It is with great joy and anticipation that I share with you news of our upcoming
Dianic Spring Equinox ritual! Hope to see you all there as we welcome the return of
the Maiden into our bodies, our hearts, and into our magick!

Saturday, March 22, 7:00PM (doors open at 6:30, lock at 7PM)

Celebrate the return of Spring in the Dianic Tradition!!!
Join your sisters as we celebrate the birth of the Maiden Goddess and the
emergence of spring! As a community we will celebrate and honor both light and
dark aspects of Maidenhood personally, mythically, and as daughters of Mother
Earth. Daughters ages 7 and older are welcomed to this ritual.

Place: Topanga Community House (Indoors) - Topanga Canyon (directions below).

Donation Requested: $13 - 25 (sliding scale). Visa and Mastercard are now
accepted for donations of $13 or higher. No woman is turned away for lack of
funds. *All proceeds help fund COA’s community rituals and special events.

What to bring:
 *Healthy vegetarian food and/or drink to share (absolutely no alcohol please)
 *Plate, cup, utensils for the feast (In honor of our Earth Mother COA will not
provide paper goods)
 *Wear comfortable festive clothing and supportive shoes (the floor at the
community house is terrible for bare feet)
Optional: Spring flowers for our communal altar, donations for BRIGID’S WELL

RSVP: (310) 495-0545 or coarsvp@gmail.com by 3/21/08.
Include your name, phone number and the number of women you plan to bring.
Also, please let us know if you or your guests are newcomers, and if you or your
guests will be bringing girls under 17.

Note: Women born women only.

Please do not call COA the weekend of the ritual, as we are extremely busy
preparing and will not be able to process your call.

FOR NEWCOMERS:
Newcomers are warmly welcomed! We want your experience to be optimal so we have
created these guidelines in your interest. Women new to Goddess spirituality
must be advised that the ritual is a participatory religious service and is not
structured to be an introduction to the Goddess of to Feminist Witchcraft.

The following books are suggested reading before attending a public ritual:
The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries by Z Budapest http://www.zbudapest.com
Ariandne’s Thread by Shekhinah Mountainwater http://shekhinah.net
Invocation to Free Women (audiocassette) by Barrett http://templeofdiania.org

If you are planning on bringing newcomers to the ritual, please be responsible
to them and COA by preparing your guests in advance. Give your guests a general
idea of what to expect so that they can participate in benefit of themselves and
all women present.

RITUAL LOCATION:
Topanga Community House,
1449 North Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Topanga, CA 90290-4275

This is a participatory ritual for serious seekers only. Once the circle is cast
we cannot admit latecomers, so please arrive on time. Doors open at 6:30pm and
will be locked at 7 pm. There is ample parking at the site but it does fill up.
Please carpool if possible.

DIRECTIONS:
From Pacific Coast Highway (Hwy .1):
Turn onto Topanga Cyn. Blvd. and drive into the canyon.2 miles past the town
you’ll see the Community House sign on your right. Drive up the hill to the hall
and park.

From the 101 Freeway:
Exit Topanga Cyn. Blvd. South and continue into the canyon for 5.9 miles. When
you see the “Pat’s Topanga Grill” on your right you have about half a mile to
go. You’ll see the sign for the Community House on your left. Drive up the hill
to the hall and park.

We hope to see you there!!!

Blessed be!
Circle of Aradia
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Gathering the Goddess
A Celebration of Women’s Spirituality

Let us gather, sisters. We come in many colors, sizes, traditions,
and sexual orientations; lesbian and gay women, straight women and
all. We are the old women, we are the new women, we are the same
women, and better than ever. Blessed be.

Join us for Gathering the Goddess 2008
Sept. 5-7th, Santa Cruz, CA
Presented by Z Budapest
http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

Early registration deadline March 1, 2008.
Z is bring us all together to celebrate the 30th year of the Holy
Book of Women’s Mysteries … it’s going to be a powerful gathering!

We are currently putting together the schedule of speakers, workshops
and events. We will announce more information as we move closer to
the gathering’s date. This is definately an event you’ll want to be a
part of if dancing, singing and celebrating the goddess surrounded by
majestic redwoods and spiritual sisters sounds wonderful to you!
Reserve your place in history today.

http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

April 4th - 6th, 2008
Hampton, Florida (20 minutes from Gainesville)
at the “Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice” campsite

• festival open to all women •

Music & Magic • Multi-Traditional Ritual
Workshops and Activities • Location • Camping & Lodging
Food • Tickets • Questions • Directions

http://www.flashsilvermoon.com

Why have a Wise Woman Festival
by Flash Silvermoon

2008 DEDICATION
This Fifth Wise Woman’s Festival honors the memory of my dearest friends Tara Silverfox, Cherie MacArthur and Cathleen Carter whose loss not only tore a hole in my heart but their loss has proven to be irreplaceable for the Melrose/Gainesville Florida community.

We also honor the memory of Brenda Henson who has got to be one of the bravest women that I have ever met. She waged her final battle with cancer. In life, she forged inroads in the South, in Mississippi, where few would have dared, making even the most bigotted respect her and the community, Camp Sister Spirit. Brenda helped create that healing and learning space with her wife Wanda and Daughter Andie. She will be missed.

Blessings,
Flash
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Gathering the Goddesses Festival with Z Budapest and Daughters!

September 5-7th, 2008
Camp Harmon Easter Seals Camp, Santa Cruz, CA

This festival is a joyous celebration of The Holy Book of Women’s
Mysteries celebrating its 30+ years of life and gathering together
as Sisters in Goddess.

Z promises that this festival will be unlike any of her other ones.
Z is bring together as many of her ordained Daughters and her
Granddaughters as possible to bring to the Sisters who attend an
intensive experience within the Dianic Tradition unlike any other.

You can learn more about Gathering the Goddesses Festival:
http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

It chronicles the Second Wave Feminist Movement.

Zsuzsanna Budapest
Goddess Teach-In of the Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries

May 2 -4, 2008
Woodstock, NY

Goddess Teach-In of the Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries

We are Gathering the Goddesses, a journey through shared experience and discussions of philosophy and practice of the Goddess Path. Where did the Women’s Spirituality Movement begin? Rediscover The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries … the book that changed the minds and hearts of American women … applauded widely in historical accounts of the Feminist Movement. But do you actually know what’s in this book? Why is it so effective? How it came to be birthed? And, behind the scenes personal stories that shaped Feminist Spirituality and the world.

Z Budapest talks intimately about her origins, Feminist Spirituality and the women who participated in it. Join Z as she shares the stories and concepts through new eyes and extended experiences. She will bring you to a deeper and more inspired journey to rediscovering the Goddess within.

Z Budapest is the foremother of the Women’s Spirituality Movement, founder of the Feminist Dianic Tradition and a hereditary witch from a long line of Hungarian witches and healers.

Z Budapest will talk about the origins of this work, and the women who participated in it. Together you’ll reread the Manifesto of the Susan B Anthony Coven Number 1 with the woman who channeled it, you’ll read the Shaman Women’s Songs, and journey through the Holy Book with new eyes.

Mysterious woman, you are magic. Come spin spells with me, learn the hidden passages of your power, face your fears, make your dreams real, and reclaim yourself as Goddess and Witch.

The Holy Book was written when the majority of the new fangled spirituality had to come from far, far away, and when the then gurus were always men of color. Women served the herbal teas, the men preached and got rich. Into this milieu came Women’s Spirituality. No gurus, hardly any money was involved, and all women were welcome. And the teachings were an eclectic mix of global choices of white people’s paganism, and all nations paganism. Integrated into one cohesive practical common-sense spirituality which allied Women’s Spirituality with the Universe.

As Florence Nightingale once asked in her diary: Could there be ever a religion whose essence is common sense?” We answered a resounding Yes. That’s what the Holy Book contains even today.

At the end we do the Self-Blessings Ritual, together, in front of a mirror skyclad. (It leaves you with a major impression)

3 days: $500. $100 deposit.
Register online: http://www.ashtreepublishing.com/bookshop/proddetail.php?prod=902a
or via mail, to: Wise Woman Center PO Box 64 Woodstock NY 12498

Zsuzsanna Budapest - “grandmother of the goddess movement” - has led rituals, lectured, taught classes, given workshops, written articles tirelessly, and published in hundreds of women’s newspapers across the country for many decades. She has powerfully influenced many of the future teachers and writers about the Goddess.

Z Budapest wrote The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries which was originally published in 1975 as The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows. This book served as the first hands-on book to lead women into their own spiritual/Goddess heritage.

You will find articles by: Mama Donna Henes, Barbara Ardinger, Byron
Ballard, Rhiannon, Flash Silvermoon, Bendis, and Dawn Thomas.

We hope you enjoy the new issue of The Oracle.  We would appreciate feedback and
welcome your comments.

Blessings,
Dawn, Bendis, Heather and The Oracle Staff
For Spring Submissions Contact: oracle@globalgoddess.org
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Gathering the Goddess
A Celebration of Women’s Spirituality

Let us gather, sisters. We come in many colors, sizes, traditions,
and sexual orientations; lesbian and gay women, straight women and
all. We are the old women, we are the new women, we are the same
women, and better than ever. Blessed be.

Join us for Gathering the Goddess 2008
Sept. 5-7th, Santa Cruz, CA
Presented by Z Budapest
http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

Z is bring us all together to celebrate the 30th year of the Holy
Book of Women’s Mysteries … it’s going to be a powerful gathering!

We are currently putting together the schedule of speakers, workshops
and events. We will announce more information as we move closer to
the gathering’s date. This is definately an event you’ll want to be a
part of if dancing, singing and celebrating the goddess surrounded by
majestic redwoods and spiritual sisters sounds wonderful to you!
Reserve your place in history today.

http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

Let us gather, sisters. We come in many colors, sizes, traditions,
and sexual orientations; lesbian and gay women, straight women and
all. We are the old women, we are the new women, we are the same
women, and better than ever. Blessed be.

Join us for Gathering the Goddess 2008
Sept. 5-7th, Santa Cruz, CA
Presented by Z Budapest
http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

Early registration deadline March 1, 2008.
Z is bring us all together to celebrate the 30th year of the Holy
Book of Women’s Mysteries … it’s going to be a powerful gathering!

We are currently putting together the schedule of speakers, workshops
and events. We will announce more information as we move closer to
the gathering’s date. This is definately an event you’ll want to be a
part of if dancing, singing and celebrating the goddess surrounded by
majestic redwoods and spiritual sisters sounds wonderful to you!
Reserve your place in history today.

http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.html

The Oracle is published just prior to each of the eight Sabbats in our Wheel of the Year. We welcome submissions from all, as long as the content is appropriate to our publication. Because Global Goddess is an organization for women, our e-zine is written to appeal to that audience.

If you are interested in submitting to The Oracle please read our guidelines shown below:

The final deadline for our next issue is January 6, 2008.
The release date of the next issue is Imbolc 2008.

We are looking for both regular feature writers and columnists. We welcome suggestions for regular features. Volunteers for features are encouraged. We cannot guarantee we will use every submission, but we will do our best to create a well rounded, informational E-Zine.

Features short articles, interviews, news items, criticism, reviews. Photos, poetry, and art published sparingly. Accepts a wide range of fine writing and art about women’s spirituality and other related themes. Selection based only on quality. Reserves the right to edit all submissions, but we ask that all submissions be fully checked for grammatical and spelling errors. No pornographic, racist, or sexist material. Previously published material considered if accompanied by copyright holder’s permission. Simultaneous submissions discouraged. Payment: none. Areas of Interest: The Goddess, ancient religions, transformation, women’s studies, feminism, healing, divination, comparative spiritual traditions, human relations, community, and/or significant works by women authors.

Articles submitted that appear to be written for the express purpose of soliciting business will be considered advertising and fees will apply. We will always provide a link to an author’s site but wish to discourage submissions with the intent to advertise.

We welcome financial sponsors. If you would like to advertise your own personal business or event in the Oracle, a typical ad such as you will find in each edition runs $10.

Contact Bendis for details oracle@globalgoddess.org

Please feel free to redistribute these guidelines to any interested parties!

Blessings,

Belladonna - Editor ~ The Global Goddess Oracle
Bendis ~ Publisher & Web Design
Heather ~ Web Development

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GATHERING THE GODDESSES FESTIVAL
Sept 5-7, 2008
Camp Harmon, nestled among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains For more information, visit http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.htmlSponsored by the Women’s Spirituality Forum’s Dianic University Online at http://wicca.zbudapest.com where you can study the Goddess with other women around the world.

Come As You Are Coven welcomes all to a…

Drum & Music Circle
Jan 4, 2007
8 PM (please be on time)
2121 Bonar St
Berkeley, CA
$10 donation

CAYA’s newest community circle is not strictly a ritual circle (though power
will, inevitably, be raised with our music!) All are welcome to participate as
CAYA members play some of our favorite ritual songs, work to expand our
repertoire of musical selections, and begin to develop a nonverbal communication
structure that will serve our spontaneous ensemble music in ritual. Bring a
drum, guitar, fiddle, horn, flute, rattle, or any other musical instrument you
are able to haul in and out of the ritual space. Voices are welcome, too!

We’ll take nominations of songs from the group at the beginning of the circle
and collectively choose which ones we will work from that list. We may like
some so well that we play them for longer, or we may even let structured songs
evolve into extended “jams.” Lots of possible ways this can go, folks,
depending on the energy of the group. We’ll cast a circle to help us ground and
open our inner ears to the divine music of the spheres, but we will not be
invoking any particular directions or deities. At the end of the session,
individuals may perform solo pieces they’d like to share with the group, time
permitting.

This will be the first CAYA Drum Circle (and our first circle of the new year!),
so come on out and help make it beautiful.

Questions? Drop us a line: cayacoven@gmail.com

–
Come As You Are Coven
www.cayacoven.com
Blessed be!

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GATHERING THE GODDESSES FESTIVAL
Sept 5-7, 2008
Camp Harmon, nestled among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains For more information, visit http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.htmlSponsored by the Women’s Spirituality Forum’s Dianic University Online at http://wicca.zbudapest.com where you can study the Goddess with other women around the world.

Visit www.zbudapest.com for more information on events, books and tarot readings with Z Budapest.

Another bountiful year is before us… a year filled with the promise of new growth, new experiences and best of all… new sisters ;-) 

For those who follow numerology (and those who don’t), 2008 is a Global “1” year.  A year of change, new beginnings and experiences!  A great year to try something new, expand your horizons and do something that you’ve always wanted to do, but maybe never allowed yourself the opportunity. 

Here at Chrysalis Woman we strive to offer a range of opportunities for women to experience new growth, become a part of a Community of Sisters and rekindle their relationship to not only them-selves but the Sacred Feminine. 

Maybe you’ve had a chance to visit us this last year, maybe you’ve been attending our events regularly or maybe we have yet to meet you… one thing we can promise you… we’re here for you, whenever you’re ready to take that leap of faith and experience something new… to experience a remembering of your sacredness and the importance of your wholeness.

Below is an example of what is offered through Chrysalis Woman… if you’d like more information, simply give me a call (209) 772-0511

Monthly Goddess Circles (February-October)

Come and experience another year of monthly gatherings with sisters of all paths who wish to reconnect with the Sacred Feminine within & without.  We’ll continue to meet each month near the full moon to honor a Goddess from a specific culture and experience healing rituals that can include drumming, singing, art, dancing, meditation and self exploration.

NEW IN 2008! Monthly Goddess Studies Program (February-October)

This program was created for women who wish to deepen their experience and understanding of the many faces & aspects of Goddess.  Women in this program receive via email an introduction to the Goddess they’ll be working with for the current lunation, links for additional research on Her correspondences & culture, instruction on how to build an altar to Her and suggested projects for connecting with her energy. Each woman is then given the option of attending our corresponding Goddess Circle which deepens her experience or have the ritual emailed to her to perform on her own.  Journal questions are given that help to round out the experience.  This program follows each lunar cycle & the monthly Goddess Circles and is available monthly or as a nine month program.

Priestess Program (February-October)

Women who have graduated from the Woman’s Sacred Wheel apprenticeship (formally known as the Initiate Program) are invited to deepen their experience of the Sacred Feminine by participating in a nine month long Priestess Program.  Having remembered the core of Woman Craft, they are now ready to experience & practice Goddess ritual.  Meeting twice a month (one evening for weaving together ritual, the other for our monthly Goddess Circle), women experience the art of Circle Casting, Ritual Creation, Invocation/Revocation of Directional Elements & Energy Work.

Sacred Wheel Year Long Apprenticeship Program (February-October)

A year long journey through the labyrinth of Women’s Wisdom.  A remembering at this time of coming Earth Changes of how necessary the Sacred Feminine is to the healing of our woman selves, families, communities and Mother Earth.  Study includes a journey through the cycles of our blessed Earth and living the connections we experience as she changes her seasonal rhythms.  Women awaken to the root that connects them to the Earth, remembering and honoring the cyclical blood mysteries of Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth, Menstruation & Menopause as well as their connection to Grandmother Moon.  They learn to work with herbal allies, experience the seven directions and corresponding elements/animals guides, plant spirits.  They experience the path of Feminism, Sisterhood, Goddess and the Sacred Feminism and much more!

(2008 Class limited to 12 women – 5 spots still available)

CYCLES E-Zine

An online magazine filled with information on the Sacred Cycles of Goddess, Mother Earth, Grandmother Moon and Women’s Life Passages (Fertility, Pregnancy/Birth & Beyond, Moon-Time & Moon-Pause).  Coming out eight times a year following the Earth’s Holy Days, she is filled with earth & herbal wisdom, woman craft and sisterhood.  

Attached you’ll find a Welcome packet that outlines our 2008 year, gives more information on what Chrysalis Woman offers, dates of our events, as well as Sisterhood options for those women who enjoy regular participation and would benefit from discounts.

Here’s wishing you all a bountiful New Year ~ may you be blessed, may this year be abundant and most of all… may you continue to remember your sacredness as a woman and the importance of your wisdom during this time on our Mother Earth.

Many Blessings and Much Love

Ayla (Melanie Miner) *)O(*

Melanie R. Miner (Doula, Herbalist, Woman-Craft Priestess)

www.chrysaliswoman.com

www.myspace.com/chrysaliswoman

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GATHERING THE GODDESSES FESTIVAL
Sept 5-7, 2008
Camp Harmon, nestled among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains For more information, visit http://zbudapest.com/goddess-festival.htmlSponsored by the Women’s Spirituality Forum’s Dianic University Online at http://wicca.zbudapest.com where you can study the Goddess with other women around the world.