[Ardantane Herald] April 29, 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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We  made over $500 for the land fund at the auction yesterday!   Bidders got 
some real bargains, too.  Thanks to all who donated and  all who bid. 
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Upcoming  classes: 
Spellcrafting,  Sat-Sun  May 5-6 - details below! 
Plant Medicine: Spring Summer Herbs, Sat-Sun  May  12-13  
Astrology for  Pagans, Sat-Sun  May 19-20 
Plants, Bones, Spirits, & Stones  (Shamanic Healing 101), Sat-Sun  May 26-27 
Space  is available in all these terrific classes.  Pick one and plan to 
spend the  weekend in the mountains! 
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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: 
Sat.  May 12 
Sun.  May 27 
Sat.  June 9 
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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. 
Right now the bank owns most of Ardantane's land: 25 acres  in the gorgeous 
Red Rocks area of northern New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains, with  National Forest 
on two sides. 
By raising $120,000 we can pay off the bank mortgage and  save about $60,000 
in interest over the next few years.   Once we buy out the remaining staff 
shares (interest-free!), then the whole  thing will belong to Ardantane, Inc. – 
and to all of us in the Pagan  community, and to our children, and our 
descendants. 
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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  
Symposium.seu
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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