Earth House Midsummer Gather was great. The camp ground was luxurious. The people were welcoming. The week was invigorating.

One wonderful camping event leads to the anticipation of another.

Sacred Fire Circle in Paradise; Thursday- Sunday, July 14-17; http://sacredfirecircle.hawkdancing.com/index.html

Sacred Harvest Festival; August 6-14th registration rates go up on July 1st, so don’t wait to register. This is the largest Pagan gathering in Minnesota, or any state bordering Minnesota. It’s a well established festival which has changed the lives of countless people, and keeps getting better. http://www.harmonytribe.org/

The Group/Seeker Meet & Greet is this Wednesday June 29! If you are looking for a group, or if you are a group looking for people, or if you’re a group and you want to network with other groups, or if you want to see a cross section of our fabulous community, this is the event for you. $10 per group, $2 per seeker, no reservations needed.

Magus Books & Herbs’ very own Roger Williamson has released a DVD entitled “How Deep Goes the Masque?” Read more about it at http://www.magusbooks.com/product/How-Deep-Goes-the-Masque/Magical-Videos

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Community Notes is reprinted courtesy of Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo Group.

Happy Father’s Day.

Earth House Midsummer Gather is next week, all week! It starts on Father’s Day, and this year’s theme is “Father of the Greenwood”. 25% of the proceeds for the gather will be donated to the Sacred Paths Center. A good festival which supports a good cause. http://www.earthhousemn.org/

The Group/Seeker Meet & Greet returns Wednesday June 29! If you are looking for a group, or if you are a group looking for people, or if you’re a group and you want to network with other groups, or if you want to see a cross section of our fabulous community, this is the event for you. $10 per group, $2 per seeker, no reservations needed.

Sacred Fire Circle in Paradise is almost here, and the registration rates are about to go up. Work purposefully around the fire every night, Thursday- Sunday, July 14-17. These are some of the most profound experiences available. If you are able to go, please do. Sign up now to get the early rate. http://sacredfirecircle.hawkdancing.com/index.html

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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/

Sharon Knight will be performing at the Sacred Paths Center Wednesday night. She is currently one of the hottest Pagan musicians touring.

SJ Tucker is confirmed as a musical guest and presenter for next year’s Paganicon, speaking of the hottest Pagan musicians touring.

The Sacred Paths Center has been presenting top name Pagan musicians, now Paganicon is bringing in a top name Pagan musician, and this fall at the TC Pagan Pride Celebration, many of the area’s top Pagan musicians will be performing.

The great Willow at Cold Water Spring has been saved! Anyone who has attended a full moon walk at Cold Water Spring (such as the one happening this Wednesday) knows how significant this tree is, and how wonderful it is that it will continue being there. There will be another full moon walk at Cold Water Spring this Wednesday at 7pm.

Second and Third generation Pagans are becoming more common in Paganistan, which makes a class this Friday at the Sacred Paths Center all the more significant. The Mothers of Daughters seminar is about discussing sexuality with teenage daughters. Often, Pagan ethics are subtly different from mainstream ethics, which creates tension around delicate issues, and makes classes like this profoundly important and worthy of notice. Mothers can attend at 7pm. There is more information available at http://www.womenstemple.com/home.shtml

Earth House Midsummer Gather begins next Sunday! Oh joyous week, Earth House Midsummer Gather is almost here. http://www.earthhousemn.org/

The Twin Cities Pagans Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_70134520490) was recently changed to the new groups format, at which point many people began posting on the wall, which then became emails to the more than 2500 members. Therefore the group was changed so that only moderators can post on the wall. Right now the group exists once again as a place primarily for the distribution of this newsletter. If you wish to be in an open networking group on Facebook, you can join the Twin Cities Pagan Networking Group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_166938510037410. If you want all the best information about the local Pagan community, opportunities for discussion, with moderation to keep out spammers, you can join the Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/

Paganistani Promotions has a new icon displayed on all our accounts. There are three stripes, blue, white and green. The blue symbolizes the sky, and was actually sampled from a digital photo of sky. The white symbolizes snow. The green symbolizes the fertile earth. In the middle is a symbol which just about everyone in Paganistan can agree is significant, although few paths agree on what it means, thus making it the perfect symbol to include. The symbol is gold for the richness of the culture. Overlaid over the symbol is a map of Paganistan with many of our sacred rivers and lakes. To the North of the map and above the symbol in Runes which seem to be reaching for the stars, it says, “WE COME FROM WELLS”. In the earthen area below the symbol, written in the fluid Theban script, it says, “WE REACH FOR STARS”. The Runes are used because of the importance of the northern folk to the unique culture of Paganistan. Theban is used because Wiccans are the majority in the Pagan community.
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Community Notes is reprinted courtesy of Twin Cities Pagans Yahoo Group.

Paganistan.com is up! It’s not pretty, and there’s not much content, but it exists and it’s a start, and not bad for four days work in spare time. The mere existence of paganistan.com is noteworthy in and of itself. If you have suggestions, would like to offer content, or have web design experience and would like to help, please email paganistan@paganistan.com http://www.paganistan.com/

It appears that Wikipedia is not going to delete the Paganistan listing, but it will be renamed as Paganism in Minnesota. You can read the entire deletion discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Paganistan and check out the much revised article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganistan

There is a new addition to Paganistan. Miss Juniper was born at 1:37 pm Friday. Welcome to our community. We will make a place for you.

The TC Pagan Pride organizers met at Minnehaha Falls to map out the September 10 Pagan Pride Day celebration. There will be musical entertainment all day. They would love to have public rituals all day long, so if your group would like to host a ritual, please let them know at info@tcpaganpride.org. They are also looking for people to lead workshops on 101 topics, and volunteers are always the most wonderful people in the universe. There are lot of spaces for vendors and informational booths. So if you would like to vend or inform the public in Minnehaha Park on September 10, please sign up soon at: http://tcpaganpride.org/paganpride/

Northern Folk Gathering is next weekend; June 10-12. Read more about it at http://northernfolkgathering.com/

Earth House Midsummer Gather is just two weeks away, June 19-26: http://www.earthhousemn.org/gather.htm

There’s a whole lot happening this week. Hopefully you’ll be able to make it to at least one of the events.
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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/