Yuletide blessings to you.

Once again UMPA will be feeding the needy for Christmas. Let’s face it, we’re Pagans, which means that for many of us our celebrations fall on days other than December 25, and very few of us work on December 25, so we’re available to help out. The Upper Midwest Pagan Alliance has been organizing this for four years, and it is always a fulfilling event. Meet at the Union Gospel Mission- located at 435 E University Ave. in St. Paul at 11:30am. Email; board@umpaganalliance.com if you can commit to attending. Afterward we all go to Cecil’s Deli for lunch.

The Paganicon planning committee met this morning. There is a lot of excitement about this new local Pagan gathering. If you are planning to attend, sign up right away. Also, if you are intending to vend or would like to present programming, sign up right away. It will be Friday, March 25th through Sunday, March 27th, 2011 at the Doubletree Park Place in St. Louis Park, MN. The hotel has ample free parking, lots of local food options, and is easily accessible by bus.. http://tcpaganpride.org/paganicon/

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** EVENTS THIS WEEK **

MONDAY; December 20

• 6pm weekly Community Potluck at the Sacred Paths Center followed at 7pm by Shamanic Journey Practice for those who know how to journey and want a safe place to practice.
• 7pm Mindful Mondays (meditation) mvanavery@yahoo. com for details
• Midnight-2:30am: Coldwater Solstice Eclipse at Coldwater Spring: http://friendsofcoldwater.org/home.html

TUESDAY; December 21: YULE

• Full Moon at 2:14 am
  There will be a Total Lunar Eclipse beginning penumbrially at 11:27 pm December 20, fully eclipsed from 1:40 am to 2:53 am December 21, and completely over at 5:06 am.
• Winter Solstice at 5:38pm
• 6pm Chanting & Meditation Gathering; http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169045836453694
• 7pm Druid Grove Gather at Merlins Rest Pub
• 7pm Old Craft Discussion Group at Eye of Horus; http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Old-Craft-Discussion-Group-with-Steven-Posch-p/cls-old%20craft.htm
• 7pm Sacred Sexuality – Yule Celebration at BLISS One Consciousness Temple; http://www.meetup.com/BLISSOne/

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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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** EVENTS THIS WEEK **

MONDAY;

• 6pm weekly Community Potluck at the Sacred Paths Center followed at 7pm by Shamanic Journey Practice for those who know how to journey and want a safe place to practice.
• 7pm Puppet Show Fundraiser for SPC at the Sacred Paths Center
• 7pm Mindful Mondays (meditation) mvanavery@yahoo. com for details

TUESDAY;

• 7pm Wild Hunt Staving Group at the Sacred Paths Center
• 7pm Minneapolis Crones; http://www.meetup.com/Minneapolis-Crones/
• 7pm Sacred Sexuality at BLISS One Consciousness Temple; http://www.meetup.com/BLISSOne/

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Only 23 more days till Yule!

Next Sunday there a couple of very interesting hands-on activities to choose from. There is crafting at Clue Manor, which will include making a very special incense which was sampled at an event last week and was exquisite (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106543372747216). There’s also a release party for Anne Marie Forrester’s new coloring book at the Eye of Horus, which should be colorful and fun.

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** EVENTS THIS WEEK **

MONDAY; November 29

• 6pm weekly Community Potluck at the Sacred Paths
• 7pm Mindful Mondays (meditation) mvanavery@yahoo. com for details
• TUESDAY; November 30
• 7pm Sacred Sexuality at BLISS One Consciousness Temple; http://www.meetup.com/BLISSOne/

WEDNESDAY; December 1

• 6:30pm Coffee Cauldron at the Edge Coffeehouse and around the corner from the Sacred Paths Center (people tend to meander between the two)
• 6:30pm Minnesota Heathens Moot at 42 Avenue Station
• 7:30pm Twin Cities Witches Meetup at ommon Roots Café; http://witches.meetup.com/1387/

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Hopefully you enjoyed a blessed full moon. The next full moon will also be Yule, so that should be a very interesting evening. People are already scheduling events, and making plans.

Geek Partnership has a community center. It’s been open for a while, but it’s been difficult getting information about it because the people in charge of it are kind of geeky. But it’s there! 1121 Jackson St NE, Suite 106, Minneapolis, MN 55413 http://www.geekpartnership.org/ Let’s face it, a whole lot of people reading this are geeky so a geek community center is very relevant.

About once a month, a recipient of the Paganistan newsletter accuses the newsletter of spamming them. The newsletter goes out to about 3000 people, so it’s a fairly low percentage, however it’s still good to clear this up. Most of the complaints come from Facebook where this newsletter is sent out to the members of the Twin Cities Pagans group. The description of the group says, “This group is the primary distribution point for Paganistan Weekly, the local newsletter for the Twin Cities Pagan community. Every week the members of this group are kept in the loop about local Pagan events and news.” This is not unsolicited spam. This is a service.

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** EVENTS THIS WEEK **

MONDAY; November 22

• 6pm weekly Community Potluck at the Sacred Paths
• 7pm Mindful Mondays (meditation) mvanavery@yahoo. com for details

TUESDAY; November 23

• 7pm Twin Cities Tarot Meetup at the Eye of Horus; http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Tarot-Meetup-p/cls-30.htm
• 7pm Open Stav Jam at Merlins Rest Pub; http://karitauring.com/
• 7pm Sacred Sexuality at BLISS One Consciousness Temple; http://www.meetup.com/BLISSOne/

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The Coven of The Standing Stones are starting a new round of Seeker Classes. They are Held at: Magus Books and Herbs most Friday nights at 6:30 pm. This Friday is a great opportunity to get started. These are really wonderful classes which start this Friday with “What is Paganism”. If you have ever considered attending seeker classes, you owe it to yourself to check this out.

The new Harry Potter movie opens Friday! Okay, it’s not actually Pagan, but come-on, chances are that you’re going to see it.

There’s a new item on the calendar; the Healing Loft Sampler Night. Every Thursday The Healing Loft has Psychics and Healers available. They tend to rotate so that every Thursday has a somewhat different line-up. You can check them out at 2112 Broadway St. NE, Suite 230-250, Minneapolis, MN

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** EVENTS THIS WEEK **

MONDAY; November 15

• 6pm weekly Community Potluck at the Sacred Paths Center followed at 7pm by Shamanic Journey Practice for those who know how to journey and want a safe place to practice.
• 7pm Mindful Mondays (meditation) mvanavery@yahoo. com for details

TUESDAY; November 16

• 7pm Druid Grove Gather at Merlins Rest Pub
• 7pm Sacred Sexuality at BLISS One Consciousness Temple; http://www.meetup.com/BLISSOne/
• 7pm Old Craft Discussion Group at Eye of Horus; http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Old-Craft-Discussion-Group-with-Steven-Posch-p/cls-old%20craft.htm

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