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Notice! A lot of activities scheduled for this weekend have been cancelled due to weather. Please consult an organization's home page to determine if their events are still ongoing! January 11, 2020 - Buffalo Trace Society - Earth Renewal Full Moon Celebration - The first in the moon cycle of Waboose (White Buffalo) as we begin to climb out of the dark time. We will be inside, but in full view of Grandmother for the evening. Please bring drums, rattles if moved to do so and an open heart, while we share the love and wisdom of this new year and new journey. All are welcome, family and friends, and well behaved children. Location & Time: 7:00 p.m. 2210 N Long Rd · Spokane Valley January 14, 2020 - Buffalo Trace Society - Sacred Pipe Circle - Come and join us in a Sacred Medicine Pipe Circle for prayer, healing and and community this evening in the old tradition. We conduct our ceremony in the tradition we learned from our Elders. Everyone is always welcome to come and share this with us. Location & Time: 2:00 p.m. 1311 Westcliff Place #306 · Spokane January 19, 2020 - Spokane Magickal Moot - Welcome to the Dark Side! - We spend a lot of time talking about light. But tonight we'll delve into the dark with Lola Starr and explore the goddesses who put the stun in stunning, who thrill us and chill us, who sing to our subconscious and who demand us to embrace our personal power. As usual: snacks are welcome. This is a family friendly event but please note we may be covering some challenging concepts. Location & Time: 6:00 p.m. North Spokane Library 44 E Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, Washington 99218 January 23, 2020 - Buffalo Trace Society - Sacred Pipe Circle - Come and join us in a Sacred Medicine Pipe Circle for prayer, healing and and community this evening in the old tradition. We conduct our ceremony in the tradition we learned from our Elders. Everyone is always welcome to come and share this with us. Location & Time: 7:00 p.m. 2210 N Long Rd · Spokane Valley January 25, 2020 - Squirrelly Productions - Pagan Pizza! - A workshop on the Morrigan with Courtney Weber. Come, eat, socialize with like-minded folks and learn about the Great Queen! Location & Time: 6:00 p.m. Round Table Pizza 1908 W Francis Ave, Spokane, January 26, 2020 - Squirrelly Productions -Digging Deeper into Tarot - This special workshop on the Tarot is open to all from beginners to advanced readers. The workshop is taught by professional Tarot Reader Courtney Weber. Bring your Tarot Deck if you have one! Location & Time: 1:00 p.m. Valley Library, 12004 E. Main, Spokane Valley January 26, 2020 - Spairfiteria - Monthly Meetup - Location & Time: 1:00 p.m. County Extension Office, 6447 Kootenai Street, Bonner's Ferry, Idaho January 28, 2020 - Squirrelly Productions - Tall Tales Tuesday (ummm - Mythology Monday on a different day!) - We will be discussing the Birth of Lugh and the Fosterage of Tailtiu. Location & Time: 6:00 p.m. North Spokane Library 44 E Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, Washington 99218 February 3, 2020 - Squirrelly Productions - Mythology Monday - We will continue with the story of Lugh. Location & Time: 6:00 p.m. North Spokane Library 44 E Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, Washington 99218 February 9, 2020 - Spokane Magickal Moot - Snow Moon Esbat - The snow moon is a time of reflection and snow fun - we'll see if we have any snow when this moon hits - and if we do we'll plan a fun snow treat! Kohana Richardson is going to lead this Esbat. Hope to see you all there Location & Time: 5:00 p.m. North Spokane Library 44 E Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, Washington 99218 February 9, 2020 - Squirrelly Productions - Imbolc Celebration - Come celebrate the returning sun and honor Bhride with your favorite bunch of squirrels! The main ritual will be inside, followed by a candle-lighting ceremony outside. You will be gifted a candle and be able to light it from our candle, which was lit from Her sacred flame in Kildare. Pot Luck to follow. Location & Time: 3:00 p.m. 12004 E. Main, Spokane Valley - basement meeting room. February 13, 2020 - Spokane Stitch & Witch - Monthly Social - Come join us for crafting and chatting! We are a Pagan and Pagan friendly group for those who stitch! If you sew, knit, crochet, spin, or some other craft you are welcome to join us! We will be in the food court at the tables closest to the Victoria's Secret and Earthbound area Location & Time: 6:00 p.m. North Town Mall 4750 N Division St · Spokane February 22, 2020 - Squirrelly Productions - Pagan Pizza! - Come, eat, socialize with like-minded folks! Location & Time: 6:00 p.m. Round Table Pizza 1908 W Francis Ave, Spokane, 
2019 Burning Man
2019 Community Beltane
Sacred Space at Greyhaven
2018 Pagan Gathering at Fall Equinox
Squirrelly Productions Second Annual Witches Ball
Burning Man - Beltane 2012
compliments Greyhaven Gardens
Squirrelly Productions Burning Man Celebration
Squirrelly Productions Testival of Tailtiu Ritual - The Cinquefoil, a symbol of abundance.
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A WEEKEND
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Join Squirrelly Productions for a weekend with Courtney Weber January 25 and 26! Courtney Weber has spoken to the dead and dreamed prophetic dreams for as long as she can remember. At twenty, she embraced Witchcraft as her path in spirit and life. An ordained Wiccan Priestess, she lived in New York City for thirteen years, where she led a Coven and built one of the largest Pagan communities in the Tri-State area.
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She has taught Witchcraft and Pagan spirituality around the United States. She is an author of the books: Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess; Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself; and The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might. She is a professional Tarot consultant, and has published her own Tarot Deck. Courtney has been featured in the New York Times, Maxim, Playboy, Huffington Post, and the Thom Hartmann Show. Her favorite Magickal herb is the lemon balm she grows in her backyard and her favorite curse is, “May all of your tattoos fade.”
Saturday January 25, 2020 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Courtney will be at Pagan Pizza at the Round Table Pizza, 1908 West Francis for a workshop on The Morrigan. Courtney will have her recently published book, with a preface by Lora O'Brien, the best known Priestess of Herself, available for purchase. Then Sunday, January 26, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. she will be presenting an in-depth workshop: Digging Deeper into Tarot at the Valley Library, 12004 E. Main, Spokane Valley. Bring your Tarot Deck if you have one and learn some of her techniques.
Courtney will also be a guest on Paisley Wilde's radio show, The Spaces Between, the following week.
Courtney will have books for sale at both events. As Courtney's broom is in the shop for an upgrade (the goat ate it), a donation of $15 is requested to help transportation cover costs.
Courtney is a very entertaining and knowledgeable presenter. Hope to see you at one or both events.
Saturday January 25, 2020 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Courtney will be at Pagan Pizza at the Round Table Pizza, 1908 West Francis for a workshop on The Morrigan. Courtney will have her recently published book, with a preface by Lora O'Brien, the best known Priestess of Herself, available for purchase. Then Sunday, January 26, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. she will be presenting an in-depth workshop: Digging Deeper into Tarot at the Valley Library, 12004 E. Main, Spokane Valley. Bring your Tarot Deck if you have one and learn some of her techniques.
Courtney will also be a guest on Paisley Wilde's radio show, The Spaces Between, the following week.
Courtney will have books for sale at both events. As Courtney's broom is in the shop for an upgrade (the goat ate it), a donation of $15 is requested to help transportation cover costs.
Courtney is a very entertaining and knowledgeable presenter. Hope to see you at one or both events.
That Witch Life
That Witch Life is a bi-monthly podcast by Pacific Northwest witches Courtney Weber, Hilary Whitmore and Kanani Soleil, three friends who have been practicing witchcraft since their teens. Join them as they "share our mistakes and mishaps, our successes and our best (or worst…) advice for 21st Century Witches." You will laugh and you will learn. Sometimes you may even shed a tear.
In Episode 54: Magickally Cleansing Your Home with Damon Stang , they converse with traditional witch Damon Stang of New York. Stang is "a scholar of comparative folk magic and the cultural significance of ritual in contemporary cultures. He is a practitioner of Traditional European Witchcraft in both the pre Christian and modern lineages. "
It seems that the most frequent question I get asked is how to cleanse a new home, make peace with a spirit in the home, or on the land, or even how get remove a spirit or curse. If you want to learn abut these topics, this is a podcast you should listen to! Stang talks "about highly effective ways to Magickally cleanse your home. He leads us through the steps of cleansing your house thoroughly of negative energies and shares the importance of working with and warding the land as well as the role of cleansing prior to making Magick." He provides a spell to help with just that on the page.
As always, the hosts share their adventures and misadventures. OK - they are more like city witches than Greyhaven witches, but they probably get fewer visits by bears! This is a technically sound effort and worth subscribing to.
In Episode 54: Magickally Cleansing Your Home with Damon Stang , they converse with traditional witch Damon Stang of New York. Stang is "a scholar of comparative folk magic and the cultural significance of ritual in contemporary cultures. He is a practitioner of Traditional European Witchcraft in both the pre Christian and modern lineages. "
It seems that the most frequent question I get asked is how to cleanse a new home, make peace with a spirit in the home, or on the land, or even how get remove a spirit or curse. If you want to learn abut these topics, this is a podcast you should listen to! Stang talks "about highly effective ways to Magickally cleanse your home. He leads us through the steps of cleansing your house thoroughly of negative energies and shares the importance of working with and warding the land as well as the role of cleansing prior to making Magick." He provides a spell to help with just that on the page.
As always, the hosts share their adventures and misadventures. OK - they are more like city witches than Greyhaven witches, but they probably get fewer visits by bears! This is a technically sound effort and worth subscribing to.
THE SPACES BETWEEN
Follow Paisley Wilde on The Spaces Between as she journeys on her own Pagan Path. Paisley is a solitary Eclectic Pagan in north Idaho. The banks of Lake Pend Oreille is her home. Her radio show explores what is is to be a Pagan in today’s society, what is Paganism and how it is different from Shamanism. She invites you to join her journey and learn together. You can follow her on her YouTube Channel, or catch her live radio program "The Spaces Between "on TruthFrequency Radio, IHeart Radio, Tune In, Spotify, Apple Podcasts Google Play Podcasts, and Talk Stream Live, Friday Nights at 11:00.
Paisley is a real neat lady and just bursting with information and the desire to share it!
Paisley is a real neat lady and just bursting with information and the desire to share it!
Community Sigil
In our recent sigil workshop with Laura Tempest Zarkoff, members of some of the local groups and a fair number of solitaries worked with Laura to create a sigil representing our community. The object of the sigil is to help create a sense of community among the groups and solitaries of Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Since that time, we have presented the sigil to many of the groups that were not present, and everyone seems to love it! Below is the sigil and the meanings of the components. Hope you like it too!
Children of the Crossroads
Children of the Crossroads is a local Wiccan coven dedicated to Hecate and Pan. They have started a neat project on YouTube called Witches and Wine. You can follow their discussions on YouTube or link through their Facebook page.
What Makes A Ritual Great
Reposted from Kylara's Musings, July 20, 2016, used with permission.
Ritual comes in all shapes and sizes. We can do ritual by ourselves, with our family, with our social group, with the larger community or (with the many digital options) with people across the globe! And yet I think there are some qualities that make rituals great that are often overlooked.
It is lovely to attend a ritual where everything goes smoothly, where everyone who has a part plays it perfectly, and where the group meshes together towards the common focus seamlessly. And yet, I absolutely don't feel that is necessary to have a great ritual. I've been to quite a few rituals where a lot has gone 'wrong', but I walked away deeply moved and had a great time.
So what is the purpose of ritual? I think that rituals can have many different goals, but ultimately they all help renew us. They touch a part of us deep inside, that connects to the sacredness of life, and help us to keep that spark nourished and healthy! Even when the ritual is exploring our darker aspects or perhaps it is a light and humorous ritual that encourages silly play, both can replenish our inner resources that get drained through the stresses and activities of life.
I think one of the very basic 'rules' of ritual is that it is a safe place. Everyone at the ritual should feel that they are safe, not only on a purely physical level, but also on an emotional one. This isn't to say that deep and serious topics can not be touched, but simply that the other people at the ritual are there to support you and not to tear you down. It can not be a great ritual if people are mocking or judging others, especially when sharing personal details.
Ritual is often a place where we push our own boundaries, and sometimes we need other people to help us, but ultimately, we should feel like we can say no to the things we are truly not ready for. We should never feel pressured at ritual to do something we are not comfortable with, no matter how simple that act may be. continued
Ritual comes in all shapes and sizes. We can do ritual by ourselves, with our family, with our social group, with the larger community or (with the many digital options) with people across the globe! And yet I think there are some qualities that make rituals great that are often overlooked.
It is lovely to attend a ritual where everything goes smoothly, where everyone who has a part plays it perfectly, and where the group meshes together towards the common focus seamlessly. And yet, I absolutely don't feel that is necessary to have a great ritual. I've been to quite a few rituals where a lot has gone 'wrong', but I walked away deeply moved and had a great time.
So what is the purpose of ritual? I think that rituals can have many different goals, but ultimately they all help renew us. They touch a part of us deep inside, that connects to the sacredness of life, and help us to keep that spark nourished and healthy! Even when the ritual is exploring our darker aspects or perhaps it is a light and humorous ritual that encourages silly play, both can replenish our inner resources that get drained through the stresses and activities of life.
I think one of the very basic 'rules' of ritual is that it is a safe place. Everyone at the ritual should feel that they are safe, not only on a purely physical level, but also on an emotional one. This isn't to say that deep and serious topics can not be touched, but simply that the other people at the ritual are there to support you and not to tear you down. It can not be a great ritual if people are mocking or judging others, especially when sharing personal details.
Ritual is often a place where we push our own boundaries, and sometimes we need other people to help us, but ultimately, we should feel like we can say no to the things we are truly not ready for. We should never feel pressured at ritual to do something we are not comfortable with, no matter how simple that act may be. continued
Magickal Names
by Wytcher, July 11, 2016
Sometimes we forget the things we say. Sometimes we forget how we say them. Sometimes we say whatever we want because we have the right. But when was the last time you reflected on the words you say? When was the last time you thought about how your words affect those around you? As witches, everything we say has impact. As people, everything we say has an impact.Words have Power. Real tangible power. Look at the news. Listen to the radio. Watch videos online. All of these sources have words flying out into the universe waiting to be empowered by the reactions and emotions of the ones who hear them. I say a word and feeling is attached to it. Slanderous words, created to be harmful, have power. Affirmations are designed to combat, and strike down, negativity with personal power and fulfillment. All of these words have an impact.
I could say I perform Hexes on a regular basis and you, the reader, are already forming an opinion. I haven’t told you how I hexed my wallet to never be empty. I haven’t told you I hexed the grounds outside of my home against intruders. But that word has an emotional tie to each of us in a different format. Words carry our thoughts, and emotions, giving them voice; and we direct that through prayers, fights, wooing in acts of love, and in acts of hate. read more
I could say I perform Hexes on a regular basis and you, the reader, are already forming an opinion. I haven’t told you how I hexed my wallet to never be empty. I haven’t told you I hexed the grounds outside of my home against intruders. But that word has an emotional tie to each of us in a different format. Words carry our thoughts, and emotions, giving them voice; and we direct that through prayers, fights, wooing in acts of love, and in acts of hate. read more
Volcanoes and Dreams
The subject of volcanoes came up in a recent Squirrelly Dream Dabbling session. A volcanic eruption figured prominently in a dream one of the participants had.
So what does a volcano in a dream mean? It is usually associated with a conflict scenario. Dreams about earth-based dangers like volcanoes (or tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.) generally point to inner turmoil or emotional conflict in the dreamer's world. It is a warning from your subconscious that there is something going on in your waking life that needs your attention: a conflict that must be resolved. The volcano represents strong emotions held in check but bubbling just beneath the surface, ready to erupt. The usual emotion being held in check is anger: usually it is the anger the dreamer is bottling up, but it could be fear of someone else’s anger.
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So what does a volcano in a dream mean? It is usually associated with a conflict scenario. Dreams about earth-based dangers like volcanoes (or tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.) generally point to inner turmoil or emotional conflict in the dreamer's world. It is a warning from your subconscious that there is something going on in your waking life that needs your attention: a conflict that must be resolved. The volcano represents strong emotions held in check but bubbling just beneath the surface, ready to erupt. The usual emotion being held in check is anger: usually it is the anger the dreamer is bottling up, but it could be fear of someone else’s anger.
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Gargoyles
Gargoyles: a subject that feeds the intellect and fires the imagination. The word Gargoyle conjures images of fantastic creatures, cast in stone, perched atop European cathedrals and spouting water or a Saturday morning cartoon show or even a Hollywood TV show or horror movie.
Gothic-era Gargoyles generally resemble a demon, devil, dragon, half-human=half-animal creatures, or a caricature of real people or classes of people. Their original purpose was as a device used to shed rainwater from buildings primarily cathedrals and castles in Europe. Another purpose was to frighten off evil and protect those that it guards, such as a church’s parishioners. Unlike grotesques, gargoyles are usually part of the drainage system of a building. learn more
Gothic-era Gargoyles generally resemble a demon, devil, dragon, half-human=half-animal creatures, or a caricature of real people or classes of people. Their original purpose was as a device used to shed rainwater from buildings primarily cathedrals and castles in Europe. Another purpose was to frighten off evil and protect those that it guards, such as a church’s parishioners. Unlike grotesques, gargoyles are usually part of the drainage system of a building. learn more
The Spokane Area Pagan Business Directory
The Village Commons has assembled a list of pagan-owned and pagan-friendly businesses. Check it out! If you have a pagan-owned or pagan-friendly business, or service, contact us to be included!