Inner Circle Sanctuary

Happy Birthday to Selena Fox

10/20/2019

Happy Birthday to Selena Fox. She was born on October 20, 1949 in Arlington, Virginia.

She is the founder and director, senior minister and High Priestess of Circle Sanctuary in Wisconsin and created the Circle Craft tradition that emphasizes "nature communion and blends together transpersonal psychology, multicultural shamanism, nature mysticism, hedgewitchery, and pagan folkways".

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Book Review: A Secret History of Witches: A Novel by Louisa Morgan

10/17/2019

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A Secret History of Witches: A Novel by Louisa Morgan
A Book Review by Lord Tanys

So few novels, movies, and TV shows portray Magick and Witchcraft in an accurate way, one could think of such a work as a Unicorn- the mythical animal we have all heard of, hope to see some day, and of course, are still waiting.

A Secret History of Witches is this kind of Unicorn.

It is a work of fiction, so if you only like to read How-To Wicca books, theory or history books of Wicca, then shine on. But I love a good novel, especially old-timey novels, and if you weave in some Witchcraft, exciting yet realistic, I am all over it.

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Happy Birthday to Patricia Crowther

10/14/2019

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Happy Birthday to Patricia Crowther, who is lovingly referred to as the “Grandmother of Wicca.” She is celebrating her 92nd birthday. She is one of the last remaining High Priestesses who was directly initiated by Gerald Gardner.

From her first book in 1965, through her radio programs, and various media interviews, she has worked to promote Wicca and help people understand what the religion is all about.

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Book Review: Wicca: A Modern Guide to Witchcraft & Magick by Harmony Nice

10/7/2019

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Wicca: A Modern Guide to Witchcraft & Magick by Harmony Nice
A Book Review by Lord Tanys

I had been noticing comments on Amazon, and commentary on Youtube, that many of the Wicca/Witchcraft/Pagan/Magick books I had grown up with are considered “out of date.” So, I bought a few New Generation type books to see what is going on out there, and which books I may want to recommend, rather than the ones I love so much.

The first of these books is Wicca, by Harmony Nice. I drive for a living, and listen to Youtube programs for my own edification. Harmony Nice videos are well produced, with tight dialogue, and she is clearly very energetic about Wicca, and has inspired many people, especially new people considering the comments, to explore the Craft.

Would this translate to the printed page?

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Event: The Secrets of the Ouija

10/6/2019

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The Secrets of the Ouija
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 6 PM – 9 PM

Are you curious about the Ouija board? Have you always wanted to try it, but you're too terrified to touch it? Well, let us dispel AND corroborate some of the myths associated with this very interesting divination tool. Bring your boards for a Ouija Show & Tell!

We ask for a non-compulsory donation
of $10 for our events.
100% of the cash collected will go to charity.

Our events are always potluck,
so please feel free to bring a dish to share.

Our event will be at the UUCLV:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89115
http://www.uuclv.org/location.html

See our Facebook event here
https://www.facebook.com/events/440532073478504/

Follow Inner Circle Sanctuary on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.

If you are interested in learning more about us,
please don't hesitate to Contact Us.

If you are interested in Joining our classes,
please start with our questionnaire here.

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Happy Crowleymass!

10/1/2019

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Most Wiccans know that much of the material in Gerald Gardner’s various Books of Shadows was borrowed (but never published) from the writings of Aleister Crowley. He is often affectionately referred to as “Uncle Al” by us, as Gardner is considered the Father of Wicca, and Doreen Valiente the Mother. It’s quite a cool family.

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MabonMabonMabon!

9/19/2019

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Mabon very well may be my favorite Sabbat on the Wheel of the Years. If the summer heat has not broken yet, it surely will soon, and that is something to be thankful for. This year, 2019, the temperatures were in the 70s the two weeks before Sabbat when I left for work, and it cheered my heart.

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A Very Pagan Thanksgiving

9/16/2019

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We walked into my Gram's house early in the morning. I had promised to come over and help her cook. Knowing her though, it would be mostly done. Every year Gram hosts our family Thanksgiving. She puts on a full spread, Turkey, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes and Cauliflower, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole, Rolls, Apple bread, and Pies. OH! The pies! Every pie you can imagine; Apple, Berry, Cherry, Pumpkin. Grams knew how to bake a pie!

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Book Review: Traditional Wicca by Thorn Mooney

9/14/2019

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Traditional Wicca: A Seeker's Guide by Thorn Mooney
A Book Review by Lord Tanys

I have been noticing comments on Amazon and commentary on YouTube that many of the Wicca-Witchcraft-Pagan-Magick books I had grown up with are considered “out of date.” So, I bought a few New Generation type books to see what is going on out there, and which books I may want to recommend, rather than the ones I love so much.

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Event: Graphology

9/13/2019

Graphology
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 6-9 PM

Dictionary.com defines Graphology as: (Gra-fol-uh-jee)— noun: The study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.

Inner Circle Sanctuary invites you to a night of handwriting analysis with our favorite calligrapher.

She will show you how to understand yourself better by interpreting your own handwriting. Learn about your subconscious based on the hook you make with your lowercase G. Are your Os closed or open? What does it mean? You can even change the way you think by consciously changing your handwriting.

We ask for a non-compulsory donation of $10 for our events. 100% of the cash collected will go straight to charity.

Our events are always potluck, so please feel free to bring a dish to share.

Our event will be at the UUCLV:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89115
http://www.uuclv.org/location.html

See our Facebook event here
https://www.facebook.com/events/2126453970742735/

Event: Yule Log Crafting 2019

9/12/2019

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Yule Log Crafting
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, December 7, 2019 from 6 PM – 9 PM

Please join Inner Circle Sanctuary for a fun night of crafting as we decorate Yule logs for the coming season.

Items needed are:
*1 - Wooden Log about a foot long with 3 holes drilled in the top. Please bring one log for every person that wants to decorate. Feel free to bring extra so you can make as many logs as you want or to share.

*3-taper candles in combinations of
red, white, and green
OR
black, white, and red
OR
silver, white, and gold.

*Various decorations like pinecones, evergreen bundles, twine, birds, nuts, solstice ornaments, bows, ribbons,
dried fruit, garland, paper crafts, etc.
The more natural the better.

*Glue guns, glue sticks, and extension cords

Our events, especially craft nights, are always kid friendly.

This will be a potluck, so please feel free to bring a dish
or snacks to share.

We ask for a $10 donation
or bring whatever you can afford.
100% of the donations collected will be given to a community charity.

We will have plenty of extra supplies,
so please don’t let that stop you from coming.

Our event will be held at
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89115
http://www.uuclv.org/location.html

See our Facebook event here
https://www.facebook.com/events/2455125771377780/

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Happy Birthday to Raymond Buckland

8/31/2019

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Happy Birthday to Raymond Buckland, the man who brought Gardnerian Wicca to the States and whose books brought many of us into the Wiccan tradition. He would have been 85 years old today.

Raymond Buckland was the youngest son born to Eileen and Stanley Buckland in London on August 31, 1934. Sadly, he passed on September 27, 2017 from complications due to pneumonia.

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Happy Birthday to self-proclaimed Witch Queen, Lady Sheba

7/18/2019

Happy Birthday to self-proclaimed Witch Queen, Lady Sheba.

Lady Sheba was born as Jesse Bell on July 18, 1920 in Kentucky. She died as Jesse Wicker Bell on March 20, 2002.

Through her mother’s Irish background and her father’s Cherokee background, Jesse grew up immersed in the lore of the fairy folk and Cherokee spirit guides. From an early age, she was taught witchcraft by her grandmother and received her first initiation at age 10. She chose to be called Sheba to honor a name she had in a previous lifetime. Along with being a hereditary witch with an unbroken legacy, Sheba also professed to have the gift of Sight as well as the “hand of power” that could offer protection to others.

Event: The Tarot

7/15/2019

The Tarot
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 6-9 PM

At this tarot event, we will discuss different types of decks, the history of tarot cards, how to use them in your magical life, during your rituals, and even how they can affect your mundane life.

Happy Birthday to John Dee

7/13/2019

John Dee was born on July 13, 1527. He is well known in the world of Magick for his work with Edward Kelley in the communication with Angels, which became the Enochian System of Magick.

John Dee was well educated, well read, and had amassed one of the largest libraries in England. He traveled extensively, spied often for the British Crown, and was an adviser for Queen Elizabeth. He dreamed of and coined the name “British Empire,” which did come to pass, but hey, nobody’s perfect. Similarly, his Angels spoke about ending the world for religious reasons, and of course we are still plagued by that wackiness.

Happy posthumous birthday to Stewart Farrar

6/28/2019

Happy posthumous birthday to Stewart Farrar (28 June 1916 – 7 February 2000) He was born as Frank Stewart Farrar in Highams Park, Essex, England, but always went by the name of Stewart Farrar.

Stewart was a journalist and screenwriter for television. He wrote scripts for a radio show, which won him a Writer’s Guild Award. He authored books across several genres such as romance, crime, and fantasy before delving into Wicca.

Remembering Scott Cunningham

6/27/2019

Today is the birthday of Scott Cunningham, and it is fitting for so many of us to recognize the impact his books have made on our lives, and his impact on Wicca as well.

There were books on Wicca and Witchcraft that had some information for Wiccans without a Coven, but Scott’s “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner” was the first written for them, and what a great book it is!

Happy Birthday to Janet Farrar

6/24/2019

Happy Birthday to Janet Farrar; Teacher, High Priestess, and author.

Born Janet Owen on June 24, 1950 in Clapham, London, to her parents who were a mix of Irish, Welsh and English descent and members of the Church of England. After high school, Janet worked as a model and receptionist.

Happy Birthday to Starhawk

6/17/2019

Happy birthday to author and pagan activist, Starhawk.

Starhawk was born Miriam Simos on June 17, 1951 to Jack and Bertha Simos in St. Paul Minnesota. Unfortunately, her father died when she was just five years old. Her mother was a professor of social work at UCLA and this probably helped influence many of Starhawk’s social justice movements.

Happy Birthday to Gerald Brosseau Gardner

6/13/2019

Happy Birthday to Gerald Brosseau Gardner. Born June 13, 1884 to William Gardner and Louise Ennis in Blundellsands, Lancashire, England. He died February 12, 1964.

In 1911 he moved to Malaya and worked as a civil servant. Here, he developed an interest in the local cultures and wrote papers on their native magical practices. After his retirement in 1936, he travelled to Cyprus where he wrote A Goddess Arrives and then moved back to England.

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News, Updates, & Information

Happy Birthday to Selena Fox

Book Review: A Secret History of Witches: A Novel by Louisa Morgan

A Secret History of Witches: A Novel by Louisa Morgan
A Book Review by Lord Tanys

Happy Birthday to Patricia Crowther

Book Review: Wicca: A Modern Guide to Witchcraft & Magick by Harmony Nice

Event: The Secrets of the Ouija

The Secrets of the Ouija
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 6 PM – 9 PM

Happy Crowleymass!

MabonMabonMabon!

A Very Pagan Thanksgiving

Book Review: Traditional Wicca by Thorn Mooney

Event: Graphology

Graphology
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 6-9 PM

Event: Yule Log Crafting 2019

Yule Log Crafting
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, December 7, 2019 from 6 PM – 9 PM

Happy Birthday to Raymond Buckland

Happy Birthday to self-proclaimed Witch Queen, Lady Sheba

Event: The Tarot

The Tarot
with Inner Circle Sanctuary
Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 6-9 PM

Happy Birthday to John Dee

Happy posthumous birthday to Stewart Farrar

Remembering Scott Cunningham

Happy Birthday to Janet Farrar

Happy Birthday to Starhawk

Happy Birthday to Gerald Brosseau Gardner

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A Secret History of Witches: A Novel by Louisa MorganA Book Review by Lord Tanys

The Secrets of the Ouijawith Inner Circle SanctuarySaturday, October 19, 2019 from 6 PM – 9 PM

Graphologywith Inner Circle SanctuarySaturday, November 16, 2019 at 6-9 PM

Yule Log Crafting with Inner Circle SanctuarySaturday, December 7, 2019 from 6 PM – 9 PM

The Tarotwith Inner Circle SanctuarySaturday, August 17, 2019 at 6-9 PM