Underhill Forge has openings for three students to learn Blacksmithing, Sand Casting Bronze, Machining and more techniques with a view to creating Magical Tools. Energy work and Ritual experience are preferred. There is no pay for shop work and No tuition asked for. Cost of materials and percentage of what you sell will go to Underhill. Work is usually Sun between 12 and 4 Pm located in NE Minneapolis. For more information, contact triskellion1@usfamily.net

Star of the North Tarot conference is next Weekend. Learn more and register here.

It’s looking like it’s going to be a great year for Paganicon, March 16-18. The workshop options are looking really good at http://paganicon2012.sched.org/. It sounds like the Saturday night ball is really gearing up to be something special. Learn more here and register here.

There are poi spinning classes from February 2 through March 15, Thursdays from 7:30-9pm. To learn more and register, click here and search for poi.

These Community Notes are created from the information gathered for the Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo group calendar, the most extensive Pagan community calendar in the nation. You can check it out and be in the know at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/

Star of the North Tarot Conference is less than two weeks away. It’s pretty exciting that there’s going to be a new local tarot conference. Learn more and register at http://www.tctarotcollective.com/

Paganicon is less than two months away, March 16-18. This Twin Cities based Pagan Conference was astounding last year, and looking even better this year. Learn more at http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/ and register at http://paganicon.eventbrite.com/

John Michael Greer is returning to the Twin Cities for a weekend intensive at the Eye of Horus next weekend. Greer was last year’s honored guest at Paganicon, and was so loved that the Eye of Horus is bringing him back. http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Ceremonial-Magic-for-Pagans-p/cls-jmg1.htm

There was a really good article in the PNC this week about a local student who was supported by her school when she wore a pentacle necklace. A substitute teacher told her to tuck it in, and the substitute was immediately reprimanded. It’s so nice to see when the system actually works. You can read about this at https://pncminnesota.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/quick-response-by-local-school-over-pagan-necklace/

There’s going to be a new metaphysical store in Brainerd, MN. Ancestral Paths, is targeted to open on March 1st, 2012, at 207 South 7th st. Brainerd, MN. It’s a bit outside the Twin Cities, but we definitely wish them well.

About eight years ago I created a thing called the Pagan Daily Calendar, which attempted to find the Pagan celebrations linked with different days, because every day there is cause for celebration. This required researching the holidays to find out how they were practiced. I would find a description of a tradition, but then further research would reveal that it was only practiced that way in one particular village. Eventually it became clear that Paganism is really about the practices of communities. To understand Pagans, you have to understand the communities in which they practice. Every day, this community has wonderful ways in which it celebrates its Paganism. This is a great community for Pagans.

The monthly Druid Gathering at Merlin’s Rest pub is in need of a new host. Until they find a new host, the gathering has been suspended. So, if you’re a druid, and you want an excuse to hang out at Merlin’s Rest once a month, post your intentions at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grovegather/

There’s a Valentines Day giveaway for tarot lovers: http://amethysttarot.com/valentines-day-giveaway/#

It’s only 2 weeks until the triumphant return of John Michael Greer. http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Ceremonial-Magic-for-Pagans-p/cls-jmg1.htm

We’re coming up quickly on the programming submission deadline for Paganicon, January 14. If you’d like to present a workshop, ritual, panel, or other programming related activity, please visit http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/programming. You’ll find forms for ideas and proposals. Please e-mail programming@tcpaganpride.org with any questions before January 14.

A local Pagan just opened an online store: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/KnittingGlass

Happy New Year.

This is a time when many people are making resolutions. Here are a few options for resolutions:
Resolve to go to at least one Pagan event per month.
Resolve to make a donation to the Sacred Paths Center.
Resolve to support local Pagan businesses.
Resolve to make sure that all your Pagan friends in the Twin Cities area receive this newsletter.

It’s less than a month until John Michael Greer (last year’s Paganicon guest of honor) returns to town for a weekend intensive at the Eye of Horus. http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Ceremonial-Magic-for-Pagans-p/cls-jmg1.htm

Speaking of Paganicon, if you have not yet signed up to attend the March 16-18 local Pagan conference, you can check it out at http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/ and register at http://paganicon.eventbrite.com/

It’s one month to the Star of the North Tarot Conference, February 3-4. You can learn more about it at http://www.tctarotcollective.com/
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