Thursday, January 24, 2008

Buzz Coil: January

Goddess in a Teapot: In her Jan. 6 post, "Preparing for Imbolc: The Kitchen Mysteries Celebration"Carolyn Lee Boyd presents ways to celebrate Feb. 2 as a "kitchen mysteries" holiday.

Panthea: Blogger Grian has been valiantly responding to posts on a blog called "Unmasking the Goddess" (subtitled "A Christ follower looks into goddess spirituality,"and with the confusing url goddessworship.typepad.com). See what Grian has to say in her Panthea posts of Jan 18, "God/dess: Genders, " and Jan. 10, "Earth as Goddess comments."

Evoking the Goddess: In his Jan 14 post, "Ghosts on a lazy Sunday Afternoon," Blogger Paul takes issue with a British television programme that took a dim view of Orkney before Christianity, pointing out its many misleading statements and asking:

Comparing our own society, modelled on patriarchal faith, with that of Neolithic Orkney does not show us up at all well. Just who is living in darkness.

Wild Hunt Blog: In his Jan 23 post, "Christian Military and Malicious Magic," Jason Pitzl-Waters blogs about the tactics of certain evangelical Christians that could be considered "black magic," and the work being done to counter them by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. OTOH, his Jan 20 post, "Christian Clergy and Changing Attitudes" tells about a female Episcopal priest who has no problem with exploring other religious paths, including Wicca. Jason hopefully writes that this may indicate a change in attitudes in the larger mainstream Christian community.


Soul Bites Blog: Blogger M. Ashley shares her thinking on the term "Christo-Pagan," and whether she is one, in her Dec. 21 post, "A Path by Any Other Name."

Peeling a Pomegranate: Blogger Carly writes about the new name she was given as part of her Kohenet (Hebrew priestess) initiation, in her Jan. 14 post, "Ketzirah." In her Dec. 31 post, "Praying in the Feminine," she writes about deciding to have all prayers address Goddess in her Tu B’Shevat seder, a Jewish holiday around this time of year also known as "The New Year of the Trees."

Textual Arachne: On the full moon following Yule, Blogger Arachne puts her Yule resolution into action, expaining in her Jan. 22 post, "Yule resolutions," how her resolution relating to her blog is part of the Reclaiming idea of full moon "ceremonies." She goes on to ponder what her responsibilities and attitudes are "in a mostly Abrahamic environment."

Radical Goddess Thealogy: In her Jan. 12 post about a recent movie, "Ian McEwan, Atonement, & the Guiding Goddess" blogger Athana answers McEwan’s question about why, if religion is "stitched into human nature," so many people don’t believe in it?

Matters of Minutiae (previously called Raihndrops): In her Jan 23 post, "2.07pm - death and its complications" Blogger Lisa shares deep thoughts about death, brought on by both personal experiences and the death of Heath Ledger.

A Pagan Sojourn: Blogger S. Nichole's Dec 31 post, "Meaningful Religious Vocabulary in UU," is about the Unitarian Universalist struggle with religious language. This is included in our Buzz Coil because UUs are officially inclusive of Paganism (though some individual UU s don’t like it mosty because they don’t like rituals or personifying deity). The denomination has a subgroup called CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans). In the 1990s UU became Goddess-friendly, with two adult ed courses about Her, the most popular of which, "Cakes for the Queen of Heaven," brought many women to Goddess. S. Nicole doesn’t mention these things in her thought-provoking, scholarly post, but I thought I would.

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Events Coil: Jan. 19 - Feb. 28

As far as we know, all events we list are open functions; but some may be limited to women or to adults. Please check the websites for group policies. If no country is given, the event is in the USA. All times are local. When listing events for the same date, we have tried to list those occurring first, taking into account time zone differences. If there is a difference between our listings and the listings on the web page linked to, assume their web page is correct, as it may have changed since we listed from it. The next Events Coil is planned for mid February and will include events listed here that haven't yet happened, plus new events through late Marchry or early April. If you have an event you want listed in future Events Coils, please leave info a comment. See the end of this Coil for what info we need for listings.

Jan. 19, Noon-5 p.m. "Rhythm is Cure," percussion workshop with Allesandra Belloni; 7-10 p.m. "Pomagira Intent", Afro-Brazilian tradition, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Jan. 20, 11 a.m. Earth Mother of Willendorf, guest priestess tba; 6 p.m. "Daughters of Cybele" with Allesandra Belloni, Miranda Rondeau, and Brazilian Ritual Dancers, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA


Jan. 22, time tba, Full Moon on the Mountain, Montreal Reclaiming, Montreal CANADA

Jan. 22, 7 p.m.
Full Moon Drumming, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA


Jan. 22, gather 7 p.m. ritual 7:30 p.m. Full Moon Ritual, Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet, Indian Springs NV

Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m., Celebrate Nike, Daughters of the Goddess (Dianic), San Francisco CA

Jan. 27, 11 a.m. Services with guest priestess Melinda Rodriquez, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m. "In the Belly," workshop with Vajra Ma, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 1, time tba, Imbolc Ceremony, Glastonbury Goddess Temple, Glastonbury ENGLAND

Feb. 2, time tba, Imbolc, Circle Sanctuary, Mt. Horeb WI

Feb. 2, gather 6:30 p.m., ritual 7 p.m., Temple Holy Day: Imbolc, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 2, gather 6:30 p.m., ritual 7:30 p.m.
Brigid Ritual, Reclaiming,
San Francisco CA


Feb. 2, gather 7 p.m., ritual 7:30 p.m. Imbolc, Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet, Indian Springs NV

Feb. 3, 11 a.m.,
Vows to the Goddess Brigit, with Temple member Christine Pinson, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA


Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m., "The Craft Connection" ritual, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 6, 8 p.m. New Moon Song & Dance Circle, Montreal Reclaiming, Montreal CANADA

Feb. 6, 7 p.m. New Moon Women's Mysteries, Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet, Indian Springs NV

Feb. 7, 2-4 p.m., New Moon Healing, Glastonbury Goddess Temple, Glastonbury ENGLAND

Feb. 7, 7 p.m., New Moon Drumming, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 9, time tba, Puja: Valentine's, with Ayanna Mojica, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 10, 11 a.m., Goddess: Psyche, guest priestess tba, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 15-18, Pantheacon, "Gaia and the Spirit of Activism," presenters include Margot Adler, Caitlin Matthews, Starhawk, T. Thorn Coyle, Macha NightMare, Z Budapest, Luisah Teish, Max Dashu, Amber K, Diana Paxson, San Jose CA

Feb. 17, 11 a.m., Goddess: Calliope, guest priestess tba, Goddess Temple of Orange County,
Irvine CA


Feb. 20, 7-10 p.m., Full Moons Morgens Circle, Glastonbury Goddess Temple, Glastonbury ENGLAND

Feb. 2o, time tba
, Full Moon on the Mountain, Montreal Reclaiming, Montreal CANADA

Feb. 20, 7 p.m.,
Full Moon Drumming, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Feb. 20, gather 7 p.m., ritual 7:30 p.m. Full Moon Ritual, Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet, Indian Springs NV

Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate Ma'at, Total Lunar Eclipse, Daughters of the Goddess (Dianic), San Francisco CA

Feb. 24, 11 a.m.
Goddess: Amaltheia, guest priestess tba, Goddess Temple of Orange County, Irvine CA

Ongoing
Australia

Canberra, 10 a.m.most Saturday mornings, Meditation. The Goddess Shrine, Temple of Lunation Magick
Perth
(White Gum Valley): Mondays, 6 p.m., Chalice Ceremony, Daughters of Ishtar.

Canada
Sudbury: 1st Friday (Sept.-June) 7:30 p.m.,
Sudbury Women's Circle.
Hamilton: Saturdays, 4-6 p.m.
Open Classes ; gather 6:30-7 p.m. Open Circles , Hamilton Temple, Wiccan Church of Canada.

Sweden
Soderhamn, Mondays, 7-9 p.m.,
meditation prayer, conversation, Gudinne Templet.

USA
Arlington VA: 3rd Sunday of month, gather 12:45 p.m., ritual 1 p.m. Moonfire CUUPS.
Baltimore MD
: Sundays 10 a.m., Rites of Cafeina,
Cedar Light Grove (ADF)
Geyersville CA: Sunday Services 2-4 p.m. Temple of Isis
Houston TX: Sundays, 10 a.m. Magdalene Community, Rothko Chapel; Mondays at Noon, Christian feminist theology study group ; 1st &3rd Fridays at Noon, Group studying Gospel of Mary, Brigid's Place, Christ Church Cathedral.
Irvine CA: Sunday Services: 1st Service at 9:30 a.m. inward, meditative; 2nd service at 11 a.m., dancing, drumming, singing; see dates for guest speakers.
Goddess Temple of Orange County,
Portland OR: Rituals at new and full moons, quarters and cross-quarters.
Full Circle Temple , Tuesdays-Sundays 10 a.m.-10 p.m. "Open to all self-identified women and girls."
Rockville MD: night before new moon,
Dark Moon Book Group, Spiral Heart (Reclaiming).
San Francisco CA: Wednesdays,
Christian Goddess Rosary, Ebenezer Lutheran Church; 1st Fridays, evenings at various locations, Woman's Spirituality group.
San Francisco CA: New Moon and Full Moon observances,
Maa Batakali Cultural Mission.
West Concord MA: 1st Monday, 7-9 p.m.
Women's Circles; other ongoing groups include Demeter & Persephone's Circle for mothers and daughters; Council of Mother Bears; Menopause As Spiritual Journey; Menarche, for mothers and Daughter, at Women's Well.

We'll be happy to add your Goddess and spiritual feminist events (and those you know about that are open to the public) no matter where in the world they are. Leave a comment with your event, giving: Name of event, sponsoring organization (if any), town, date, time (if known), and, required: url of website where person can get more info. (Do NOT give street addresses, phone numbers or email addresses. People should go to the website to get that info.) We plan to publish an Events Coil every month.

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