Oxford Pagans Talking Stick

Sunday, January 18, 2009

 

Nu-Thelemic Symposium 26th September 2009

Hello agian

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Yup, Yule rest over so it's back to the grindstone. I have preliminary booked the Symposium to be held at the Holywell Music Room on the 26th of September this year. This is possibly one of the most listed buildings in the country so quite and difference from last year. It does mean that we can have 200 tickets available though so we won't have to turn so many away. The downside is that as the building is listed, staging a full rite with candles and incense there is unlikely to be possible. We will be getting a side room though so workshops are very much on the agenda.

Here is the Wiki entry for this very famous building:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holywell_Music_Room

The building is in the city centre right next to all the original University Campus buildings and Ashmole's original museum. That area is all laid out in the Alchemical design using Hermetic conceptualisation. There will be plenty of pubs and restaurants nearby too. I hope the day time event to start arround 10:00am and go on till the early evening when we will move to a seperate venue for a social, much like the old Symposiums but hopefully about double the size.

Speakers still have to be established though I have a few who are pencilled in. Suggestions are welcome but it is worth noting that the Symposium is not really geared toward beginners, though without meaning to lose them by blinding them with too much information. We don't really want it to become a soap box conference of rival orders trying to grab beginners you see. It is much more of an adepts conference, with speakers generally being asked to speak from experience on matters that they have worked on personally. The workshops will be introductions to practices that the people running them, have plenty of experience in too.

Anyway the ball is rolling again. I hope to see you there. We will be putting advanced sales of tickets up in the next few weeks, so be early to secure your seat.

Love is the law, love under will.

Thank you,
Alex Bennett

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Friday, January 16, 2009

 

Aleister Crowley and the Forbidden Lecture - Revisited


Pagans at Oxfringe - 4th April 2009

Wyrdwords is a day of talks by some of oxford's pagan authors.
Mogg Morgan will be revisiting one notable day in the 1930s.
Aleister Crowley was to present a controversial lecture to the Oxford University Poetry Society but it was proscribed (ie forbidden) by the University Proctors.

The reason, partly the subject matter - the "satanic" medieval serial killer Gilles de Rais.

The lecturer, to some the celebrated neo-pagan Aleister Crowley, to others, notorious "black magician" and alleged "seducer" and "murderer" of Oxford graduate Raoul Loveday.

Local author Mogg Morgan will be exploring the background and themes to these events at the Mitra Public House, The High, oxford as part of the Oxfringe, 4th April 2009.
More info email

mandox2000@yahoo[dot]com

 

"Monsters" - Thursday 22nd

Greetings

Can someone please forward next to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.

The venue for next weeks 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot' will be The
Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we discuss a
topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively agreed upon
the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person is free to
speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

http://talking-
stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot point next week will be "Monsters" The talking Stick
discussion starts around 8:30.

Bring yours with you.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG8nOK7nqM

__._,_.___

Friday, January 02, 2009

 

Traditional Witchcraft - 8th January

Greetings

Can someone please forward next to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.

The venue for the next (January 8th) 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

http://talking-
stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot next point will be" Traditional Witchcraft." The talking
Stick discussion starts around 8:30.

Monday, August 25, 2008

 

Thelemic Symposium, Oxford. 4th October 2008

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Speakers (in no particular order):

Lon Milo DuQuette: Subject to be confirmed.

Constance DuQuette: Subject to be confirmed.

Mike Magee: Subject to be confirmed.

Charlotte Rodgers: A talk with pictures on 'Blood Rites & Taboo'.

Jake Stratton Kent: A talk on 'Goetic Magick'.

Melissa Harrington: Thelema & the Feminine II (sequel to her speech at
the last Thelemic Symposium back in the 90s).

A Gnostic Mass will be performed, by the E.G.C. Ordained Priest &
Priestess of
York and Eucharist administered to those who would like to attend.
This will happen after all the speeches in the evening.

To accompany the Mass and with a gig afterwards, Sharon Krauss,
famous
Goth-folk singer-songwriter and musician, will perform live.

The infamous OGDOS Discotheque:
This will finish off the event with DJ Ganesh confirmed (the notorious
and well timed OGDOS DJ), Other DJs to accompany, full listings to be
arranged.

Tickets are about to go on sale, priced £20 cash and a tiny bit more
for card payments with postage on top too if required. There are only
going to be 120 tickets available so book soon to make sure you get
one. I can take pre-bookings now but hope to launch a webpage selling
them online soon. There will be no concessionary prices as we have
worked hard to keep the price as low as it is. I look forward to
seeing you at the event!

Red Dragon

Love is the law, love under will.

http://www.dowhatthouwilt.com/symposium

Monday, July 07, 2008

 

"Shamanism" Thursday 10th

Mircea Eliade "Shamanism, archaic techniques of ecstasy" interesting but perhaps not completely objective approach

Ronald Hutton / Shamanism

Michael Harner's classic "Way of the Shaman" is available in knockdown price from the innerbookshop.com

I'd also recommend Jan Fries "Visual Magick: a manual of Freestyle Shamanism"
one of our own books
and "Seidways: shaking, swaying and serpent mysteries"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJS_wwo4Fpk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

 

Thursday 29th "Show & tell"

Greetings

Can someone please forward this to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.

The venue for this weeks Thursday 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.

http://talking-stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot point this week will be "Show and tell." - The talking
Stick discussion starts around 8:30.

i.e. bring an thing of magical/spiritual significance to you and tell
us about it, was fun last time.

Friday, May 16, 2008

 

"Belief and Reason?" Thursday 22 May

The venue for next weeks Thursday 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

http://talking-stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot point next week will be "Belief and Reason?." The talking
Stick discussion starts around 8:30.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

 

Alex Sanders

Greetings

Can someone please forward this to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.

The venue for next weeks Thursday 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

http://talking-stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot point next week will be "Alex Sanders." The talking Stick
discussion starts around 8:30.

Alex Sanders (King of the Witches;o)stuff.

Alex Sanders Witchcraft 1970 - Clip taken from the very rare
documnetary movie Witchcraft 1970 showing Alex & maxine Handfasting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7DVxMg97A

Alex Sanders Initiation Into The Sacred Mysteries. Alex initiates A
novice into the sacred mysteries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Adzr2ok5nU

Alex Sanders 1926 - 1988 Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glvr5UNwRlE

Alex Sanders Fire Spirit Ritual, Alex Sanders performing a fire spirit
ritual by going into trance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQqZndWpIis

Thursday, April 24, 2008

 

St George and the "Dragon"

















It has the head of a hawk - is wearing Roman armour -
and strikes at a crocodile -
which may become the dragon of european iconography.
But is is probably Coptic St George or maybe one of its other
"rider" saints - this piece is in the Louvre -
It shows the continuity and assimulation of the Egyptian religion into the
Coptic Christianity. It is thought to be a version of the myth "Horus and the Crocodiles" - images of which also have healing properties -
water is passed over the imaged and then drunk to cure certain ailments - which may also link with the disease connection of st george.

Mogg

PS I ave a new book out - third part of my "Tankhem Trilogy" -
this one called :
"Supernatural Assault In Ancient Egypt: Seth, Renpet and Moon Magick"
Also have a film on "Egyptian Magick" on Youtube
search under morganfilms if have trouble finding it - or let me know and i will post the link.
Covers some of this material in more depth

Mogg Morgan
www.mandrake.uk.net

Thursday, April 10, 2008

 

"The Gods, are they real and does it matter

Next weeks 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'

Greetings

Can someone please forward this to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.


The venue for next weeks Thursday 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

http://talking-stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot point next week will be "The Gods, are they real and does it
matter" The talking Stick discussion starts around 8:30.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

 

"Tantra"

Greetings

Can someone please forward this to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.

The venue for next weeks Thursday 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

amookos

and

www.mandrake.uk.net/moggmorgan
for news of "Tantra Sadhana"

The Moot point next week will be "Tantra" The talking Stick
discussion starts around 8:30.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

 

"The Goddess and the Left Hand path"

Greetings

Can someone please forward this to the PF South list and any other
list you this might find it of use.

The venue for this weeks Thursday 'Oxford Talking Stick Pub Moot'
will be The Angel and Greyhound Pub (St . Clements st). Each week we
discuss a topic, using a talking stick, which we have collectively
agreed upon the week before, we do so in fellowship and each person
is free to speak or not as is their wish.
Most folks get to the pub about 8:00 to 8:30. The Oxford Talking
Stick meets every Thursday and is an independent group open to all
pagans, witches, Tantrics, Druids, Wiccans, Shaman and magickians,
etc. wishing to take part in the discussion.
Prior knowledge of the week's subject is not essential as these moots
should and can be an opportunity for us to learn from each other.
This is an outdoor moot so remember to dress accordingly.

http://talking-stick.blogspot.com/

The Moot point this week will be "The Goddess and the Left Hand path"
The talking Stick discussion starts around 8:30.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

 

Cunning Arts

Greetings Folks

Later in the year (when the weather is somewhat better) I'm planning
to run a short course around ten sessions somewhat around the lines
of the course "encircling sorcery of self" I run a few years ago. The
reason why it will need to be better weather is that I'm hoping to
have most of them out in nature.

The course will be basically be an introduction to the working
of `Folk Magick' as I said the initial plan is to have about ten but
they may extend to more depending on how it all goes.

You may (or maybe not) be wondering why if I haven't yet worked out
the details and it is still a few months away why I'm posting about
it now, the reason is that I will now have to get my act together.
If anyone is interested and has any suggestions as to subject areas
then please feel free to email me of list. Some of the areas to be
covered will be, magickal worldview, construction of spells, charms
etc, folk magick tools, the social dynamics of spell casting, etc
etc.

The course will be on a no profit-making basis but there may be
minimal costs we can share or sort out in some other way.
I will post more details nearer the time.

Benna'sywes

JackDaw

Bucca, both Dark and Fair, divine androgyne, be in all hearts
and on the tip of every tongue. For your time has come again as it
does with the beginning of each moment! )O+>
http://www.geocities.com/cronnekdhu
http://jackdaw.covenspace.com/

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