Pagans looking for Winter Solstice gifts have a unique opportunity this Sunday when Eye of Horus hosts an artisan fair. Local artists, artisans, and hand-crafters will set up their wares in Eye’s new classroom space and will also be on hand to talk with shoppers about their art. PNC-Minnesota spoke with a few of the artists and artisans taking part in this ‘shop within a shop’ fair.
Interviews and more information after the break:
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Once upon a time I was Christian, specifically I was a devout Born Again Baptist. Yes, I have read the Bible from cover-to-cover six different times. I can still sing a number of hymns from memory, as well as modern Christian songs, and I can quote Bible verses and Church history at you better than some ministers I’ve met through the years (though certainly not all). Long before I ever even conceived of converting, when people would say “Christ is the reason for the season” it irked me, because even then and as a Christian I knew that it simply wasn’t true.
Now that I am Pagan (specifically Heathen) it especially irks me, since so many people who say that phrase do so while they rage for their Christian rights on the winter holidays while running roughshod over the rights and beliefs of countless other people and religions out there. Every year there’s some new boycott enacted by outraged Christians because a store clerk didn’t wish someone a “Merry Christmas” or a particular store didn’t use the words Merry Christmas in their advertising. The Christian values American Family Association has been known to call for boycotts in the past, and this year they’ve already blacklisted Dick’s Sporting Goods for perceived snubs against “Christmas” this year.
So why the confusion?
Monday at 7pm there’s a puppet show fundraiser at Sacred Paths Center. These shows are a rare treat. Bring your child or your inner-child.
Paganistan’s very own Kari Tauring was on a Norse reality TV show, Alt for Norge. There will be showings the Second and Fourth Tuesdays at Merlin’s Rest, right before the Open Stav Jam. Kari will give a brief introduction at 5:30pm and start the episode at 6pm. The episodes are in English.
* Episode One December 14 and 28
* Episode Two January 11 and 25
* Episode Three February 8 and 22
* Episode Four – Kari’s final show March 8 and 22.
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