SLPS had a great celebration of Hanukkah for the second year in a row this past Saturday, December 7, 2013. We lit each candle on the hanukiah each night and said the sacred prayers in Hebrew. This celebration has become a tradition after the success Hanukkah of 2012. We look forward to next year, 2014’s Hanukkah! 
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Hanukkah December 2013
Posted in Other, Ritual, tagged Hanukkah, Jewish, ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society on December 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
SLPS Now Offering Ordination and Degree Training
Posted in Other, Pagan, tagged Clergy, Ministry, ordination, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Scott Cunningham, wicca on November 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Merry Meet everyone. SLPS Is now proud to offer ordination and a degree training program in the New American Tradition. If you’d like to learn about it, study magic, witchcraft, the occult and get ordained as a pagan priest, then check out the new page FAQs
Change in Witches’ Tea Meeting Time, Now 12pm
Posted in Other on October 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A recent dialogue on the time the society meets has brought in a change of meeting time for the society. SLPS will now be meeting Sunday’s at 12pm instead of 11am. Just in time for the Celtic New Year, Samhain, the new noon time hour will help many of the society members attend the meeting. Please update your calenders accordingly.
No Witches’ Tea Sunday, October 6, 2013
Posted in Other, tagged Witches' Tea on October 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Hi all, due to several circumstances, witches’ tea is cancelled for October 6, 2013. Sorry for any inconvenience they may have caused. Please join us next Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 11am at Cafe Solstice.
Mabon 2013 Details
Posted in druidry, Other, Pagan, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Dark Times, Gay Gods, mabon, Mabon 2013, Mabon Alban Elued, New American, paganism, ritual, sabbat, Salt Lake Pagan Society on September 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The time has come to prepare for what lies ahead…. the dark times! Mabon is the time of year when the sun lessens in strength and light and when the night begins to become the ruling phase of our lives. The God is aging and preparing for his departure at Samhain and the Goddess starts her transition into the Crone phase. The second of the three harvests, the crops that have come in around this time are berries, pears, peaches, and mushrooms. The ritual will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 6pm in the New American Tradition. SLPS president Daniel Cureton will lead the ritual. The center piece is a commissioned painting acrylic on canvas by the favored artist Kurt Shoopman of Kentucky featuring several skyclad gods dancing around the Mabon fire. Feasting afterward as usual. If you’d like to attend the next sabbat, please come to Witches’ Tea for more info.
(Flyer by Sergey Khrushchev)
Magical Ingredient Gathering 2013
Posted in magic, nature, Other, Pagan, tagged Big Cottonwood Canyon, Magical ingredients, river, Sagebrush, wild rose on September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
What a fun day out after Sunday morning tea! A few SLPS members headed to Big Cottonwood Canyon to gather magical plants and items on Sunday, September 15, 2013. River rocks, white sage, wild rose and granite were on the list and after several hours of hunting and gathering, they were successful! Each September brings the opportunity to gather the last of the summer plants and the pre-fall blooms. With the river being almost too cold to wade through, any time post Mabon is just too cold!
Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day 2013 Full of Fun!
Posted in Other, Pagan, tagged Asatru, festival, Four Dragons Clann, Free Tarot, Gypsy Wagon American Fork UT, Harts Hearth Clan Grantsville UT, Murray Park, pagan pride 2013, Pagan Pride Day, paganism, salt lake pagan pride day, Salt Lake Pagan Society, tarot reading, Typsy Gypsies, Wasatch Mountains on September 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The 12th annual Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day was a success! The festival began at 10am on Saturday, September 14, 2013 in Murray Park’s pavilions 1, 2, and 3 and lasted till 6pm. SLPS had a beautiful sacred space set up and offered free tarot readings. The shops Gypsy wagon of American Fork, UT, and The Typsy Gypies of Lehi, UT were the neighbors for the day on either side of the SLPS. booth. The day opened with the morning ritual by the Four Dragons Clann of the 1734 Tradition and people filing in for free readings. As noontime approached, the heavens opened and rain poured down for twenty minutes on everyone. Most of the guests took cover under the canopies and pavilions and watched the bards and belly dancers perform their art. The rained stopped and the people returned. 4pm brought the closing ritual by Harts Hearth Clan of Grantsville. They performed a ceremony to Frey And Freyja in the northern asatru tradition. 6pm was the close and everyone packed up to return home till next year’s pride. Till we meet again!
Helping UVU Pagan Association
Posted in Other, Tarot, Vending, Volunteering, tagged club rush, ROTC, Salt Lake Pagan Society, tarot, Tarot readings, U.S. Military, Utah Valley University Pagan Association on September 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
SLPS had a great time helping the new Utah Valley University Pagan Association get on its feet. President Daniel Cureton read tarot at the club rush on Thursday, September 11, 2013. Sitting with the interfaith section and next to the ROTC, many soldiers came for readings, as well as the regular students at the rush. President Sergey Khrushchev was pleased with the amount of attention the free tarot drew, as it helped get the word out that UVUPA is up and going!
12th Annual Salt Lake Pagan Pride Day 2013
Posted in Other, Pagan, tagged 12th annual festival, Murray Park, pagan pride 2013, salt lake pagan pride day 2013 on September 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Hi Folks! The time for Pagan Pride has arrived! This year’s event will be at the normal location of Murray Park Pavilions 1, 2, and 3 in Murray, UT 84107 Saturday, September 14, 2013, from 10am-6pm. Admission is free. There will be vendors, groups, and public rituals as part of the schedule. SLPS will have a booth there and will be doing the usual free tarot readings. If you get a chance, please stop by the booth and get a reading from one of the talented and experienced readers there. See you all then!
USUPA-Utah State University Pagan Alliance to Return from the Void
Posted in Other, Pagan, tagged USUPA, Utah State University Pagan Alliance on September 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
After about a six month break, USUPA has found new leadership and resumed operations at USU this fall, 2013. After the graduation of the first president and founder, Kassie Cressall, USUPA underwent a time of uncertainty. The activities became fewer until there none, communications and other advertising slowed to a dull roar and the leadership all but vanished. Over late spring and summer of 2013 USUPA found a new leader. A current student at USU, Anya Hawke has stepped forward to take on the reigns of the organization. From a Facebook message to SLPS president Daniel Cureton dated August 10, 2013, Ms. Hawke commented on her new position and upcoming events for USUPA “Well, we don’t have many plans set in stone at this point. We’re meeting next week to work those out. But our tentative plans are to have a booth out on quad for Club Day during the first of classes to help spread the word that we’re back. Then we will have monthly full moon rituals, movie nights probably about as often, and classes as often as we can get volunteers to teach them. Witches’ Tea, our Saturday meet up to chat and chill will happen every week. Our traditional location the Citrus and Sage, might change since they might be closing down. We will be holding a Samhain ritual that will be open to the public like we used to, as well. The goal is to become a self sustaining club. One that will continue after I step down as president. The current leadership includes me as President, Brie as Vice President, and Alina as our Publicist/Public Relations Officer. We want to keep this club a safe and open place for people that follow a less conventional path.” Since USUPA will be back up and running, LUPA-Logan Utah Pagan Alliance, the temporary community organization run by Ms. Cressall will close it’s door and give the space back to USUPA. SLPS wishes them luck and success as they get back on their feet!
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