Meetings & Back-to-School Ritual with PSA @ WCU

The first meeting of the PSA at WCU will be on Monday evening, August 26, at 5:30 pm in the Rogers Room on the 2nd floor of the UC. Nominations for officers will be held. Plans for very cool upcoming events this semester will be announces and discussed. There will also be a Back-to-School ritual on Thursday evening, August 29, from 7 to 9 pm, in the Catamount Room on the 2nd floor of the UC. Everyone is welcome!!!

"RISE UP" WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY GROUP STARTING

This is group for women only at this time.  We may expand it in the future. 

Anyone identifying and living full-time as a woman is welcome. 

Women of ANY religion are WELCOME, but, that said, all participants must be Pagan friendly and respectful of differences.  No proselytizing will be permitted.  This is being held at a Pagan Temple....

The curriculae we will be using, "Rise Up and Call Her Name" and "Cakes for the Queen of Heaven" are UU curriculae, but we will also be doing other things as led by each woman of this group, all of whom will be peers and equals.  The curriculae mentioned will be very loosely facilitated by our HPS Lianna, but only because she just happens to have the materials.  :O) 

Snacks and drinks to share will be welcome.  Something baked by Lianna and tea and coffee will always be provided.

We will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings of the month, and once we start to meet, if we decide we'd like to meet more often, every week for example, or on a different night, we can change this as a group.

The first meeting, in order to advertise this new group and give people a chance to plan for it, will be on:

August 13  from 6-8 pm

The 2nd meeting will be on August 27, and so forth. 

If the group changes the day or time of these meetings it will be posted on our website at:

www.sylvanhearth.com

This group will meet for a minimum of 12 meetings, but can continue to meet after that if the group wishes.

If you are interested, please RSVP to and get directions from:

liannacostantino@yahoo.com

828-331-8688

(We cannot advertise our location publicly for safety and privacy reasons)

Blessed be!

Monthly Donations

As with most other Temples and churches, we rely partly on donations from members and allies to keep the Temple running.  We also work hard to help ourselves with additional endeavors such as our garden (we hope to sell produce and give some to the Community Table in Sylva), flea markets sales, our Etsy shop and other fundraisers.

We wish that money held no sway here, but if we don't pay the mortgage, the beautiful, safe and private 7 acre space that we've purchased, built upon and enjoy will cease to exist.  We cannot thank our regular and occasional donors enough, but THANK YOU!!!!

Chip in is no more...

We are adding a Paypal link to our website soon, and hope that will help to make donating convenient for many.

We still have Facebook causes.  More on that soon as well.

Donations can be made directly at the Temple as well for those of you who are members.

You can mail us a check, set up a direct monthly deposit or visit any BB&T bank - all they need is our name, an account number is not required. :o)

All checks should be made payable to:  Sylvan Hearth Pagan Temple 

Donation by mail: 

Sylvan Hearth Pagan Temple 
POB 612 
Dillsboro, NC  28725 

Again, thank you so much for all your support!!!!

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Brigid's Holy Well In Kildare Ireland

This is a Catholic site where Pagans are also welcome to honor the Goddess Brid, AKA St. Brigid.

Example of Well dressing where people leave offerings and tie ribbons to the tree next to the well.

Below is a link to a story about Pagans and Christians both worshiping at Brigid's Well:

http://waterculturepower.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/st-brigids-well-where-druidism-meets-paganism-meets-christianity/