Paganicon is Friday through Sunday. It’s almost here. We’ve been anticipating this year’s Paganicon since last year’s Paganicon. This local Pagan conference really fills a much needed niche in the Pagan community. You can read about the special guest Christopher Penczak in a recent PNC interview.

James Van Praagh will be at the Eye of Horus March 12-17, teaching a five day class on mastering mediumship, and performing a spirit circle with special guest Echo Bodine. For more information or to register, check out http://www.vanpraagh.com/

Sacred Fire Circle in Paradise is already shaping up to be a great event, and it’s not until mid July. This might be the year they reach their cap. Check out this astoundingly powerful event at http://sacredfirecircle.hawkdancing.com/

Sacred Harvest Festival (August 6-12) registration is now open.  On a personal note, Sacred Harvest Fest is the reason I moved to Paganistan. I had attended Pagan festivals throughout the nation, and found most of them to be big Pagan themed parties. Sacred Harvest Fest was different. It was more spiritual, more family friendly, and more community focused. It opened my eyes to what a Pagan festival could be, and to what a Pagan community could be. I realized that I wanted to be a part of the spiritual community that created Sacred Harvest Fest. This festival is deeply significant to me, and so in the coming months will probably get many mentions in this newsletter.

It’s only two weeks to Paganicon. The Pagan community is maturing, and Conferences are becoming increasingly popular. It is therefore significant that our local community has its own Pagan conference. You can still register at http://paganicon.eventbrite.com/ and learn more at http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/

One of the exciting features of this year’s Paganicon is the Saturday night Paganicon Ball; http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/ball . This is the one part of Paganicon which is also open to non-registrants. People do enjoy celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, so instead of celebrating the guy who drove out the snakes, come celebrate with the snakes. If you can’t make it to Paganicon, but would like to attend the ball, tickets are available for $15 in advance at http://paganicon.eventbrite.com/ or at the door

There is an incredible mix of events next weekend. There really is something for everyone. Please check http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/cal for all the details.

It was three years ago that this newsletter accidentally started. At the time it was intended as a way to encourage people to join the best Pagan community Yahoo group EVER at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/. In fact, it still is, so please join the Yahoo group to get all the best information. This newsletter just offers a taste of all the yumminess you can find at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/

This Thursday is the deadline to get the $65 rate for Paganicon. After that it goes up to $80. Also, they’ll be sending in the badge requests, so registering before Thursday gets you a nicely printed badge which will look fabulous, but after Thursday you will get a badge created with a sharpie which will announce to the world that you were late in registering. You can register at http://paganicon.eventbrite.com/

If you want to know what you’re registering for, the Paganicon schedule was just posted at http://paganicon2012.sched.org/ or http://paganicon2012.sched.org/mobile/

February 26, 2009, Paganistani Promotions expanded to Facebook. At the time, it was done as a way to encourage people to join the Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans with the most complete Pagan community calendar in the nation. The Yahoo group has continued to grow, now having 633 members, making it the 9th largest community based Pagan Yahoo group in the world. All of the other 8 experienced their growth before Facebook became popular, and (like most Yahoo groups) have leveled off since then. While other Yahoo groups have been declining or maintaining, ours has continued to grow.

The Sacred Paths Center is three years old. Happy Birthday SPC, and thank you for being our Community Center.

Welsh Druid, Kristoffer Hughes, will be presenting a free talk at the Eye of Horus this Tuesday at 7pm. The Welsh National TV Network S4C is sponsoring his trip, along with a film crew, for a documentary of his life as a Welsh Druid and a writer working with Llewellyn. http://eyeofhorus.biz/store/classes-events/kristoffer-hughes-druid.htm

Circle of Dragons Training would like to invite those wishing to learn more about Wicca as a spiritual path, to attend a FREE eight week Seeker course. Classes will be held at Black Bear Crossings beginning April 15th, 2012. Class times will be from 1:00-3:00 p.m. You must be over 18 to attend or accompanied by a parent/guardian. Anyone interested in attending should contact Jim or Ruth at circle_of_dragons@hotmail.com

STARS (Society for Teaching, Astrological Research, and Study) is recruiting vendors, readers and books for its 7th annual International Astrology Metaphysical Faire and Booksale on Saturday March 10, 10:30 – 4:30pm at the Twin Cities Friends Meeting House. Please contact LindaFei@aol.com or 651 698-1691. (Booth rates $30 and $40; $5 discount for National Council for Geocosmic Research members)

Paganicon has a few deadlines coming up.

If you or your group would like to sponsor a hospitality suite at Paganicon, the deadline is February 16. Details are available at http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/hospitality-suites

Registration is only $65 before February 23. After that, it goes up to $80. http://paganicon.eventbrite.com/

If you plan to stay at the hotel during Paganicon, the special con-rate for hotel guests is only available through February 23. http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/M/MSPPHDT-PAG-20120316/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

If you would like to purchase advertising in the Paganicon programming book, the deadline is February 26. http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/sponsorship-and-advertising

If you are an author who will be attending, you can still sign up for a book-signing slot before March 2. http://tcpaganpride.org/form/index.php?sid=35779&lang=en

Paganicon is a local Pagan conference held March 16-18, 2012 at the Doubletree Park Place in St. Louis Park , MN. http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/
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For more detailed information (addresses, descriptions, etc.) or further updates, check out the much ballyhooed Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/

This week there are still more reasons to celebrate the wonderful local Pagan community.

Winter Witch Camp is almost here: February 16-20. Learn more at http://winterwitchcamp.com/wwc2012/Joomla_1.5.18/

This year, Earth House Project of MN is once again going to be giving the Sacred Paths Center 25% of the profits again from its Midsummer Gather. The Midsummer Gather is a nearby week long festival, June 17-24. You can learn more at http://earthhousemn.org/, and read a review of last year’s event at https://pncminnesota.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/earth-house-midsummer-gather/

Two national guests were announced this week for the 15th Sacred Harvest Festival, August 6-12; Lady Yeshe Rabbit http://harmonytribe.org/content/lady-yeshe-rabbit-national-sacred-harvest-festival-guest and Andras Corban Arthen http://harmonytribe.org/content/andras-corban-arthen-national-guest-sacred-harvest-festival-2012.

February 13 marks the official 3rd birthday of the Sacred Paths Center. We’ve had our own community center for three years. That’s pretty cool.

February 11, the Sacred paths Center will be holding their annual Bread & Brew contest from 5-8pm. Whether you enter in the competition, or judge the competition, it’s a good place to be. Delicious bread, and brews. This is such a brilliant idea. http://www.sacredpathscenter.org/?page_id=348
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For more detailed information (addresses, descriptions, etc.) or further updates, check out the much ballyhooed Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/