[Ardantane Herald] April 15, 2007 at Ardantane

[Lliles at aol.com]

Please  feel free to pass the information in the Ardantane Herald to anyone 
who might be  interested.    
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Spring  Beaver Days!  
Blessed  Beavers work parties will focus on Dome construction and Cattail 
Cottage for the  next few months. Here are dates scheduled for the spring: 
Sun.  Apr. 22 
Sat.  May 12 
Sun.  May 27 
Sat.  June 9 
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SWEFA  Beltane, April 28-29, will feature a fundraising auction for  
Ardantane!   
Have  you got a lovely Magickal object that needs a new home?  Bring it along 
to  donate to the Ardantane auction.  Need some lovely Magickal objects?   
Come prepared to bid. 
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Water  Treatment System Fundraising 
Got  an idea for a fundraising event, such as a garage sale, car cleaning, 
bake  sale?  Contact _publicity at ardantane.org_ (mailto:publicity at ardantane.org) 
,  and we'll advertise it here. 
Ardantane  students need showers and toilets. Ardantane needs a water 
treatment  system. The  Ardantane Board of Directors has decided that this needs to 
be a high priority,  and that all fundraising efforts in New Mexico will be 
directed toward this. The  goal is to get a state-of-the art treatment and 
purification system installed  this summer. 
After  use, greywater and black-water will be purified and then go to a “
green space”  behind La Casa (across the road from Hawk Haven), to water trees, 
gardens, and a  small grassy area that can be used for outdoor classes or 
rituals.  The total cost of the system will run  nearly $20,000, according to Dave 
Raue, local water system  contractor.                          
The  system will be attached to “La Casa,” the staff residence, and the  
restroom/shower facilities there will be opened to all students, volunteers, and  
visitors. 
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Details  for the next available class: 
What:  Spellcrafting 
Sponsor:  School of  Magic &  Witchcraft
When:  Sat-Sun  May 5-6 
Where:  Ardantane 
Instructors:  Seusomon Starweaver  & Inara 
For  many, casting magickal spells is an essential cornerstone of pagan 
spiritual  practice. This weekend intensive offers a survey of spellcasting in 
theory and  practice in the Western tradition, with an emphasis of pagan magick. 
The course  includes discussion on how and why spells works, the basic steps of 
preparing  and executing a spell, and the use of magickal correspondences. 
Forms of magick  covered include candle spells, herbal magick, cord magick, and 
spells for  prosperity, health, protection, and banishing. Both the spiritual 
and pragmatic  uses of magick spells are discussed. Other topics covered 
including spell  writing, magickal tools, and astrological timing. 

Tom  Little (Seusomon Starweaver) has been teaching at Ardantane since 2003, 
where he  is presently dean of the School of Magic & Witchcraft. He is a 
Wiccan  priest, co-author of Understanding the Tarot Court, and founder and 
headmaster  of Prism Wheel teaching coven in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Seusomon  Starweaver  has served on the Ardantane board of directors since 
2002. At  various times, he has been active in the Unitarian Universalist 
church, the  Coyote Willow chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans 
in  Albuquerque, and the international tarot community. We has presented 
workshops  at the World Tarot Congress in Chicago and the Toronto Tarot  
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Seusomon Starweaver  has degrees in physics and computer  science, and holds 
a PhD in astronomy. He has worked as a university professor  and technical 
writer, and is currently a health physicist at Los Alamos National  Laboratory. 
His hobbies include cooking, gardening, and artwork. 
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To  register for any 2007 Ardantane class, write to _registrar at ardantane.org_ 
(mailto:registrar at ardantane.org) .   
If  you prefer to register on line, go the Ardantane home page 
(www.ardantane.org)  and click on calendar, the second button on the left.  Click on 
register  for a class or event, which takes you here: 
http://ardantane.org/calendar/registration/event_register.htm 
Select  your class, fill in the contact information, and we will be notified. 
   
To  pay on line, which allows you to use a credit card, and make either full 
or  partial payments, click on pay for a class or event, which takes you  
here: 
http://ardantane.org/calendar/registration/event_payment.html 
Be  sure to bring your Beaver Bucks, or other discount coupons to the class 
so that  we can have a record of exactly how you paid.   
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To  apply for work study for any Ardantane class, write to  
director at ardantane.org. 
Got  Beaver Bucks?  For every volunteer day you put in, you'll get a $35 
tuition  credit.    
You  can also get a tuition credit of $25 by bringing a new student to an 
Ardantane  class.  Invite a friend to come to a class with you and receive a $25  
gift certificate towards the next class you register for.  When you and  your 
friend register, in the comments box, just put in your friend's name and  
that they are a first time student. It is that easy! 
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B*B,
Rowan, OLW



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