[Ardantane Herald] January 21, 2008 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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Amber has put $4,000  in land fund donations against the principle for the 
Ardantane land.  This  will pay of the land about eight months sooner (in 2016, 
just eight years away!)  and save Ardantane about $4,000 in interest. 
Want to make a  donation to the land fund, and help with the next payment 
against  principle?  Go to:  
_http://www.ardantane.org/help/landcampaign/landcampaign.htm_ 
(http://www.ardantane.org/help/landcampaign/landcampaign.htm)  to  find out how.  For every 
dollar you donate, Ardantane will save a dollar in  interest.  Now that is 
exciting! 
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NOTE: Watch this board  for the rescheduled January Beavers work day. 
February  9 
March  8 
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Upcoming  classes: 
Sat-Sun Feb 2-3:  Asatru: Intro to Norse Spirituality details  below! 
Sat-Sun Feb 9-10:  Ritual for Solitaries (Ritual 102) details  below! 
Thur Feb 14: Sacred  Journey, Sacred Life in San  Jose, CA!   
Sat-Sun Feb 16-17:  Western  Way of Healing in Albuquerque, NM!  
Space is available in  all these terrific classes.  Pick one and plan to 
spend the weekend in  the mountains! 
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DATE: Sat.-Sun. Feb  2-3 
CLASS: Asatru:  Introduction to Norse Spirituality  
LOCATION:  Ardantane 
INSTRUCTORS: William  Bainbridge 
SCHOOL: School of Pagan Spirituality 
FEE:  $110 
DESCRIPTION: 
This class is designed  to present accurate information on the practice of 
the pre-Christian religious  tradition of the Germanic cultures and its 
continuation in modern times, provide  an opportunity to experience some of the more 
important ceremonies and practices  of contemporary Asatru, and suggest ideas 
and techniques connected with Germanic  spirituality that participants might 
find helpful in their own spiritual work,  whether or not that work happens 
within a Heathen setting. Taking this class  should enable students to navigate 
knowledgeably and place in context what they  might encounter in discussions of 
Asatru at gatherings and on-line. Some  theoretical and practical work with 
the runes will be  included. 
Equally important,  however, we will spend significant time exploring the 
ideas of Wyrd, Orlog  (roughly, "personal destiny"), and Frith (very roughly, 
"right relationships"),  as well as the symbology of the Wells, the World Tree, 
and the Norns. Taken  together, these things provide both a basis for 
understanding the core  perceptions and world-view underlying many of the modern 
efforts to revive,  reconstruct and practice Asatru, and the means by which the 
indigenous Germanic  spiritual tradition can effectively address the “big 
questions” of ontology,  meaning, our relationship with the Earth, and how we 
might constructively live  and act in the world. We expect to approach these 
profound questions with humor,  perspective, and of course, mead. 
DATE: Feb.  9-10 
CLASS: Ritual for  Solitaries (Ritual 102)  
LOCATION:  Ardantane 
INSTRUCTORS:  Starweaver, Rowan 
SCHOOL: School of Magic and Witchcraft 
FEE: $  110 
DESCRIPTION: 
Ritual is as important  for solitary practitioners as it is for those who 
work in groups. We use ritual  to create and mark change, whether within 
ourselves or in our outer lives. This  weekend workshop gives hands-on practice for 
creating private rituals for all  occasions, such as dedication to a spiritual 
path or deity, purification and  cleansing, releasing, changing home or career, 
or passage into elderhood. Unlike  some books and websites that provide 
collections of recycled ritual scripts,  this class provides you with the tools you 
need to create rituals from your own  heart to serve your own purposes. The 
class does not presume any particular  tradition of spiritual practice, 
emphasizing general concepts that can be  adapted for use in a wide range of 
contexts. 
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To register  for any 2008  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! 
B*B,
Rowan, OLW



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