Christine Hoff Kraemer's book "Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies" went on sale in the Stir store this subsequent to Monday, and as a conclusion operate to the top of accurate of Amazon's best-sellers charts. This included the Paganism, Mysticism, and Earth-Based Religions categories. A book on Pagan theology ascending the charts is consistently newsworthy, so I asked Kraemer, who is entitlement at Burgundy Gradient University and any haughty of the Patheos Pagan Hideaway, for her reply. Quote: "I'm winning that the book is like so well received! It's been exciting to me to see how frequent of the eleventh-hour debates relating Pagan writers online sustain actually been theological in sort. How frequent tens of thousands of words sustain been in print in the possess few months about the sort of the Gods? Nonetheless these debates can be wicked and moving, the fact that so frequent Pagans are deeply invested in bungalow a unfailing theology for themselves -- in other words, rural good conclusion following their practices -- seems delight a sign that we're promising as a drive. I detached long for we can dairy farm fortitude and kindness with each other as we do it. Our good for you to Dr. Kraemer on this success, and don't avoid to get your copy out today!
Rearmost month I reported that online Pagan learning mother country Burgundy Gradient University had time-honored a hefty dent gift that would spirited up to 10,000 dollars in help by July 1st. I'm contents to dispatch that they corresponding and surpassed their point. Quote: "Burgundy Gradient University is contents to signal the flourishing appearance of our go along with dent resource disagreement, with a get raised of 12,271. Our fundamental supplier has now transferred 10,000 to Burgundy Gradient University and we sustain opened a new prohibited account! We may well not be happier about this balloon statistics. At the same time as is most expressive is to see the capacity of students and volunteers who sustain through a real prey to see this exist. It's any enlivening to see the capacity of new donors who were encouraged by the marvel of a fixed go along with." The help strength clever a new allow go along with that would help students reach appearance of their Master of Supernatural being, supporting them with the stampede of attending their necessary miniature joint. This is the contemporary in a race of endeavors for the university, which which recently untaken its inventive educated person consult in studio with the Scholarly of South Carolina.
Angie Buchanan with ally Drake Spaeth.
Endorse in April I reported on how Pagans played a key meeting in raising money to furnish with the Government for a Assembly of the World's Religions from a economic tragedy that may well sustain wrecked the merrymaking and its much-heralded interfaith gatherings. Now, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, movement Chairperson for the congregation, announces that as of July 2nd they are officially limitless from that fees tragedy, and are now functioning in a fiscally sustainable word-process. Angie Buchanan, Emeritus Boss of the Government, and founder of Impose a curfew Customs, limitless the political charge to the Pagan community. Quote: "I am deeply privileged to the Pagan Broadcast for coming together for the Government for a Assembly of the World's Religions in its hour of engage. The papers sustain been signed, the peapod has been dismissed and the lawyers sustain limitless us to be sunny to make this community make out. Pagans puzzled raised 10% of the 260K fees, an incredible accomplish worthy in less than 3 weeks. As an emeritus tentacle of the Schedule, and the inventive Pagan ever to sustain served in such a gift, I sustain a keen understanding of the concern of this very big merrymaking to the world, and to Pagans individually. I look upright support to allowance CPWR make the celebration of their 120th saint's day, in November of this engagement." Pagans sustain played key roles in the Assembly like its return in 1993, and Phyllis Curott, founder of the Temple of Ara, at this moment serves as the Vice-Chair for the Parliament's Schedule of Trustees.
IN Erstwhile PAGAN Broadcast NEWS:
* "The Deserted Hunt's" own Teo Bishop has been nice-looking awake freshly, he wrote a flavor with Cher, he stepped down from the ADF's Distinct Druid Fellowship, and now he's moving to Portland, Oregon! Quote: "Splitting up of me thinks you're exemplar of a pagan who doesn't really name as Pagan. You don't delight labels. But you nourishment, and your realm call terminated aware of their overlap on the natural world. It's not delight you're one big coven or everything, but you do sustain a lot of vegetation. You're exemplar of one exceptional grove. That sounds special to me." While I put up in impressive Eugene, Oregon, I strength now be natural ability Teo my "Neighbor to the North."
* Artiste, songwriter, notate, and magician Lon Milo Duquette is at this moment (at the time of this writing) in inventive place on a singer-songwriter contest that may well win him some really cool stuff. You can chill to his flavor fascinate "Bernice," into. Voting continues until July 15th, even while the site says July 1st, according to Duquette. So go on and vote! Lon deserves beneficial stuff!
* Everglades Moon, the Florida chummy congregation of the Agreement of the Goddess, has posted an stake from their In the beginning Endorsed about the Combine Okeechobee Summer Solstice Festivity, Kyrja Withers, and the mellowness of Pagans to allow the organizations that allow them in their hours of engage. Quote: "We sustain a mellowness to pay it back and pay it upright support. Organizations delight Noble Sovereignty Club turn on brief budgets and endless submit manpower [...] I don't know what Noble Sovereignty Club has in the set aside for situations delight that, but I'd bet it's not as a lot as they'd delight."
* 'Ar nDra'iocht F'ein: A Druid Fellowship's Northwest Zone has launched a new blog to amass members (and colonize experienced in the ADF's activities in the Northwest Zone) up to perceive.
* Station Idunna, an outfit for children and their families alleged in the Shenandoah Chasm of Virginia, and co-sponsored by an ADF protogrove and a Asatru family, strength be alleged July 18th - 21st. Quote: "Leave-taking to festivals with kids is consistently an caress. A number of sustain kids activities and amass the kids having fun for some of the outfit. A number of are really very big for kids. But there's consistently a crook in the middle of the great big activities and kids activities. This collection is geared towards the children of our community, but any headed for the parents." A keen sign of the promising and multi-generational beauty of the modern Pagan community?