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3/29/2009
10:32:36 am EDT
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Nature-Based Faiths Celebrate Arrival Of Spring
Author: Dana Massing Source: Erie Times-News (PA)
Title: NATURE-BASED FAITHS CELEBRATE ARRIVAL OF SPRING
Rich Konkol Jr. lay on the sanctuary floor, covered by a black cloak, practicing his religion.
He snored.
His loud nasal grunts were exaggerated, as befitted someone playing the role of a gatekeeper put to sleep by a Holly King who didn't want to make way for the Oak King's new season.
The mythological battle between kings took place March 18 at the Open Circle for Ostara held by the Covenant of Brighid's Haven. Konkol is a member of the local eclectic Wiccan coven, a part of the pagan religious family. His group held the ritual to celebrate the vernal equinox and the arrival of spring.
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| What Bull | Mar 30th. at 3:01:01 am EDT
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Fuil Fitheach Sian (Missoula, Montana) - Email Me
"Among the misconceptions are that all pagans are poor or crazy, Konkol said.. Berger said neo-pagans are "mostly middle class, well-educated people."
Oh, Gods forbid a Pagan should ever find themselves in the dismal situation of poverty- which we all know (especially in these times of prosperity) is something people only bring on themselves.
It sounds like this man's patron is the almighty American dollar more than any other deity I know of.
I didn't much care for the author's tendency to convert specifically Wiccan ethics into a generalized Pagan moral code, either.
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| Siiiiigh... | Mar 29th. at 7:36:46 pm EDT
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Dana Corby (Anderson Island, Washington) - Email Me
Another fine example of make-it-up-as-you-go Paganism. Doesn't this man read?
He calls his path Celtic and focused on smithcraft. Thor is neither Celtic nor a smith.
Brighid, whom he says he also worships, *is* patroness of smiths as well as healers & brewers (all of which seem to fit together nicely) and there's also a male Celtic smith-god, Govannon. In Saxon territory, Weyland the Smith is known to this day.
And people wonder why we old-timers give up and stay home.
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