Guest Post: The New Alexandrian Library and Building Real Pagan Infrastructure

August 25, 2012 By
Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary with Assembly Elders at NAL's foundation.

[The following is a guest post from Michael Smith. Michael Smith, Gwydion Stormcrow, has been practicing Wicca, Magick, and various esoteric disciplines since 1989. He has been active in the pagan community since 1993 when he became a member of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel (ASW), a Wiccan organization in the Mid-Atlantic region. He is an Elder of the ASW and is currently serving as High Priest of Coven of the Rowan Star, a coven in that Tradition. He is also involved with the Tradition's … [Read more...]

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Pagan Fundraising Initiatives: Patrick McCollum, New Alexandrian Library, Orpheus Pagan Chamber Choir

August 22, 2012 By

A bright and ongoing success story in the Pagan community has been the utilization of crowd-funding sites like IndieGoGo and Kickstarter to collectively raise funds for important projects. Starhawk raised over $75,000 dollars to help fund a pitch-reel in order get a feature film based on her book "The Fifth Sacred Thing" made. Peter Dybing helped raise $30,000 dollars for Doctors Without Borders in the wake of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Pagan singer-songwriter SJ Tucker was … [Read more...]

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Pagan Community Notes: New Alexandrian Library’s Foundation, A Circle Minister’s Protest, A Sierra Club Interview, and More!

July 24, 2012 By
New Alexandrian Library foundation.

Pagan Community Notes is a series focused on news originating from within the Pagan community. Reinforcing the idea that what happens to and within our organizations, groups, and events is news, and news-worthy. My hope is that more individuals, especially those working within Pagan organizations, get into the habit of sharing their news with the world. So let’s get started! New Alexandrian Library Lays Foundation: At the end of 2011 the New Alexandrian Library officially broke ground on … [Read more...]

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New Alexandrian Library Breaks Ground

December 19, 2011 By
NAL Groundbreaking Ceremony (Photo PNC-Washington DC)

[The following story is reprinted from the Pagan Newswire Collective's Washington D.C. bureau (aka Capital Witch) and was reported/written by David Salisbury and Maria Aquila.] More than 60 people gathered in Georgetown, Delaware yesterday, as the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel hosted a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the New Alexandrian Library. This historic project aims to build a modern, state of the art library, physical structure to house a research and reference library. All the … [Read more...]

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