Many thanks this month go to Daniel (The Astral Pilgrim) for jumping into an empty space and filling it with discussion. Death and how we deal with it - deep stuff. It started as a quiet moot, with there only being eight of us, but it soon got a fair bit noisier. Funnily enough, eight is supposed to be the Chinese number of death.
Anyway, here are the announcements for July.
Future Moots:
The next two moots will be on 12th August and 9th September. In August we'll have a talk by Linda - she wasn't with us last night so we still don't know what her talk will be about, but it's sure to be interesting. She's never failed us on that score yet.
September's talk will be "The Sacred Feminine" by Bridget. Sounds good so far.
Also:
As previously mentioned, PaganCon will be happening on Sat 19th July in Preston from 10am. Full details can be found here. The deadline for cheap tickets has gone now, but they're still available for £12, or £15 on the door. Talks and workshops will come from such luminaries as Maxine Sanders, Jon Cole (that's Jonny from New Aeon to the rest of us) and Linda Sever (who?).
We will also be holding our annual Lughnasadh Whinberry Walk up Holcombe Hill again this year. We'll be meeting outside the Shoulder of Mutton pub in Holcombe Village, near Ramsbottom, at 11am on Sunday 3rd August. We then walk up the hill for a picnic at the top and come down picking Whinberries (Wortleberries, Blaeberries. Whatever your name for them, they're the ones sacred to Lugh) as we go. We finish with the traditional drinkie at the Shoulder.
This is very much a family event. Kids, dogs and witchcraft familiars are most welcome.
You can find a map to the Shoulder of Mutton here or find it in the Manchester A-Z at the junction of Lumb Carr Road and Chapel Lane, Holcombe (BL8 4LZ if you're using satnav)
As a last teaser, we've heard that Wigan's premier Wiccan High Priestess, Joan Withington will be giving a talk at the Pagan Wheel moot in Manchester on the first Monday of September. More to follow when we know more.
Lastly, there's a new section on the left of this page for our library. Our friend, Brynjar came up with the idea of collecting together the texts of moots, where possible, as .pdf files so they could be used for future reference. We thought it was such a good idea we delegated it to him (he knows what he's doing)!
If you want to get your previous moots into this list let us know and we'll attempt to sort it out.
And finally. . .
If you're going to Silverdale this weekend - see you there.
Love,
Sara and Seán
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I'm not equally sure I know what I'm doing as Sean is, but I thought something like this would be a good idea... sometimes you don't catch everything said, sometimes you sit at home later and wonedr "what was it that guy said now...."
And since I had already written mine down, I thought it could be a nice little extra feature. And so I juat found some free hosting place and started to set up the page.
As of yet, it's not much there, just Superstition, or...? but I kind of expect there'll be some more later on.
Untill then
Love Doc/Brynjar
Actually, watching Brynjar with a computer makes me feel like I'd be better off with a goose quill.
By the way, did anyone notice my deliberate mistake? Eight has nothing to do with death in China, it's FOUR that's the death number. Did I catch anyone out? 'onest guv, I meant it realy! Can I uncross my fingers now?
Love (and embarassment),
Seán
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