tcherau_ur

Canton Area Pagans presents our second annual Witches Ball
time: 11:30am to 12am
when: Saturday November 18, 2006
Where: Tadmor Shrine Center, 3000 Krebs Dr, Akron, Ohio
off I-77's Arlington Rd exit.

Admission is $15 at the door with no costume or canned good donation
$10 presale tickets only on sale until Novemeber 16, 2006
We are taking presale payment via PayPal (see sidebar) on our website or you can buy your tickets from us at most CAP events.
Discount Tickets at the doors: For $13 admission at the door, come dressed as your Tarot Theme or bring a canned food donation.

This is an ADULTS ONLY gathering, 18 and over only.

Workshops

11:30-12:00 Opening Ritual
12:00-5:00 Psychic Fair
12:00-1:00 Introduction to Runes by Brent
12:00-2:00 Intuitive Tarot by Lil
1:00-2:00 Faery Runes by Shelley
2:00-3:00 The Traveling Pagan by Brent
2:00-3:00 Herbs by Shelley
3:00-4:00 Raymond Buckland "Wicca: What It Is and Where It Came From."
4:00-5:00 Raymond Buckland Question and Answer Session
5:00-6:00
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-7:30 Kent Drummers Performance
7:30-8:30 Open Drum Circle
8:30-11:30 Root Doctor's Revenge
11:30 Closing Ritual


Vendors
Raymond Buckland
Selling and signing his books.

Root Doctor's Revenge
Bands CD's

Hawke's Nest in Affalon
Products are a wide range of hand crafted goods including, Pagan Art,
Runes, Magick Wands, Jewelry, Scrying mirrors, Altar pentacles,
Sculpture, And anything else we create.

One Stop Pagan Shop
We have most of all your everyday goods, like candles, incense, oils,
herbs, statuettes, ritual tools, stones, crystals, jewelry, tarot
cards, and spell kits, But our main products are fantasy ceramics:
dragons, unicorns, pegasus, and more. www.onestoppaganshop.com

Book of Shadows
Products include occult supplies, knives, swards, books, incense,
oils, candles, jewelry, rune sets, crystals, stones, gift items, alter
tools, herbs, resins, ritual kits, tarot cards, and more. Book of
Shadows will also be featuring Toni Anne's Magickals home made
products including oils, candles, and candle magick class on CD.

Craftworks
Hand made staves with power crystals, rowan tree wands with crystals,
ritually created and blessed wands_ by the Calif. Artist Abby
Willowroot, pagan jewelry including pentacles and one- of -a- kind
items, athames, blessed and ritually created Sabbath and Esbat
incenses- and various specialty incenses, green men tapestries,
assorted sarongs, First edition Linda Goodman's "Love Signs",
hardbound with protective library jackets...assorted tarot decks and
several pendulums.

Egyptian Shadows
Jewelry, incense sticks, pentacles, incense holders, infused oils, candles, candle holders, and much more.

Psychic Fair Readers
Dragon Wolf fortune telling
Offering European/Asian Tea leaf and I Ching.

Egyptian Shadows
Egyptian Oracle Card reading.

Toni Anne's Magickals
Offering runes or tarot reading with Rider, Robin Wood, or Endoras
Oracle cards. See Book of Shadows for more products.

Stacey DC
Spiral Tarot readings.

Laura Wissler Angel reading


Directions:

Fom Canton take I-77 north to the Arlington Rd exit. Turn left onto Arlington Rd and get in the right lane. After you go under I-77, turn right on Jarvis Rd.

From Akron or Cleveland take I-77 south to the Arlington Rd exit. Turn right onto Arlington Rd. Immediately turn right onto Jarvis Rd. Once on Jarvis Rd, follow Jarvis until you come to the Tadmor Shrine sign at Krebs Dr, and turn right onto Krebs. Follow Krebs to the Shrine Center, and turn right into the parking lot.

Phone: (330) 644-8494

Website: http://cantonareapagans.org
E-Mail: cap@cantonareapagans.org or GoddessISIS71@hotmail.com for more information

When: Saturday Septemeber 23, 2006
Time: 10am to 10pm
Where: Yuseph Khan Grotto 619 Northwest Ave Tallmadge Ohio
Admission: is FREE

Proudly presents:
Michelle Bellangei Author of The Vampire Codex
FeyFire
Buring Sage
Rebecca Bennei with a crystal bowl meditation and drum workshop

Also:
Highland games, vendors, speakers, workshops, musicians, artist, tarot readers, psychics, childern area, public Mabon ritual, various groups from the greater Akron and Canton area, witches pot luck Thanksgiving fest, Fire spinner (show after dark)

Estimated attendance bezause of agreesive advertisement +500 proud Pagans

Vendors and Group space is still available please contact

Robin@ Robinjll@aol.com or call 330-630-9277 or Angie@ crowomun@yahoo.com or call 330-618-5754

You scored as Marius. You are the quiet cool. You are so mellow people are lulled into a false sense of security. When you are pissed god help anyone who crosses you? </td> Armand 100% Marius 100% Spike 100% Dracula 100% Louis 67% Lestat 67% Blade 33% Deacon Frost 33% Angel 0% Akasha 0% Whose your Vampire personality? (images) created with QuizFarm.com

Well my b-day is Sunday July 9. I dont have much planned perhaps go to the park and go walking and be one with nature sounds like a good idea to me right now. I have been working my butt off at work trying to help get ready for inventory and working 40 hours a week for the last few months with no weekends off is catching up to me a bit. I am off on my b-day and plan on making sometime to myself for a change. I am starting a diet plan out also with some friends of mine that are on the hefty side like I am. For a change I am just going to try to loaf a bit and not be running around with my head cut off trying to do everything for everyone and not doing nothing for myself. This is my time and my effort to get things done that need done family, friends and other needs will come in there time but this is my chance to work on myself personally in which has me trying to diet and at least work around the house for exerise purposes. I guess I am feeling the birthday blues a bit and missing my friends I had to distance myself from alot of them and its not them its me, and I need the time to straighten out my life and take care of me for a chance and get my old self back.
Somewhere along the road I lost myself esteem, yeah and I know that you are thinking why? Well it has alot to deal with my own personallity I am a Cancer (Water sign) and my emotions run very deep. I can get hurt easy with words that can go wrong from family and friends. Most of my friends know that I would do anything for them with in reason and would help anyone who is need of help
Well I have to go get dinner started More later.
Kara

What is Paganism

This information comes from the internet, books and also my own experiences as a Pagan for over 10 years. This is some helpful information for those who dont understand the path of the unknown.

Paganism is a religion of place, or a native relgion, for an example the Native Americans can be looked at as a Pagan religion, Hinduism is a form of Paganism as well along with other parts of the religions that are characterised by a connection and reverence for nature, and are usually polytheistic and have many Gods and Goddess.

Modern Paganism as practised in the West is a particular to the native peoples of the West and although there are many forms most are descended from Celtic origins. Modern Paganism or Neo-Paganism has the following characteristics:

1. Paganism is a religion of nature, in other words Pagans revere Nature. Pagans see the divine as immanent in the whole of life and the universe, in every tree, plant, animal, and objects, man and woman, and in the dark side of life as much as in the light. Pagans live their lives attuned to the cycles of Nature, the season, life and death.

2. Unlike the other religions of (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) the divine is female as well as male so this is an eqaul amount between both male and female like looking at it 50/50 they share both values to be true. They are not simply substtues for the Muslim or Judeo-Christian Gods we look to the Gods and Goddess instead of ONE.

3. The Goddess represents all that is female and the God repsents all that is male. But because of nature is seen as female the Goddess has a wider meaning, offten called Mother Earth or Gaia she is seen as the creatrix and sustainer of life, the mother of us all which makes all the creatures on the planet our siblings.

4. There are many sub groups of named Gods and Goddess called Pantheons, drawn from the distant past, for example Isis and Osiris from Egypt or Thor, Odin, Freya et al from the Norse religion and mythology. Ancient Pagans would have worshipped one or a smaller number of Gods and Goddess, while we recognize the validity of others poeples deities. The concept of an overall, un-named deities represent particular human qualities or archetypes and are often used as a focus for celerbration and spiritual rites.

5. Paganism has developed alongside mankind for a very long time as cultures have changed so has Paganism in general, yet it is grounded in deep rooted genetic memories that go back to the neolithic times and before.

6. Paganism in the west takes a number of forms including Wicca, Druidism, and Shamanism

7. To Pagans the four ancient elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water have special significance. They are associated with the four cardinal directions North, East, South and West. Each element is a kind of a spiritual substance from which al things are made especially ourselves and at the same time are Guardians.

8. Many Pagns believe in reincarnation in some form. It gives Pagans a substantially different view of life. Early Christians saw Karma as a kind of treadmill, trapping people in endless reincarnations, never being free to travel beyond.

What do Pagans Do
Pagans revere the cycle of nature as I said before through ritual or ceremonies of various kinds. Pagans of the Western traditions celebrate up to eight festivals or Sabbats each year (not all Pagans celebrate all the Sabbats) They comprise the four solar quarters which are on the equinoxes. Here are list of holdays that Pagans do celebrate together.

Samhain (Pronounced Sowain) Which is on October 31st Halloween: the feast of the dead, remembrance of ancestors and people now dead, who were important to us. It marks the end of the Celtic year and the start of the spiritual new year. Also known as All Hallows day, the night before being all Hallows eve (Halloween) or all souls night.

Yule The winter solstice, which is on Decemeber 21st it is the rebirth of the sun and the gradual lengthening of the days towards springtime and new life.

Imbolc or Brides day start of spring and the return of the Goddess to the land

Ostara (Easter) The spring equinox which is on March 21st is is the return of the sun from the south, springtime and we celerbrate the holy union between the God and Goddess.

Beltane starts on May day Summertime begins celebrating new life and the holy marriage of God and Goddess

Midsummer (Litha) is the summer solstic which is on June 21st. Everything is green thanks to the God of nature, or the Green man

Lughnasadh or Lammas end of August the festival of the first corn harvest

Mabon the Autumn equinox which is on Septemeber 21st approx this year it happens to be Sept 23rd. It is the season for fruit harvest celebration, making plans for the winter months to come.

Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane and Lammas are known as fire festivals the tradional ways always have a fire at these celebrations such as a big bone fire. These festivals were never held on exact dates for example Lammas would have been celebrated when the barleycorn was harvested. This wheel is sometimes called the Gardnerian Wheel because it is a compbination of two ancient wheels and the hunting wheel. The Oak King is born at midsummer and rules through to Yule when he dies and the Holly King is born. In different traditions these holidays have different names for example Imbolc is called the festival of light in the northern traditions.

Western Pagans have no fixed temples in which to worship but instead (usually) make a circle around themselves or form themselves into a circle in a room or in a clearing or on a beach of find natureally ocurring circle such as a grove or use one of the ancient stone circles. Pagan have no hierarchy like the established religions so Pagans are free to follow whatever spiritual path they choose.

TABLE cellPadding=20 align=center>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="middle">Isis
Indeed, you are 87% erudite, 75% sensual, 41% martial, and 50% saturnine. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>This Egyptian supreme Goddess is certainly the most influential deity on subsequent cultures. She was the ideal figure of womanhood, usually compared with the Greek Goddess Demeter or her Roman version, Ceres.

Isis was one element of a Holy Trinity, the remaining two figures being her brother and husband Osiris and their heroic son Horus. She was the Goddess of Magic for her brilliance, as well as the Goddess of Love because of her tenacious devotion.

She is often shown with wings, curving to caress coffins and sarcophagi of many a king. In certain papyri she is shown with her falcon wing headdress, covering her ears. One of her sacred symbols is the sistrum, a musical instrument that was believed to ward off evil spirits. Isis' sistrum was carved bearing the image of a cat and was representative of the Moon.

Isis was the High Priestess and an omnipotent magician as well as the only being ever to discover the secret name of Ra. She invariably carries the ankh, the symbol for eternal life. Her name is, by the rules of numerology, adding up to the number “2” and she just so happens to be depicted on the tarot card “Key 2 – The High Priestess”.

The Fifteen Goddesses

These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in …

…all or none of the four variables: Neit. … Erudite: Minerva. … Sensual: Aphrodite. … Martial: Artemis. … Saturnine: Persephone. … Erudite & Sensual: Isis. … Erudite & Martial: Sekhmet. … Erudite & Saturnine: Nemesis. … Sensual & Martial: Hera. … Sensual & Saturnine: Bast. … Martial & Saturnine: Ilamatecuhtli. … Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Maeve. … Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Freya. … Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Sedna. … Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Macha.

</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="middle"> </td></tr></tbody></table>

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 85% on erudite You scored higher than 28% on sensual You scored higher than 16% on martial You scored higher than 40% on saturnine

Link: The Mythological Goddess Test written by Nitsuki on OkCupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

You scored as Jean Grey. Jean Grey is likely the most powerful X-Man. She loves Cyclops very much but she has a soft spot for Wolverine. She's psychic so she can sense how others are feeling and tries to help them. She also has to control her amazing powers or the malevolent Phoenix entity could take control of her and wreak havok. Powers: Telekinetic, Telepathic </td> Jean Grey 100% Wolverine 80% Rogue 60% Nightcrawler 60% Gambit 60% Cyclops 60% Storm 60% Beast 40% Iceman 40% Colossus 40% Emma Frost 40% Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com

information about the Egyptian Goddess Seshat

Some helpful website are
http://isis-seshat.com/
http://www.crystalinks.com/seshat.html
http://members.aol.com/ladymori/
http://members.aol.com/egyptart/index.html


Seshat is the Goddess of libraries, all forms of writing and the measurement of time, and she was an architect building by the measurements of sacred geometry. The name Sashet, or Sesheta means the female scribe, the word Sesh meaning scribe.
She wears a leopard skin dress, and the symbol over her head is a seven or nine pointed star or a rosette, above which is a pair of inverted cow's horns and a crescent moon.

Safekh-Anbi is the title that comes from Seshat's headdress, that many have become an aspect of Seshat or an actual Goddess. Safekh-Anbi means (She who wears the two horns and relates to the horns that appear above her head. Her headdress was also her hieroglyph which may represent either a stylized flower or seven pointed star on a standing Goddess that is beneath a set of down turned horns. The horns may have originally been a crescent, linking Seshat to the moon and hence to her spouse, the moon God of writing and knowledge Thoth.

Seshat is said to be Tehuti's/Thoth's female counterpart and consort. She was depicted as his wife by the Egyptians, as area laity based on duality one could consider her the feminine aspect of Thoth. Being the counter part of Thoth the child of this union was a God named Hornub, The Gold Horus. The Egyptians believed that she invented writing, while Thoth taught writing to mankind. She was known as the Mistress of the house of books, indicating that she also took care of Thoth's library of spells and scrolls. She was the only female that has been found so far actually writing anything in Ancient Egypt. Other women have been found holding a scribe's writing brush and palette showing that they could read and write but these women were never shown in the act of writing itself.

From the Second Dynasty on wards, she helped ritualized laying of the foundations of temples and the ceremony known as the stretching of the cord (referring to the Manson's line un used to measure out the limits of the building) In Egypt, as in most other ancient cultures, temples were designed as images of the cosmos, and building one was each time equivalent to the creation of the cosmos it represented. The cord- stretching must therefore also have preceded the original making of the universe. She was known as the Mistress of the house or architects.To keep the peace, all parties needed to be convinced that the land allocations as well as the tax assessments were done fairly, and this need must have led early on to great interest in the rope- stretching geometry and area calculations that decided these matters on the spot and for all to see. Who would have wanted to waste their carefully saved seed grain on ground that might later turn out to be not theirs?

Comparable to modern science, this math- based rope- stretchers' craft provided verifiable and repeatable results and so became the ultimate arbiter of conflicting land claims. The respect its practitioners commanded rested not just on the local chief's enforcement powers but above all on the infallible order of the mathematics behind their methods. She was personal God of the king, aiding and assisting him. She was said to record all of his proceedings and his accomplishments. During the New Kingdom times, she was shown to have been involved in the Sed (jubilee) festival of the pharaohs, holding a palm rib to show the passage of time. She kept tract of each pharaoh and the period for which he ruled and the speeches made during the crowning rituals.

One of the most important ceremonies in the foundation of Egyptian temples was known as Pedjeshes (Pedj-to stretch"Shes a cord) and it forms the subject of one of the chief monumental ornaments in the temples of Abtu(Abydos), Iunu (on, Heliopolis), Iunet (Dendera), and Dejeba (Utes-Hor, Behde, Edfu). Seshat has no temples that have been found, though she did have a priesthood in early times. Along with her priestess, there were a few priest in the order the Slab Stela or Prince Web-em-nefret, from the Fourth Dynasty, gives him the title of overseer of the royal scribes, priest of Seshat.
In the Egyptian version, by contrast, numbers were benevolent. The largest among them held up the sky and the other ones helped with creating the world. Moreover, their interplay produced the “ankh” symbol for “life” and “breath” which was at the core of the pharaonic ideology and provided its long untiring drive. So much for five millennia of efforts to tackle what makes the world tick.

Modern scholars credit this sophisticated recognition of a hidden numerical order behind the tangible world to the Pythagoreans and their pupil Plato, even though the ancient biographers of the cult leader Pythagoras all say that he had picked up most of his mathematical knowledge in Egypt.
The creation stories built into the pharaonic signs for the powers of ten demonstrate now clearly that the famous doctrine "Number is the principle, the source, and the root of all things" dates back to the beginnings of hieroglyphic writing, and that Pythagoras had learned it from the Egyptians, at a time halfway between us and the numeral designer(s) who had first recorded the ancient beliefs about the nature of numbers in a few simple symbols their followers used daily from then on.

Seshat's geometry
The same portrait of Seshat in Luxor also documents another debt that Pythagoras owed to his Egyptian teachers. At the center of the rope- representing hemp leaf in her emblem you find a pentagram. Its design is slightly distorted to accommodate the stem on which it perches above her head, but it is cut well enough to allow no doubt what figure the artist meant to show. The pentagram is a mathematically astonishing figure which is closely linked to the "golden ratio" phi. the construction of a pentagram requires a knowledge of the golden ratio and thus of analytical geometry The two are so interwoven that some disciples of Pythagoras used the pentagram as a symbol for this geometry and as a recognition sign among fellow members of his mathematical cult.

It also appears that the Luxor sculptor cut this symbol in Seshat's head dress already with the same meaning of "geometry", some seven centuries before Pythagoras.
Hieroglyph designers never picked their emblem pictures at random but always invested much thought into how best to distill the essence of what they wanted to convey. Seshat's pentagram in her Luxor portrait works as a perfectly context- fitting symbol for advanced geometry, used as an additional determinative for that hemp- rope- stretching and number- crunching "Ten of Tens", the mistress of cutting- edge temple geometry.