Source: Dead Can Dance mailing list

We are pleased to announce that the Dead Can Dance World Tour will visit 15 North American cities in August and September 2012.

You can see a complete list of all the dates announced below, and, as with Europe, we will have full ticket links on www.deadcandance.com when they become available.

Information on the current Onsale dates is available from the site.

Look out for special Presale details which will be sent directly to you TOMORROW via this mailing list !

This is from Selena Fox of the Lady Liberty Leauge….

Please send blessings of Protection, Healing & Well-being to Ginger Strivelli of Weaverville, North Carolina & her family.

Ginger is co-founding priestess of The Appalachian Pagan Alliance. Her writings have appeared in CIRCLE Magazine and other publications.  She lives with her husband and six children in rural North Carolina near Asheville.

Last month, Ginger challenged the policy that permitted distribution of Gideon Bibles at the local elementary school after her fifth grade son came home with one on December 19, 2011.  When the school stated that any religious literature could be available for students to pick up, Ginger brought Pagan books to the school for distribution.  However, the school refused to accept these books and have them distributed in the same way they had been distributing the Bibles, indicating that a new policy was being crafted.

This separation of church and state situation has been covered in various media reports for several weeks, and on Thursday was covered by national/global television news:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/18/pagan-mom-challenges-bibles-in-north-carolina-school/

That evening, Ginger received a death threat phone call while at home with her family.  She immediately contacted the police who have begun investigating. A news article has just been published:
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120121/NEWS/301210018/School-Bible-giveaway-protester-reports-threats?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage

For the fifth year in a row Circle Sanctuary will be sending pentacles, CDs, incense, copies of CIRCLE Magazine and other items in Yuletide gift packages as spiritual support to Wiccan, Druidic, Heathen, and other Pagan service members stationed overseas and on deployment.

What has always made the Yuletide Care Package program of Operation Circle Care (OCC) so special is its personal touch. Operation Circle Care contents are always made up of personal gifts donated by the Pagan community.

Ways to Help!…

Join Selena Fox and others from Circle Sanctuary at upcoming events:

North Carolina: Saturday, October 1
MILITARY PAGAN CELEBRATION
10th Anniversary of the Bragg Pope Open Circle
Main Post Chapel at 5 pm
Sedgewick & Jackson Streets, Fort Bragg Army Post
Near Fayetteville, North Carolina
Selena is among the special guests taking part in this celebration, which begins with a presentation ceremony with post chaplains, followed by a reception at the Chapel Annex, and later by an evening rite and potluck feast at the Open Circle’s ceremonial area.
Celebration activities are free and open to those supportive of Pagans in the US military. Those not on-base wishing to attend need to arrive by 4:30 pm at either the Randolph Gate (Northside) or All American Gate (Southside) in order to go through security, including a vehicle search. Each person coming needs to present a currently valid government-issued photo ID, such as driver’s license or passport.
Questions? Contact Christine Ahrens, Bragg Pope/Fort Bragg Open Circle DFGL: adratica76@msn.com

Illinois: Thursday, October 6
ANCESTRAL PATHWAYS
Womanspace, 3333 Maria Linden Drive, Rockford, IL 6114
6:30-8:30 pm, $25 ($20/members)
In this intensive, Selena will share ways of working with the realm of Ancestors for healing, wisdom, inspiration, and spiritual development. Explore some approaches for connecting with and honoring three types of Ancestors – family, cultural, and spiritual.
Open to women and men, space is limited – please pre-register right away. $25 ($20/members)
To register & for more info, call: (815) 877-0118 or visit:
www.womanspace-rockford.org/pages/programs/programs/programs.htm#ancestral

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, the Fort Bragg Open Circle will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a series of events. At 5 pm, the celebration begins with a presentation ceremony with chaplains and other special guests at the Main Post Chapel, located at Sedgewick and Jackson Streets on the Fort Bragg Army Post near Fayetteville, North Carolina. This ceremony will be followed by a reception at the Chapel Annex. Later, there will be an evening ritual and potluck at the Open Circle’s ceremonial area.

Source:  The Circle Times

Please join us in doing spiritual healing work for Japan as part of your upcoming Equinox & Full Moon ceremonies and gatherings this weekend.

Some possibilities for individuals & groups:

(1) Work with or adapt the Healing for Japan Ritual by Selena Fox
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/japan_2011_earthquake.htm

(2) Create a Healing for Japan Altar for use in healing prayers, rites, & meditations – this could include items such as a map, flag or other symbol of Japan, objects made in Japan, Japanese sacred images, quartz crystals, other healing tools.

(3) Envision egg-shaped containment around damaged Japanese nuclear reactors & send support to workers at the reactors sites.