was
just admitted to a Dekalb hospital for treatment of pneumonia in her left
lung and some infections.
Ana has been part of the Pagan Spirit Gathering Community and
associated with Circle Sanctuary for many years.
Please also send blessings to her husband Jim and her friend Barb who
are providing support.
Email well-wishes to Ana: ACB8747@msn.com
Healing Circle: Monday, May 12, 2008
just admitted to a Dekalb hospital for treatment of pneumonia in her left
lung and some infections.
Ana has been part of the Pagan Spirit Gathering Community and
associated with Circle Sanctuary for many years.
Please also send blessings to her husband Jim and her friend Barb who
are providing support.
Email well-wishes to Ana: ACB8747@msn.com
Healing Circle: Monday, May 12, 2008
Healing to Matthew of Illinois
Please send healing to Matthew, thirteen month old grandson of Mama Cat
of Four Winds Sanctuary in Illinois.
He broke his leg last night while going down a slide with his older
brother. Matthew is now in a splint from his ankle to his pelvis to reduce
swelling. Next Tuesday he will get a cast and have it on about a month.
Matthew had been walking for four months and this mishap has been
challenging for him and his family.
Please send healing to Matthew, support to his brother Caleb who was
with him when the accident occurred, to their parents, and to Mama Cat and
other loved ones providing support.
Email well wishes: fourwinds@aeroinc.net
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 15, 2008
of Four Winds Sanctuary in Illinois.
He broke his leg last night while going down a slide with his older
brother. Matthew is now in a splint from his ankle to his pelvis to reduce
swelling. Next Tuesday he will get a cast and have it on about a month.
Matthew had been walking for four months and this mishap has been
challenging for him and his family.
Please send healing to Matthew, support to his brother Caleb who was
with him when the accident occurred, to their parents, and to Mama Cat and
other loved ones providing support.
Email well wishes: fourwinds@aeroinc.net
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Healing Update for Ana
Thanks to everyone who has been sending healing blessings and other
support to Ana Blechschmidt in Illinois. She was released from the hospital
yesterday and is now home and doing much better.
She appreciates all the care and support she has received.
Continued well wishes can be sent to her by email: ACB8747@msn.com
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 15, 2008
support to Ana Blechschmidt in Illinois. She was released from the hospital
yesterday and is now home and doing much better.
She appreciates all the care and support she has received.
Continued well wishes can be sent to her by email: ACB8747@msn.com
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Healing to Cammy
Send healing to Cammy of Maine. She had gall bladder surgery on
Friday, May 16, 2008. The surgery went well but she is still experiencing quite a
bit of pain and is having difficulties with eating. Please remember her
and her mother, Jeannine aka Lady Lyra, who is providing support. Send healing
support in your Full Moon Circles and other meditations and rituals.
Well wishes can be emailed to her via her mother, Lady Lyra:
Sekhmet031356@aol.com
Healing Circle: Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008. The surgery went well but she is still experiencing quite a
bit of pain and is having difficulties with eating. Please remember her
and her mother, Jeannine aka Lady Lyra, who is providing support. Send healing
support in your Full Moon Circles and other meditations and rituals.
Well wishes can be emailed to her via her mother, Lady Lyra:
Sekhmet031356@aol.com
Healing Circle: Monday, May 19, 2008
Healing to Gloria Villanueva
Please send healing to Circle Sanctuary priestess Gloria Villanueva of
Racine, Wisconsin.
Gloria has just been diagnosed with stomach cancer. She had a biopsy
yesterday and later this week, she will be getting more information
about the type of cancer and treatment options.
Please send her healing blessings. If possible, please email well
wishes to her: gloria@wi.rr.com
Healing Circle: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Racine, Wisconsin.
Gloria has just been diagnosed with stomach cancer. She had a biopsy
yesterday and later this week, she will be getting more information
about the type of cancer and treatment options.
Please send her healing blessings. If possible, please email well
wishes to her: gloria@wi.rr.com
Healing Circle: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Support to Luna Lynn
Send blessings to Luna Lynn of Wisconsin for her pregnancy. May she
and the baby in the making be blessed with good health and well-being.
Blessings also to Andrew, her husband, who is giving her support.
Well wishes can be emailed to Luna Lynn: cosmicobject@gmail.com
Healing Circle: Tuesday, May 21, 2008
and the baby in the making be blessed with good health and well-being.
Blessings also to Andrew, her husband, who is giving her support.
Well wishes can be emailed to Luna Lynn: cosmicobject@gmail.com
Healing Circle: Tuesday, May 21, 2008
Healing to Alex
Healing to Alex, son of Pagan priestess and author Margot Adler and her
husband of New York. Alex has a serious and massive sinus infection
and a deviated septum and will be having sinus surgery on June 3, 2008.
Please send healing to Alex, and support to his parents.
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 22, 2008
husband of New York. Alex has a serious and massive sinus infection
and a deviated septum and will be having sinus surgery on June 3, 2008.
Please send healing to Alex, and support to his parents.
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 22, 2008
More Healing for Gloria & Update
Please continue to send healing blessings to Gloria Villanueva, Circle
Sanctuary priestess from Racine, Wisconsin.
This is follow-up to the call for we sent out last Tuesday, May 21,
2008 to the Healing Circle.
Photos of Gloria that can be used as a focus in spiritual healing are
now on-line:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/gloria.htm
Additional testing done last week indicates that Gloria has stage 3
stomach cancer in her stomach, in lymph nodes near her stomach, and a
bit in a bone in her chest.
Gloria decided to start treatment right away. She was admitted to St.
Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this morning, where she
will be staying all week and receiving daily chemotherapy.
Gloria thanks everyone for the healing prayers, rituals, meditations,
and emails sent to her and her family over the past week. Your caring and
blessings are a great comfort and help.
Although her circumstances are such that Gloria is not able to
individually reply to all the well wishes emails she has received thus
far, know that she very much appreciates them. Additional emails can
be sent to her: gloria@wi.rr.com
In doing healing rituals, chants, visualization, prayers, meditation,
and other spiritual work, Gloria asks that you focus on stopping and
dispelling the cancer, on healing her body, and on sending her
physical, mental, emotional, social, behavioral, and spiritual well-being. She
asks for strength and other support for the medical treatments she will
be receiving at the hospital and elsewhere.
In addition, Gloria welcomes information about complementary therapies
that could assist in her healing journey -- email her, with cc to
Selena Fox (selena@circlesanctuary.org).
Please also continue to send blessings to her husband, Martin, and to
her other family and friends who are providing support.
Thanks!
Healing Circle: Monday, May 26, 2008
Sanctuary priestess from Racine, Wisconsin.
This is follow-up to the call for we sent out last Tuesday, May 21,
2008 to the Healing Circle.
Photos of Gloria that can be used as a focus in spiritual healing are
now on-line:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/gloria.htm
Additional testing done last week indicates that Gloria has stage 3
stomach cancer in her stomach, in lymph nodes near her stomach, and a
bit in a bone in her chest.
Gloria decided to start treatment right away. She was admitted to St.
Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this morning, where she
will be staying all week and receiving daily chemotherapy.
Gloria thanks everyone for the healing prayers, rituals, meditations,
and emails sent to her and her family over the past week. Your caring and
blessings are a great comfort and help.
Although her circumstances are such that Gloria is not able to
individually reply to all the well wishes emails she has received thus
far, know that she very much appreciates them. Additional emails can
be sent to her: gloria@wi.rr.com
In doing healing rituals, chants, visualization, prayers, meditation,
and other spiritual work, Gloria asks that you focus on stopping and
dispelling the cancer, on healing her body, and on sending her
physical, mental, emotional, social, behavioral, and spiritual well-being. She
asks for strength and other support for the medical treatments she will
be receiving at the hospital and elsewhere.
In addition, Gloria welcomes information about complementary therapies
that could assist in her healing journey -- email her, with cc to
Selena Fox (selena@circlesanctuary.org).
Please also continue to send blessings to her husband, Martin, and to
her other family and friends who are providing support.
Thanks!
Healing Circle: Monday, May 26, 2008
Healing to Chante & to Parkersburg, Iowa
On Sunday afternoon, May 25, 2008, a tornado destroyed a large part of
Parkersburg, Iowa.
Please send healing blessings to those of Parkersburg, Iowa, including
long-time Circle Sanctuary Community member Chante and her adult
daughter Veronica. Although Chante, Veronica, their creature companions, and
their home survived the tornado, they are still impacted. They knew some of
those who were killed and some who were injured. Chante and Veronica are
part of the post-tornado recovery efforts for the local town.
Chante, a pipecarrier trained in traditional ways and who works
multiculturally, has lead sweatlodges and done teaching at the Pagan
Spirit Gathering over the years. In phone calls with Selena and Skye, she
asks the Healing Circle to send spiritual healing support to those in
Parkersburg and surrounding areas.
Chante also thanks those who have been sending her healing for her back
problems. Please continue to send spiritual healing to her back and
arms as well as support to her for her upcoming surgery later this year.
Healing Circle: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Parkersburg, Iowa.
Please send healing blessings to those of Parkersburg, Iowa, including
long-time Circle Sanctuary Community member Chante and her adult
daughter Veronica. Although Chante, Veronica, their creature companions, and
their home survived the tornado, they are still impacted. They knew some of
those who were killed and some who were injured. Chante and Veronica are
part of the post-tornado recovery efforts for the local town.
Chante, a pipecarrier trained in traditional ways and who works
multiculturally, has lead sweatlodges and done teaching at the Pagan
Spirit Gathering over the years. In phone calls with Selena and Skye, she
asks the Healing Circle to send spiritual healing support to those in
Parkersburg and surrounding areas.
Chante also thanks those who have been sending her healing for her back
problems. Please continue to send spiritual healing to her back and
arms as well as support to her for her upcoming surgery later this year.
Healing Circle: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Stone Rune Set With Casting Bowl and Cloth
Handcrafted Stone Rune Set With Casting Bowl and Cloth
Auction: http://cgi.ebay. com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110256294669
End Time: Jun-01-08 21:54:11 PDT
Starting Price: $50.00 USD / £25.23 GBP (No Reserve)
Description: Includes a set of 24 hand carved stone runes, a hand embroidered casting cloth, and a customer designed and hand painted casting bowl. This is a very unique set and is truly one of a kind with detailed symbolism and imagery. The rune stones are large, carved deep, and you can feel them fit nicely in your hands when you work with them. Each aspect of this set is handmade with great thought and it is truly hoped that the set will go to someone who will work with the runes. Allot of time and care has been invested into their creation and now it is time for them to find their new owner.
Please click on the links to the auctions to view more details, photos, and to see more. The bowel and cloth are also very beautiful and I think that each piece of this set could stand alone, but as a set they are complete and therefore the auction includes all three items together.
Regards,
@~%~ Gaia Song ~%~@
DeDanann Gifts - http://stores. ebay.com/ De-Danann- Gifts
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Auction: http://cgi.ebay. com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110256294669
End Time: Jun-01-08 21:54:11 PDT
Starting Price: $50.00 USD / £25.23 GBP (No Reserve)
Description: Includes a set of 24 hand carved stone runes, a hand embroidered casting cloth, and a customer designed and hand painted casting bowl. This is a very unique set and is truly one of a kind with detailed symbolism and imagery. The rune stones are large, carved deep, and you can feel them fit nicely in your hands when you work with them. Each aspect of this set is handmade with great thought and it is truly hoped that the set will go to someone who will work with the runes. Allot of time and care has been invested into their creation and now it is time for them to find their new owner.
Please click on the links to the auctions to view more details, photos, and to see more. The bowel and cloth are also very beautiful and I think that each piece of this set could stand alone, but as a set they are complete and therefore the auction includes all three items together.
Regards,
@~%~ Gaia Song ~%~@
DeDanann Gifts - http://stores. ebay.com/ De-Danann- Gifts
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Send healing to Michaelino
Please send healing and support to Michaelino/Michael who is having
sinus surgery tomorrow, Friday morning, May 9, 2008 at 7:15 am.
Michaelino is a member of the Circle Sanctuary Community and lives
near Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve in southwestern Wisconsin.
The surgery is being performed at the University of Wisconsin Hospital
outpatient surgery center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Please send strength, healing and support to Michaelino as well as
blessings to the medical team caring for him.
Please send well wishes to: mrosensteel@charter.net
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 08, 2008
sinus surgery tomorrow, Friday morning, May 9, 2008 at 7:15 am.
Michaelino is a member of the Circle Sanctuary Community and lives
near Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve in southwestern Wisconsin.
The surgery is being performed at the University of Wisconsin Hospital
outpatient surgery center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Please send strength, healing and support to Michaelino as well as
blessings to the medical team caring for him.
Please send well wishes to: mrosensteel@charter.net
Healing Circle: Thursday, May 08, 2008
Please send healing and support to twin babies, Avery Lee & Elliot
Please send healing and support to twin babies, Avery Lee & Elliot
James,who are in the intensive care unit in a hospital in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Also send blessings of their support to their parents and other family,
including MoonFeather of the Circle Sanctuary Community.
These identical twin grandbabies made their entrance 6.5 weeks early on
Saturday May 3rd. As preemies they are struggling with their lungs, are
not able to be touched by parents and other families due to being in
an incubator, and are having jaundice and other challenges.
Please send strength, healing, and support to the twins and their loved
ones, as well as blessings to the medical team caring for them. Thanks!
Healing Circle: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
James,who are in the intensive care unit in a hospital in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Also send blessings of their support to their parents and other family,
including MoonFeather of the Circle Sanctuary Community.
These identical twin grandbabies made their entrance 6.5 weeks early on
Saturday May 3rd. As preemies they are struggling with their lungs, are
not able to be touched by parents and other families due to being in
an incubator, and are having jaundice and other challenges.
Please send strength, healing, and support to the twins and their loved
ones, as well as blessings to the medical team caring for them. Thanks!
Healing Circle: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Please send healing to Chante
Please send healing to Chanté that her back pain and related problems
be dispelled and she be well. Also send support to those caring for
her including medical staff that are endeavoring to correctly diagnose
her condition and treat it.
Chanté has been a member of Circle Sanctuary for many years and is
presently living with family in Iowa. A teacher for women's groups
and women's ways through the Lakota tradition as well as a Pagan,
Chanté has facilitated women's and mixed sweatlodges at Pagan Spirit
Gathering over the years and has done teaching in the US & Germany.
Please email well wishes for Chanté to her friend Skye who will relay
them to her: skye@skyeward.net
Healing Circle: Monday, April 28, 2008
be dispelled and she be well. Also send support to those caring for
her including medical staff that are endeavoring to correctly diagnose
her condition and treat it.
Chanté has been a member of Circle Sanctuary for many years and is
presently living with family in Iowa. A teacher for women's groups
and women's ways through the Lakota tradition as well as a Pagan,
Chanté has facilitated women's and mixed sweatlodges at Pagan Spirit
Gathering over the years and has done teaching in the US & Germany.
Please email well wishes for Chanté to her friend Skye who will relay
them to her: skye@skyeward.net
Healing Circle: Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Update on Baby Saskia
Update on Baby Saskia
Thank you to everyone who has sent healing to Saskia, a 2 1/2 year old
girl from South Africa now living with her parents in the UK.
A photo to use as a healing focus as well as information about her
condition is on-line:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/Saskia.htm.
Additional photos will be added to the site as they are available.
Email additional well wishes to Saskia & family:
epona@circlesanctuary.org
Here is the latest info (as of March 27):
Saskia's dad, Bill, an American citizen from New England, relays the
following update yesterday:
"Well, the second BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant) does not appear to be
working (it has four weeks now). Her white cell count has not changed
and we are still not seeing any neutrophils. So, we are now preparing
ourselves for the third BMT. We will use Angelika's remaining stem
cells for this. Yes, it is a very challenging time for us. Yes, the
strength of my Saskia is inspirational. How can we not be hopeful
when we see her battling and fighting (two infections now –
pseudomonas and streptococcus)? My little girl has truly been an
inspiration – how can we not trust or remain strong for her?
She will have her temporary line removed tomorrow (the source of her
second infection) and have another temporary line put in. Her doctors
are worried about introducing a permanent fixed central line due to
her temperatures spiking and her condition. Saskia is enduring 40+ C
(104+ F) degree temperatures and lives through Paracetimol
administered every six hours.
She has infections all over her body due to either: the bacterium,
anti-virals, antibiotics, or the anti-fungi medication she is given.
The doctors can not be sure what is causing the swelling and the
rashes… One day we may understand this, but maybe we never will.
Ultimately, we are not asking what the meaning of this ordeal is, but
rather recognize that it is we who are asked. I think when we are
questioned by this challenge; we can only answer to this by answering
for our own lives. Saskia is teaching me things about myself – her
strength and her courage.
So we hope and pray.
Thank you once again for your thoughts and prayers – it is
overwhelming."
Healing Circle: Friday,
Thank you to everyone who has sent healing to Saskia, a 2 1/2 year old
girl from South Africa now living with her parents in the UK.
A photo to use as a healing focus as well as information about her
condition is on-line:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/Saskia.htm.
Additional photos will be added to the site as they are available.
Email additional well wishes to Saskia & family:
epona@circlesanctuary.org
Here is the latest info (as of March 27):
Saskia's dad, Bill, an American citizen from New England, relays the
following update yesterday:
"Well, the second BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant) does not appear to be
working (it has four weeks now). Her white cell count has not changed
and we are still not seeing any neutrophils. So, we are now preparing
ourselves for the third BMT. We will use Angelika's remaining stem
cells for this. Yes, it is a very challenging time for us. Yes, the
strength of my Saskia is inspirational. How can we not be hopeful
when we see her battling and fighting (two infections now –
pseudomonas and streptococcus)? My little girl has truly been an
inspiration – how can we not trust or remain strong for her?
She will have her temporary line removed tomorrow (the source of her
second infection) and have another temporary line put in. Her doctors
are worried about introducing a permanent fixed central line due to
her temperatures spiking and her condition. Saskia is enduring 40+ C
(104+ F) degree temperatures and lives through Paracetimol
administered every six hours.
She has infections all over her body due to either: the bacterium,
anti-virals, antibiotics, or the anti-fungi medication she is given.
The doctors can not be sure what is causing the swelling and the
rashes… One day we may understand this, but maybe we never will.
Ultimately, we are not asking what the meaning of this ordeal is, but
rather recognize that it is we who are asked. I think when we are
questioned by this challenge; we can only answer to this by answering
for our own lives. Saskia is teaching me things about myself – her
strength and her courage.
So we hope and pray.
Thank you once again for your thoughts and prayers – it is
overwhelming."
Healing Circle: Friday,
Friday, March 14, 2008
Update on Tammy
Mama Cat of Four Winds Sanctuary in Illinois gives this update about
Tammy:
Tammy came home yesterday, Monday March 3. Although she is in much
pain, and will need physical therapy for about three months, she is
doing much better than the doctors expected and is very happy to be
home again with her husband and three children. Thank you for all
the energy, healing, good wishes, and wonderful emails. Please
continue to keep Tammy in your thoughts and prayers as she continues
her healing work.
Continued well wishes can be sent to Tammy via Mama Cat:
fourwinds@jisp.net
Healing Circle: Tuesday,
Tammy:
Tammy came home yesterday, Monday March 3. Although she is in much
pain, and will need physical therapy for about three months, she is
doing much better than the doctors expected and is very happy to be
home again with her husband and three children. Thank you for all
the energy, healing, good wishes, and wonderful emails. Please
continue to keep Tammy in your thoughts and prayers as she continues
her healing work.
Continued well wishes can be sent to Tammy via Mama Cat:
fourwinds@jisp.net
Healing Circle: Tuesday,
Send Healing to Roger
Please send healing energy to Roger of Wisconsin. He is having
surgery in Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday, March 13.
Roger is having a large kidney stone removed that has been causing
him problems for several weeks. Please send energy for a successful
surgery and speedy recovery.
Messages of healing support may be sent to:
roger_sturdevant@yahoo.com
Healing Circle: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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surgery in Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday, March 13.
Roger is having a large kidney stone removed that has been causing
him problems for several weeks. Please send energy for a successful
surgery and speedy recovery.
Messages of healing support may be sent to:
roger_sturdevant@yahoo.com
Healing Circle: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
URGENT Send Spiritual Support to Patrick McCollum
Please send Protection, Strength, Healing, & Support to Rev. Patrick
McCollum, High Priest of Our Lady of the Wells in California.
Patrick is presently in the midst of a major religious freedom battle
for Pagan rights.
Patrick, who has been associated with Circle Sanctuary for many years
and is the coordinator of the Lady Liberty League prison ministry
task force, is leading the fight to get equal rights for Pagan
clergy, Pagan inmates, and Pagan religion in the State of
California prison system.
The legal battle is intensifying.
Please send Patrick spiritual support.
Please do personal and/or group workings on his behalf, especially at
this time of Dark Moon (Thursday, March 6) & New Moon (Friday,
March 7), and later this month at Spring Equinox and at the Full
Moon time.
Please forward this email on to others you know that may be able to
help.
Photos of Patrick that can be used as a focus are on-line:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/usccr
and
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/usccr/8Feb08Update.htm
Please send words of encouragement, support and other well-wishes to:
patrick@circlesanctuary.org
Although circumstances are such that an individual reply to all
emails received is not possible, know that all will be read by
Patrick and all will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Thanks!
Rev. Selena Fox
High Priestess, Circle Sanctuary
Healing Circle: Thursday, March 6, 2008
McCollum, High Priest of Our Lady of the Wells in California.
Patrick is presently in the midst of a major religious freedom battle
for Pagan rights.
Patrick, who has been associated with Circle Sanctuary for many years
and is the coordinator of the Lady Liberty League prison ministry
task force, is leading the fight to get equal rights for Pagan
clergy, Pagan inmates, and Pagan religion in the State of
California prison system.
The legal battle is intensifying.
Please send Patrick spiritual support.
Please do personal and/or group workings on his behalf, especially at
this time of Dark Moon (Thursday, March 6) & New Moon (Friday,
March 7), and later this month at Spring Equinox and at the Full
Moon time.
Please forward this email on to others you know that may be able to
help.
Photos of Patrick that can be used as a focus are on-line:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/usccr
and
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/usccr/8Feb08Update.htm
Please send words of encouragement, support and other well-wishes to:
patrick@circlesanctuary.org
Although circumstances are such that an individual reply to all
emails received is not possible, know that all will be read by
Patrick and all will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Thanks!
Rev. Selena Fox
High Priestess, Circle Sanctuary
Healing Circle: Thursday, March 6, 2008
Update on Tammy
Thanks to everyone who has been sending spiritual healing to Tammy of
Four Winds Sanctuary. She is recovering well in the ICU. Continue
to send her healing as well as those caring for her.
Thanks also to those of you who tried sending emails -- please send to
this email instead: fourwinds@jisp.net
Four Winds Sanctuary. She is recovering well in the ICU. Continue
to send her healing as well as those caring for her.
Thanks also to those of you who tried sending emails -- please send to
this email instead: fourwinds@jisp.net
Act Now to help stop Witchcraft Beheading
Wiccans, Druids, and other Pagans are part of an international
coalition of religious leaders and others who have signed a letter
to King Abdullah bin Abd al-'Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia pleading
for the release of a Saudi Arabian woman, Fawza Falih, who has been
condemned to death for "witchcraft." She was accused
for "bewitching" a man and making him "impotent." She was
imprisoned and beaten, her confession was coerced,
the limited appeals process is now exhausted, and she is awaiting
execution, a public beheading.
The coalition seeking her pardon and release also includes Muslims,
Jews, Christians, Hindus, Native Americans, Buddhists, and those of
other faith traditions. The letter will be delivered soon to the
Saudi ambassadors tothe United Nations and the United States.
More than 9900 people have already signed the petition -- the goal is
to get over 10,000 by the morning of Saturday, March 8 --
International Women's Day.
ACT NOW -- sign the petition to save Fawza Falih's life:
http://www.petitiononline.com/AIDFAWZA/petition.html
NETWORK -- Please circulate this request for signatures and support.
Time is of the essence. Post this email to lists, blogs, websites,
elsewhere.
Sampling of Media Reports with more details:
BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7244579.stm
CNN:
www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/02/15/verjee.saudi.witchcraft.cn
n
Human Rights Watch
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/14/saudia18051.htm
HuffingtonPost:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/saudis-to-execute-a-
woman_n_86642.html
coalition of religious leaders and others who have signed a letter
to King Abdullah bin Abd al-'Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia pleading
for the release of a Saudi Arabian woman, Fawza Falih, who has been
condemned to death for "witchcraft." She was accused
for "bewitching" a man and making him "impotent." She was
imprisoned and beaten, her confession was coerced,
the limited appeals process is now exhausted, and she is awaiting
execution, a public beheading.
The coalition seeking her pardon and release also includes Muslims,
Jews, Christians, Hindus, Native Americans, Buddhists, and those of
other faith traditions. The letter will be delivered soon to the
Saudi ambassadors tothe United Nations and the United States.
More than 9900 people have already signed the petition -- the goal is
to get over 10,000 by the morning of Saturday, March 8 --
International Women's Day.
ACT NOW -- sign the petition to save Fawza Falih's life:
http://www.petitiononline.com/AIDFAWZA/petition.html
NETWORK -- Please circulate this request for signatures and support.
Time is of the essence. Post this email to lists, blogs, websites,
elsewhere.
Sampling of Media Reports with more details:
BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7244579.stm
CNN:
www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/02/15/verjee.saudi.witchcraft.cn
n
Human Rights Watch
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/14/saudia18051.htm
HuffingtonPost:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/saudis-to-execute-a-
woman_n_86642.html
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
More Healing to NIU
Please continue to remember students, faculty, staff, families, and
others associated with Northern Illinois University in Dekalb,
Illinois.
Thanks for the healing blessings you have sent to those impacted by
the tragic shootings on campus last week.
On Sunday, February 24 at 7 pm, there will be a public Memorial
Ceremony at the NIU campus and on Monday, class sessions resume.
Some of those who are part of Circle Sanctuary's NIU support
response team will be attending the Memorial Ceremony and also will
be support counselors in Monday classes.
If you plan to attend the Memorial Ceremony and want to connect with
Circle Sanctuary support team members and other Pagans, please
email: healing@circlesanctuary.org
Today, the one week anniversary of this tragedy, NIU and the
surrounding area will observe 5 minutes of silence beginning at
3:06 pm (central time) and then bells at the Holmes Student Center
on campus and churches in the area will chime until 3:11 pm, one
minute for each of the NIU students killed in the shooting. NIU's
President will introduce today's observance at 3 pm.
Please continue to send spiritual support to the NIU community and
those who are providing help.
Thank you.
Rev. Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
others associated with Northern Illinois University in Dekalb,
Illinois.
Thanks for the healing blessings you have sent to those impacted by
the tragic shootings on campus last week.
On Sunday, February 24 at 7 pm, there will be a public Memorial
Ceremony at the NIU campus and on Monday, class sessions resume.
Some of those who are part of Circle Sanctuary's NIU support
response team will be attending the Memorial Ceremony and also will
be support counselors in Monday classes.
If you plan to attend the Memorial Ceremony and want to connect with
Circle Sanctuary support team members and other Pagans, please
email: healing@circlesanctuary.org
Today, the one week anniversary of this tragedy, NIU and the
surrounding area will observe 5 minutes of silence beginning at
3:06 pm (central time) and then bells at the Holmes Student Center
on campus and churches in the area will chime until 3:11 pm, one
minute for each of the NIU students killed in the shooting. NIU's
President will introduce today's observance at 3 pm.
Please continue to send spiritual support to the NIU community and
those who are providing help.
Thank you.
Rev. Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Please send Healing to Tammy
Please send healing to Tammy of Four Winds Sanctuary in Illinois.
She is having surgery tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26, to treat the
severe scoliosis of Tammy's spine. The bend in her spine has begun
affecting her lungs and breathing.
Her surgical procedure, which is likely to take a minimum of fifteen
hours, is long and complex. The doctors will be fusing all of her
vertebrae and her pelvic bones and then placing a rod in her back
along her spine.
Mama Cat, her mother-in-law, is coordinating spiritual healing for
Tammy and asks that those doing workings on her behalf send it to a
spiritual energy area above the hospital so that it can be
harmoniously directed to Tammy, her doctors, and others providing
support.
Her surgery is taking place at the University Hospital on the
University of Wisconsin campus in the center of Madison, Wisconsin.
Mama Cat also asks for spiritual support be sent to her son and
Tammy's husband, as well as well wishes to their children eight year
old Caleb, four year old Brianna and ten month old Matthew.
Send written well-wishes to Tammy and her family via the Four Winds
Sanctuary email: fourwinds@jisp.com
Put: Healing for Tammy in the subject line.
Tammy and her family send thanks for all well-wishes and other
support you send. Although circumstances are such that emails sent
can not be individually acknowledged, know that every one is
appreciated and will be printed off and relayed to Tammy and her
family.
Thank you!
Healing Circle: Monday, February 25, 2008
She is having surgery tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26, to treat the
severe scoliosis of Tammy's spine. The bend in her spine has begun
affecting her lungs and breathing.
Her surgical procedure, which is likely to take a minimum of fifteen
hours, is long and complex. The doctors will be fusing all of her
vertebrae and her pelvic bones and then placing a rod in her back
along her spine.
Mama Cat, her mother-in-law, is coordinating spiritual healing for
Tammy and asks that those doing workings on her behalf send it to a
spiritual energy area above the hospital so that it can be
harmoniously directed to Tammy, her doctors, and others providing
support.
Her surgery is taking place at the University Hospital on the
University of Wisconsin campus in the center of Madison, Wisconsin.
Mama Cat also asks for spiritual support be sent to her son and
Tammy's husband, as well as well wishes to their children eight year
old Caleb, four year old Brianna and ten month old Matthew.
Send written well-wishes to Tammy and her family via the Four Winds
Sanctuary email: fourwinds@jisp.com
Put: Healing for Tammy in the subject line.
Tammy and her family send thanks for all well-wishes and other
support you send. Although circumstances are such that emails sent
can not be individually acknowledged, know that every one is
appreciated and will be printed off and relayed to Tammy and her
family.
Thank you!
Healing Circle: Monday, February 25, 2008
Send Healing to Will
Please send comfort, strength and healing to Will Krohn of the
Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.
Will is a long standing member of the Gaia's Womb/EarthTraditions
Tribe, and of Circle Sanctuary. He was recently released from the
hospital with a diagnosis of thyroid cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
He will be undergoing treatment and he could use the support of the
community.
Well wishes can be sent to solomonsdruid@wi.rr.com
Healing Circle: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.
Will is a long standing member of the Gaia's Womb/EarthTraditions
Tribe, and of Circle Sanctuary. He was recently released from the
hospital with a diagnosis of thyroid cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
He will be undergoing treatment and he could use the support of the
community.
Well wishes can be sent to solomonsdruid@wi.rr.com
Healing Circle: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Please Sending to Wesley
Please send healing to Wesley of Port Charlotte, Florida.
Wesley had to have emergency surgery for kidney stones on Tuesday,
February 19. Please send healing to him and also please send
strength, courage, and
great health to Marilyn who is Wesley's wife.
Send well wishes and other words of support to Wesley and family via
his daughter-in-law, Rev. Deborah Roberts, at:
PurplePassions@wi.rr.com
Healing Circle: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Wesley had to have emergency surgery for kidney stones on Tuesday,
February 19. Please send healing to him and also please send
strength, courage, and
great health to Marilyn who is Wesley's wife.
Send well wishes and other words of support to Wesley and family via
his daughter-in-law, Rev. Deborah Roberts, at:
PurplePassions@wi.rr.com
Healing Circle: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Please send healing to Seta
Please send healing to Seta of Pennsylvania.
Seta has recently been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection.
She has also been missing work lately for various health issues. Please
send healing and support for her health, work, and spiritual life.
Well wishes can be sent to Seta via catherinevbidwell@hotmail.com.
Healing Circle: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Seta has recently been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection.
She has also been missing work lately for various health issues. Please
send healing and support for her health, work, and spiritual life.
Well wishes can be sent to Seta via catherinevbidwell@hotmail.com.
Healing Circle: Thursday, February 14, 2008
latest news on Saskia:
Carol Nowlan/Epona (epona@circlesanctuary.org) of the UK shares the
latest news on Saskia:
"All the prayers and ritual work that is being done by the Healing
Circle and others, appear to be helping and working. Although she is
still in isolation, Saskia has tolerated the Chemotherapy well and has
not developed any further infection. The doctors decided to use what
was harvested from her mother Angelika. Saskia has been perky in
recent days. Her condition continues to be monitored. All of us
continue to live in hope. Thank you so much for the on-going sharing
of support via prayers, meditations, and rituals, and well wishes
through the emails you have been sending. Know that although
circumstances are such that the family and I are not able to respond
individually, we send out appreciation to all of you through this email."
Healing Circle: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
latest news on Saskia:
"All the prayers and ritual work that is being done by the Healing
Circle and others, appear to be helping and working. Although she is
still in isolation, Saskia has tolerated the Chemotherapy well and has
not developed any further infection. The doctors decided to use what
was harvested from her mother Angelika. Saskia has been perky in
recent days. Her condition continues to be monitored. All of us
continue to live in hope. Thank you so much for the on-going sharing
of support via prayers, meditations, and rituals, and well wishes
through the emails you have been sending. Know that although
circumstances are such that the family and I are not able to respond
individually, we send out appreciation to all of you through this email."
Healing Circle: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Update on Baby Saskia
Update on Baby Saskia
Thank you to everyone who has sent healing to Saskia, a 2 1/2 year old
girl from South Africa now living with her parents in the UK.
A photo to use as a healing focus as well as information about her
condition is on-line: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/Saskia.htm
Here is the latest info:
>From Carol/Epona in the UK on February 1: To all who have sent good
wishes to Saskia and her family via email to me - heartfelt thanks.
I have passed on all messages to Bill, who in turn has printed them
and taken them to Angelika who is at the hospital with Saskia. They
are overwhelmed with the response and kindness. Thanks for your
prayers, please keep them going!
Email additional well wishes to Saskia & family:
epona@circlesanctuary.org
Saskia's dad, Bill, an American citizen from New England, relays the
following update:
"Saskia has had her bone marrow transplant yesterday and now we wait.
The BMT is a very simple procedure. My wife, Angelika, had a very
successful `harvest' of stem cells last Monday. Now we wait for
Saskia's bone marrow to start producing neutrophils. The wait can
take up to three weeks but we can start seeing results as early as
ten days (very optimistic).
Saskia may develop `Graft versus host disease', or GVHD, is a
problem that may occur after the bone marrow transplant.
When Angelika's stem cells (the graft) were given to Saskia, the new
stem cells traveled (and are still traveling) to Saskia's bone marrow
and begin to grow there and produce new blood cells (engraftment).
These new blood cells include the white cells that form the immune
system. This means that Saskia will have the immune system of
Angelika. Saskia will also have my wife's DNA. Saskia's immune system
normally will recognize my wife's cells
and attack them. Or Angelika's white cells may attack Saskia's.
This is GVHD.
The doctors want to see GVHD initially and to a small degree – that
means Saskia's immune system is producing the neutrophils. Then they
have contingencies in place to combat GVHD. Symptoms can vary from
jaundice, dry mouth, rashes or blistering, stiff joints, stomach
pain, and can affect the liver.
The doctors are very pleased at Saskia's improvement. Her attitude
and spirit are excellent. Phil and I spent most of the day with
Mother and Baby – both are amazing. I am so fortunate to be blessed
with two beautiful and perfect women."
Healing Circle: Friday, February 1, 2008
Thank you to everyone who has sent healing to Saskia, a 2 1/2 year old
girl from South Africa now living with her parents in the UK.
A photo to use as a healing focus as well as information about her
condition is on-line: http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/Saskia.htm
Here is the latest info:
>From Carol/Epona in the UK on February 1: To all who have sent good
wishes to Saskia and her family via email to me - heartfelt thanks.
I have passed on all messages to Bill, who in turn has printed them
and taken them to Angelika who is at the hospital with Saskia. They
are overwhelmed with the response and kindness. Thanks for your
prayers, please keep them going!
Email additional well wishes to Saskia & family:
epona@circlesanctuary.org
Saskia's dad, Bill, an American citizen from New England, relays the
following update:
"Saskia has had her bone marrow transplant yesterday and now we wait.
The BMT is a very simple procedure. My wife, Angelika, had a very
successful `harvest' of stem cells last Monday. Now we wait for
Saskia's bone marrow to start producing neutrophils. The wait can
take up to three weeks but we can start seeing results as early as
ten days (very optimistic).
Saskia may develop `Graft versus host disease', or GVHD, is a
problem that may occur after the bone marrow transplant.
When Angelika's stem cells (the graft) were given to Saskia, the new
stem cells traveled (and are still traveling) to Saskia's bone marrow
and begin to grow there and produce new blood cells (engraftment).
These new blood cells include the white cells that form the immune
system. This means that Saskia will have the immune system of
Angelika. Saskia will also have my wife's DNA. Saskia's immune system
normally will recognize my wife's cells
and attack them. Or Angelika's white cells may attack Saskia's.
This is GVHD.
The doctors want to see GVHD initially and to a small degree – that
means Saskia's immune system is producing the neutrophils. Then they
have contingencies in place to combat GVHD. Symptoms can vary from
jaundice, dry mouth, rashes or blistering, stiff joints, stomach
pain, and can affect the liver.
The doctors are very pleased at Saskia's improvement. Her attitude
and spirit are excellent. Phil and I spent most of the day with
Mother and Baby – both are amazing. I am so fortunate to be blessed
with two beautiful and perfect women."
Healing Circle: Friday, February 1, 2008
Please send healing to Gene
Please send healing to Gene of Jamestown, North Carolina.
Gene has been battling various forms of cancer since the early 90's. A
couple weeks ago he learned that the esophageal cancer has come back.
Chemotherapy is his only option. His first treatment of chemo started
this week. Please send blessings to Gene and his family, plus to his
doctor and others on his medical team.
Send well wishes and other words of support to him via his daughter,
Red Eagle, at: jerri@quinnzone.com
Gene's family thanks everyone in advance for the healing & strength
sent.
Healing Circle: Friday, February 1, 2008
Gene has been battling various forms of cancer since the early 90's. A
couple weeks ago he learned that the esophageal cancer has come back.
Chemotherapy is his only option. His first treatment of chemo started
this week. Please send blessings to Gene and his family, plus to his
doctor and others on his medical team.
Send well wishes and other words of support to him via his daughter,
Red Eagle, at: jerri@quinnzone.com
Gene's family thanks everyone in advance for the healing & strength
sent.
Healing Circle: Friday, February 1, 2008
URGENT Call for Healing
URGENT Call for Healing
Please send healing to Saskia, daughter of Angelika DesRosiers.
Saskia is 2 1/2 years old and is about to undergo a medical
procedures that can save her life, but will be putting her life at risk.
Saskia is in the hospital with a very rare type of Aplasmic Anaemia.
This weekend, she will be undergoing a stem cell and bone marrow
transplant. These are very dangerous procedures since it will kill off
her immune system as part of the healing process.
Saskia and her family, originally from South Africa, are now living in
the UK. Saskia's mother, Angelika, first connected with Selena Fox
and some others associated with Circle Sanctuary during the
Parliament of the World's Religions in South Africa in 1999.
Angelika and her family need help.
Epona Moondancer/Carol Nowlan, a long-time friend of Angelika's and a
priestess connected with Circle in the UK is among those coordinating
support.
Use the photo at our healing site as a focus -- Saskia is the one with
the teddy bear. Her brother is shown with her.
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/Saskia.htm
Epona's recent networking email is on the page with the photo and
contains more details.
Please take a few minutes right now and send Saskia healing blessings
as well as strength and support to her mother, other family, and to
Epona Moondancer/Carol Nowlan ... And blessings to the medical team
working to save Saskia's life.
Email well-wishes for Saskia and her support team to Epona/Carol:
epona@circlesanctuary.org
Thanks in advance for all help that you send -- and know that your
spiritual support and any well wishes by email you send are greatly
appreciated even if they are not individually acknowledged due to the
demands of this situation.
Please forward copies of this email on to others who can help. It is
OK to post on blogs, websites, and discussion lists. Thank you!
Selena Fox, High Priestess of Circle Sanctuary
circle@circlesanctuary.org
NOTE: Selena is presently at the Sacred Space Conference in Laurel,
Maryland and is doing healing work for Saskia during the conference,
including as part of the Brigid Healing Ritual she is facilitating on
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 6 pm Eastern Time -- if you wish to attend
this working in person, more info about location, registration, etc.
is on-line:
http://www.sacredspacefoundation.org -- or spiritually join in during
those
times. Thanks!
Please send healing to Saskia, daughter of Angelika DesRosiers.
Saskia is 2 1/2 years old and is about to undergo a medical
procedures that can save her life, but will be putting her life at risk.
Saskia is in the hospital with a very rare type of Aplasmic Anaemia.
This weekend, she will be undergoing a stem cell and bone marrow
transplant. These are very dangerous procedures since it will kill off
her immune system as part of the healing process.
Saskia and her family, originally from South Africa, are now living in
the UK. Saskia's mother, Angelika, first connected with Selena Fox
and some others associated with Circle Sanctuary during the
Parliament of the World's Religions in South Africa in 1999.
Angelika and her family need help.
Epona Moondancer/Carol Nowlan, a long-time friend of Angelika's and a
priestess connected with Circle in the UK is among those coordinating
support.
Use the photo at our healing site as a focus -- Saskia is the one with
the teddy bear. Her brother is shown with her.
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/Saskia.htm
Epona's recent networking email is on the page with the photo and
contains more details.
Please take a few minutes right now and send Saskia healing blessings
as well as strength and support to her mother, other family, and to
Epona Moondancer/Carol Nowlan ... And blessings to the medical team
working to save Saskia's life.
Email well-wishes for Saskia and her support team to Epona/Carol:
epona@circlesanctuary.org
Thanks in advance for all help that you send -- and know that your
spiritual support and any well wishes by email you send are greatly
appreciated even if they are not individually acknowledged due to the
demands of this situation.
Please forward copies of this email on to others who can help. It is
OK to post on blogs, websites, and discussion lists. Thank you!
Selena Fox, High Priestess of Circle Sanctuary
circle@circlesanctuary.org
NOTE: Selena is presently at the Sacred Space Conference in Laurel,
Maryland and is doing healing work for Saskia during the conference,
including as part of the Brigid Healing Ritual she is facilitating on
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 6 pm Eastern Time -- if you wish to attend
this working in person, more info about location, registration, etc.
is on-line:
http://www.sacredspacefoundation.org -- or spiritually join in during
those
times. Thanks!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Twas the night before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the
kitchen I was cooking and baking and moanin'
and bitchin'.
I've been here for hours; I can't stop to rest,
This room's a disaster, just look at this mess!
Tomorrow I've got thirty people to feed.
They expect all the trimmings. Who cares what I need!
My feet are both blistered; I've got cramps in my legs.
The cat just knocked over a bowl full of eggs.
There's a knock at the door and the telephone's ringing;
Frosting drips on the counter as the microwave's dinging.
Two pies in the oven, dessert's almost done;
My cookbook is soiled with butter and crumbs.
I've had all I can stand, I can't take anymore;
Then in walks my husband, spilling rum on the floor.
He weaves and he wobbles, his balance unsteady;
Then grins as he chuckles "The eggnog is ready !"
He looks all around and with total regret,
says "What's taking so long...aren' t you through in here
yet ??"
As quick as a flash I reach for a knife;
He loses an earlobe; I wanted his life !
He flees from the room in terror and pain
and screams "MY GOD WOMAN, YOU'RE GOING INSANE !!"
Now what was I doing, and what is that smell?
Oh, shit, it's the pies !! They're burned all to hell !!
I hate to admit when I make a mistake,
but I put them on BROIL instead of on BAKE.
What else can go wrong ?? Is there still more ahead ??
If this is good living, I'd rather be dead.
Lord, don't get me wrong, I love holidays;
It just leaves me exhausted, all shaky and dazed.
But I promise you one thing, If I live till next year,
You won't find me pulling my hair out in here.
I'll hire a maid, a cook, and a waiter;
and if that doesn't work, I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
April Marshall-Pettis. vcf
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but
rather by those moments that take our breath away."
"All Gave Some,,, Some Gave all, and for those who have fought
for it,, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm!"
~ George Orwell
Above all else tis the land of the free because of the BRAVE.
Founder/President Pagans United
PUC North Central Regional Director
PUC Georgia State Chair
Mentor VBOC Open Circle, Iraq
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those moments that take our breath away."
"All Gave Some,,, Some Gave all, and for those who have fought for
it,, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
to visit violence on those who would do us harm!"
~ George Orwell
Above all else tis the land of the free because of the BRAVE.
Founder/President Pagans United
PUC North Central Regional Director
PUC Georgia State Chair
Mentor VBOC Open Circle, Iraq
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http://www.pagansun ited.com
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kitchen I was cooking and baking and moanin'
and bitchin'.
I've been here for hours; I can't stop to rest,
This room's a disaster, just look at this mess!
Tomorrow I've got thirty people to feed.
They expect all the trimmings. Who cares what I need!
My feet are both blistered; I've got cramps in my legs.
The cat just knocked over a bowl full of eggs.
There's a knock at the door and the telephone's ringing;
Frosting drips on the counter as the microwave's dinging.
Two pies in the oven, dessert's almost done;
My cookbook is soiled with butter and crumbs.
I've had all I can stand, I can't take anymore;
Then in walks my husband, spilling rum on the floor.
He weaves and he wobbles, his balance unsteady;
Then grins as he chuckles "The eggnog is ready !"
He looks all around and with total regret,
says "What's taking so long...aren' t you through in here
yet ??"
As quick as a flash I reach for a knife;
He loses an earlobe; I wanted his life !
He flees from the room in terror and pain
and screams "MY GOD WOMAN, YOU'RE GOING INSANE !!"
Now what was I doing, and what is that smell?
Oh, shit, it's the pies !! They're burned all to hell !!
I hate to admit when I make a mistake,
but I put them on BROIL instead of on BAKE.
What else can go wrong ?? Is there still more ahead ??
If this is good living, I'd rather be dead.
Lord, don't get me wrong, I love holidays;
It just leaves me exhausted, all shaky and dazed.
But I promise you one thing, If I live till next year,
You won't find me pulling my hair out in here.
I'll hire a maid, a cook, and a waiter;
and if that doesn't work, I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
April Marshall-Pettis. vcf
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Mobile. Try it now.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but
rather by those moments that take our breath away."
"All Gave Some,,, Some Gave all, and for those who have fought
for it,, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm!"
~ George Orwell
Above all else tis the land of the free because of the BRAVE.
Founder/President Pagans United
PUC North Central Regional Director
PUC Georgia State Chair
Mentor VBOC Open Circle, Iraq
Http://www.newage- journal.com
http://www.pagansun ited.com
http://www.paganuni tycampaign. org/
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/VBOC_ Baghdad/
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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but rather by
those moments that take our breath away."
"All Gave Some,,, Some Gave all, and for those who have fought for
it,, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
to visit violence on those who would do us harm!"
~ George Orwell
Above all else tis the land of the free because of the BRAVE.
Founder/President Pagans United
PUC North Central Regional Director
PUC Georgia State Chair
Mentor VBOC Open Circle, Iraq
Http://www.newage- journal.com
http://www.pagansun ited.com
http://www.paganuni tycampaign. org/
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Greetings
Greetings !
I shall be praying and sending energy to this situation. I find this
just pure childish !!!
I have just typed a letter to send to my local "letter to the editor".
I have written many of them in the past in order to give voice to ALL
FAITHS RIGHTS, and mentioning "Pagans", Witches, Druids, Earth -
Oreinted Religions. This most recent letter is in response to the "so
called Religion Page Editors, ( I call her the christianism page
editor), recent article of, "Do Not Wish Me Happy Holidays", etc. ....
God and Goddess, Give Us Your Strength !!!
Shining Wolf
I shall be praying and sending energy to this situation. I find this
just pure childish !!!
I have just typed a letter to send to my local "letter to the editor".
I have written many of them in the past in order to give voice to ALL
FAITHS RIGHTS, and mentioning "Pagans", Witches, Druids, Earth -
Oreinted Religions. This most recent letter is in response to the "so
called Religion Page Editors, ( I call her the christianism page
editor), recent article of, "Do Not Wish Me Happy Holidays", etc. ....
God and Goddess, Give Us Your Strength !!!
Shining Wolf
Immediate Release
For immediate release:
Wiccan Pentacle Wreath Vandalized, but Yuletide Celebrations Continue
The Wiccan pentacle wreath next to the nativity scene above City Hall
in Green Bay, Wisconsin was removed and damaged by a vandal shortly
before 1 am today, Monday, December 17.
"What a way to begin Solstice week!" said Rev. Selena Fox of Circle
Sanctuary upon learning the news about the vandalism. Representing
Circle Santuary, Rev. Fox and Assistant Minister Robert Paxton
contributed the Pagan Yuletide wreath with pentacle last week to the
public holidays display above the entrance to the City Hall building
in Green Bay , Wisconsin .
"Winter Solstice, also known as Yule, has been celebrated by peoples
of many cultures and religions since ancient times, and we are among
the thousands of Pagans today around the world who continue to
celebrate it," Fox continued. "Winter Solstice is a sacred time of
religious observances for us, not just the official start of Winter."
"Yuletide is about connecting with family, friends, and community in
the spirit of peace, love, and joy. These spiritual values will
continue to be part of our Winter Solstice celebrations this year
despite the disrespectful actions of the Grinch who tried to steal
Solstice," says Fox.
Circle Sanctuary is celebrating Winter Solstice with a series of
events this week, including a talk and open house tomorrow night at
church headquarters near Barneveld, a multicultural and interfaith
Winter Solstice Pageant at the First Unitarian Meeting House in
Madison on Friday night, and a Community Yule Festival on Saturday.
More information about Circle Sanctuary's Winter Solstice events are
on-line: http://www.circlesa nctuary.org
Shortly before 1 am today, Monday, December 17, Green Bay police
received a report about the vandalism. Circle Sanctuary's Yuletide
pentacle wreath was found, damaged, in the bushes near where the
nativity scene still stands. The nativity scene, purchased and
placed at the building last week by the City Council President, was
not removed or damaged by the vandal, who left his ladder at the
scene of his crime. Both ladder and pentacle wreath are presently in
police custody, and the police are continuing their investigation.
"Circle Sanctuary contributed the pentacle wreath to the display at
Green Bay City Hall for several reasons," according to Fox. "First
of all, we contributed the pentacle wreath to celebrate Yuletide. We
wanted a symbol of Winter Solstice represented in this public display
in addition to the nativity scene representing Christmas since both
religious holidays are celebrated at this time of year."
Fox adds: "The opportunity to contribute to the public display
occurred during Wisconsin 's Interfaith Awareness Week. Circle
Sanctuary viewed our contribution of the pentacle wreath as an
additional way of participating in this annual celebration of
Wisconsin 's religious diversity. Furthermore, since the Mayor
publicly announced that the display was open to symbols of other
faiths, we thought that it was important to take him up on this
invitation and begin the process of having this public display on a
government property be interfaith."
Fox continues: "If there are to be religious emblems in the public
square, this means this opportunity must be open to many religions,
not any particular one – in other words: "Many, if Any."
Fox has been involved in interfaith work and religious freedom
activism for more than forty years. Her own ancestry reflects some
of America 's religious diversity. In addition to having Native
American ancestry, she is descended from Anabaptists, Roman
Catholics, Quakers, and others who settled America in the 17th and
18th centuries to escape religious persecution in Europe .
" America has been religiously pluralistic since its earliest
beginnings. In addition to the religions of Native American peoples,
there has long been a wide variety of Christian denominations and
other faiths in this land. The founders of our nation wisely put
religious freedom and separation of church and state as cornerstones
of the United States of America . It is important that we uphold
philosophical and religious freedom for all in this country."
Although Fox and Paxton are disappointed that Circle Sanctuary's
pentacle wreath was removed and damaged, they have already been in
touch with the City Attorney and other staff in Mayor's office
today. They have requested that the pentacle wreath, or a
replacement which they are willing to provide, be returned to its
place next to the nativity scene. In addition, Fox and Paxton plan
to contribute a Circle SanctuaryYuletide pentacle wreath next year
and in future years if the Green Bay City Council decides to have
this public holidays display at City Hall in the future. The City
Council meetings tomorrow night, Tuesday, December 18, to discuss the
future of the display.
More information see: http://www.circlesa nctuary.org/ gbpentacle
Green Bay Press Gazette - Monday, December 17
http://www.greenbay pressgazette. com/apps/ pbcs.dll/ article?
AID=/20071217/ GPG0101/71217010 /1207
For more information, contact:
Rev. Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Wiccan Pentacle Wreath Vandalized, but Yuletide Celebrations Continue
The Wiccan pentacle wreath next to the nativity scene above City Hall
in Green Bay, Wisconsin was removed and damaged by a vandal shortly
before 1 am today, Monday, December 17.
"What a way to begin Solstice week!" said Rev. Selena Fox of Circle
Sanctuary upon learning the news about the vandalism. Representing
Circle Santuary, Rev. Fox and Assistant Minister Robert Paxton
contributed the Pagan Yuletide wreath with pentacle last week to the
public holidays display above the entrance to the City Hall building
in Green Bay , Wisconsin .
"Winter Solstice, also known as Yule, has been celebrated by peoples
of many cultures and religions since ancient times, and we are among
the thousands of Pagans today around the world who continue to
celebrate it," Fox continued. "Winter Solstice is a sacred time of
religious observances for us, not just the official start of Winter."
"Yuletide is about connecting with family, friends, and community in
the spirit of peace, love, and joy. These spiritual values will
continue to be part of our Winter Solstice celebrations this year
despite the disrespectful actions of the Grinch who tried to steal
Solstice," says Fox.
Circle Sanctuary is celebrating Winter Solstice with a series of
events this week, including a talk and open house tomorrow night at
church headquarters near Barneveld, a multicultural and interfaith
Winter Solstice Pageant at the First Unitarian Meeting House in
Madison on Friday night, and a Community Yule Festival on Saturday.
More information about Circle Sanctuary's Winter Solstice events are
on-line: http://www.circlesa nctuary.org
Shortly before 1 am today, Monday, December 17, Green Bay police
received a report about the vandalism. Circle Sanctuary's Yuletide
pentacle wreath was found, damaged, in the bushes near where the
nativity scene still stands. The nativity scene, purchased and
placed at the building last week by the City Council President, was
not removed or damaged by the vandal, who left his ladder at the
scene of his crime. Both ladder and pentacle wreath are presently in
police custody, and the police are continuing their investigation.
"Circle Sanctuary contributed the pentacle wreath to the display at
Green Bay City Hall for several reasons," according to Fox. "First
of all, we contributed the pentacle wreath to celebrate Yuletide. We
wanted a symbol of Winter Solstice represented in this public display
in addition to the nativity scene representing Christmas since both
religious holidays are celebrated at this time of year."
Fox adds: "The opportunity to contribute to the public display
occurred during Wisconsin 's Interfaith Awareness Week. Circle
Sanctuary viewed our contribution of the pentacle wreath as an
additional way of participating in this annual celebration of
Wisconsin 's religious diversity. Furthermore, since the Mayor
publicly announced that the display was open to symbols of other
faiths, we thought that it was important to take him up on this
invitation and begin the process of having this public display on a
government property be interfaith."
Fox continues: "If there are to be religious emblems in the public
square, this means this opportunity must be open to many religions,
not any particular one – in other words: "Many, if Any."
Fox has been involved in interfaith work and religious freedom
activism for more than forty years. Her own ancestry reflects some
of America 's religious diversity. In addition to having Native
American ancestry, she is descended from Anabaptists, Roman
Catholics, Quakers, and others who settled America in the 17th and
18th centuries to escape religious persecution in Europe .
" America has been religiously pluralistic since its earliest
beginnings. In addition to the religions of Native American peoples,
there has long been a wide variety of Christian denominations and
other faiths in this land. The founders of our nation wisely put
religious freedom and separation of church and state as cornerstones
of the United States of America . It is important that we uphold
philosophical and religious freedom for all in this country."
Although Fox and Paxton are disappointed that Circle Sanctuary's
pentacle wreath was removed and damaged, they have already been in
touch with the City Attorney and other staff in Mayor's office
today. They have requested that the pentacle wreath, or a
replacement which they are willing to provide, be returned to its
place next to the nativity scene. In addition, Fox and Paxton plan
to contribute a Circle SanctuaryYuletide pentacle wreath next year
and in future years if the Green Bay City Council decides to have
this public holidays display at City Hall in the future. The City
Council meetings tomorrow night, Tuesday, December 18, to discuss the
future of the display.
More information see: http://www.circlesa nctuary.org/ gbpentacle
Green Bay Press Gazette - Monday, December 17
http://www.greenbay pressgazette. com/apps/ pbcs.dll/ article?
AID=/20071217/ GPG0101/71217010 /1207
For more information, contact:
Rev. Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
The Mystic Candle
The Mystic Candle has new winter hours.
Now on Demand. Please just call me if you need something out of the shop. I will be more than happy to meet you there.
Now on Demand. Please just call me if you need something out of the shop. I will be more than happy to meet you there.
Healing for Tom Burke of Wisconsin
Please send healing to Tom Burke of Wisconsin who is the father of
Circle Community member Peggy Burke. He has diabetes and is having
trouble with an infection and circulation in his legs. He is
currently in intensive care.
Also, send blessings to his family and friends who are giving him
support in this medical journey.
Well wishes can be sent to him via Peggy at: peggy.burke@charter.net
Healing Circle: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Circle Community member Peggy Burke. He has diabetes and is having
trouble with an infection and circulation in his legs. He is
currently in intensive care.
Also, send blessings to his family and friends who are giving him
support in this medical journey.
Well wishes can be sent to him via Peggy at: peggy.burke@charter.net
Healing Circle: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Support to Carolyn Fisher and Aldag
Please send support to Carolyn Fisher, mother of A.C. Fisher Aldag of
Michigan who has been hospitalized with congestive heart failure, and
to
Dave & A.C. Fisher Aldag and family.
Well wishes can be emailed to: aldagffhaine@btc-bci.com
Healing Circle: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Michigan who has been hospitalized with congestive heart failure, and
to
Dave & A.C. Fisher Aldag and family.
Well wishes can be emailed to: aldagffhaine@btc-bci.com
Healing Circle: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Healing to Pakistan and the World
Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, was assasinated
yesterday. She was killed by gunfire and a suicide bomb after
speaking ata Pakistan People's Party rally near Islamabad, the capital
of Pakistan.
Her funeral was held today and her body was buried next to that of her
father in Naudero, their ancestral village.
Bhutto was the first Muslim woman to head a nation -- she was elected
and served as Pakistan's Prime Minister twice. Trained at Harvard
and Oxford, she had strong ties to champions of democracy in America
and the UK as well as in other nations in addition to her native
Pakistan. She was loved by many around the world. However, she also
had enemies and faced many challenges in her life, including the
execution of her father and problems with some who were part of her
and other administrations, especially those who sought to oust her
from power.
Benazir was a strong, courageous, and determined advocate for freedom,
democracy, and human rights. She voiced her concerns for women's
health and social issues and sought to repeal ordinances that
curtailed women's rights. She is survived by her husband and three
children.
The nation of Pakistan is mourning her death as are many in the world
today, ourselves included.
Some media coverage with more info:
Los Angeles Times: Thousands Throng Bhutto's Funeral
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bhutto29dec29,0,2681584.stor\
y?coll=la-home-center
Malaysian National News: The Fearless & Gutsy Benazir Bhutto
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_features.php?id=304858
Please join me and others in an Interfaith working today.
Kindle a candle in her memory, for the spirit of freedom, and for
healing and peace in Pakistan and the world:
* Please remember Benazir Bhutto, her courage, her contributions, and
her work for freedom, democracy, women's rights, support for the
poor, and human rights.
* Please send healing to her family and to all who loved her.
* Please send peace, healing, and stability to Pakistan which is in
political and social turmoil.
* Please send healing and peace to the world as a whole.
Thank you.
Rev. Selena Fox
Senior Minister, Circle Sanctuary
writing from a snowy Oak forest
near Barneveld, Wisconsin, USA
Healing Circle: Friday, December 28, 2007
yesterday. She was killed by gunfire and a suicide bomb after
speaking ata Pakistan People's Party rally near Islamabad, the capital
of Pakistan.
Her funeral was held today and her body was buried next to that of her
father in Naudero, their ancestral village.
Bhutto was the first Muslim woman to head a nation -- she was elected
and served as Pakistan's Prime Minister twice. Trained at Harvard
and Oxford, she had strong ties to champions of democracy in America
and the UK as well as in other nations in addition to her native
Pakistan. She was loved by many around the world. However, she also
had enemies and faced many challenges in her life, including the
execution of her father and problems with some who were part of her
and other administrations, especially those who sought to oust her
from power.
Benazir was a strong, courageous, and determined advocate for freedom,
democracy, and human rights. She voiced her concerns for women's
health and social issues and sought to repeal ordinances that
curtailed women's rights. She is survived by her husband and three
children.
The nation of Pakistan is mourning her death as are many in the world
today, ourselves included.
Some media coverage with more info:
Los Angeles Times: Thousands Throng Bhutto's Funeral
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bhutto29dec29,0,2681584.stor\
y?coll=la-home-center
Malaysian National News: The Fearless & Gutsy Benazir Bhutto
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_features.php?id=304858
Please join me and others in an Interfaith working today.
Kindle a candle in her memory, for the spirit of freedom, and for
healing and peace in Pakistan and the world:
* Please remember Benazir Bhutto, her courage, her contributions, and
her work for freedom, democracy, women's rights, support for the
poor, and human rights.
* Please send healing to her family and to all who loved her.
* Please send peace, healing, and stability to Pakistan which is in
political and social turmoil.
* Please send healing and peace to the world as a whole.
Thank you.
Rev. Selena Fox
Senior Minister, Circle Sanctuary
writing from a snowy Oak forest
near Barneveld, Wisconsin, USA
Healing Circle: Friday, December 28, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Send Support to Kennedy, George and Kay
Please send support to C. Kennedy Bozeman of Chicago, Illinois. He is
age 48, Jewish, and has been struggling with AIDS for more than 20
years. Recently, he took a turn for the worse.
Please send unconditional loving support to him as he deals with the
latest decline in his condition.
Also send support to his partner George Kruto and good friend and
Circle Sanctuary Community member Kay.
Words of comfort and support can be sent to them via Kay:
hdflhtc03@comcast.net
age 48, Jewish, and has been struggling with AIDS for more than 20
years. Recently, he took a turn for the worse.
Please send unconditional loving support to him as he deals with the
latest decline in his condition.
Also send support to his partner George Kruto and good friend and
Circle Sanctuary Community member Kay.
Words of comfort and support can be sent to them via Kay:
hdflhtc03@comcast.net
Healing to Ellora
Please send healing to Ellora Atkinson of Madison, Wisconsin. She had
a heart attack on Friday night and is in the hospital. Earlier today
she had angioplasty.
Ellora is a member of the Sufi Order of the West and has collaborated
with Selena Fox & others in the Circle Sanctuary Community on
interfaith work and on shamanic networking.
She asks that you send her blessings of radiant light of well-being.
Thanks!
a heart attack on Friday night and is in the hospital. Earlier today
she had angioplasty.
Ellora is a member of the Sufi Order of the West and has collaborated
with Selena Fox & others in the Circle Sanctuary Community on
interfaith work and on shamanic networking.
She asks that you send her blessings of radiant light of well-being.
Thanks!
Updates on Deborah and Jeri
Updates on:
DEBORAH ANN LIGHT & JERI BALDWIN of Florida - I spoke with Jeri and got
an update. Deborah has been transferred from the hospital to a
rehabilitation facility where she is in the process of regaining her
strength and resting.
Jeri is getting over bronchitis. Please continue to send each of them
healing. They thank you for you care and your help.
JILL MEDICINE HEART & GERWIN "BEAR" COMBS of Ohio - I also spoke with
Jill. Bear is still in the ICU of the VA Hospital but his condition is
improving. She thanks everyone for your help. Please continue to
remember them.
Thanks for your support!
Selena Fox
DEBORAH ANN LIGHT & JERI BALDWIN of Florida - I spoke with Jeri and got
an update. Deborah has been transferred from the hospital to a
rehabilitation facility where she is in the process of regaining her
strength and resting.
Jeri is getting over bronchitis. Please continue to send each of them
healing. They thank you for you care and your help.
JILL MEDICINE HEART & GERWIN "BEAR" COMBS of Ohio - I also spoke with
Jill. Bear is still in the ICU of the VA Hospital but his condition is
improving. She thanks everyone for your help. Please continue to
remember them.
Thanks for your support!
Selena Fox
Healing to Skip
Please send healing to Skip of Michigan. He is also the owner of
Thee Dragon Laire and vends at Pagan Spirit Gathering.
Skip has been diagnosed with Lymphoma cancer, and has just started
chemo.
The prognosis is very good.
Messages of healing support can be sent to:
theedragonlaire@sbcglobal.net
Thee Dragon Laire and vends at Pagan Spirit Gathering.
Skip has been diagnosed with Lymphoma cancer, and has just started
chemo.
The prognosis is very good.
Messages of healing support can be sent to:
theedragonlaire@sbcglobal.net
Updates on Jill and Bear
This is follow-up to last night's call for support for Jill Medicine
Heart Combs and her hospitalized husband Gerwin "Bear" Combs.
Bear's condition stabilized last night, but he continues to be
monitored in the ICU of the VA hospital in Ohio. He has been given
some additional medications. He is presently resting comfortably.
Jill expresses thanks for the emails and support she has been getting.
This outpouring of care is helping her quite a bit.
Please continue to send support and emails: medicineheart@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Selena Fox
Heart Combs and her hospitalized husband Gerwin "Bear" Combs.
Bear's condition stabilized last night, but he continues to be
monitored in the ICU of the VA hospital in Ohio. He has been given
some additional medications. He is presently resting comfortably.
Jill expresses thanks for the emails and support she has been getting.
This outpouring of care is helping her quite a bit.
Please continue to send support and emails: medicineheart@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Selena Fox
Send Blessing to Jill and Bear
Please send blessings of strength, healing, solace, and support to
Jill Medicine Heart Combs of Ohio who has just learned that her
husband, Gerwin Bear) Combs has taken a turn for the worse. Jill is
presently driving to the hospital to be by his side.
Bear, a Wiccan veteran, has been in a coma in a US Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Ohio since August 2005. He has
just been rushed to the ICU of that hospital. He has both a MRSA
infection and pneumonia.
Jill and Bear were plaintiffs in the Circle Sanctuary vs. Nicholson
federal lawsuit against the VA, the settlement of which resulted in
the VA adding the Pentacle to its list of emblems of belief that can
be included on the gravestones the VA issues to honor deceased veterans.
Since Bear's prognosis is uncertain, rather than focusing on extending
his life or healing him or helping him cross over, please light a
candle for Bear and send a radiant light of unconditional love to him.
Please also send loving support to Jill.
Send messages of support to Jill: medicineheart@yahoo.com
Although circumstances are such that they may not be individually
answered, she thanks you in advance for all spiritual help that you
send to her and Bear.
Please pass this email call for spiritual help on to others.
Thanks,
Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Jill Medicine Heart Combs of Ohio who has just learned that her
husband, Gerwin Bear) Combs has taken a turn for the worse. Jill is
presently driving to the hospital to be by his side.
Bear, a Wiccan veteran, has been in a coma in a US Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Ohio since August 2005. He has
just been rushed to the ICU of that hospital. He has both a MRSA
infection and pneumonia.
Jill and Bear were plaintiffs in the Circle Sanctuary vs. Nicholson
federal lawsuit against the VA, the settlement of which resulted in
the VA adding the Pentacle to its list of emblems of belief that can
be included on the gravestones the VA issues to honor deceased veterans.
Since Bear's prognosis is uncertain, rather than focusing on extending
his life or healing him or helping him cross over, please light a
candle for Bear and send a radiant light of unconditional love to him.
Please also send loving support to Jill.
Send messages of support to Jill: medicineheart@yahoo.com
Although circumstances are such that they may not be individually
answered, she thanks you in advance for all spiritual help that you
send to her and Bear.
Please pass this email call for spiritual help on to others.
Thanks,
Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Yule Celebration
Sheboygan County Pagans presents...
Yule Celebration
When: Dec. 22nd. 2007
Where: Random Lake, Wisconsin
Winter Solstice Celebration
Event Details: Details to come. There will be fire...lots of fire and a pagan gift exchange...Please bring a handmade or paganish gift ... this is a gift of the heart and your gift will go to whoever pulls your name out of a hat. Children will have a separate gift exchange in the same manner.
Troy will do a druid ritual (encore since Troy's ritual was enjoyed at Samhain) We will have a bonfire so bring chairs.... We also plan to burn the large burn pile to welcome the return of the sun. We just need to clear some snow to facilitate parking. If anyone has a plow and can come out Friday night it would be helpful.
Blessings
Please call if you have any questions or suggestions for our Yule celebration!
Event Location: W4948 County Road SS in Random Lake
Event TIME Details: 4PM to ????
Directions: From Sheboygan take 23 W to HWY 57 at Plymouth.
Take 57 South approx 12 miles to Hwy SS.
Turn right (east) on SS. First Driveway on the right.
From Milwaukee take 1-43 North to Saukville
at Saukville take Hwy 57 N exit 97 (exit on the left)
Take Hwy 57 North about 10 miles
Turn left (east) on Hwy SS. First Driveway on the right.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=W4948%20County%20Road%20Ss&city=Random%20Lake&state=WI&zipcode=53075%2d1234&country=US&title=%3cb%20class%3d%22fn%20org%22%3eW4948%20County%20Road%20Ss%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22locality%22%3eRandom%20Lake%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22region%22%3eWI%3c%2fspan%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22postal%2dcode%22%3e53075%2d1234%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22country%2dname%22%3eUS%3c%2fspan%3e%3c%2fspan%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s
Phone: (262) 573-0928
Mailing Address: W4948 County Road SS
Yule Celebration
When: Dec. 22nd. 2007
Where: Random Lake, Wisconsin
Winter Solstice Celebration
Event Details: Details to come. There will be fire...lots of fire and a pagan gift exchange...Please bring a handmade or paganish gift ... this is a gift of the heart and your gift will go to whoever pulls your name out of a hat. Children will have a separate gift exchange in the same manner.
Troy will do a druid ritual (encore since Troy's ritual was enjoyed at Samhain) We will have a bonfire so bring chairs.... We also plan to burn the large burn pile to welcome the return of the sun. We just need to clear some snow to facilitate parking. If anyone has a plow and can come out Friday night it would be helpful.
Blessings
Please call if you have any questions or suggestions for our Yule celebration!
Event Location: W4948 County Road SS in Random Lake
Event TIME Details: 4PM to ????
Directions: From Sheboygan take 23 W to HWY 57 at Plymouth.
Take 57 South approx 12 miles to Hwy SS.
Turn right (east) on SS. First Driveway on the right.
From Milwaukee take 1-43 North to Saukville
at Saukville take Hwy 57 N exit 97 (exit on the left)
Take Hwy 57 North about 10 miles
Turn left (east) on Hwy SS. First Driveway on the right.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=W4948%20County%20Road%20Ss&city=Random%20Lake&state=WI&zipcode=53075%2d1234&country=US&title=%3cb%20class%3d%22fn%20org%22%3eW4948%20County%20Road%20Ss%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22locality%22%3eRandom%20Lake%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22region%22%3eWI%3c%2fspan%3e%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22postal%2dcode%22%3e53075%2d1234%3c%2fspan%3e%2c%20%20%3cspan%20style%3d%22display%3ainline%3bmargin%2dbottom%3a0px%3b%22%20class%3d%22country%2dname%22%3eUS%3c%2fspan%3e%3c%2fspan%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s
Phone: (262) 573-0928
Mailing Address: W4948 County Road SS
Saturday, November 24, 2007
UPDATE & More Healing for Deborah & Jeri
Deborah Ann Light and Jeri Baldwin send thanks to everyone who has been
sending healing and support to them as a result of the call for healing
that has gone out to this Healing Circle and elsewhere.
When we spoke today by phone, Jeri asked me also to express their
thanks
for all the emails you have sent thus far. Although circumstances are
such that they can not be individually responded to, know that these
email
expressions of healing and support are helping both of them.
Deborah Ann Light is doing better. She is out of the ICU and her pain
has
subsided. She is continuing to undergo testing and treatment in the
hospital in Florida where she has been for more than a week. Please
continue to send healing to her .... it is much appreciated and has
helped!
Also, please continue to send support to her partner Jeri Baldwin --
and
send her healing as well.
Continue to use the photo of them as a focus:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/DeborahAnnLight.htm
Please continue to email words of healing and support to both Deborah
and
Jeri: wowjer@aol.com
Thank you!
Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Healing Circle: Monday, November 12, 2007
sending healing and support to them as a result of the call for healing
that has gone out to this Healing Circle and elsewhere.
When we spoke today by phone, Jeri asked me also to express their
thanks
for all the emails you have sent thus far. Although circumstances are
such that they can not be individually responded to, know that these
expressions of healing and support are helping both of them.
Deborah Ann Light is doing better. She is out of the ICU and her pain
has
subsided. She is continuing to undergo testing and treatment in the
hospital in Florida where she has been for more than a week. Please
continue to send healing to her .... it is much appreciated and has
helped!
Also, please continue to send support to her partner Jeri Baldwin --
and
send her healing as well.
Continue to use the photo of them as a focus:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/DeborahAnnLight.htm
Please continue to email words of healing and support to both Deborah
and
Jeri: wowjer@aol.com
Thank you!
Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Healing Circle: Monday, November 12, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Mystic Candle has new hours
The Mystic Candle has new hours
Monday through Thursday
1pm til 5pm
Friday's
12pm til 3pm
Tuesday and Thursday
7pm til 9pm
Monday through Thursday
1pm til 5pm
Friday's
12pm til 3pm
Tuesday and Thursday
7pm til 9pm
One of a Kind RItual Wear
For those who want custom designed ritual garb, but can't afford
custom pricing, Ravenworksip.com is now open for business. Every
Ravenworks cape, cloak or ruana is handmade by Raven and is infused with
positive energy during the making. These one-of-a-kind dress ritual wraps
capture the essence of the elements, and bring to light your inner
magic. All of the materials for Ravenworks creations are hand-selected by
Raven and custom sewn in the Ravenworks workshop. Ravenworksip.com also
carries a line of dress circlets, elemental jewelry and outdoor
ritualwear to meet all of your magical needs. In addition to ritual attire,
Ravenworksip.com has a full line of divination items, books, music,
Goddess Statues and ritual tools. The Ravenworksip.com website is brand new
with quality items being added daily, so please…come and visit, then
visit us again and again as we add new and exciting things to the site.
custom pricing, Ravenworksip.com is now open for business. Every
Ravenworks cape, cloak or ruana is handmade by Raven and is infused with
positive energy during the making. These one-of-a-kind dress ritual wraps
capture the essence of the elements, and bring to light your inner
magic. All of the materials for Ravenworks creations are hand-selected by
Raven and custom sewn in the Ravenworks workshop. Ravenworksip.com also
carries a line of dress circlets, elemental jewelry and outdoor
ritualwear to meet all of your magical needs. In addition to ritual attire,
Ravenworksip.com has a full line of divination items, books, music,
Goddess Statues and ritual tools. The Ravenworksip.com website is brand new
with quality items being added daily, so please…come and visit, then
visit us again and again as we add new and exciting things to the site.
Condolences to Paula Johnson
Paula Johnson thanks everyone who responded to this morning's Healing
Circle message about her father's critical condition. Her father,
Leonard Caplan, died this afternoon at 12:32 eastern time. Your support has
helped her and her family deal with this transition.
Please continue to remember Paula and her family.
Send condolences: paula@circlesanctuary.org
Thanks,
Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Circle message about her father's critical condition. Her father,
Leonard Caplan, died this afternoon at 12:32 eastern time. Your support has
helped her and her family deal with this transition.
Please continue to remember Paula and her family.
Send condolences: paula@circlesanctuary.org
Thanks,
Selena Fox
Circle Sanctuary
Condolences to Skycat & Bella on the passing of Ralph Dare
On Tuesday, November 6, we requested that blessings be sent to
Skycat's father, Ralph Dare, who was in the final stages of life. Last night,
at 10:25 pm eastern time, Ralph died. Visitation will be tomorrow
afternoon, and his funeral will be held on Saturday morning. Ralph was a World
War II Army veteran and a lifelong member of the VFW. Blessings on his life
and service this Veterans Day weekend.
Selena Fox spoke by phone with both Skycat and Bella this afternoon
and they asked her to convey their appreciation to members of this
Healing Circle for your support during Ralph's dying transition.
Please continue to remember them and their other loved ones.
Condolences can be sent: bellamahri@hotmail.com
Healing Circle: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Skycat's father, Ralph Dare, who was in the final stages of life. Last night,
at 10:25 pm eastern time, Ralph died. Visitation will be tomorrow
afternoon, and his funeral will be held on Saturday morning. Ralph was a World
War II Army veteran and a lifelong member of the VFW. Blessings on his life
and service this Veterans Day weekend.
Selena Fox spoke by phone with both Skycat and Bella this afternoon
and they asked her to convey their appreciation to members of this
Healing Circle for your support during Ralph's dying transition.
Please continue to remember them and their other loved ones.
Condolences can be sent: bellamahri@hotmail.com
Healing Circle: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Send Healing to Leonard Caplan
Please send healing to Leonard Caplan, father of Paula Johnson of
Circle Sanctuary and the Lady Liberty League.
Leonard had a heart attack earlier this week and has three blocked
arteries that need bypass surgery. The surgery was scheduled for today but he
developed an infection and is now in the ICU in Long Island, New York
in critical condition.
Leonard is responding to antibiotics and they hope to operate early
next week as soon as the infection clears. He is in otherwise good health
and is expected to recover provided he can stabilize enough to have the
needed surgery. He is sedated heavily and ventilated in order to make
things easier on his heart. He is 67 years old.
To help visualize, go to the following website, and at the bottom
there is a picture of Leonard with his car.
http://www.tandem-bike-tours.com/Pages/about_len.html
Also send support to Paula and other family members.
Email well wishes: paula@circlesanctuary.org
Healing Circle: Saturday, November 10, 2007
Circle Sanctuary and the Lady Liberty League.
Leonard had a heart attack earlier this week and has three blocked
arteries that need bypass surgery. The surgery was scheduled for today but he
developed an infection and is now in the ICU in Long Island, New York
in critical condition.
Leonard is responding to antibiotics and they hope to operate early
next week as soon as the infection clears. He is in otherwise good health
and is expected to recover provided he can stabilize enough to have the
needed surgery. He is sedated heavily and ventilated in order to make
things easier on his heart. He is 67 years old.
To help visualize, go to the following website, and at the bottom
there is a picture of Leonard with his car.
http://www.tandem-bike-tours.com/Pages/about_len.html
Also send support to Paula and other family members.
Email well wishes: paula@circlesanctuary.org
Healing Circle: Saturday, November 10, 2007
Update on Deborah Ann Light
Update on Deborah Ann Light -- More Healing Urgently Needed
A short while ago, I spoke with Jeri Baldwin, Deborah Ann Light's
partner.Jeri, who continues to be at the hospital with Deborah, very much
appreciates all the emails and other support she and Deborah have
been receiving from the Healing Circle. Jeri has email access at the
hospital.
Even more spiritual healing is needed. Deborah's condition took a
turn for the worse during the night and now she is in the intensive care unit
at the hospital in Florida where she has been for the past week.
Although Deborah has undergone many tests, the medical staff still
has not been able to determine the cause of her condition and have not yet
found a way to stabilize her blood pressure.
Please continue to do healing work on Deborah's behalf and encourage
others to do so.
And also send support and emails to Jeri: wowjer@aol.com
Visualize Deborah surrounded by a beautiful green light of healing
that will stabilize her blood pressure and return her to wellness -- Deborah is
pictured to my right in the Pagan Delegates to the Assembly photo
included with this article:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/circle/articles/circlepowr/1999.html
Thank you!
Selena Fox
Healing Circle: Thursday, November 8, 2007
A short while ago, I spoke with Jeri Baldwin, Deborah Ann Light's
partner.Jeri, who continues to be at the hospital with Deborah, very much
appreciates all the emails and other support she and Deborah have
been receiving from the Healing Circle. Jeri has email access at the
hospital.
Even more spiritual healing is needed. Deborah's condition took a
turn for the worse during the night and now she is in the intensive care unit
at the hospital in Florida where she has been for the past week.
Although Deborah has undergone many tests, the medical staff still
has not been able to determine the cause of her condition and have not yet
found a way to stabilize her blood pressure.
Please continue to do healing work on Deborah's behalf and encourage
others to do so.
And also send support and emails to Jeri: wowjer@aol.com
Visualize Deborah surrounded by a beautiful green light of healing
that will stabilize her blood pressure and return her to wellness -- Deborah is
pictured to my right in the Pagan Delegates to the Assembly photo
included with this article:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/circle/articles/circlepowr/1999.html
Thank you!
Selena Fox
Healing Circle: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Send Blessings to Ralph Duke
Please send blessings to Ralph Duke who is 93 years old and is in the
final stages of life. He was hospitalized today in Lima, Ohio.
Please also send support to his son Skycat and to Skycat's longtime
friend,Bella, both of the Lady of the Sacred Grove and Stone Circle of Lima,
Ohio.Bella, Skycat, and other members of LSGSC are also long-time members of
the Pagan Spirit Gathering Community and facilitate the Bast Ritual and
1000 candles Labyrinth each year.
Email words of comfort to: bellamahri@hotmail.com
final stages of life. He was hospitalized today in Lima, Ohio.
Please also send support to his son Skycat and to Skycat's longtime
friend,Bella, both of the Lady of the Sacred Grove and Stone Circle of Lima,
Ohio.Bella, Skycat, and other members of LSGSC are also long-time members of
the Pagan Spirit Gathering Community and facilitate the Bast Ritual and
1000 candles Labyrinth each year.
Email words of comfort to: bellamahri@hotmail.com
Healing to Deborah Ann Light
Please send healing to Deborah Ann Light, beloved Hedgewitch & Pagan
Elder, who has been hospitalized due to severe chest pains and blood
pressure problems. Deborah has been in a Florida hospital since
Thursday.
Please do rituals, meditations, and other healing work.
* Send comfort, healing, and well-being to Deborah.
* Send support to her partner, Jeri.
* Also send blessings to the doctors and others who are caring for
Deborah
so that they correctly diagnose her condition and do effective
treatment.
Please also email Deborah well-wishes -- send them to her via Jeri's
email: wowjer@aol.com. Although circumstances are such that they may
not
be individually acknowledged, know that your emails will be very much
appreciated.
Please help us network healing support for Deborah -- forward this
email
to others who may be willing to join this healing work.
For updates, please join our Healing Circle list -- subscribe to this
free, occasional ebulletin at http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing
or
email the Circle Sanctuary office and ask to be subscribed
circle@circlesanctuary.org.
Thanks!
Selena
Elder, who has been hospitalized due to severe chest pains and blood
pressure problems. Deborah has been in a Florida hospital since
Thursday.
Please do rituals, meditations, and other healing work.
* Send comfort, healing, and well-being to Deborah.
* Send support to her partner, Jeri.
* Also send blessings to the doctors and others who are caring for
Deborah
so that they correctly diagnose her condition and do effective
treatment.
Please also email Deborah well-wishes -- send them to her via Jeri's
email: wowjer@aol.com. Although circumstances are such that they may
not
be individually acknowledged, know that your emails will be very much
appreciated.
Please help us network healing support for Deborah -- forward this
to others who may be willing to join this healing work.
For updates, please join our Healing Circle list -- subscribe to this
free, occasional ebulletin at http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing
or
email the Circle Sanctuary office and ask to be subscribed
circle@circlesanctuary.org.
Thanks!
Selena
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Reiki In Manitowoc County
If anyone is interested in having Reiki Sessions contact me. Hours are
Monday through Thursday 6pm til 9pm. For more information on Reiki
Sessions visit my websites at
www.freewebs.com/reikipractitioner or
www.myspace.com/reiki1practitioner
Or call my phone number listed on those sites. Call for your appointment today.
Monday through Thursday 6pm til 9pm. For more information on Reiki
Sessions visit my websites at
www.freewebs.com/reikipractitioner or
www.myspace.com/reiki1practitioner
Or call my phone number listed on those sites. Call for your appointment today.
Healing to those impacted by California Wildfires
Please send blessings of healing, strength, and protection to those who
are
suffering as a result of the many wildfires that have been raging in
southern California all week. Humans, animals, plants, and places are
in
need of healing support.
Pagans, including some who are part of Circle Network, are among those
who
have been harmed by the wildfires.
I have been in contact throughout this week with Jo Millgate and her
family,
who are being stressed by the Harris Fire, which is still only 20%
contained. Please send emails of support and healing to them:
sonomanme@yahoo.
We are including names of those stressed by the fires on our Healing
Altar
at Circle Sanctuary as part of the healing support work we are doing.
If you wish to have your name and/or the names of loved ones added to
our
Wildfire Healing part of our altar, please email:
healing@circlesanctuary.org.
Be sure to include complete contact information (name, address, phone
number(s), email addresses) so we have multiple ways of being in touch
-- we
will keep contact info we receive confidential, unless you specify
otherwise.
Please join us at Circle Sanctuary and others in doing healing rituals,
meditations, and other spiritual support work for those in need.
Thanks!
Selena Fox
High Priestess, Circle Sanctuary
Healing Circle: Thursday, October 25, 2007
are
suffering as a result of the many wildfires that have been raging in
southern California all week. Humans, animals, plants, and places are
in
need of healing support.
Pagans, including some who are part of Circle Network, are among those
who
have been harmed by the wildfires.
I have been in contact throughout this week with Jo Millgate and her
family,
who are being stressed by the Harris Fire, which is still only 20%
contained. Please send emails of support and healing to them:
sonomanme@yahoo.
We are including names of those stressed by the fires on our Healing
Altar
at Circle Sanctuary as part of the healing support work we are doing.
If you wish to have your name and/or the names of loved ones added to
our
Wildfire Healing part of our altar, please email:
healing@circlesanctuary.org.
Be sure to include complete contact information (name, address, phone
number(s), email addresses) so we have multiple ways of being in touch
-- we
will keep contact info we receive confidential, unless you specify
otherwise.
Please join us at Circle Sanctuary and others in doing healing rituals,
meditations, and other spiritual support work for those in need.
Thanks!
Selena Fox
High Priestess, Circle Sanctuary
Healing Circle: Thursday, October 25, 2007
REIKI SESSIONS AVAILABLE
Reiki Sessions Available
If anyone is interested in having Reiki Sessions contact me. Hours are
Monday through Thursday 6pm til 9pm. For more information on Reiki my
Sessions visit my websites at
www.freewebs.com/reikipractitioner or
www.myspace.com/reiki1practitioner
Blessed be
If anyone is interested in having Reiki Sessions contact me. Hours are
Monday through Thursday 6pm til 9pm. For more information on Reiki my
Sessions visit my websites at
www.freewebs.com/reikipractitioner or
www.myspace.com/reiki1practitioner
Blessed be
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Modern Day Witchunt in Custody Case...please help!
On 9/27/07, jcompwiz < vashti@brumepath. com> wrote:
Hello PUC-CO friends,
I'm so scared, and I don't know where to turn. I'm involved in a
custody battle with my ex-husband. I have had full custody of my
children since our divorce five years ago. He is suing me now,
because he states that my religious beliefs are harmful to my
children. I am a solitary Wiccan, and practice a bit of Buddhism as
well. Today in court, I was asked the following questions, and much
more:
Are you a witch? Can you define witch? Do you cast spells? Do you
cast spells on other people? Did you cast a spell to win this court
hearing? Do you practice in the nude? Do you children see you nude?
Do you attend festivals where people are nude? Do your children
encounter discrimination at school because of they're religious
practices or paraphernalia? Do you worship Satan? Is your religion
evil?
It was so frightening. The judge made it very clear that he thinks my
religion is wrong, and I'm afraid that they may think that I have
some kind of weird sexual practice…even though I don't practice
skyclad, and have never taken my children to a festival where people
were skyclad.
I made a belly casting of my pregnant belly that was thought to be a
strange sexual practice. I also had a friend body paint me as gaia
and photograph me for an artist that was going to paint me. I also
walked around my country property nude while I was in labor in the
middle of the night with my husband (my children were visiting my
parents at the time). All of these incidences were discussed at
length in court, and they said that it was dangerous for my children.
Please tell me if you can assist me in my case, or if you can refer
me to someone who may be able to help. I'm so very frightened. I
don't want to loose my children! I live in a rural area where nearly
everyone here is Christian. My ex-husband is a police officer, and he
knows the judge very well from work. I think that they are friends
and the judge hearing my case will not be fair.
Thank you kindly for reading my email. If you have any kind of
advice, I will follow it to the letter.
I live in Wiley, Colorado, but the case is being heard in court in
Lamar, Colorado about 15 miles from my home. Our next court date is
scheduled for October 12, 2007 at 2pm. It may be pushed ahead,
however because they expect there to be a problem with the court
reporters. I don't have much time to get help! I would have sought
help much sooner, but had no idea that my religion would be the focus
of the case. I was told by three different attorneys that it would be
easy, and that my husband could not use my religion against me. It
seems that is not the case here.
My name is
Janeen Rayell Brown my spiritual name is Vashti UthPisces
719-829-4832 home 719-688-9958 cell
--
Rev. John B. Brown
Mountain Regional Director & Arizona State Chair
Pagan Unity Campaign
Check out my radio station at: http://www.live365. com/stations/ john196920022001
"Hate is baggage!"
Hello PUC-CO friends,
I'm so scared, and I don't know where to turn. I'm involved in a
custody battle with my ex-husband. I have had full custody of my
children since our divorce five years ago. He is suing me now,
because he states that my religious beliefs are harmful to my
children. I am a solitary Wiccan, and practice a bit of Buddhism as
well. Today in court, I was asked the following questions, and much
more:
Are you a witch? Can you define witch? Do you cast spells? Do you
cast spells on other people? Did you cast a spell to win this court
hearing? Do you practice in the nude? Do you children see you nude?
Do you attend festivals where people are nude? Do your children
encounter discrimination at school because of they're religious
practices or paraphernalia? Do you worship Satan? Is your religion
evil?
It was so frightening. The judge made it very clear that he thinks my
religion is wrong, and I'm afraid that they may think that I have
some kind of weird sexual practice…even though I don't practice
skyclad, and have never taken my children to a festival where people
were skyclad.
I made a belly casting of my pregnant belly that was thought to be a
strange sexual practice. I also had a friend body paint me as gaia
and photograph me for an artist that was going to paint me. I also
walked around my country property nude while I was in labor in the
middle of the night with my husband (my children were visiting my
parents at the time). All of these incidences were discussed at
length in court, and they said that it was dangerous for my children.
Please tell me if you can assist me in my case, or if you can refer
me to someone who may be able to help. I'm so very frightened. I
don't want to loose my children! I live in a rural area where nearly
everyone here is Christian. My ex-husband is a police officer, and he
knows the judge very well from work. I think that they are friends
and the judge hearing my case will not be fair.
Thank you kindly for reading my email. If you have any kind of
advice, I will follow it to the letter.
I live in Wiley, Colorado, but the case is being heard in court in
Lamar, Colorado about 15 miles from my home. Our next court date is
scheduled for October 12, 2007 at 2pm. It may be pushed ahead,
however because they expect there to be a problem with the court
reporters. I don't have much time to get help! I would have sought
help much sooner, but had no idea that my religion would be the focus
of the case. I was told by three different attorneys that it would be
easy, and that my husband could not use my religion against me. It
seems that is not the case here.
My name is
Janeen Rayell Brown my spiritual name is Vashti UthPisces
719-829-4832 home 719-688-9958 cell
--
Rev. John B. Brown
Mountain Regional Director & Arizona State Chair
Pagan Unity Campaign
Check out my radio station at: http://www.live365. com/stations/ john196920022001
"Hate is baggage!"
Pagan Potluck October 13th
If anyone would like to join us, we are holding the 1st Annual Samhain
Moon Pagan Potluck in Barneveld, WI on October 13th from 1:00 pm
through ????. Bring the family, bring the kids, bring a dish to share
and have fun!
If you are interested in attending, please email
potluck@samhainmoon.com and directions will be provided.
Thanks and blessings -
Kitka
Moon Pagan Potluck in Barneveld, WI on October 13th from 1:00 pm
through ????. Bring the family, bring the kids, bring a dish to share
and have fun!
If you are interested in attending, please email
potluck@samhainmoon.com and directions will be provided.
Thanks and blessings -
Kitka
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Letter Home to Pagan Parents from Elementary School Teacher
Letter Home to Pagan Parents from Elementary School Teacher
>
>
> Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
>
>
> I write this letter in concern of your daughter, Aradia Moon. Please
> don't take this the wrong way, however, although she is a straight A
> student and a very bright child, she has some strange habits that I
> feel we should address.
>
> Every morning before class, she insists on walking around the room
> with her pencil in the air. She says she is "drawing down the moon." I
> told her art class is in an hour and to please refrain until then to
> do any drawing.
>
> And speaking of art class, whenever she draws a night sky, she insists
> on drawing little circles around all the stars and people dancing on
> the ground. And that brings up dancing, I had to stop her twice for
> taking off her clothes during a game of Ring Around the Rosés! By the
> way, what does "sky clad" mean?
>
> Aradia has no problem with making friends. I always find her sitting
> outside during recess with her friends sitting around her in a circle.
> She likes to share her juice and cookies. It is nice how she wants no
> one to ever thirst or hunger. However, when I walked over to see what
> they were doing, she jumped up and told me to stop, pulled out a
> little plastic knife and started waiving it in front of me. I thought
> this a bit dangerous, so I took her to the Principal's Office. She
> explained to the Principal that she was "opening the circle" to let me
> in. She also said that her Mommy and Daddy always told her not to play
> or run with an "athame" in her hand, that she could put someone's eye
> out. I don't know what an "athame" is, but I'm glad she keeps it at
home.
>
> As for stories, your daughter tends to make up some whoppers. Just
> yesterday while I was talking sternly to Tommy Johson and shaking my
> finger at him, he started screaming and ran from the room. When I
> finally caught him, he told me Aradia told him and the rest of the
> class that the last time I shook my finger at someone, they caught the
> chicken pox. I explained to him that the Sally Jones incident was just
> a coincidence, and that things like that don't really happen.
> One of the strangest things that happened was when I asked the
> children to bring in Halloween decorations for the classroom. Aradia
> brought in salt, incense, and her family album. I see she has quite a
> sense of humor.
>
> One of Aradia's worst habits is that she is very argumentative. We
> were discussing what the Golden Rule was (Do Unto Others as you would
> have them Do Unto You), she firmly disagreed with me and stated that
> it was "Do As you Will, but Harm None" and she will not stop saying
> "So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud in class. I try to correct her
> on these matters and she got very angry. She pointed her finger at me
> and mumbled something under her breath.
>
> In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would like to set up a
> parent/teacher conference with you sometime next week to discuss these
> matters. I would like to see you sooner, but I have developed an
> irritating rash that I am quite worried about.
>
> With deep concerns,
> Mrs. Livingston
>
> P.S. Blessed Be. I understand this is a greeting or closing from your
> country that your daughter informs me is polite and correct.
>
>
> Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
>
>
> I write this letter in concern of your daughter, Aradia Moon. Please
> don't take this the wrong way, however, although she is a straight A
> student and a very bright child, she has some strange habits that I
> feel we should address.
>
> Every morning before class, she insists on walking around the room
> with her pencil in the air. She says she is "drawing down the moon." I
> told her art class is in an hour and to please refrain until then to
> do any drawing.
>
> And speaking of art class, whenever she draws a night sky, she insists
> on drawing little circles around all the stars and people dancing on
> the ground. And that brings up dancing, I had to stop her twice for
> taking off her clothes during a game of Ring Around the Rosés! By the
> way, what does "sky clad" mean?
>
> Aradia has no problem with making friends. I always find her sitting
> outside during recess with her friends sitting around her in a circle.
> She likes to share her juice and cookies. It is nice how she wants no
> one to ever thirst or hunger. However, when I walked over to see what
> they were doing, she jumped up and told me to stop, pulled out a
> little plastic knife and started waiving it in front of me. I thought
> this a bit dangerous, so I took her to the Principal's Office. She
> explained to the Principal that she was "opening the circle" to let me
> in. She also said that her Mommy and Daddy always told her not to play
> or run with an "athame" in her hand, that she could put someone's eye
> out. I don't know what an "athame" is, but I'm glad she keeps it at
home.
>
> As for stories, your daughter tends to make up some whoppers. Just
> yesterday while I was talking sternly to Tommy Johson and shaking my
> finger at him, he started screaming and ran from the room. When I
> finally caught him, he told me Aradia told him and the rest of the
> class that the last time I shook my finger at someone, they caught the
> chicken pox. I explained to him that the Sally Jones incident was just
> a coincidence, and that things like that don't really happen.
> One of the strangest things that happened was when I asked the
> children to bring in Halloween decorations for the classroom. Aradia
> brought in salt, incense, and her family album. I see she has quite a
> sense of humor.
>
> One of Aradia's worst habits is that she is very argumentative. We
> were discussing what the Golden Rule was (Do Unto Others as you would
> have them Do Unto You), she firmly disagreed with me and stated that
> it was "Do As you Will, but Harm None" and she will not stop saying
> "So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud in class. I try to correct her
> on these matters and she got very angry. She pointed her finger at me
> and mumbled something under her breath.
>
> In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would like to set up a
> parent/teacher conference with you sometime next week to discuss these
> matters. I would like to see you sooner, but I have developed an
> irritating rash that I am quite worried about.
>
> With deep concerns,
> Mrs. Livingston
>
> P.S. Blessed Be. I understand this is a greeting or closing from your
> country that your daughter informs me is polite and correct.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Witch Trials Still Continue in South Carolina
This is a more detailed account.
The more attention I can get on this the better! Please pass around
to anyone you think might listen.
Thanks. We are unable to go home at the moment because it isn't safe
for us there. They are always watching what we are doing and we are
afraid of more Police retribution so are staying at my Mother in-
law's house, but this isn't home.....so I am trying to get on the
computer whenever possible so bear with me....My life is turned
inside out right now.
Witch Trials Continue In South Carolina!
My name is Rhonda Gruber AKA Wicked Lil Witch and I am a Proud Witch.
I am currently being persecuted as a Witch by a Lt. Kevin Duke of the
Horry County Police Dept. My life and the lives of my family and
friends are being threatened and destroyed by this man with the
backing of countless other officials. I was arrested Monday Sept
10th '07 by Lt Duke for Breach of Peace, Child Endangerment/ Neglect
and 1st degree Harrassement.
This all began around the end of May '07 from many false police
reports from a neighboring family, The Luisettis, who also seemed to
think I deserved to be arrested for my religious beliefs. They stated
such in their police reports. When this began to become a pattern of
filing false reports, we began seeking Police protection FROM them.
We were told numerous times that we had no reason to receive their
protection, just to ignore them. Yet they continued to file their
reports on us. We were told the only we could do is file a Civil
Suit. This wouldn't fix the problem for quite awhile if ever.The
Police Dept on numerous occasions, even refused to file any reports
for us. We had at one point searched out help from Magistrates in the
area. One told us that filing these reports was most definitely
something the Police could do something about and that they should
but he was fairly certain that they wouldn't. He went on a 10 min
rant about it to us. He even took the time to gives us copies of the
laws on filing false reports, which we took to this Lt Duke, who
after realizing we weren't going to leave his office too easily, Then
wrote us report stating that the report from the Luisettis was
investigated and the allegations were unfounded and seemed to be
stemming from harrassement from the neighbors.
Now Monday, my 16 yr old son was targeted for their harrassment . In
the morning the Luisetti's daughter had a young man assualt him at
the bus stop. We filed a report that morning. That afternoon another
allegation from their daughter that he beat her up Friday on school
property which led to his suspension since the school wouldn't
investigate it other than her statement and her 2 friend's
statements. She would have been getting on the bus at the time while
he was on the other side of the building getting a ride from one of
his friends. Then as we were sitting in my garage workshop working on
getting the suspension investigated by the school board, waiting to
see if the death threat my son received was going to take place. The
threat came from the Luisetti's daughter getting a young man
to "kill" my son due to the beating she received from him. He was
supposed to be coming to our house after school. We were then
visited by an irrational Lt. Duke as he whipped into our driveway
screaming that Spencer was reported to be brandishing and pointing an
assault rifle at the Luisettis. Which isn't even close to what he was
doing. Duke then stated that is is tired of all this and someone is
going to jail. He didn't care to hear anything we had to to say about
our side. Anytime I was trying to say something I was told to shut up
or be arrested. He was VERY aggressive and yelling. He seemed to
trying to provoke an altercation. I freely admit I was upset and a
little loud but I was trying to defend my son. I was never violent or
out of control. I was just pissed and trying to make some sense out
of the situation. When I was told to shut up I did which seemed to
further anger Duke. I was only arrested after they put the cuffs on
my son. I then told my Husband to find a f...ing attorney and quick.
This was when they arrested me.
I was never read my Miranda Rights to this day but the questions they
asked me were used in my arrest. Doesn't seem legal to me...
My charges of Child Endangerment were due to the fact that we have
several legal weapons around a minor. I must inform you my son is an
ROTC member with Marine Boot Camp training in weapons, can
disassemble/ reassemble an M16 on the field. He was also on the Rifle
Team last year and is Athletics Team Commander. He also knew our
weapons, from target shooting and cleaning. He even pointed out to
the Police Weapons Expert how to release the clip and open the bolt
chamber as they couldn't. He is very safe and well versed in weapons.
I must point point that is legally old enough to have a hunting
license. He is also looking to join the National Guard on his 17th B-
Day, Oct 3rd this yr. Upon his 18th B-Day he was planning a Military
career. We are proud of him and is a really good person. We are very
upset with all the things being alleged about him.
To summarize:
We are being persecuted because of my spiritual choices, not being
Christian. Lt. Duke has a web page stating his religious beliefs and
infertility and adoption problems which leads us to the belief that
he can no longer separate his personal feelings from his ability to
do his job in an objective manner. He seems to have appointed himself
as a personal victim's advocate for allegedly neglected and abused
children. The fact that I am a practicing witch is being noted in
complaints and warrants against me and my family. It has even been
voiced in court along with allegations stating I have cast spells on
2 cops and the luisetti family by the solicitor during proceedings.
My familiar pyewacket seems to have been mishandled during the search
of our home. She was running and flinching from us the day after. I
am very hurt by this. Though this can't be proven, I know my animal
and this is not her normal behavior.
We have always tried to help others and be good people, so this is
very hard for us to deal with. I am lucky to have a very strong
supportive circle of friends and family or we would still be in jail.
My in-laws had to take the majority of their retirement fund for some
20 thousand dollars to hire a powerful law firm to help us. Though I
will never be ashamed of being a witch, I am so very sorry for all
the trouble and loss of money it has cost them to stand up for us.
The reason for this letter is that we need all the help we can find
to fight this. Whether it is positive protective energy, advice, or
donations to help pay for this. I will not rest until I have made a
difference for all that believe in freedom of religion. I don't want
this to just disappear, I want to make a stand for all free thinkers
against persecution. We all know the squeaky wheel gets the oil.
For all that believe in freedom of choice, please stand behind me or
even beside me in court while I fight. I am not a quitter and I have
a loud voice. I always stand up for what I believe in, all I ask is
to not have to stand alone in this. It's time to fight for what we
all believe in, not just lie down and take it. I have enclosed the
papers that are in my possession to prove my claims. I will include
more as they come into my possession. I am not easily scared although
they are trying to intimidate us. Threatening phone calls have been
made to family and friends even now. In supporting us, you are also
supporting yourselves.
We are looking to get this story out to as many places as possible.
The more people who are aware the harder it will be for them to get
aware with it!
We NEED your help!!!
Blessed be.
Rhonda Gruber
AKA wickedlilwitch@ gmail.com
The more attention I can get on this the better! Please pass around
to anyone you think might listen.
Thanks. We are unable to go home at the moment because it isn't safe
for us there. They are always watching what we are doing and we are
afraid of more Police retribution so are staying at my Mother in-
law's house, but this isn't home.....so I am trying to get on the
computer whenever possible so bear with me....My life is turned
inside out right now.
Witch Trials Continue In South Carolina!
My name is Rhonda Gruber AKA Wicked Lil Witch and I am a Proud Witch.
I am currently being persecuted as a Witch by a Lt. Kevin Duke of the
Horry County Police Dept. My life and the lives of my family and
friends are being threatened and destroyed by this man with the
backing of countless other officials. I was arrested Monday Sept
10th '07 by Lt Duke for Breach of Peace, Child Endangerment/ Neglect
and 1st degree Harrassement.
This all began around the end of May '07 from many false police
reports from a neighboring family, The Luisettis, who also seemed to
think I deserved to be arrested for my religious beliefs. They stated
such in their police reports. When this began to become a pattern of
filing false reports, we began seeking Police protection FROM them.
We were told numerous times that we had no reason to receive their
protection, just to ignore them. Yet they continued to file their
reports on us. We were told the only we could do is file a Civil
Suit. This wouldn't fix the problem for quite awhile if ever.The
Police Dept on numerous occasions, even refused to file any reports
for us. We had at one point searched out help from Magistrates in the
area. One told us that filing these reports was most definitely
something the Police could do something about and that they should
but he was fairly certain that they wouldn't. He went on a 10 min
rant about it to us. He even took the time to gives us copies of the
laws on filing false reports, which we took to this Lt Duke, who
after realizing we weren't going to leave his office too easily, Then
wrote us report stating that the report from the Luisettis was
investigated and the allegations were unfounded and seemed to be
stemming from harrassement from the neighbors.
Now Monday, my 16 yr old son was targeted for their harrassment . In
the morning the Luisetti's daughter had a young man assualt him at
the bus stop. We filed a report that morning. That afternoon another
allegation from their daughter that he beat her up Friday on school
property which led to his suspension since the school wouldn't
investigate it other than her statement and her 2 friend's
statements. She would have been getting on the bus at the time while
he was on the other side of the building getting a ride from one of
his friends. Then as we were sitting in my garage workshop working on
getting the suspension investigated by the school board, waiting to
see if the death threat my son received was going to take place. The
threat came from the Luisetti's daughter getting a young man
to "kill" my son due to the beating she received from him. He was
supposed to be coming to our house after school. We were then
visited by an irrational Lt. Duke as he whipped into our driveway
screaming that Spencer was reported to be brandishing and pointing an
assault rifle at the Luisettis. Which isn't even close to what he was
doing. Duke then stated that is is tired of all this and someone is
going to jail. He didn't care to hear anything we had to to say about
our side. Anytime I was trying to say something I was told to shut up
or be arrested. He was VERY aggressive and yelling. He seemed to
trying to provoke an altercation. I freely admit I was upset and a
little loud but I was trying to defend my son. I was never violent or
out of control. I was just pissed and trying to make some sense out
of the situation. When I was told to shut up I did which seemed to
further anger Duke. I was only arrested after they put the cuffs on
my son. I then told my Husband to find a f...ing attorney and quick.
This was when they arrested me.
I was never read my Miranda Rights to this day but the questions they
asked me were used in my arrest. Doesn't seem legal to me...
My charges of Child Endangerment were due to the fact that we have
several legal weapons around a minor. I must inform you my son is an
ROTC member with Marine Boot Camp training in weapons, can
disassemble/ reassemble an M16 on the field. He was also on the Rifle
Team last year and is Athletics Team Commander. He also knew our
weapons, from target shooting and cleaning. He even pointed out to
the Police Weapons Expert how to release the clip and open the bolt
chamber as they couldn't. He is very safe and well versed in weapons.
I must point point that is legally old enough to have a hunting
license. He is also looking to join the National Guard on his 17th B-
Day, Oct 3rd this yr. Upon his 18th B-Day he was planning a Military
career. We are proud of him and is a really good person. We are very
upset with all the things being alleged about him.
To summarize:
We are being persecuted because of my spiritual choices, not being
Christian. Lt. Duke has a web page stating his religious beliefs and
infertility and adoption problems which leads us to the belief that
he can no longer separate his personal feelings from his ability to
do his job in an objective manner. He seems to have appointed himself
as a personal victim's advocate for allegedly neglected and abused
children. The fact that I am a practicing witch is being noted in
complaints and warrants against me and my family. It has even been
voiced in court along with allegations stating I have cast spells on
2 cops and the luisetti family by the solicitor during proceedings.
My familiar pyewacket seems to have been mishandled during the search
of our home. She was running and flinching from us the day after. I
am very hurt by this. Though this can't be proven, I know my animal
and this is not her normal behavior.
We have always tried to help others and be good people, so this is
very hard for us to deal with. I am lucky to have a very strong
supportive circle of friends and family or we would still be in jail.
My in-laws had to take the majority of their retirement fund for some
20 thousand dollars to hire a powerful law firm to help us. Though I
will never be ashamed of being a witch, I am so very sorry for all
the trouble and loss of money it has cost them to stand up for us.
The reason for this letter is that we need all the help we can find
to fight this. Whether it is positive protective energy, advice, or
donations to help pay for this. I will not rest until I have made a
difference for all that believe in freedom of religion. I don't want
this to just disappear, I want to make a stand for all free thinkers
against persecution. We all know the squeaky wheel gets the oil.
For all that believe in freedom of choice, please stand behind me or
even beside me in court while I fight. I am not a quitter and I have
a loud voice. I always stand up for what I believe in, all I ask is
to not have to stand alone in this. It's time to fight for what we
all believe in, not just lie down and take it. I have enclosed the
papers that are in my possession to prove my claims. I will include
more as they come into my possession. I am not easily scared although
they are trying to intimidate us. Threatening phone calls have been
made to family and friends even now. In supporting us, you are also
supporting yourselves.
We are looking to get this story out to as many places as possible.
The more people who are aware the harder it will be for them to get
aware with it!
We NEED your help!!!
Blessed be.
Rhonda Gruber
AKA wickedlilwitch@ gmail.com
New and Interesting Issues
Hi gang,
I know that I've been quiet for quite some time - life tends to get
in the way of my preferred activities :) There are several issues
coming up that I have recently been made aware of and would like a
little advice. The Arkansas Legislature has, unfortunately, voted -
several years ago - to not separate church and state. Now, a local
group - Arkansas Family Counsel - is trying to get a measure passed
to not allow same sex couples to act as foster parents or to even
adopt. I find this very offensive and a potential problem for the
pagan community. I have posted this information to the AR_PUC group
and am hoping to have some type of feedback and action.
The next issue is one that concerns all progressive groups across the
board. It seems that many Christian groups have been doing their
best to take up all of the available radio frequencies thereby
blocking new and upcoming radio stations that are non-profit and very
progressive. The Christian radio groups are also in violation of FCC
regulations by not staying within or on their assigned frequencies.
Folks are hesitant to turn them in because they are 'a christian
group' and all of that nonsense. This is a perfect opportunity for
the pagan community to work with many of the progressive peace and
justice groups out there. I have found that several of these groups
are very welcoming and sincerely want to work with pagan groups for
peace and justice ends. This could be a very powerful and validating
opportunity for the pagan community to move into the mainstream of
activism. What do you all think? I am hoping for further discussion
and ideas on this.
Thanks for your time and advice.
Bright blessings, Jasmin.
I know that I've been quiet for quite some time - life tends to get
in the way of my preferred activities :) There are several issues
coming up that I have recently been made aware of and would like a
little advice. The Arkansas Legislature has, unfortunately, voted -
several years ago - to not separate church and state. Now, a local
group - Arkansas Family Counsel - is trying to get a measure passed
to not allow same sex couples to act as foster parents or to even
adopt. I find this very offensive and a potential problem for the
pagan community. I have posted this information to the AR_PUC group
and am hoping to have some type of feedback and action.
The next issue is one that concerns all progressive groups across the
board. It seems that many Christian groups have been doing their
best to take up all of the available radio frequencies thereby
blocking new and upcoming radio stations that are non-profit and very
progressive. The Christian radio groups are also in violation of FCC
regulations by not staying within or on their assigned frequencies.
Folks are hesitant to turn them in because they are 'a christian
group' and all of that nonsense. This is a perfect opportunity for
the pagan community to work with many of the progressive peace and
justice groups out there. I have found that several of these groups
are very welcoming and sincerely want to work with pagan groups for
peace and justice ends. This could be a very powerful and validating
opportunity for the pagan community to move into the mainstream of
activism. What do you all think? I am hoping for further discussion
and ideas on this.
Thanks for your time and advice.
Bright blessings, Jasmin.
Healing for Rosemary Williams
Please send healing to Rosemary Williams of Illinois who was
hospitalized on
Saturday, September 22 in Illinois. Rosemary already is improving,
although
she expected to be in the hospital until at least the end of this week.
Please remember her in your meditations and rituals.
Mama Cat of Four Winds Sanctuary thanks everyone who was part of the
Healing
working for Rosemary during Circle Sanctuary's Fall Equinox Festival on
Sunday, September 23.
Well wishes for Rosemary can be sent by emailing Mama Cat:
fourwinds@jisp.net
Healing Circle: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
hospitalized on
Saturday, September 22 in Illinois. Rosemary already is improving,
although
she expected to be in the hospital until at least the end of this week.
Please remember her in your meditations and rituals.
Mama Cat of Four Winds Sanctuary thanks everyone who was part of the
Healing
working for Rosemary during Circle Sanctuary's Fall Equinox Festival on
Sunday, September 23.
Well wishes for Rosemary can be sent by emailing Mama Cat:
fourwinds@jisp.net
Healing Circle: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Healing & Help for Indigenous Women Leaders in the Amazon
Send healing to Gloria Ushigua & Rosa Gualinga, Indigenous Women
Leaders in the Amazon
Healing Circle: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Andras Corban Arthen who sent the following report to me is a long time
friend of mine as well as a colleague in international and interfaith
endeavors.
Usually the Circle staff only sends short healing messages out as part
of this Healing Circle list --- however, in order to help with networking
and to encourage the drafting of letters of support for this urgent
situation involving Gloria & Rosa, we are including both Andras' introductory
email as well as the report he received from a contact who works with the Zapara
and who has just departed for South America to help with this situation.
* Please remember Gloria and Rosa, their peoples, and their lands in
your meditations, prayers, rituals, and other spiritual workings.
* Please send emails to the authorities listed below.
* Please help with networking efforts by forwarding this email or a
summary of it to those you know who may be willing to help.
Thanks!
Selena
Selena Fox
High Priestess, Circle Sanctuary
circle@circlesanctuary.org
www.circlesanctuary.org
(608) 924-2216
Dear friends,
I apologize in advance for any multiple posts you may receive on this
subject. I'm forwarding you a very distressing news report and urge
you to take prompt action by writing to the addresses listed below. Of the two
women mentioned in this article, I personally know and have worked with
Gloria Ushigua, the Zápara leader; I've found her to be a strong,
wise, sincere, deeply-committed, and thoroughly delightful person. Gloria is
the daughter of César Ushigua, the last Zápara shimano (shaman) from
Ecuador, who died a few years ago. She was taught by her father, and is now
completing her training with the last remaining Zápara shaman from
Perú.
Gloria Ushigua has dedicated her life to work on behalf of her people,
a tiny tribe comprising just a few hundred members who live in isolated
villages in the jungles of Ecuador. The Zápara were long thought to be
extinct, until a few of them were sent to make contact with the outside
world in the hope of securing help so that their families could
survive. As a result, the government of Ecuador granted them ownership of their
tribal lands, though to the Zápara, the idea that humans could "own" the
Earth makes no sense. Despite that attitude, they now find themselves in the
difficult position of struggling to retain that ownership as the only
way to protect those lands from the multinational petrochemical corporations
that want to raze the forest in order to dig wells, and the pharmaceutical
conglomerates seeking to gain control of the many rare medicinal plants
that abound in the Ecuadorian wilderness.
One of Gloria's sons was murdered several years ago in retaliation
for her activist efforts; now she and her collaborator, Rosa Gualinga, have
been directly attacked and almost killed, and remain in dire need of medical
help which, being "poor Indian women," is being denied them.
Please contact the authorities listed below --- it doesn't matter if
you can't do it in Spanish --- to express your support for Gloria and
Rosa, and make sure to tell them what country you live in, so they will
understand that, truly, the whole world is watching. Feel free to forward this to
any others who may also be willing to help.
In the Spirit of the Earth,
Andras Corban Arthen
Director, The EarthSpirit Community
andras@earthspirit.com
www.earthspirit.com
Ecuadorian indigenous women leaders attacked, left for dead.
At the end of August, two indigenous leaders in Puyo, Ecuador were
attacked after months of receiving death threats for their efforts to protect
the territory of the Zápara people in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Gloria Ushigua and Rosa Gualinga were beaten until unconscious, thrown
in the trunk of a car, and later left for dead.
Both women are internationally known human rights defenders. Gloria
Ushigua is a leader of the Zápara people. Rosa Gualinga is of the Andoas
people and works closely with the Zápara. The Zápara are an indigenous people in
danger of becoming extinct, with a current population in Perú and Ecuador of
approximately 650. Gloria is an elected representative of Nacionalidad
Zápara de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana (NAZAE), the official representative
organization of the Zápara people in Ecuador, which works to promote
and protect the lives and lands of the Zápara people.
Zápara territory is rich with natural resources, like oil, timber and
botanical medicines, and there are varied interests who are trying to
exploit them --- oil companies, the military, illegal loggers,
settlers, scientists, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as fraudulent
"indigenous rights" groups who want to act as middlemen in the exploitation of
those resources, and who appear to be willing to do pretty much anything to
get a piece of the pie. For quite some time, one of those bogus groups of
people who are not Zápara have made several attempts to illegally seize from
NAZAE the official right to represent the Zápara people and take control of
Zápara land. Several individuals in this group have been threatening Gloria
and Rosa for more than a year. In recent months, after NAZAE won a legal
victory over the group, these threats have intensified.
On Sunday, August 26th, a woman approached Gloria in the street in
downtown Puyo. She said that her mother was Zápara and that she had an
organization that worked with indigenous communities. She invited Gloria and Rosa to
her house to discuss her work and the possibilities of collaboration.
At about 9 pm, they were sitting in the patio area outside of the
woman's house when a man entered, kicked Rosa, and sprayed Gloria and Rosa in
the face with a large quantity of what appears to have been tear gas. Three
other men followed, and the four of them viciously beat Gloria and Rosa
with fists, feet and clubs. Gloria was hit on the head with a rock.
Witnesses say that the four men threw the two unconscious women into the trunk of a
car and sped off.
Gloria and Rosa were found in the middle of the night, still
unconscious, in the middle of a road. Gloria's son got them home, where they regained
consciousness at around 4am on Monday. Although they have been to the
military hospital in Puyo several times, they have still not been given
a proper medical examination. Gloria's arm is broken and she has a high
fever. They are both in need of medical treatment and a complete examination
so that they can know the full extent of their injuries.
Gloria and Rosa were able to identify the first man who attacked them,
and a witness recognized a local police officer as another of their
attackers. Although Gloria and Rosa went to the police station in Puyo to file
criminal complaints against these men, they have been largely ignored and, to
date, no arrests have been made. Until justice is served, it is reasonable to
assume that the two women's lives remain in danger.
RECOMMENDED ACTION (please send appeals as quickly as possible):
- express concern for the safety of Gloria Ushigua and Rosa Gualinga,
and urge authorities to take immediate and effective action to protect them
and ensure that they receive the medical attention that they require.
- call on authorities to order a thorough investigation into this
attack, with results made public and those responsible brought to justice.
MAKE APPEALS TO:
Ismael Fabricio Arcos Lopez
Gobernador de Pastaza
Calle Atahualpa y 10 de Agosto
Puyo, Pastaza
Ecuador
Telephone: 03-2885308 03-2885423
Fax: 03-2885457
E-mail: secretariagober@yahoo.com
COPIES TO:
Gustavo Larrea
Ministro de Gobierno
Espejo y Benalcazar
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 2 2955666
E-mail: gustavolarreacabrera@hotmail.com
Dra. Lourdes Tiban
Secretaria Ejecutiva Nacional
Consejo de Desarrollo de las Nacionalidades
y Pueblos del Ecuador (CODENPE)
Ave. Garcia Moreno
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 2 258 1319
Fax: 593 2 258 1559, ext. 109
E-mail: ltiban@codenpe.gov.ec
Leaders in the Amazon
Healing Circle: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Andras Corban Arthen who sent the following report to me is a long time
friend of mine as well as a colleague in international and interfaith
endeavors.
Usually the Circle staff only sends short healing messages out as part
of this Healing Circle list --- however, in order to help with networking
and to encourage the drafting of letters of support for this urgent
situation involving Gloria & Rosa, we are including both Andras' introductory
email as well as the report he received from a contact who works with the Zapara
and who has just departed for South America to help with this situation.
* Please remember Gloria and Rosa, their peoples, and their lands in
your meditations, prayers, rituals, and other spiritual workings.
* Please send emails to the authorities listed below.
* Please help with networking efforts by forwarding this email or a
summary of it to those you know who may be willing to help.
Thanks!
Selena
Selena Fox
High Priestess, Circle Sanctuary
circle@circlesanctuary.org
www.circlesanctuary.org
(608) 924-2216
Dear friends,
I apologize in advance for any multiple posts you may receive on this
subject. I'm forwarding you a very distressing news report and urge
you to take prompt action by writing to the addresses listed below. Of the two
women mentioned in this article, I personally know and have worked with
Gloria Ushigua, the Zápara leader; I've found her to be a strong,
wise, sincere, deeply-committed, and thoroughly delightful person. Gloria is
the daughter of César Ushigua, the last Zápara shimano (shaman) from
Ecuador, who died a few years ago. She was taught by her father, and is now
completing her training with the last remaining Zápara shaman from
Perú.
Gloria Ushigua has dedicated her life to work on behalf of her people,
a tiny tribe comprising just a few hundred members who live in isolated
villages in the jungles of Ecuador. The Zápara were long thought to be
extinct, until a few of them were sent to make contact with the outside
world in the hope of securing help so that their families could
survive. As a result, the government of Ecuador granted them ownership of their
tribal lands, though to the Zápara, the idea that humans could "own" the
Earth makes no sense. Despite that attitude, they now find themselves in the
difficult position of struggling to retain that ownership as the only
way to protect those lands from the multinational petrochemical corporations
that want to raze the forest in order to dig wells, and the pharmaceutical
conglomerates seeking to gain control of the many rare medicinal plants
that abound in the Ecuadorian wilderness.
One of Gloria's sons was murdered several years ago in retaliation
for her activist efforts; now she and her collaborator, Rosa Gualinga, have
been directly attacked and almost killed, and remain in dire need of medical
help which, being "poor Indian women," is being denied them.
Please contact the authorities listed below --- it doesn't matter if
you can't do it in Spanish --- to express your support for Gloria and
Rosa, and make sure to tell them what country you live in, so they will
understand that, truly, the whole world is watching. Feel free to forward this to
any others who may also be willing to help.
In the Spirit of the Earth,
Andras Corban Arthen
Director, The EarthSpirit Community
andras@earthspirit.com
www.earthspirit.com
Ecuadorian indigenous women leaders attacked, left for dead.
At the end of August, two indigenous leaders in Puyo, Ecuador were
attacked after months of receiving death threats for their efforts to protect
the territory of the Zápara people in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Gloria Ushigua and Rosa Gualinga were beaten until unconscious, thrown
in the trunk of a car, and later left for dead.
Both women are internationally known human rights defenders. Gloria
Ushigua is a leader of the Zápara people. Rosa Gualinga is of the Andoas
people and works closely with the Zápara. The Zápara are an indigenous people in
danger of becoming extinct, with a current population in Perú and Ecuador of
approximately 650. Gloria is an elected representative of Nacionalidad
Zápara de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana (NAZAE), the official representative
organization of the Zápara people in Ecuador, which works to promote
and protect the lives and lands of the Zápara people.
Zápara territory is rich with natural resources, like oil, timber and
botanical medicines, and there are varied interests who are trying to
exploit them --- oil companies, the military, illegal loggers,
settlers, scientists, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as fraudulent
"indigenous rights" groups who want to act as middlemen in the exploitation of
those resources, and who appear to be willing to do pretty much anything to
get a piece of the pie. For quite some time, one of those bogus groups of
people who are not Zápara have made several attempts to illegally seize from
NAZAE the official right to represent the Zápara people and take control of
Zápara land. Several individuals in this group have been threatening Gloria
and Rosa for more than a year. In recent months, after NAZAE won a legal
victory over the group, these threats have intensified.
On Sunday, August 26th, a woman approached Gloria in the street in
downtown Puyo. She said that her mother was Zápara and that she had an
organization that worked with indigenous communities. She invited Gloria and Rosa to
her house to discuss her work and the possibilities of collaboration.
At about 9 pm, they were sitting in the patio area outside of the
woman's house when a man entered, kicked Rosa, and sprayed Gloria and Rosa in
the face with a large quantity of what appears to have been tear gas. Three
other men followed, and the four of them viciously beat Gloria and Rosa
with fists, feet and clubs. Gloria was hit on the head with a rock.
Witnesses say that the four men threw the two unconscious women into the trunk of a
car and sped off.
Gloria and Rosa were found in the middle of the night, still
unconscious, in the middle of a road. Gloria's son got them home, where they regained
consciousness at around 4am on Monday. Although they have been to the
military hospital in Puyo several times, they have still not been given
a proper medical examination. Gloria's arm is broken and she has a high
fever. They are both in need of medical treatment and a complete examination
so that they can know the full extent of their injuries.
Gloria and Rosa were able to identify the first man who attacked them,
and a witness recognized a local police officer as another of their
attackers. Although Gloria and Rosa went to the police station in Puyo to file
criminal complaints against these men, they have been largely ignored and, to
date, no arrests have been made. Until justice is served, it is reasonable to
assume that the two women's lives remain in danger.
RECOMMENDED ACTION (please send appeals as quickly as possible):
- express concern for the safety of Gloria Ushigua and Rosa Gualinga,
and urge authorities to take immediate and effective action to protect them
and ensure that they receive the medical attention that they require.
- call on authorities to order a thorough investigation into this
attack, with results made public and those responsible brought to justice.
MAKE APPEALS TO:
Ismael Fabricio Arcos Lopez
Gobernador de Pastaza
Calle Atahualpa y 10 de Agosto
Puyo, Pastaza
Ecuador
Telephone: 03-2885308 03-2885423
Fax: 03-2885457
E-mail: secretariagober@yahoo.com
COPIES TO:
Gustavo Larrea
Ministro de Gobierno
Espejo y Benalcazar
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 2 2955666
E-mail: gustavolarreacabrera@hotmail.com
Dra. Lourdes Tiban
Secretaria Ejecutiva Nacional
Consejo de Desarrollo de las Nacionalidades
y Pueblos del Ecuador (CODENPE)
Ave. Garcia Moreno
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 2 258 1319
Fax: 593 2 258 1559, ext. 109
E-mail: ltiban@codenpe.gov.ec
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