Free Chronic Illness Management Workshop – Friday 7pm, Oct 12th

 

Sherry L.M. Merriam, a Pagan and a therapist serving the Twin Cities Pagan Community at Franklin Family Services is offering a FREE workshop:    Take Back Your Health:  Power Tools for People with Chronic Illness, Their Caregivers, and Health Care Providers.

When: Friday, October 12, 2012, 7 PM to 8:30 PM

Location: Adler Graduate School – 1550 East 78th Street, Richfield, MN 55423

 People with chronic illness and their care providers frequently feel dis-empowered – even helpless – when facing an ongoing medical condition or pain.  This workshop will provide participants with empowerment through encouragement and practical tools to manage any health condition. Please register for free online .

Sherry Merriam has offered presentations of interest to Pagans at Paganicon, MARScon, CONvergence, and Minicon.

Paganistan Weekly; October 8-14

Women & Spirituality Conference is next weekend, October 13 & 14, in Mankato. Learn more at http://sbs.mnsu.edu/women/conference/womens_spirituality_program_2012-final.pdf

Local artist Anne Marie Forrester will be unveiling her newest masterwork next Saturday at the Eye of Horus. The painting will be hanging in the Eye of Horus temple room, which has been undergoing huge transformations lately as a sacred space. http://shop.eyeofhorus.biz/Queen-of-Heaven-p/cls-qhu.htm

The calendar is really filling up with Samhain celebrations. Check out the ever-growing listings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TwinCitiesPagans/cal

Follow the Moon: Astrology of intention and mindfulness

by Teri Parsley Starnes

Teri’s interest with astrology lies with helping people see how following a practice of intention and self-awareness leads to a fuller relationship with Mystery. Astrology is a wonderful tool for this. Her weekly column orients readers to the seasonal energy of
each month’s Sun sign in order to set magical/mindful intention for the lunar month beginning at the New Moon.

Each week Teri will write about the unfolding energies that support and challenge our intentions. The ebb and flow of the lunar cycle resides deep in our souls. Through following the phases of the Moon, we remember the natural cycles that guide us.

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Lon Milo Duquette Releases New Song Collection – “Baba Lon II”

Ninety Three Records releases “Baba Lon II”   (Anaheim Hills, CA)  –

Lon Milo Duquette    photo:Patheos.com

Just days before kicking off his European Fall Equinox Tour, Lon DuQuette and Ninety Three Records announced the release of his second collection this year, “Baba Lon II”, a followup to his first Ninety Three album, “I’m Baba Lon”, issued earlier this year. DuQuette, a prolific author and Aleister Crowley disciple, previously recorded for Epic Records. “Baba Lon II” continues where “I’m Baba Lon” left off, exploring his return to roots as musician, storyteller, sage and philosophical jester.

Formerly half of the 1970’s duo Charley D. & Milo, DuQuette was signed to Epic after a Southern California bar gig. He and his partner spent the next few years recording their own songs, writing and recording with Johnny Rivers, opening for Sammy Davis Jr. and performing with Arlo Guthrie. Lon “retired” from life in the fast lane in 1977 settling with his wife and son in Costa Mesa, California.

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