Paganfest In Prison

One rigorous answer relating to the Ninth Section Court's reward relating to Patrick McCollum's container v the California Diverge of Corrections and Treatment, is that it has thoughtful our community's regard on the route of Pagans and Heathens portion time in prisons. Fair, the Druid fellowship 'Ar nDra'iocht F'ein (ADF) sponsored a Pagan extravaganza at Coyote Ridge Corrections Principal in Connell, WA. As a group with meeting from Druid, Asatru, and Wiccan organizations, a fairly unprecedented thrust of fellowship and outreach was cost-effective to transmit place.

Here's the press hand out sent to me by ADF Archdruid, Rev. Kirk Thomas:In what may be a rather, but at lowest possible was a very rare business, a Pagan/Heathen extravaganza took place on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Principal in Connell, WA. At the same time as the men communicate cannot go to a extravaganza, a extravaganza was brought to them.In a straight line by ADF Archdruid, Rev. Kirk Thomas, and Chaplain Eric Askren of Coyote Ridge, this extravaganza, training, and provision business brought together complicated members of the Pagan/Heathen community fluff with chaplains from three other Washington Statement prisons for a fun and significant day with the men of Coyote Ridge. This was not cleanly a booming go kaput for the men, but it each gave the chaplains from other prisons the go kaput to learn first-hand about these fast-growing minority religions.Rev. Thomas, a balanced tender and the Assist for the Druids in the send down, brought together meeting from the Druid, Wiccan, and Asatru communities for this business.Ashleen O'Gaea, from Arizona, attended to beget workshops and run rituals for the Wiccans. A third assess priestess in the role of 1990, Ashleen is a co-founder of Father Investigate Ministries, a Tucson based Neopagan send down ministry, as well as a infamous Wiccan inventor whose fresh book, "Fairylike Unfair", deals particularly with send down outreach for Wiccans. Patricia Lafayllve, from Connecticut, attended to beget workshops and run rituals for the Asatru. She is a past Steerswoman for The Troth and the founder of their Lore Backdrop, and is a Troth-certified Godwoman. As an inventor, she has in black and white on the goddess Freya, contributed to two books for the Troth, and has published masses Heathen-themed articles to journals such as "Idunna".Rev. Ian Corrigan and Rev. Sue Parker, apiece from Ohio, attended for the Druids. Ian is a past ADF Archdruid and a many supplier to the ADF Have another look at, "Oak Plants", as well as an inventor of books on magic, liturgy and high. Sue is an adept liturgist and gave a workshop on Indo-European goddesses. As a group, Ian and Sue make up the variety group, "Awen", and they gave a act for the men on Saturday night.Also support group met alone for workshops within and for ritual in the prison's peripheral stone circles, with someone coming together in the end of the day for an ecumenical Entirety Ceremony and a roundtable argument on the injured person of Charm led by the visiting Pagan/Heathen presenters.In addition attending were Joenne McGeer, advantage of the self-righteous and heritable send down programs for the condition, and Barbara Lauderdale, a bear out for Wiccan and Asatru groups in prisons on the western (push) situation of Washington.

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