{"id":9670,"date":"2012-05-20T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T17:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/?p=9670"},"modified":"2012-05-20T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T17:25:45","slug":"ardantanes-fundraiser-and-other-quick-pagan-news-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/05\/ardantanes-fundraiser-and-other-quick-pagan-news-notes.html","title":{"rendered":"Ardantane&#8217;s Fundraiser and other Quick Pagan News Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Just a few quick news notes for you on this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ardantane Needs Infrastructure: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ardantane.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ardantane<\/a>, a Pagan learning center in the Jemez Mountains (that\u2019s in New Mexico), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/potty?a=497880\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">is holding a fundraiser through IndieGoGo<\/a> to help build a free-standing eco-friendly handicapped-accessible restroom\/shower.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7493\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ardantane<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u201cOne rather glaring problem with our facilities is \u2013 a lack of restrooms. We have one small toilet in the staff residence, but it\u2019s not handicapped-accessible. Thus we created the HARRE Potty Project: \u201cHARRE\u201d stands for\u00a0Handicapped-Accessible\u00a0RestRoom,\u00a0Eco-friendly.\u00a0We figure it will cost about $15-16,000 to build a fairly spacious, free-standing restroom with two toilets, two sinks and a shower, and tie it into our water treatment system (which goes to a drip irrigation system to water our \u201cOasis\u201d).\u00a0We have eight or nine thousand raised, but will need about $7,000 more to get the project done. You can help!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s a flexible-funding campaign, so all donations made will go towards the project. There are 28 days left in the fundraiser, and a number of perks available to those who donate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dan Halloran Undergoing Brain Surgery: <\/strong>New York City Councilman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/03\/dan-halloran-to-run-for-congress-how-will-religion-impact-the-race.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">congressional candidate<\/a>, and Theodish Heathen Dan Halloran is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/dailypolitics\/2012\/05\/dan-halloran-to-undergo-brain-surgery-to-remove-benign-tumor-still-running-for\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">undergoing brain surgery to remove a benign tumor<\/a>. Quote: <em>\u201cOn Wednesday, I will undergo a neurosurgical procedure to remove a benign tumor.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lengthy operation that will require me to remain in the hospital for the rest of the week.\u00a0 Then, after all goes well, I\u2019ll return home to rest and recuperate.\u00a0 My doctors expect a speedy recovery, and I hope to be back on my feet within a few weeks \u2014 and get back to the business of serving you in City Hall and fighting for our district, the middle class, and our shared values.\u201d<\/em> We wish Halloran a quick and speedy recovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPLC Reports on Odinist Terrorist:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/10\/fbi-washington-white-supremacist-plotted-to-kill-obama-in-2010\/comment-page-1\/#comment-458039\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Southern Poverty Law Center reports on the sentencing of\u00a0white supremacist Wayde Lynn Kurt<\/a>, who was accused of plotting to\u00a0assassinate\u00a0President Barack Obama. Kurt, 54, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges related to firearms and forgery. Tapes played during the trial showed Kurt saying that Obama \u201cneeds to be killed.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/blogs\/sirens\/2011\/jan\/20\/racist-leader-resentenced-spokane\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kurt was involved in the racist Odinist group<\/a> \u201cVangard Kindred\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickross.com\/reference\/skinheads\/skinheads103.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whose co-founder is also in trouble with the law<\/a>).\u00a0FBI Special Agent Joseph Cleary\u00a0testified\u00a0that he believed <em>\u201cMr. Kurt had a terrorist plan that involved the president of the United States.\u201d <\/em>During the trial, prosecutors played a video of a Odinist blot Kurt took part in, where the Norse pantheon was invoked to protect them from other races, with Nazi flags flying in the background.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skyclad Ritual in India:<\/strong> The Times of India reports on the remote village of\u00a0Handanakerae, <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mangalore\/Women-perform-nude-worship-near-Tumkur\/articleshow\/13310534.cms\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">where once a year women clad only in leaves give homage to the goddess\u00a0Gonimaradamma in return for answered prayers<\/a>. Quote: <em>\u201cI prayed to goddess Gonimaradamma for my family\u2019s well-being. She fulfilled my demands and that\u2019s why I performed this service. No family member or any villager forced me to do this ritual. I\u2019ve been getting good things from the goddess and so I do this service for her. What\u2019s wrong in it?\u201d<\/em> Women who participate in the ritual are treated as manifestations of the goddess, and any misbehavior is heavily frowned on, believing it would bring punishment from Gonimaradamma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s all I have for now, have a great Sunday!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few quick news notes for you on this Sunday. 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