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It's Beltane once again in the northern hemisphere, and oh, the lads and lasses are playing! Enjoy this start of the month of "Maying" (ahem) with some words about sensuality, pleasure, and enjoying life. Mary Elizabeth Micari of The Magic Apothecary shares with us some of her knowledge about medicinal herbs as well as magical herbs for spellcraft to gain love and sex. Saucy!

Song credits:

Now is the month of maying - The King's Singers

Gently Johnny - The Wicker Man Soundtrack

Blessed be!!

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Brian opens this episode with a recounting and commentary on the recent scandal involving New York City Council member Dan Halloran (R), possibly the first open Heathen elected to an important office. Brian touches on some of the most exoteric principles of anglo-saxon Theodism, which Dan Halloran led as lord of his Theodish group, and discusses some of the ways Dan's fall from grace reflects poorly on Pagans and Heathens. Brian also touches on latest developments in marriage equality ("gay marriage"), and gives his predictions on how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Gary Suto contributes to this episode with his "Smoke Talk" (reflections during a smoke break) from Pantheacon 2013. In this Smoke Talk, Gary describes a lecture given by Orion Foxwood on "The Living Conjurer" and touches on Orion's teachings on self-empowerment, ancestor work/worship, and the power of "cleaning house," among other things. Gary also celebrates the 100th ritual of the New York City Gay Men's Open Pagan Magick Circle, on Tuesday, April 16, at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan, from 7pm on. Get more info on that ritual here: https://www.facebook.com/events/232498563546851/

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Courtney Weber, a Wiccan priestess, writer, tarot advisor, and teacher living in New York City shares her reflections on the power of Ostara, the Spring Equinox, and offers tips for welcoming the energies of renewal and rebirth into our daily lives.

Picture: Ostara's Maiden by artoftheempath

Want more of Courtney? Stop by her website at www.thecocowitch.com. In the meantime, here are some upcoming classes she's got going on that might interest you:

• Witchcraft Series: Prosperity Spells, Tuesday April 9, 7pm, Simple Studios NYC, 134 W. 29th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
• Wednesday Night Tarot Reflections, Mind Body Soul Healing Center, 238 Ft. Washington Avenue (W. 170th Street), New York, NY
• Tarot Classes, Mystical Parlors, 17 Washington Street, Norwalk, CT

Courtney also offers online spellcraft courses Through Sacred Mist College at www.WorkingWitches.com.

Music Credits:

O Primavera Gioventu De L'anno by Claudio Monteverdi, sung by Delitiae Musicae & Marco Longhini

Lyrics:

O primavera, gioventù dell'anno, Bella madre de' fiori, D'erbe novelle e di novelli amori! Tu torni ben, ma teco Non tornano i sereni e fortunati dì delle mie gioie. Tu torni ben, tu torni, Ma teco altro non torna, Che del perduto mio caro tesoro La rimembranza misera e dolente. Tu quella sei, pur quella Ch'eri pur dianzi sì vezzosa e bella, Ma non son io quel, che già un tempo fui, Sì caro agli occhi altrui.

O spring, when the year is young, who give birth to flowers, to new grass and new loves, Round you come again, but without the dear days of my hopes. You are just as you were before so delightful and lovely. But I am not as I once was, so dear to another’s eyes.

Lyrics and translation from http://www.boysoloist.com/lyrics.asp?TrackID=10610&AlbumID=565&ArtistID=597.

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Mary Elizabeth Micari, proprietor of The Magic Apothecary (www.themagicapothecary.com) brings us her first installment of talks on magical herbs. She discusses how herbs and magic work together and how we as witches can work with herbs. For her first talk, Mary focuses on echinacea, known for its healing and protective powers. Learn all about this wonderful plant ally and how we can bring it into our lives in magical and healing ways.

Mary Elizabeth Micari - The Magic Apothecary (www.themagicapothecary.com)

Echinacea flowers

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Gary Suto, founder of the NYC Open Gay Men's Pagan Magick Circle and founder of the New York Pagan Alliance as well as a priest of the Minoan Brotherhood, shares some of his thoughts from Pantheacon 2013 following a lecture on interpreting Charles Leland's "Aradia" ( or "Gospel of the Witches") from a queer pagan perspective. The talk was given by Michelle Mueller.

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Drawing Down the Moon author and NPR correspondent Margot Adler, and Matthew Sawicki, a gay witch with more than 20 years experience in the Craft, joined us to talk about how Paganism has evolved over the years, and discuss where it could be headed. Along the way, we get to enjoy lots of fun anecdotes from both of them that shed light on how much our community has evolved (or hasn't, in some cases).

Photo: Margot Adler and Matthew Sawicki

The lecture took place on December 11, 2012, at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by the recent publishing of Michael Lloyd's Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan, the series aimed to recount the origins of the New York Pagan community, highlight issues that have shaped who we have become today, discuss how we as a community can help effect positive change in the world today, and imagine what our next steps might be together.

Apologies in advance for the less than optimal sound quality.

These lectures are presented by the New York Pagan Alliance, the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York, and the New York pagan community.

You can read more about this lecture at The Juggler, a blog featuring New York Pagan, author, and blogger Puck Zan Fraser's reflections on each of the four Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures.

The lectures also featured a collection to provide Hurricane Sandy relief to the Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless LGBT youth. Attendees generously donated $670 over the course of the four lectures. Please make a donation to the Ali Forney Center today to continue growing the good karma.

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What is ethical thinking, and how can Pagans apply it to live in a way that is consistent with our spiritual beliefs? In this third lecture in our four-part Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures, New York City high priestesses Silkie O-Ishi of the Grailwood Coven and Courtney Weber of the Novices of the Old Ways explore the foundations of ethics within Paganism, and discuss how Pagan ethics can guide our relationship with the environment and the actions we must take to preserve life on our precious, endangered planet.

The lecture took place on December 4, 2012, at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by the recent publishing of Michael Lloyd's Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan, the series aimed to recount the origins of the New York Pagan community, highlight issues that have shaped who we have become today, discuss how we as a community can help effect positive change in the world today, and imagine what our next steps might be together.

Photo: (L to R) Brian Brewer, Rev. Jude Geiger, Silkie O-Ishi, Courtney Weber, Gary Suto

The lectures also featured a collection to provide Hurricane Sandy relief to the Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless LGBT youth. Attendees generously donated $670 over the course of the four lectures. Please make a donation to the Ali Forney Center today to continue growing the good karma.

Photo: Courtney Weber and Silkie O-Ishi looking out onto the attendees in the chapel

These lectures are presented by the New York Pagan Alliance, the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York, and the New York pagan community.

You can read more about this lecture at The Juggler, a blog featuring New York Pagan, author, and blogger Puck Zan Fraser's reflections on each of the four Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures.

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On November 20, 2012, the second in a series of four Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures took place at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by the recent publishing of Michael Lloyd's Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan, the lectures aimed to recount the origins of the New York Pagan community, highlight issues that have shaped who we have become today, discuss how we as a community can help effect positive change in the world today, and imagine what our next steps might be together.

Photo: Lady Rhea and Gary Suto

"Male/Female Polarity in Paganism: Do We Need It?" the second in the series, focused on the roles of gender and sexuality in Paganism today and how rules based on gender and sexuality can influence, enhance, and sometimes detract from the spiritual and magical journey.

This lecture features Gary Suto, founder of the New York City Gay Men's Open Pagan Magick Circle, which will celebrate its 100th ritual in April 2013, a minos (high priest) of the Minoan Brothers, an all gay men's male mysteries group, and founder of the New York Pagan Alliance; and Lady Rhea, proprietor of the Magickal Realms shop in the Bronx, and founder of the Minoan Sisterhood, an all gay women's female mysteries group.

The lectures also featured a collection to provide Hurricane Sandy relief to the Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless LGBT youth. Attendees generously donated $670 over the course of the four lectures. Please make a donation to the Ali Forney Center today to continue growing the good karma.

These lectures are presented by the New York Pagan Alliance, the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York, and the New York pagan community.

You can read more about this lecture at The Juggler, a blog featuring New York Pagan, author, and blogger Puck Zan Fraser's reflections on each of the four Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures.

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On November 13, 2012, the first in a series of four Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures took place at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by the recent publishing of Michael Lloyd's Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan, the lectures aimed to recount the origins of the New York Pagan community, highlight issues that have shaped who we have become today, discuss how we as a community can help effect positive change in the world today, and imagine what our next steps might be together.

Photo: (L to R) Gary Suto, Brian Brewer, Margot Adler, Michael Lloyd, Rev. Jude Geiger

"New York Pagan History: How We Got to Where We Are Today," the first in the series, featured author Michael Lloyd, whose painstaking efforts to chronicle the historic and cultural forces that influenced the establishment, rise, fall, and rebirth of the New York Pagan community have produced a treasure trove of well-documented insights into the earliest beginnings of the Pagan movement.

Joining Michael for this first lecture was Margot Adler, award-winning NPR correspondent and author of Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America, a seminal work on modern Paganism's origins and the renaissance of Earth-centered, Goddess worship in today's world. Margot, who provides the foreword to Bull of Heaven, shares in this talk how her earliest encounters with the Craft were deeply influenced by Eddie Buczynski and the emerging New York City Pagan community of the early 1970s.

The lectures also featured a collection to provide Hurricane Sandy relief to the Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless LGBT youth. Attendees generously donated $670 over the course of the four lectures. Please make a donation to the Ali Forney Center today to continue growing the good karma.

These lectures are presented by the New York Pagan Alliance, the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn, New York, and the New York pagan community.

You can read more about this lecture at The Juggler, a blog featuring New York Pagan, author, and blogger Puck Zan Fraser's reflections on each of the four Pagan Way 40th Anniversary Lectures.

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