PantheaCon plans

[arethinn]

My current workshop plans for PCon:

Friday

1:30 PM "Shamanic Perspectives on Relating with Our Blood Ancestors", Daniel Foor. Maybe. I wasn't thrilled by anything at this timeslot.

3:30 "Seeking the Center", Orion Foxwood.

7:00 "Oracles from the Living Tarot", Limerent Arts. Maybe.

9:00 onwards or something -- Green Fairy party.

Saturday

11:00 AM "The Mill of Magic", Orion Foxwood. D'oh! They moved this to a morning slot! Crud! Still, 11 isn't so evil, if I can refrain from drinking too much the night before.

1:30 PM "Black Magic and Dark Paganism", Clifford Low. Maybe.

3:30 "The Rollright Ritual", RJ Stewart. OMG YES.

7:00 "Ascension Magick", Chris Penczak. Saw this book in a store the other day and it looked kind of interesting.

9:00 onwards or something -- party that I dunno who else was invited to, so I dare not speak its name.

Sunday

1:30 PM (ahh, blessed not having to get up until noon) "Kindling Ancestral Hearths", Caitlin Matthews.

3:30 "Leland, Maddalena, Aradia, et al.", Raven Grimassi.

7:00 "Fairy Lore in British Folk Music", Kenny Klein.

9:00 "The Well of Song", Sharon Knight and Amelia Hogan.

11:00 "Sex Magick Rituals", Donald Michael Kraig. Maybe.

Monday

9:00 AM (yeah. right.) "Rebalancing Society Through Healing the Land", Andrea Boone. Now that I type that name I think I know who this is. Ugh. That makes me want to go more. *whine* 9 AM??

11:00 "The Melissa Ritual of Honeybees", Rayna Ardren Owens. This wouldn't normally be something I would think myself interested in, but it caught my eye out of this timeslot for some reason ("sparkled", if you will).

1:30 PM "Liturgy of the Lord as Steward of the Land", Fellowship of the Spiral Path.

Since I am interested in parking my car somewhere within a ten-mile radius, I figure I am going to have to show up somewhere before 11 AM on Friday, even though nothing starts until 1:30 and stated check-in isn't supposed to be until 3. Ugh. Here's me, here's me walking around and around the hotel with nothing to do.

Comments

[venturous1.livejournal.com]

I look forward to your report(s). *goes to find PantheaCon web site*

The bees thing IS intriguing. I have been considering a beekeeping class, and hosting some hives. Sacred work, no doubt!

and what is Rollright? *intrigued*

[arethinn]

Try looking up a book by the name "The Rollright Ritual" or "By Standing Stone and Elder Tree" (same book, different titles). The name itself refers to the Rollright Stones, one of the many stone circles in Britain.

The King Stone mentioned in that article, BTW, is where the Kingstone line of British Traditionalist Wicca (which I was initiated into but no longer practice) takes its name.

The "Rollright ritual" isn't Wicca by any means, though, it's just so named because that's where it was transmitted/performed, is my understanding. RJ Stewart was an associate/student of William Gray back in the day.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Those sound like excellent choices.

I'd be interested to hear about RJ's rollright ritual - I've been out of his loop since he left the area.

"The Melissa Ritual of Honeybees" - want to go!

I went to the website and noticed some odd offerings... I suppose "Nude Underwater Basket Weaving With Jen," could be ... interesting (for someone).

[arethinn]

I think that one is a literal basket-crafting class (pine needle weaving, I think) with a silly name.

[nytemuse.livejournal.com]

stated check-in isn't supposed to be until 3

Emphasis "stated". That's usually because checkout time often gets pushed back to 1 and the folks need time to clean. I've seen checkin happening earlier in other years. I intend to be there around the same time so that, if nothing else, I can get my con checkin done and maybe help my friends with their vendor booth before the 1:30 panel.

[arethinn]

I know; one can try. I've gotten in before 3 before. Just that it's just as likely you'll be sitting around waiting for a room to open up.

[heartssdesire.livejournal.com]

Ergh, did the parking fill up that early on Friday? I had forgotten. I have too much to do in the morning and an hour and a half of driving and will probably not get there till early afternoon. I guess this will end up with me having to go move my truck in the dead of night after some people leave for the night.

[arcanetrivia]

I don't know for sure, but my memory from last year was that showing up at noon still meant I had to park in the boonies, technically the neighbouring business's lot (though it says you can get towed, I've never heard of them doing so). The hotel is completely full, I understand, so that can't help.