Flourishing, pagan groups get organized

[davidinalameda]

http://www.southflorida.com/news/bal-te.md.pagans31oct31,0,2209768.story?coll=sfe-guide-headlines2

In a quiet room at the back of the Westchester Community Center in Oella, Ostara Hollyoak organizes the half-dozen young children and their mothers into a small circle. The youngsters settle down as she lights a thick green candle at their center. She leads them in a pledge.

"I promise to serve the Wise Ones," say Caleb, Hannah, Holly and the others, "to honor and respect the Earth. To be helpful and understanding to all people, and always keep love in my heart."

The Saturday morning meeting in Baltimore County of Spiral Dance Circle No. 101 has begun. For the next 90 minutes or so, the boys and girls ages 4 to 8 -- joined by a couple of younger siblings not old enough for membership -- will share pictures showing where they feel closest to nature, listen to a Lakota Sioux creation myth and then break for a party.

[joefree1]

1. Great article

Thanks for posting. ;-)


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaganWarrior/

[davidinalameda]

5. I only steal from the best!

:evilgrin:

[catbert836]

2. Wish they had something like that around here.

The only place that I really fell comfortable at worship is my UU church, and I can't get there often because it's so far away. If there were a pagan group/Spiral Dance circle around here, it would definitely be worth going to.

[davidinalameda]

4. I'm sure if you checked Yahoo

there's probably a pagan e-group near you

and I would be willing to bet that there's a group as well that gets together in your area

[catbert836]

6. Somehow I doubt that.

In good old Erie PA, you're Catholic or you're nothing. Non-Catholics will not be willing to state their affiliation, much less Non-Christians. However, I'll check it out. Stranger things have happened.

[Dervill Crow]

8. Check witchvox.com

Also, try meetup.com to look for pagan groups. You might be surprised.

I've heard good things about Spiral Scouts.

Edited to add link: http://www.spiralscouts.org/metadot/index.pl

[LibertyLover]

3. Great article

I hope that when my daughter gets old enough that Spiral Scouts are around. I'd drive her from Annapolis to Baltimore if I had to.

[William769]

7. Glad to see them getting organized.

[shrike]

9. As I've said before, I like the pagans

We in the major faiths could learn a lot from them: they seem to mind their own business and leave everyone else alone.

My husband the agnostic says he thinks the pagans are closer to being right than anyone else, since there's is an earth-based religion.