We are pleased to announce the Ordination of Patricia Stawski as a full clergy member in CWABC.
The ceremony recognizes the hard work and study that has been done in the course of training and the effort of providing for the community of Campbell River in service to the Goddesses and Gods. Pat brings experience, determination, warmth, and caring to the congregants she serves.
May the Goddesses and Gods bless Pat and the members of Aurora’s Grove Temple.
Date: October 15, 2011
Place: Campbell River Community Centre
401-11th Avenue
Time: doors open at 6:30, ritual at 7:00 pm
www.aurorasgrovetemple@hotmail.com
It is with regret that CWABC announces the resignation of Nanaimo clergy member Kam Abbott.
Kam had been an integral part of the Green Cauldron since its inception. He worked on the Pagan Pride Day event and took over as local coordinator last year. Kam also created the Pagans on the Rock Campout which is becoming very popular.
Over the years Kam has proposed ideas that were adopted not only at the local temple level but at the provincial Board level as well.
Thank you Kam, for your work and support over the years and best wishes as you step onto a different path.
CWA welcomes inquiries from like-minded groups who are interested in forming a Temple. Please contact Meredith at info@cwabc.org
An initiation ceremony, in any tradition, religion or path that has one, is intended to illustrate a Mystery and confer a Rite of Passage, by making the subject of the ritual into the protagonist of their own mythic story. A properly performed initiation ceremony takes the recipient into the living realm of the Hero’s Journey that Joseph Campbell wrote about. The Hero is called, propelled or forced into leaving his/her familiar home and entering on an adventure; s/he is tested by a guardian at the threshold who challenges his/her right to enter; if she passes the test, s/he descends into the Underworld, fights the monster or defeats the challenge, learns the lesson, and takes his/her newfound wisdom back to the mundane world, to teach it to others or share the lessons s/he has acquired.
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Reprinted from Issues Magazine, July & August 2010 Edition:
On the evening of the Spring Equinox, I cleaned up my shop and removed all my store literature from the front table where you walk in. I placed the altar cloths, one with a sun and moon image against a blue background, one with the cycle of the moon and goddess symbols and a labyrinth on a blue background, over top of each other to create a pleasing scene. I set out two candleholders; one with the image of the Triple Goddess as Maiden, Mother and Crone, holding a white candle, and one with the God of the Woodland as Holly King and Oak King, holding a black candle. Between them we symbolize the balance of Sun and Moon, male and female, old and young, life and death. Balance and cycles are important in our faith, which we call Wicca.
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