{"id":4383,"date":"2020-03-06T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:37:17","slug":"the-next-step-sigil-for-building-better-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/2020\/03\/the-next-step-sigil-for-building-better-community.html","title":{"rendered":"The Next Step Sigil – For Building Better Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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To bring about real and effective change, we can\u2019t only be focusing on what\u2019s happening in the present or what took place in the past \u2013 we have to consider what our next step into the future will be.\u00a0 So PantheaCon 2020 was the perfect place to put the Sigil Witchery workshop attendees to the task of crafting a sigil to aid with that journey.<\/p>\n

Take Heed of the Microcosm\/Macrocosm<\/strong>
\nNow I\u2019ve seen some grumblings around the Internet that seem to think that PCon* was a bubble unto itself (as in \u201cdon\u2019t bring that<\/em> trouble to our<\/em> event\u201d mindset).\u00a0 Sure, the event took place in California \u2013 known for its liberal and forward-thinking attitudes towards the environment, human rights, and creative ideas. But folks came from around the world to participate.\u00a0 It was the largest indoor gathering of its kind, so when things happened (or didn\u2019t happen) there, the reverberations were indeed global, whether people find them personally applicable or not.They would bring back with them what they learned and experienced \u2013 even before the Internet was a major source of communication. They would also bring with them the ideas they wanted to discuss and exchange.\u00a0 \u00a0Maybe you might have consciously heard about those things more recently because of social media, but discussions about ethics, scholarship, consent, and other community concerns can be traced back not in just years but decades.\u00a0 And many of these things are crucial issues we are facing as a society as whole.\u00a0 It\u2019s foolhardy to think this is a great time to cosplay an ostrich \u2013 and think that what affects your neighbor won\u2019t affect you.<\/p>\n

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Yes I know it\u2019s a myth about ostriches putting their heads in the sand, but it\u2019s still a good metaphor. Also, insert the reality of dinosaurs going extinct because they couldn\u2019t adapt. SNAP. Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ALSO \u2013\u00a0 I don\u2019t think a lot of people realize just how young<\/em> the Pagan\/Pword community is.\u00a0 I\u2019m not talking the age of the people \u2013 I\u2019m talking about the organizations, groups, shops, and events.\u00a0 Sure, we look at the birth of modern Paganism and Wicca as dating to the late 1940\u2019s through the 60\u2019s, but most of the long-standing groups we know didn\u2019t get started until the 70\u2019s, 80\u2019s, or even the 90\u2019s.\u00a0 And many of those only acquired 501c3 status or became landed with actual property in the last 20 years. Y\u2019all, that is NOT a lot of time.<\/strong> Basically as a collective whole, we\u2019re still in the awkward teenager to freshly minted adult phase developmentally.\u00a0 No wonder there\u2019s a lot of growing pains.\u00a0There\u2019s really a lot more that can be said about that, but let\u2019s save that for another time and focus on this sigil.<\/p>\n

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The worksheet at PantheaCon 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Making the Sigil
\n<\/strong>So a large roomful of people gathered at 9am in the morning.\u00a0 In my preferred world view, magical discussion best happens after 10am.\u00a0 11am is even better.\u00a0 But nonetheless, we all persisted, even if we weren\u2019t all bright-eyed and pentacled. (I think a lot of folks came just on the promise that I\u2019m even more punchy in the mornings, so colorful words would flow without the aid of being fully caffeinated.)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

While the talk of what may replace PantheaCon was a hot topic at the event, this sigil was designed for more than just one event \u2013 and that was made clear in the workshop to everyone.\u00a0 It\u2019s for the community in all of its forms, throughout the world.\u00a0 To help us grow with wisdom and strength past these metaphorical teen years, and to aid us with creating more inclusive concepts, events and groups.<\/p>\n

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High Resolution Next Step Sigil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Built Into This Sigil<\/strong>
\n-Continuation (building on the best parts of what have been established, so we can collectively move forward)
\n-Inspiration
\n-Wisdom
\n-Courage
\n-Coherence and Connection
\n-Inclusive
\n-Safe & Safety
\n-Joy
\n-Vigor (to bring into the future)<\/p>\n

How To Use This Sigil<\/strong>
\nThis is a shared magic<\/a> sigil. You are welcome to use this sigil however you see fit that is in alignment with the intent of the sigil.\u00a0\u00a0As long as it\u2019s not used for profit\/commercially, you can wear it, share it, use it for meditation for groups and committees, post it at events, etc.<\/p>\n

It is protected by the Creative Commons License, details below:<\/p>\n

\"Creative<\/a>
\nThe Next Step Sigil by Laura Tempest Zakroff<\/a> is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\u00a0To find out more about this method of crafting sigils, checking out\u00a0Sigil Witchery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*There are a lot of opinions about why PCon is no longer \u2013 and there certainly isn\u2019t one reason. I\u2019m not here to debate that, but rather focus on the question: how do we all do better moving forward, in all of our own pockets of our communities?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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