Join us Wednesday, August 26, 2015 from 10-2 for a free tarot reading. Look for our booth at the University of Utah Plazafest, the first week of fall term!
Posts Tagged ‘Salt Lake Pagan Society’
U of U Plazafest Fall 2015
Posted in Other, Tarot, Vending, tagged ASUU, Free Tarot, Plazafest, psychic readings, Salt Lake Pagan Society, university of utah on August 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Wicca 101: an Introduction to Moon Spirituality
Posted in magic, moons, Other, wicca, tagged classes, education, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Wicca 101 on August 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Ever been curious about Wicca? Don’t know where to get started with you altar, spells, and magic? Come on out to our 101 class and learn the basics of Wicca, history, ritual, and how to use your altar!
The text we will be using is “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner” by Scott Cunningham.
Cost is $10: Pay through Paypal: slpagansociety@gmail.com or cash or card at the door.
New Moon Ritual August 2015
Posted in esbat, magic, moons, Ritual, wicca, witchcraft, tagged Artemis, Chili, Chocolate Cake, India, New moon August 2015, new moon ritual, Salt Lake Pagan Society on August 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new moon was upon us! SLPS met under the watchful eye of Artemis on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 10pm, to meditate, set goals, and welcome back a member who had been away for the summer. The ritual was dedicated to the new moon goddess of the hunt, Greek Artemis. Her arrows will hit the target of our goals and let them wax full as the moon does. The offerings included Martinelli’s apple cider and chocolate, in honor of Lauren Holman’s return from India. Midnight Moon chili was the after ritual treat for Lauren, being one of her favorite dishes.
New Moon Ritual August 2015, skull ancestral candle, Saturday, August 16, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
New Moon Ritual August 2015, Lauren Holman (l) and Ashton Longhurst, Saturday, August 16, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
New Moon Ritual August 2015, meditation fire, Saturday, August 16, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
New Moon Ritua, altar,l August 2015, Saturday, August 16, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
New Moon Ritual August 2015, chocolate cake offering, Saturday, August 16, 2015, Salt Lake City,
New Moon Ritual August 2015, Midnight Moon chili, Saturday, August 16, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
1st Annual Ogden Pride a Fun Time!
Posted in Tarot, Vending, tagged cottonwood country club, Gay Pride, Ogden City Amphitheater, Ogden Pride Festival 2015, palm reading, Salt Lake Pagan Society, tarot reading on August 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Pride is alive in Ogden, Utah. Just up the road an hour away is Ogden, a smallish size city, about 80,000 people as of 2015. This year was their first annual pride festival. Held at the Ogden City amphitheater on Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 1-6pm, around 40 vendors, food trucks, and hundreds of people came to celebrate pride in their hometown and listen to some good music. The festival started at 1pm due to competition and shared space with the farmers market that morning. SLPS attended in support of the community, offering $10 tarot and palm readings. With a successful day, SLPS celebrated with rib eye steak at the Cottonwood Country Club.
Ogden Pride Festival, Entrance to the festival at the Ogden City Municipal Building Ampitheater, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Ogden UT
Ogden Pride Festival, SLPS booth, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Ogden UT
Ogden Pride Festival, Daniel Cureton (l) and CJ Brazelton, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Ogden UT
Ogden Pride Festival, Drag Queens posing for a stunning picture, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Ogden UT
Ogden Pride Festival, looking east, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Ogden UT
Ogden Pride Festival, looking east, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Ogden UT
Ogden Pride Festival, dinner at the Cottonwood Country Club, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Ogden Pride Festival, celebratory dinner, 14 oz Rib eye Steak with a baked potato and vegetables, Saturday, August 1, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden Harvests Upcoming with 1st Harvest Holiday of the Year-Lughnasadh
Posted in garden, Other, tagged fruits, garden 2015, gardening, Late summer 2015, lughnasadh, Salt Lake Pagan Society, SLC, Society garden, utah, vegetables, watermelon on August 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The society garden has grown remarkable well! The land has been bountiful and fertile. August is expected to bring bountiful harvests, just in time for Lughnasadh, the firs great harvest time of the year.
July has provided much sun and heat for considerable growth. Here is an update as to the state of the garden. Many fruits and vegetables are near ripping and will be ready for pickin in the dogs days of August. Gaia has blessed us this year to grow organically from our own hands and to promote the real Earth working. Getting back to our ancestors of agriculture, the simple joys of growing and feeling the soil in your hands as you care for these creatures. This is the real meaning of Paganism. These shots are from July 2015.
Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, peppers, and tomatoes, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, watermelon, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, main garden area, l to r: corn, cucumbers, dill, cabbage, cantaloupe, butternut squash, collard greens, green onion, St. Francis and grape vine, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, tomato, tomatillo, cucumber, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, tomato, tomatillo, cucumber, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatoes, peppers, corn, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, collard greens, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT —
Society Garden 2015, l to r : cucmber, dill, butternut squash, cantaloupe, cabbage, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, dill, butternut squash, Friday, July 10, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, yellow watermelon, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l tor : corn, cucumber, cantaloupe, butternut squash, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, watermelon patch, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, dill, cabbage, cantaloupe, butternut squash, collard greens, St. Francis, green onion, grapeThursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: cantaloupe, green onion, St. Francis, Grape, collard greens, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, cucumber, dill, cantaloupe, butternut squash, cabbage, collard greens, green onion, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT —
Society Garden 2015, l to r: tomato, blue berry bush, tomatillo, corn, yellow squash, cucumber, dill, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: corn, beans, peppers, tomato,Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, peppers (l) and tomatoes, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, corn, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: peppers, corn, peppers, tomatoes, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, beans around corn stalk, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, bell pepper, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Society Garden 2015, l to r: herbs- oregano, cilantro, parsley, Thursday, July 24, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Lotus of Draper Discriminates Against SLPS
Posted in Other, tagged discrimination, Lotus in Draper, New Age, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Witch War on July 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We want to relate to all of our people about our experience today at Lotus in Draper, UT. We had a successful class today, our Wicca 101. Afterwards is when things went south. They discriminated against us, our business, the society and our faith.
We were told by the female business owner that we couldn’t do anymore classes there because certain people, like their supporters, don’t like Wicca and it would cause issues. We didn’t understand this, because Wicca is a New Age faith and they are a new age store… selling stones, oracle cards, psychic readings, chakra flags, pentagrams, and even had a young woman who told us she was Wiccan working the front. It was bizarre and puzzling.
We had no warning or idea, as when we first schedule the class a month ago with the other owner and manager (2 people) in person and over email, not a word of this was mentioned…till after we paid for the class space, (they did give us the fee back, but not the money they made off our class).
When we tried to reason about the whole circumstance of a New Age business discriminating against a New Age spirituality, the owner repeated the same thing to us, and said they are trying to be inclusive (while excluding us).
What in essence they are saying is that they don’t want any Wiccan, Witches, Shaman, Druids, or anyone else in their store, since they don’t support that or the mystic arts. They don’t want any information on it being taught there. We’d never thought we’d see the day when a New Age store wouldn’t want a New Age Spirituality being taught there. They must keep their clients in the dark about anything beyond crystals and angel oracles.
We want everyone to know this, as they seem to be willing to take your money, but don’t accept who you are if you practice a New Age/Pagan faith. There are better stores who are truly supportive you can shop at such as Jeweled Maidens, Dancing Cranes, Turiya’s, Gypsy Moon, Silver Moons (Formerly Gypsy Wagon in American Fork) and As Above So Below (Roy, UT).
Wicca 101-An Introduction to Moon Based Spirituality
Posted in Classes, wicca, tagged class, life long learning, Lotus shop, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Spirituality, teaching on July 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Ever thought about how the moon influences our lives? Considered casting your own spell or praying to the Goddess?
This class introduces you to the basics of Wicca, Nature’s moon based spirituality. It will cover the history, myth, deities, and practice. You will learn what it means to be Wiccan, how to become one, and how to set up your first altar for working magic and shaping your destiny.
Cost $30: Includes textbook “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner” by Scott Cunningham and a basic altar kit (pic is just an example, not the real kit).
Sign up on meetup or send money through Paypal to slpagansociety@gmail.com. We will only buy the supplies for those who have purchased their tickets by July 23, 2015.
Salt City Steamfest 2015 A Punk Success!
Posted in Tarot, Vending, tagged convention, cosplay, palm reading, palmistry, Psychic, Salt City Steamfest, Salt Lake Pagan Society, Sheraton Hotel, steamfest 2015, Steampunk, subculture on July 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This past weekend brought the wonderful opportunity for SLPS to read tarot and palm as well as meet lots of great folks at the 4th annual Salt City Steamfest, Utah’s annual steampunk convention. The convention took place Friday and Saturday June 17 and 18, 2015 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, UT. President Daniel Cureton and trustee April Love used the Steampunk Tarot by Barbara Moore to keep the theme of the convetion. It was a great success and SLPS Looks forward to next year’s!
Salt City Steamfest 2015, Daniel Cureton, Friday, July 17, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, SLPS table, Friday, July 17, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, Daniel Cureton (l) and plague priest cosplayer, Friday, July 17, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, plague priest cosplayer, Friday, July 17, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, Daniel Cureton (l) and April Love, Saturday, July 18, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, a card spread with the Steampunk Tarot by Barbara Moore, Saturday, July 18, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, Daniel Cureton (middle right), April Love (right), Saturday, July 18, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, cosplayers, Saturday, July 18, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, cosplayers Saturday, July 18, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfest 2015, Matthew Cortes, Saturday, July 18, 2015, Sheraton Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt City Steamfeast: Utah Steampunk Festival July 17-18, 2015
Posted in occult, Tarot, Vending, tagged Psychic reading, Salt City Steamfest, Salt Lake Pagan Society, steamfest 2015, Steampunk, subculture, Utah Living on July 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
If you love festivals as much as we do, then you’ll be at the Salt City Steamfest: Utah Steampunk Festival! SLPS will be reading tarot, playing cards, and palm July 17-18, 2015 at the Sheraton Hotel, 150 W 500 S in downtown Salt Lake City, The readings will be just $10. Stop by in full costume to get a reading. We’ll have our special steampunk tarots with us.
June 2015 Full Moon Ritual to Columbia
Posted in moons, occult, Ritual, wicca, witchcraft, tagged America, columbia, goddess, Goddess Libertas, Goddess of America, Independence day, July 4th, Patriotic, Salt Lake Pagan Society on June 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
July 4th brings a unique opportunity to honor one of the lesser worshiped goddesses, Columbia. Hailed as the patron of America (U.S.), she watches quietly and stately at the bay of New York City. Her image has been on currency of the United States for well over two centuries. She has always welcome the tired, the poor, the hungry, and weak, and the oppressed, who yearn to be free. A symbol and beacon of freedom, she welcomes and bids all to rest in her presence.
The altar was decorated in traditional patriotic memorabilia. SLPS honored the Goddess on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 8pm. The offerings included traditional July 4th food, hot dogs. Other traditional dishes at this time are hamburgers, baked beans, grilled chicken, potatoes salad, and green jello to name a few. Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa was the song of choice for the music.
The offerings were accepted and petitioned to continue her blessings on the USA.
June 2015 Full Moon Ritual for July 4th to Goddess of America Columbia, Goddess Columbia, Saturday, June 27, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
June 2015 Full Moon Ritual for July 4th to Goddess of America Columbia, altar center with hot dog offerings, Saturday, June 27, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
June 2015 Full Moon Ritual for July 4th to Goddess of America Columbia, altar, Saturday, June 27, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
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