<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302</id><updated>2011-04-22T00:42:42.569-04:00</updated><category term='Art/Oeuvres Artistiques'/><category term='Pub Moot / Rencontre Amicale'/><category term='Bios'/><category term='Schedule'/><category term='Announcements/Annonces'/><category term='Location/Lieu'/><category term='Door Prizes/Prix de Présence'/><category term='Details'/><title type='text'>MPCC - CCPM</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-7163438604868635062</id><published>2007-11-10T13:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T20:37:08.683-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schedule'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><title type='text'>Workshops and Discussions / Ateliers et Discussions</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Academic Stream: What are our Pagan Scholars up to? / Volet Académique: Que font nos chercheurs païens?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Rosemary Roberts)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This session includes presentation, in English and French, from four of our local Pagan scholars on a variety of issues dealing with contemporary Paganism in Montreal. A question and answer period will follow the presentations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cette session comprendra quatre communications par des chercheurs païens locaux, en anglais et en français, sur une variété de sujets liés au paganisme contemporain à Montréal. Une période de questions suivra les présentations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Papers being presented are / Les communications sont: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"&lt;em&gt;Druid Practices in Quebec: Indo-European Origins and the Use of Sacred Language in Modern-Day Rituals&lt;/em&gt;" by Anna Luisa Daigneault&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;The Painted Pentacle: Emerging Neo-Pagan Imagery and Theology in the Visual Arts&lt;/em&gt;" by Terri Jo Frew&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;Du langage à la liturgie&lt;/em&gt;" par Michel-Gérald Boutet&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;Exploring Religious Syncretism in Montreal's Contemporary Pagan Community&lt;/em&gt;" by Rosemary Roberts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voice of Youth in the Pagan Community &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(The Young Pagan’s Circle)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Young Pagan’s would like to present to the community their views on the place of young people in the Pagan community as well as discuss how young people from non-Pagan or Pagan families find the community, integrate into it and their experience as minors. After the presentation they will take questions from the conference participants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teachers, Mentors and Clergy Roundtable / Partage de connaissance pour les enseignants, mentorats et le clergé&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Amanda Strong)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From traditional coven structures to non-hierarchical open study groups, there are many ways to facilitate learning in neo-pagan traditions. Despite this, many of us who engage in this work face similar challenges and joys. Whether you are already sharing your wisdom, or simply find yourself moving in that direction, we invite you to share your knowledge and bring your questions. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Des structures des covens traditionnels aux groupes d'étude qui ne sont pas hiérarchiques, il existe plusieurs façons qui permettent l'enseignement et l'apprentissage au sein des traditions païennes. Malgré tout, plusieurs de ceux qui se sont engagés dans cette voie font face aux mêmes défis et aux mêmes joies. Que vous partagiez déjà vos connaissances ou que vous empruntiez cette voie, nous vous invitons à venir échanger avec d'autres comme vous et posez vos questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Au-delà de la base de la Wicca : De la théorie à la pratique&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Phoenixia)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;J’ai fini de lire le livre &lt;em&gt;La Wicca : Magie Blanche et art de vivre&lt;/em&gt;. J’ai suivi plusieurs ateliers. Maintenant, qu’est que je fais avec toutes mes connaissances ? Plusieurs d’entre nous se demandent comment établir une pratique après avoir étudié la base. Mais la vrai question est : comment puis-je avancer dans mon cheminement en français ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anglophone/Francophone Open Dialogue / Dialogue ouvert au sujet des anglophones/francophones&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Phoenixia and Rosanne)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Do Francophone and Anglophone contemporary pagans walk their spiritual paths in the same way? What are the differences, the similarities, and how can we understand each other better? These are some of the questions that we will try to answer together. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Les néo-païens francophones et anglophones vivent ils leur cheminement dans la paganisme de la même façon ? Qu’est-ce qui nous différencie et comment pouvons nous rapprocher ? Ce sont des questions que nous tenterons de répondre ensemble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Song as a Ritual tool. / La chanson comme outil de rituel&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Josie Baker and Rosemary Roberts)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;In this workshop we will have the opportunity to share songs, as well as to explore the ways in which song can be used in a ritual context. Come ready to share your voice and your experiences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans cet atelier, nous aurons l'opportunité de partager nos chansons, ainsi que d'explorer les façons dont la chanson peut être utilisée dans le contexte de rituels. Venez prêts à partager vos chansons et vos expériences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-7163438604868635062?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/7163438604868635062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=7163438604868635062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7163438604868635062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7163438604868635062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/11/workshops-and-discussions-ateliers-et.html' title='Workshops and Discussions / Ateliers et Discussions'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-2362707902347749200</id><published>2007-11-10T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T21:32:52.309-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schedule'/><title type='text'>Schedule</title><content type='html'>9:00 am - Doors open and morning coffee and pastries&lt;br /&gt;9:30-10:30 - Opening ritual and ice-breaker&lt;br /&gt;10:30-11:45 - Workshops/panels (two concurrent sessions)&lt;br /&gt;11:45-12:45 - Lunch&lt;br /&gt;12:45-14:15 - Plenary - (Interpath Panel)&lt;br /&gt;14:15-15:30 - Workshops/panels (two concurrent sessions)&lt;br /&gt;15:30-15:45 - Break&lt;br /&gt;15:45-17:00 - Workshops/panels (two concurrent sessions)&lt;br /&gt;17:00-17:45 - Closing ritual&lt;br /&gt;17:45-18:30 - Clean up&lt;br /&gt;19:00 - Start of Pub Moot at Brutopia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-2362707902347749200?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/2362707902347749200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=2362707902347749200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/2362707902347749200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/2362707902347749200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/11/schedule.html' title='Schedule'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-2758363670418369798</id><published>2007-11-09T21:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T21:31:08.344-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pub Moot / Rencontre Amicale'/><title type='text'>Pub Moot / Reunion Amicale Après la Conference</title><content type='html'>After the conference, why not join us for some great pub grub or a few local brews at Brutopia, 1219 Crescent Street, south of Ste-Catherine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après la confernce, veuillez nous joindre chez Brutopia (1219 rue Crescent) pour une rencontre amicale.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-2758363670418369798?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/2758363670418369798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=2758363670418369798' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/2758363670418369798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/2758363670418369798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/11/pub-moot-reunion-amicale-aprs-la.html' title='Pub Moot / Reunion Amicale Après la Conference'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-435173978499532149</id><published>2007-11-08T10:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T10:19:31.518-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><title type='text'>Place for flyers / Un endroit pour vos affiches</title><content type='html'>If you run a Pagan group or a business in or around Montreal, we will have a special spot at the conference for you to put out business cards or flyers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si vous dirigez un groupe païen ou un commerce à Montréal ou dans les environs, nous avons prévu un endroit pour que vous puissiez y déposez vos cartes d'affaires ou vos affiches.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-435173978499532149?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/435173978499532149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=435173978499532149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/435173978499532149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/435173978499532149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/11/place-for-flyers-un-endroit-pour-vos.html' title='Place for flyers / Un endroit pour vos affiches'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-3688367339455181775</id><published>2007-11-01T11:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-01T11:57:11.332-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art/Oeuvres Artistiques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><title type='text'>Call for Art! Appel de soumission d'oeuvres artistiques!</title><content type='html'>The 2007 Montreal Pagan Community Conference is looking for Pagan Artists who would like to show their work at the conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are not sure at this point how much space we'll have, so if you are interested please send us an email as soon as possible, with some information about what type of art you would like to show, how many pieces, and roughly how much space you'll need. When we know how much room there will be, we will decide how many pieces to accept.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Samhain everyone,&lt;br /&gt;the MPCC-CCPM organizing team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;La Conférence de la communauté païenne de Montréal cherches artistes païens qui souhaiteraient afficher leurs oeuvres à la conférence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour l'instant, nous ne sommes pas certains de l'espace dont nous disposerons. Si vous êtes intéressés, contactez-nous par courriel le plus rapidement possible pour nous dire quel médium vous voudriez exposer, le nombre d'oeuvres, ainsi qu'un estimé de l'espace dont vous auriez besoin. Dès que nous saurons l'espace disponible, nous déciderons du nombre d'oeuvres que nous accepterons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joyeux Samhain,&lt;br /&gt;L'équipe MPCC-CCPM&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-3688367339455181775?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/3688367339455181775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=3688367339455181775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/3688367339455181775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/3688367339455181775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/11/call-for-art-appel-de-soumission.html' title='Call for Art! Appel de soumission d&apos;oeuvres artistiques!'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-8890712162261801988</id><published>2007-10-31T22:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T09:45:09.835-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schedule'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><title type='text'>List of Events / Liste de Ateliers etc</title><content type='html'>The workshops, discussion and skill-share groups and academic presentations have now been finalised:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plenary Session&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bilingual Inter-Path Panel featuring participants from traditional Wicca, ecclectic Wicca, Druidry, Asatru, Reclaiming Witchcraft, and Indo-Paganism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Six workshops and discussions&lt;/strong&gt; offered in two concurrent sessions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Anglophone/Francophone Open Dialogue&lt;br /&gt;Voice of Youth in the Pagan Community&lt;br /&gt;Teachers, Clergy and Group Leaders Skill Share&lt;br /&gt;Academic Presentations by Local Pagan Studies Scholars&lt;br /&gt;Atelier "Au-delà de la base de la Wicca"&lt;br /&gt;Pagan Songs and Chants Workshop and Skill Share&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Academic Presentations&lt;/strong&gt; include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Druid Practices in Quebec: Indo-European Origins and the Use of Sacred Language in Modern-Day Rituals (&lt;em&gt;Anna Luisa Daigneault&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;The Painted Pentacle: Emerging Neo-Pagan Imagery and Theology in the Visual Arts (&lt;em&gt;Terri Frew&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Exploring Religious Syncretism in Montreal’s Contemporary Pagan Community (&lt;em&gt;Rosemary Roberts&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;De la langage à la liturgie. (&lt;em&gt;Michel-Gérald Boutet&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;La liste des ateliers, discussions, partages de connaissances ainsi que des présentations académiques est complète :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session plénière&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;discussion sur l'interaction de différentes voies païennes avec des représentants de la Wicca traditionale, de la Wicca eclectique, du Druidisme, de l'Asatru, de la Reclaiming Witchcraft et de l'Indo-paganisme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Six ateliers ou discussions&lt;/strong&gt; donnés en deux sessions :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Dialogue ouvert au sujet des anglophones/francophones&lt;br /&gt;Discussion pour les jeunes païens&lt;br /&gt;Partage de connaissance pour les enseignants, le clergé et&lt;br /&gt;les dirigeants de groupe&lt;br /&gt;Présentations académiques par des académciens païens&lt;br /&gt;Atelier: "Au-delà de la base de la Wicca"&lt;br /&gt;Atelier et partage de chants païens&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Présentations académiques&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Druid Practices in Quebec: Indo-European Origins and the Use of Sacred Language in Modern-Day Rituals (&lt;em&gt;Anna Luisa Daigneault&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Painted Pentacle: Emerging Neo-Pagan Imagery and Theology in the Visual Arts (&lt;em&gt;Terri Frew&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Exploring Religious Syncretism in Montreal’s Contemporary Pagan Community (&lt;em&gt;Rosemary Roberts&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;De la langage à la liturgie. (Michel-Gérald Boutet)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-8890712162261801988?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/8890712162261801988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=8890712162261801988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/8890712162261801988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/8890712162261801988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/10/list-of-events.html' title='List of Events / Liste de Ateliers etc'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-7997628813036999746</id><published>2007-10-30T21:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T09:36:50.571-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Door Prizes/Prix de Présence'/><title type='text'>Door Prizes / Prix de Présence</title><content type='html'>We're starting to get confirmations for door prizes for the conference! Door prizes will be given away throughout the day to participants. So far we have donations from the following individuals and businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous commençons à recevoir la confirmation de prix de présence! Ces prix seront tirés au cours de la journée parmi les participants. Pour l'instant, voici les individus et les commerces qui nous ont offert des prix :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arinmurphyhiscock.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Arin Murphy-Hiscock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ashtonwellness.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ashton Wellness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Massage)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.charme-et-sortilege.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Charme et Sortilege&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essentials Soaps&lt;br /&gt;Hobbes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Island Mountain Hearth&lt;br /&gt;Janice Wright&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kristingroulx.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kristin Groulx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Mélange Magique&lt;br /&gt;Michael Daigle (Shiatsu)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/ravensattic/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Raven's Attic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.montrealreiki.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Robyn Stroll &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Reiki)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.suntarot.com/"&gt;Sun Tarot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wiccansacredcircle.com/"&gt;Wiccan Sacred Circle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wyntergreene.ca/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;WynterGreene&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and possibly more / et d'autres&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd like to donate a door prize, please contact us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si vous aimeriez offrir un prix de présence, prière de contactez-nous.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-7997628813036999746?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/7997628813036999746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=7997628813036999746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7997628813036999746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7997628813036999746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/10/door-prizes.html' title='Door Prizes / Prix de Présence'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-2083089394948461227</id><published>2007-10-03T17:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T20:15:55.235-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Location/Lieu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><title type='text'>Du langage à la liturgie</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Du langage à la liturgie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Façonner une compréhension au sein de la communauté païenne variée de Montréal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Samedi, le 17 novembre 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Centre écossais&lt;br /&gt;1610 rue Stephens, Verdun&lt;br /&gt;9h-18h, nourriture fournie&lt;br /&gt;15$ (échange de travail disponible)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Montréal est un chaudron de diversité – religieuse, culturelle et linguistique. Notre communauté païenne locale et contemporaine n’en diffère pas. Nous avons une variété de voies et traditions païennes qui sont pratiquées au sein de différents contextes culturels et linguistiques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette année, l’objectif de la conférence est de célébrer cette diversité et de faciliter la communication entre les multiples facettes de notre communauté locale. Nous proposons, entre autre, une discussion sur l’interaction de plusieurs voies où des représentants échangeront sur les racines et pratiques de leur propre tradition, ainsi qu’une discussion de type table-ronde qui cherchera à trouver une façon de réduire la scission linguistique entre les communautés païennes anglophones et francophones. Il y aura également un volet académique pour les académiciens païens de la région.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En plus de vous inviter à venir assister à la conférence, nous aimerions vous inviter à contribuer à sa vision. À cette fin, nous accueillons des propositions d’ateliers et de discussions de groupe. Si vous avez une idée de ce que vous aimeriez voir à la conférence, faites-le nous savoir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les propositions doivent être centrées autour du thème de la conférence, Du langage à la liturgie, à un niveau ou un autre, abordant les problèmes de notre communauté locale, ou peuvent être une opportunité de partager des compétences ou encore l’occasion de participer à l’épanouissement de notre communauté locale. Les ateliers et discussions doivent être d’une durée maximale de 60 minutes. La date limite pour proposer un atelier ou une discussion de groupe est le 18 octobre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le café matinal, le dîner (lunch) et des collations en après-midi seront fournis. Une rencontre amicale (« pub moot ») aura lieu après la conférence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au plaisir de lire vos propositions et de vous voir à la conférence!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-2083089394948461227?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/2083089394948461227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=2083089394948461227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/2083089394948461227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/2083089394948461227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/10/du-langage-la-liturgie.html' title='Du langage à la liturgie'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-3066186601886025040</id><published>2007-10-03T17:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T20:16:12.384-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Location/Lieu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><title type='text'>From Language to Liturgy</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;::please circlulate::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark your calendars. The fourth Montreal Pagan Community Conference will be taking place on November 17th!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;From Language to Liturgy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crafting understanding in Montreal's diverse Pagan community.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday November 17th, 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scottish Centre, 1610 Stephens Ave, Verdun&lt;br /&gt;9am-6pm, food provided&lt;br /&gt;$15 (work exchange available)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Montreal is a cauldron of diversity--religious, cultural and linguistic. Our local contemporary Pagan community is no different. We have a diversity of pagan traditions and paths practicing in different cultural contexts and languages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year, the aim of the conference is to celebrate this diversity and to facilitate communication between the many different facets of our local community. The event will include an inter-path panel with representatives talking about the roots and practices of their own traditions, as well as a roundtable discussion focussing on ways to reduce the linguistic divide between our francophone and anglophone pagan communities. There will also be an academic panel of local Pagan scholars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well as inviting you to attend the conference, we'd like to invite you to contribute to its vision. To this end, we're we welcoming proposals for workshops and facilitated discussions. If you have an idea about what you'd like to see at the conference, tell us about it. Proposals should fit within the conference theme, From Language to Liturgy, on some level, while addressing the issues of the local community, or be an opportunity for skill sharing and building within the local community. They should also be based on a 60-minute time slot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deadline for submitting proposals for workshops and facilitated discussions is October 18th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morning coffee , lunch, and afternoon snacks will be provided. A pub moot will follow the conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to reading your proposals and to seeing you at the conference!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-3066186601886025040?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/3066186601886025040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=3066186601886025040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/3066186601886025040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/3066186601886025040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/10/from-language-to-liturgy.html' title='From Language to Liturgy'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-3678292353308249200</id><published>2007-09-28T14:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T20:14:36.445-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><title type='text'>We have a theme!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;From Language to Liturgy.&lt;/strong&gt; Crafting understanding in Montreal's diverse Pagan community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Du langage à la liturgie.&lt;/strong&gt; Façonner une compréhension au sein de la communauté païenne variée de Montréal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-3678292353308249200?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/3678292353308249200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=3678292353308249200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/3678292353308249200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/3678292353308249200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/09/we-have-theme.html' title='We have a theme!'/><author><name>Amanda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-7337786915988478766</id><published>2007-09-17T20:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T20:14:36.445-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Details'/><title type='text'>Current information</title><content type='html'>The Fourth Conference is currently being planned for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DATE: Saturday November 17th, 2007&lt;br /&gt;TIME: to be determined&lt;br /&gt;LOCATION: Scottish Centre in Verdun (metro Monk)&lt;br /&gt;COST:$15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon snacks will be provided. A pub moot will follow the conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you you wish to have a voice or just want to see what goes on, we hope you will come to the conference and lend your voice and energy to the building and growth of our community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings!&lt;br /&gt;The 2007 MPCC organizing team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yahoo! Group: &lt;a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/montrealpaganconference/"&gt;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/montrealpaganconference/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;---------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Les informations concernant la quatrième conférence sont les suivantes :&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date : samedi, le 17 novembre 2007&lt;br /&gt;Heure : à déterminer&lt;br /&gt;Où : Centre écossais, à Verdun (métro Monk)&lt;br /&gt;Coût : $15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le café matinal, lunch et collations en après-midi seront fournis. Un "pub moot" (rencontre amicale) aura lieu suite à la conférence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si vous souhaitez faire entendre votre voix ou simplement voir ce qui s'y passera, nous espérons que vous viendrez à la conférence et léguérez votre voix et votre énergie à la création et à la croissance de notre communauté!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bénédictions!&lt;br /&gt;L'équipe de l'organisation de la CCPM 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groupe Yahoo! : &lt;a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/montrealpaganconference/"&gt;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/montrealpaganconference/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-7337786915988478766?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/7337786915988478766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=7337786915988478766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7337786915988478766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7337786915988478766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/09/current-information.html' title='Current information'/><author><name>Who we are</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4739/av9za5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-7097892577345954447</id><published>2007-09-17T20:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T20:16:12.384-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Announcements/Annonces'/><title type='text'>Planning for 4th Montreal Pagan Conference Underway</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Français plus bas)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Planning for 4th Montreal Pagan Conference Underway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just a quick note to let you all know that a  planning committee has come together from to put on the fourth Montreal Pagan  Community Conference. The conference is being  planned for a Saturday sometime between November 2007 and March 2008, and the  planning committe comes from a varied cross-section of the Montreal Pagan  community, both anglophone and francophone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The conference will follow a similar format to the  last one, held in 2005, with workshops and a panel discussion. Morning coffee,  lunch, and afternoon snacks will be provided. New this year though: a pub moot  will follow the conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are currently looking for a venue to hold the  conference, so if you have a great lead on an inexpensive venue that has  kitchen-space and can accomodate two streams of workshops, please let us know.  Also, if you'd like to get involved, or have a  workshop suggestion, please let us know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you,  and seeing you at the conference!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2007 MPCC organizing team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;La planification de la quatrième Conférence païenne de Montréal est en cours&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nous désirons vous informer qu’un comité de planification s’est formé pour mettre en branle la quatrième Conférence de la communauté païenne de Montréal. Nous prévoyons tenir cette conférence un samedi, quelque part entre novembre 2007 et mars 2008. Le comité de planification provient de différents secteurs de la communauté païenne de Montréal, à la fois anglophones et francophones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La conférence suivra le format de la précédente conférence, tenue en 2005, avec des ateliers et un débat. Du café matinal, un dîner et des collations en après-midi seront servies. Nouveauté pour cette année : un « pub moot » suivra la conférence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes présentement à la recherche d’une salle où tenir la conférence. Si vous avez un contact pour une salle non dispendieuse avec un espace cuisine et qui peut accueillir deux groupes d’ateliers, faites-le nous savoir!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De plus, si vous aimeriez vous impliquez ou si vous auriez une suggestion pour un atelier, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci et c’est avec joie que nous attendons de vos nouvelles et que nous espérons vous voir à la conférence!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'équipe de l'organisation de la CCPM 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-7097892577345954447?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/7097892577345954447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=7097892577345954447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7097892577345954447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/7097892577345954447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/09/planning-for-4th-montreal-pagan.html' title='Planning for 4th Montreal Pagan Conference Underway'/><author><name>Who we are</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4739/av9za5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717505671352922302.post-5475108662140408853</id><published>2007-09-17T12:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T20:18:23.851-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bios'/><title type='text'>Biographies</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Amanda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanda follows an ecstatic path that celebrates life and explores Mystery. She has been involved in various facets of the Montreal Pagan community for several years, including facilitating discussion and study groups, offering workshops, helping create public ritual and events, and coordinating WynterGreene, a Canadian Pagan magazine based out of Montreal. She was also peripherally involved in the last three conferences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Aurora Rising&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aurora Rising began exploring wicca and paganism over eleven years ago. Since then, she has continued on to become a 3rd level graduate of the Crescent Moon Spiritual Learning Center, as well as one of the founders of Gealach Dorcha, a women's mystery circle. Currently, Aurora is a first-degree Priestess studying with the Northern Cougars of the Black Forest Circle and Seminary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Freya Kä&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freya Kä stands before the World Tree Yggdrasil and seeks to explore all of its worlds, mainly through Asatru and shamanism. She has been involved in the Montreal pagan community for a few years, offering workshops, giving runic divination sessions, co-founding a coven and a virtual community, and other various activities and services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Isis Shakti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isis Shakti follows the Path of the Goddess and is an eternal student in life, spirituality, mysticism and esoteric teachings. She is an ordained Priestess from the Fellowship of Isis and she is of Indo-Pagan faith (hinduism and neo-paganism). She is the co-founder of a Montreal coven, of a virtual community and of the Iseum of the Lotus Goddess. She is very dedicated to the pagan community (counseling, workshops, research) and she has many interests like reiki, mantras, meditation, chamanism, mythology and magic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Josie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josie made Montreal her home a little over one year ago and has been busy organizing open circles, public ritual, and workshops in that time. Prior to this, she was deeply involved in the Maritime Pagan community, and has a great deal of experience organizing public/open ritual. She identifies most strongly with the Reclaiming tradition of witchcraft due to its emphasis on participatory ritual, connection to nature, and political awareness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1717505671352922302-5475108662140408853?l=mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/feeds/5475108662140408853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1717505671352922302&amp;postID=5475108662140408853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/5475108662140408853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1717505671352922302/posts/default/5475108662140408853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpcc-ccpm.blogspot.com/2007/10/biographies.html' title='Biographies'/><author><name>Isis Shakti</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
