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Seasons Greetings,
It's amazing to think the Wheel of the Year has turned again, yet here we are at December with longer nights and shorter days.
Our big temple news this month is the launch of our Temple Store. So great news for all you holiday shoppers! You can now go to TempleoftheGoddess.org to shop. We have stores for books, music & videos, and gifts (some personalized with the TOG logo). A percentage of every purchase goes to the temple. Feel good about shopping-add charity (not from your pocket, but their's) while you get the best deals on the web.
Temple of the Goddess has had a great year and your continued support by shopping through our Temple Store will help keep the temple doors open in 2008. I send winter blessings to one and all. Xia |
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Temple of the Goddess Announcements
BIG NEWS!!!!! TEMPLE STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS 
Our long-awaited Temple Store is now up and open for business. Please support the temple by clicking here to shop for the holidays. We have an Amazon Bookstore, Amazon Music Store, and Amazon Gift Store. Additionally, you can shop at Giveline.com through our temple store which has wonderful prices and gifts to choose from. Also, you can buy cups, t-shirts, bags and yes, postage stamps with Temple of the Goddess logo. So when you think of giving to family and friends, think of the temple, the work we do and shop through our Temple Store.
Goddess Choir Rehearsals
Choir Rehearsals will resume in January
2008 Ritual Dates
The Temple will post dates for 2008 rituals and events in January 2008.
Send a Holiday Card to a Soldier When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, also include one for the following address:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001
Classes Offered in 2008
Temple of the Goddess is offering a limted number of classes in 2008. Dates and curriculum will be posted in January.
Staff Added
TOG is proud to announce the addition of two new writers to Between the Columns, Rosemary Clark and MaLisa Martin. Rosemary Clark, author of numerous books on Egyptian Astronomy and Priestess of Temple Harakhte will be the Temple of the Goddess Astronomer. Look for her forthcoming articles in 2008. MaLisa Martin, the temple's first Environmental Advisor, will be contributing articles about "going green" as well as be hands-on advisor building our temple green. Welcome to you both.
Board of Directors
We welcome new board members: Briana Murray, Lora Cain, and Media Director Karen Tate.
Lost and Found
A beautiful photograph was left on the ancestor altar at Hallows Eve. If you are missing a female ancestor picture, sepia tone, place contact the temple at info@templeofthegoddess.org. |
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Kid's Realm ~~Childhood is a journey, not a race.~~
Hand Cut-out Wreath
This hand cut out wreath is a great Christmas craft. Kids enjoy tracing and cutting out their hands and when the wreath is done they feel they've had a hand in the holiday decorating. Parental supervision is recommended.Difficulty: Easy. Read More . . . |
DONOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Temple of the Goddess wishes to acknowledge, honor, and welcome those who have joined, tithed, or donated to the temple this month. You keep the temple doors open for all of us.
Realm of Air
Kamala
Gloria Avrech
Realm of Fire
Pat Lentz
Realm of WaterMichael Appleby
Realm of Earth
J. Tatum
J. Clark
Realm of SpiritRuth Ann Anderson Dawn Bodnar Sutton
Click here for information on becoming a member of TOG. Temple of the Goddess has a variety of ways that you can participate fiscally in our vision. To learn more about making a tax-deductible donation to the temple, go to Gifting Opportunities.
Artwork from Ritual Path DVD by artist John Banks and music by Fritz Heede of Artek Images. Available at Temple of the Goddess Music & Media Store.
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 Pagan Leaders Elected to Interfaith Positions
Two well-known leaders of the Pagan community were elected to executive positions by the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR), in Chicago, Illinois this past weekend.
The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions was founded in 1893 and has an international presence. It is the oldest, largest, and considered by many to be the most respected interfaith organization in the world today.
Since its founding, CPWR has sponsored major international interfaith conferences in the USA, Africa, and Europe, and is preparing for the next conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia in 2009. Continued . . .
Circle Times: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
 As the Wheel of Life spins, the seasons bear witness to the covenant of the Goddess, Her promise of life and the never-ending cycle of birth, death, and renewal. To each of us in times of both joy and sorrow She sweetly whispers, "Be not afraid of my cycles and embrace the changing nature of all things, the permanence within the impermanence. The seasons bear witness to this promise I manifested for you. For surely, the darkness and death of winter is followed by the light and renewal of spring."
We Remember: Eugene Freeman Hu, beloved partner of Lisa Thiel, who crossed over in October 2007. Eugene, a Greenman and son of the Earth Mother, will be missed by all those whose life he touched. His spirit lives on in the hearts of those who love him. |
O.C. witch fights for pentacle-inscribed tombstones. 
Yvonne Conway sees dead people, so tombstones were a no-brainer. Conway is the national spokesperson for the Berkley-based witchcraft organization Covenant of the Goddess. She may also be Orange County's most prominent witch.
The 37-year-old Huntington Beach native organizes three Meetup.com social networking groups for Orange County witches, pagans and ghost enthusiasts.
She belongs to a coven of eight, believes in magic and says that ghosts routinely flutter through her Orange County home. Continued . . .
By Gwendolyn Driscoll, Reprinted from The Orange County Register, September 11, 2007 |
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Bring Back the Greek Gods. Mere mortals had a better life when more than one ruler presided from on high.
Prominent secular and atheist commentators have argued lately that religion "poisons" human life and causes endless violence and suffering. But the poison isn't religion; it's monotheism. The polytheistic Greeks didn't advocate killing those who worshiped different gods, and they did not pretend that their religion provided the right answers. Their religion made the ancient Greeks aware of their ignorance and weakness, letting them recognize multiple points of view.
There is much we still can learn from these ancient notions of divinity, even if we can agree that the practices of animal sacrifice, deification of leaders and divining the future through animal entrails and bird flights are well lost.
My Hindu students could always see something many scholars miss: The Greek gods weren't mere representations of forces in nature but independent beings with transcendent powers who controlled the world and everything in it. Some of the gods were strictly local, such as the deities of rivers and forests. Others were universal, such as Zeus, his siblings and his children. Continued . . .
By Mary Lefkowitz, Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2007 |
 In a Sacred Circle of Sisters,
Come Home to Your Authentic Self
The Shamanic Tantric Dance is a meditation in motion, a sacred dance spontaneously sourced from body impulse.
LAST INTRODUCTORY CLASS in PASADENA THIS YEAR Monday, December 10, 2007 from 7 to 10pm $30
SERIES OF FIVE CLASSES Monday, January 14 to February 11, 2008 from 7 to 10 pm $150
No Dance Experience Necessary. For more info click here.
Contact Kamala: (310) 455-3876 or kamala@terrakino.net
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Travel to Sacred Places of the Divine Feminine begins again . . . Guided by Karen Tate.
On your sacred tour, history, spirituality and culture come alive, creating a continuum between past and present. Time and distance dims. The line between traditional and non-traditional faith fades. You become one with the Mother.
Paris and Chartres - May 2008 /Turkey - October 2008
SACRED SUNDAYS BEGIN JANUARY 13
Interfaith services based on the Sacred Feminine, complemented by the
Divine Masculine, open to women, men and well-behaved children of all
traditions and faiths. 11AM - 1PM
http://www.karentate.com/Tate/sacred_sundays.html
For more information go to KarenTate.com or contact the author at karentate108@ca.rr.com or 310/450-6661 |
The Magdalene Center Community Calendar of Events, December:
- Sat, Dec 1, 1st Holiday Baroque (song & guitar) Concert @ 7pm, public $12
- Sun, Dec 2, Songs Alive Songwriters Workshop, guest song critique, call for info
- Tues, Dec 4, Evening Writers Salon (call for audition) call for info
- Thurs, Dec 6, New Artists Exhibit w/local artist Hinton Harris 7-10pm, public free
- Sat, Dec 8, 2nd Holiday Concert - Urban Renaissance Folk Concert @8pm $5+
- Sun, Dec 9, WHP Yule Service w. Rev. Catherine Wright 1-3pm, Public/Donation
- Thurs, Dec 13, Open Mic Nite for Comedy, Music, Song & Poetry! $5
- Sat, Dec 15, 3rd Holiday Rock Concert - TBA @ 7pm
- Thurs, Dec 20, Get Ready for New Years Eve w/ Shea's Latin Dance Class 7-9pm, $11
- Sat, Dec 22, Monthly Tent Faire & Marketplace 1-5pm (vendors call for details)
- Sat, Dec 22, 4th Holiday Rock Concert - TBA @ 7pm
Location: 4822 Vineland Ave @ Lankershim, North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: 818.760.0531, www.themagdalenecenter.com | |
