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The persist affects of Pantheacon 2011 are twisted down this Monday twilight, and I thought that I would smear some of what I experienced even if commingling with piles of curiously attired and pagan character frenzied progress, in addition to for myself, of course. We descended on the few so called "usual" those who were staying at the accommodate for cleanly of time reasons, and the accommodate staff who proficiently tolerated the crowds of strange speech. It was fun, and it was instructive - but more remarkably, it met all of my prospect and exceeded them.
It would disc that Pantheacon is the practice of event that takes a few years for one to build up the practice of links and the extroverted web important to make the con an event that is completely excellent and gorged with the kindred of nonsexual and glamorous folk. At smallest, this is true for me, an old bad-tempered and corrupt sorcerer from the Midwest. It takes me a even if to get to know progress, and for progress to get to know me - a dutiful sign of the waning years of malicious age. I am in the past few minutes not plugged in and hip as my appreciably younger propose parts in the pagan world, so I get it wrong and irritate sideways by some aged dinosaur, but I finally get to everyplace I require to go.
Pleasantly, as you know, I was marooned with the destitution of passing both of my presentations on Friday, which was a bit of a trouble, but it turned out to be downright fortunate. That intended that Friday was instead appreciably industrious up with preparing for and limber the two lectures. Both were freshly ended and unmatched presentations, but they consisted of tangible that I knew very well.
The opening slap on the wrist was on the Decan Faces, a turf that is usable and luxurious to my will, and it went off instead well. Exhibit was a bit too appreciably information in the slap on the wrist coins, and it mood impose some tweaks to get it to a adopt everyplace I mood implication substance with it's beyond question form. This is a characteristic feel for me, unusual the avowed pedant having the status of it suits me. One odd factor was that all of the doors for the slap on the wrist rooms were safe and I had to get someone to open up the doors, and along with the room wasn't set up nicely for the slap on the wrist. I consider someone thought that attendees advantageous their own tables to work on whatever was to be "constructed" for the workshop. My opening slap on the wrist was to some extent attended, and the result that I got was downright unyielding.
In imitation of in the day I assembled my reserves and went to contain my exhibit slap on the wrist, which was on Astrophysical Magick. Where on earth the last slap on the wrist was to some extent attended, this slap on the wrist had more attendees than chairs, and soon the room stage got up to the mid 80's, which was downright uncomfortable for some. This slap on the wrist was delivered fully, period communicate was a bit of a setback with the end. I mood conceivably go enhanced the persist distribute in the usable forward-looking and flatten it out, maybe be active a bit of reorganizing. The attendees didn't display any of these trifling issues, and the slap on the wrist was perceived as versatile and booming. Every progress then thanked me for this slap on the wrist and told me how palpable it was. The utmost earnest catch a glimpse of in the slap on the wrist is that using the Lunation progression requires the witch or pagan to break their gears up now multipart sessions, so as to carry cap and of the variable lunar energy. I had assured in the beginning that I wasn't an clairvoyant, and one of the questions that I took at the end was about the nodes of the Moon, which was off turf and a bit opaque for me. Contentedly, an clairvoyant was attending the slap on the wrist, a very researcher man named Jim Schultz, who was respectable to answer that and a harness of other astrological questions - many thanks to him.
I as well met and was introduced to Robert, the magazine columnist and proprietor of the "Operate Magick" blog. He was nonsexual and agreeable, and we had some glamorous conversations then on. I stipulation believe that I was confused at how he looked and expressed himself, all done in a down to earth and thoughtfully pose, I consider you could say that I imagined that he would facade and produce a result downright differently, based on the character that I feeling is calculated in his writings. The reading invention is an glamorous tool having the status of no real life imagery is supplied.
Additional personality that I exhausted a bit of time with was Ivo Dominguez Jr., who I found to be downright pleasant, nonsexual, and very droll. Ivo is a very remiss, self broken and down to earth personal, but his wit and observe of secular idiocy is downright razor-sharp and excellent. Ivo is as well very kindly and socially multipurpose. I would bother liked to bother exhausted more time verbal communication with him, but the sincerity of Pantheacon is grand distractions set within a very low down time line. Exhibit were other old friends to meet and new friends to make.
One old friend that I exactingly enjoyed building again was Tony Mierzwicki and his superb spouse, Jo-Anne. Tony attended my opening class and we exhausted some of the afternoon together triumph puzzled up with each other. Tony is a spiritual man; painful, completely urgent, civil, and with the man of a Heracles, he presents a symbolic contradictory image to the characteristic couch potato occultist. I repentantly communicated that I would miss his viewing on Monday afternoon, but as it turned out, I was respectable to fortunately guide it, and bring into play a good portion of the rest of the day verbal communication with him and his spouse.
Lon Milo Duquette was at the tradition, of course, and I got to chat with him a few era, utmost specially with a well ended martini in the OTO Amiability Calibrate. As endlessly, I found Lon to be above all charming, entertainingly choosy, but as well formidably razor-sharp and down to earth. I picked up an autographed delivery of his most up-to-date book on Low Magick, and he signed it "How Low Magick Can You Go?" I mood be reading this book (and others) and mood with interest bother everything to smear on the declare. We both chuckled enhanced it, and obliging some other droll interpretation about life in general, and occultism in certain. I bought the book a muffled then at the Llewellyn Author's Show, which had a lot of new authors and books to broadcast. They as well had free cake and a book game of chance, but I had to recoil after a low down even if, it was triumph downright tardy for me. I was beleaguered by unusual two hours further of time in regards to my inner age, so I found for myself triumph instead exhausted by the time 11:00 pm rolled circular. That would bother been more by 1:00 am for me.
Saturday was the day that the del Bosco Sacro Stregan clan now at Pantheacon. I was very prime to meet David Griffin again, and to as well meet his spouse, Aegeria, and as well to overwhelmingly meet Dianus and Diana. Both Aegeria and Diana had been in a thick layer afflicted with a delayed bought of influenza, so that, and the yearn energy, sooner diminished them all with a covering of apathy that they worked forcefully to restrain parted. Boring apart from these hardships, they were gist to be communicate, and that elation was downright easily spread, I stipulation believe. They were moral in yearn hooded capes and robes, and Aegeria had a container to state a cadence as they walked in a line to the slap on the wrist hall. From this time, the yearn unpaid viewing began.
The viewing of the del Bosco Sacro Stregan semi-detached was done in the hairstyle of an ethnographic survey, everyplace Aegeria, momentary as the anthropologist, asked a set of questions to Diana, which were replied by her momentary foundation, Dianus, and translated by Lupercus (David). Questions and annotations from the shut down were downhearted because of this viewing. This was an strange viewing get in touch with, and some found it either needless or preventable. Dispel, I can understand why this get in touch with was recycled and I thought that was important, but it did place a preventive limitation in the middle of the presenters and the shut down. It ended the dealings far more wintry and preventive, and less interactive and agreeable. The legal action for this required put together was to hold down that the viewing was respectable to quite reply to all of the questions that were offered weakening detraction or fracture. It was as well my understanding that the viewing was unusual recorded for forward-looking use. Pleasantly, the viewing had to be cut low down due to motivation of some in the shut down to be respectable to ask questions distinctively, and that such a venue could not be seized in the foyer after the event was larger than. Aegeria's list of questions were downright groovy, pro instead appreciably what a person would bother liked to bother asked if they could bother done so in an homely heart. Afterwards, I had trouble with the whole group and was respectable to tittle-tattle to them far away in liberated, period Dianus' declare of English was full at the compromise time. To pronounce in any depth sought-after David's ever benevolent interpretation in both directions.
Having closely met and talked and communed with Diana and Dianus, communicate was no dealings of their knowledge and abilities. They insinuate an legitimate traditional teaching, which they were not shy to explain on the afterward day. For a outline of reasons, when all's said and done due to fact that Diana was on its own in the past few minutes bed ridden, the ritual event was not performed the afterward day. Quite, Dianus and Diana performed personal demonstrations of their techniques for a slighter and more hint group. Exhibit were as well some initiations performed, but everything was done sheer on a voluntary found, pro a very high area of anarchic and spiritual honesty. I am helpless to say more about this, of course, but what I saw and experienced in their building did more to triumph any enhance suspicions about their claims or the viewing of their knowledge. I can determinedly say that I am sheer full up with what Lupercus and Aegeria are be active within the numerous pagan communities. All the numerous claims of nefarious manipulations, illegitimacy or a lack of just plan muted by unfamiliar citizens can be seen for what it is, unimportant jealousy and icy judgements based on dim-wittedness.
I stipulation believe that I exhausted a lot of time with these four citizens, and got to see Diana and Dianus experience the wonders of the vender's vent place. I am undeniable that few Europeans would be respectable to see such a prepared of proficient items for sale as were on sight at Pantheacon. I could see the signal in Diana's eyes at all that she saw and got to broadcast in assign. That experience by yourself was downright a enjoyable farther than time for me as well as the four of them. Expenditure time with them intended that I didn't get to guide as many of the workshops and lectures that I may possibly bother already, but the detriment was well value it. Expenditure time with these good friends and spiritual allies was the match of attending downright a outline of Pcon activities.
Additional glamorous personality that I met and had unspeakable conversations with was Dr. Robert Untruth, a utmost pleasant guy with a very precise intellect. Words with him was by conversing with someone who had an touch on encyclopedia by directive of history as well as occultism. Additional citizens that I met and got to tittle-tattle with were Donald Frew, who was answerable for triumph me formidably fixed to Neoplatonism and who documentation handedly showed me that my intuitive spiritual perspectives and beliefs were based on the numerous tradition within that skill. I as well talked briefly with John Michael Greer (I promised him a version, which I didn't get a uncertainty to maintain), and I facade publish with verbal communication with him at the hope Pagancon in the Twin Cities.
I as well attended the author's show put on by Weiser, and the focus for that show was the republication of the book "Pixie Fan" by Dion Fortune. The playwright show was assumed to bother read the book and to declare on it. Though the authors offered a outline of glamorous and agreeable perspectives about the book, muffled was actually supposed of Dion Fortune. I felt that many of the pagans who may bother attended that show would bother on its own recurring Dion Fortune by her fully pagan books, such as the Sea Priestess, Moon Magical and the Goatfoot God. Pixie Fan was a more opaque make-believe story written by Fortune litter in her inclination. Dispel, Fortune's make-believe work was downright unorthodox than her non-fiction occult writings, both publically and within her spiritual order. I would bother hoped that the show would bother started off with a low down biographical factor about who Dionne Fortune was, having the status of she lived, died, and her full-blown award to occultism and esoteric studies. For indictment, her actual name was Amethyst Firth, and she was appreciably more recurring for her occult practices that various Christianity with forms of Theosophy than she was for her Blond Initiation or pagan contacts. I hope that Dion Fortune wouldn't bother liked to be referred to as a pagan occultist. Pleasantly, I was a bit disgruntled by this find fault with, and was even asked to add some biographical assign off of the top of my direct, which was practice of agonizing, being I was barely appropriate to do so. Yet I managed to speak incisively, period briefly, about Dion Fortune. Perhaps I may mark a blog idea about her in the forward-looking.
In the same way as my tour was invalid, I got to guide Tony Mierzwicki's viewing on Greek Holiness and notation his chant of Athena. I thought that it was an groovy slap on the wrist, facilitated with an appealing power catch a glimpse of viewing and an English account of the Orphic Requiem to Athena. I as well exhausted some of the afternoon with Tony and Jo-Anne, walking in the superb beam of light and proto-spring by weather out-of-doors. It was an excellent afternoon and twilight, but the side day (Tuesday) saw few if any of the attendees dead enhanced. I had a remiss day of dazzling on what I had experienced, and some time to prolong my reading of Jake Stratton Kent's new book, order one of Geosophia.
It was imposing time of postscript, on its own intermittent having the status of I had to guide the wickedly torturous perform operations of in the air home. The on its own tour that I could find that was honest (on its own one stop enhanced) traveled to Atlanta from San Jose, and along with to Minneapolis. My be foremost was triangular, so that was practice of a bit of make dry enchant. I had to eliminate a a quantity of four hour tour deskbound side to an forgotten hairy man, with a hedge plant hat and redneck teeth, who was peripatetic back to Ashville. Such as he wasn't rattling the mucous in his craw, strictly snoring even if dead to the world, he was alternatingly coughing, sneezing or blowing his delve. He even sparkle some of what he was coughing up now an empty peanut bag, appreciably to my gruesomeness and shock. At smallest by the end of the tour I had bare his malicious name - it was Phlegm. Unnecessary to say, I got no slumber on that tour, nor on the side, marooned and limited as I was in the malicious of the row. By the time I got home the afterward be born, I was downright sharp and a bit cross. I got enhanced it all and approved now a pleasant restive musing until my palpable other came to worthy me a harness of hours then.
So that was my Pantheacon experience - of course communicate were piles of other activities and essentials that I bother dead out, but I hope that I obliging satisfactory of it to contain an event of what it was by. Perhaps you may possibly assess going communicate yourself someday, if you weren't communicate having the status of I was communicate. Pleasantly, time to get back to work and some more of time things to hold your attention me for the nonce. Exhibit mood positively be more articles coming up, but for now, I demand to do some writing and researching, punctuated with some affectionate recollections.
