Vancouver Tarot Meetup Group

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

I discovered that the Tarot Meetup Group for Vancouver has also fallen into Disuse and has no Organizer, so I registered and Volunteered to be their Organizer.

In order to "Kill Two Birds with the Single Stone", I am holding my Tarot Readers Meet and Greet at the same time as my Druids Meet and Greet at New West Branch #2 at the Royal Canadian Legion.

For information on Vancouver Meetup Group, just click on:

http://tarot.meetup.com/32/


Ki No Ronin

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to all:

Yesterday, I did my first Tarot Group Meetup at the Legion. Since I am also the Meetup.com Druids Organizer, I decided to do both Meetups of the Vancouver Druids and Tarot Card Readers at the nearby local Legion at the same Day and Time.

One person showed up. His name is Jason, and he came by and showed me the only deck he ever has used in the 20 years of doing Tarot Reading. He forgot to tell me the name of the Deck, but he kept it wrapped in a Silk Cloth and in a Silver Box. I looked over the deck and found it is very similar to a Deck I received from a buddy of mine during last Yule, except his deck was in English, and the deck I got for Yule had printing in French. The Major Problem with the Deck I got for Yule is I do not Read or Write any French at all, so reading that Deck will be difficult, so I just have it preserved on my Parkade Watching Post Altar. Someday, I may want to do a Multi Deck Spread, and that will be when I will use that deck.

However, there is some recent bad news. Meetup.com has decided to make the group organizers pay a monthly fee to use their network to organize Meetups, and that has caused me to decide that I only would wish to pay for organizing one Meetup Group, and I favor organizing the Vancouver Druids Meetup, so I will have to send Meetup.com my resignation as Tarot Meetup Organizer, and then organize my paying the Monthly Payments.

I will continue to let the Vancouver Tarot Card Readers know that they are totally welcome to stop by my Meetup on each 3rd Wednesday Evening at the Local #2 Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion when I hold my Monthly Druidry Meetup, at which I will be bringing my Feline Familiar Twowhitesocks for everyone to enjoy.

Ki No Ronin

[Bix]

Yeah! I heard that meetup was charging now. That's so sad!

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All Tarotists:

After tendering my Resignation of being the Tarot Meetup Organizer, and then paying my fee for keeping up being the Organizer of the Vancouver Druid Meetup Group, I got a reciept email which included the following paragraph:

"- For now, your payment allows you to organize up to three
Meetup Groups for the price of one (for those who already
organize more than three groups, you'll be able to continue
organizing all of your groups for the time being). Since this
cost is meant to be shared among the members of the group, at
some point in the future we may charge a fee for each group you
organize. If we make this change we'll give you ample notice
both in email and on the website.


Since my $9.00 dollar fee allows me to organize up to 3 Groups, that means I can carry on Organizing the Vancouver Tarot Meetup Group. So I am now able to take back my resignation!





Ki No Ronin

[KiNoRonin]

Yeah! I heard that meetup was charging now. That's so sad!


I know. If my Vancouver Pantheist Organizer Quits, then I can take up Organizing one more Meetup Group, so I will concider taking up Organizing the Pantheists.

KNR

[Teresa]

Konnichi Wa to All:

I discovered that the Tarot Meetup Group for Vancouver has also fallen into Disuse and has no Organizer, so I registered and Volunteered to be their Organizer.

In order to "Kill Two Birds with the Single Stone", I am holding my Tarot Readers Meet and Greet at the same time as my Druids Meet and Greet at New West Branch #2 at the Royal Canadian Legion.

For information on Vancouver Meetup Group, just click on:

http://tarot.meetup.com/32/


Ki No Ronin Thanks for posting this info! I plan on informing my SO about this as he has an affinty with the cards and may want to participate. BB,Shalaye

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Until I get all the Tarot Reading Ethics that I bring up in my "Posting Of Readings" thread discussing Tarot Ethics in posting Reaings on the Internet, I will only be posting my Readings onto my Vancouver Tarot Meetup Group Webstie message board.

Right now, I am the only active member of that Meetup Group, so I will be the only one who will be able to have access to that website's message board, so I will be able to keep a concise Journal of my Tarot Readings without anyone else being able to see it, unless some other people start joining my Vancouver Tarot Meetup Group.

So far, I have secreted away there GurlyGurl's Career Spread.

Ki No Ronin

[KiNoRonin]

BTW: For some strange reason, after my first Tarot Meetup, that guy Jason who showed up suddenly Quit.

Actually, when I got up the next Morning, I checked my Tarot Meetup Group, and found that he had already erased his name from the Tarot Meetup Group.

I dont think that I said anything tooooo Rude to him, and he seemed to leave on Good Terms, wishing me well. But I guess I had put him off somehow, and he Quit.

I guess that is my "Hanged Man" aspect of my present Incarnation that has come to fore again.

Ki No Ronin

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Last Wednesday was the Monthly Meetup for Vancouver Druids, Pantheists, and Tarotists.

I arrived at the #2 Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion at 5:30pm. It was a nice Sunny Day, so I brought TwoWhiteSocks in her Kitty Carrier. I sat down at the Outside Patio after getting my First Pint of Alexander Keiths and waitted to see who would show up. Melior-San of the Vancouver Pantheists had RSVPed Yes, and a new Member of the Vancouver Druids known as Terces-San had RSVPed Maybe.

So at about 6:10pm, Terces-San showed up, who had driven all the way in from Chilliwack. When she announced that she had driven all the way from Chilliwack, I made sure to give her a Warm Welcome.

We sat down and started to tell each other of our Druidistic Experiences, when Claude-San of the Vancouver Tarot Readers Meetup Group showed up. No one had RSVPed from the Tarot Meetup Group, so Claude-San suddenly showing up was a complete Surprise. Bonzai!

So after making Introductions, we cleared the table, and Claude-San and I took turns doing Tarot Readings for Terces-San Claude went first, and he pulled out a deck whose pictures and meanings were totally different from the Classic Tarot Decks that I am used to. He spread the deck out on the table faced down and invited Terces-San to pull out Four Cards. He read them for Terces-San, and then invited her to pick out three more. He read them for her too. Then he invited her to pick out three more, and he read them for her as well. The reading basically went that she was going to have a bountiful future, although there is supposed to some deprivations. She never revealed to him the true nature of what the reading was for, so I pulled out my Tarot Deck, and did the Celtic Cross Spread.

I shuffled the cards, and got Terces-San to cut the cards. The first card of the Celtic Cross Spread indicates the true Nature of the Question the Kyakusama is thinking of. I got the Two of Wands, which indicates Scholarly Presuites, so I proclaimed that Terces-San's question that she was thinking of during Claude-San's Spread was concerning her Academic Scholarly Presuites. She confirmed that it was. The second card indicates the obstacle to her Question. The Hanged Man Major Arcana Card came up, and I proclaimed that she would suffer and major hang up and obstacle in her endeavours of her Scholarly Presuites, but such Sufferages will result in her becoming more Enlightened and Wise, which she enjoyed hearing about. I can not remember much more about that Spread, but the I do remember that the final card indicated that she will eventually succeed in her endeavours, which Terces-San was Happy to hear about.

So we then sat there and started to discuss what we had planned for celebrating the Summer Solstice when the Pantheist Melior-San showed up on his Bicycle.

It was at this point of the Meetup that I was Very Happy as in Nature Worshipping Theological Beliefs, the number Three is Sacred. So a Druidistic Dedicant, a Tarot Reader, and a Pantheist showing up to my Meetup was a Very Good Omen.

We then continued to discuss our Summer Sosltice Celebrations, and compared some Stories on Good Camping Sites in the Lower Mainland.

But then just shortly after Melior-San showed up, the Tarot Reader Claude had to leave. Melior-San, Terces-San and I stayed on for a Pint or two more, and then we left pretty much at the same time.

Right now, I am thinking of having the next Meetup at the local Japanese Restaurant, as I will be having along my new Japanese Roomate. He is the same Japanese guy I mention in my Supreme Lifeform essay with whom I celebrated our Birthdays in Gifu City in 2000. I plan on going out to Kasuga Sushiya Restaurant with him for Summer Solstice. I will get their Address and Information in order to post it onto my Meetup Group Website as the location for the July Meetup.

I am Happy to say that so far, this Meetup was the most Successfully that I have put on yet, and may the Goddess grant me many more.


Ki No Ronin

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Yesterday was the my Monthly Tarot/Druid Meetup.

I went to the Bank first then arrived at Rivers Reach Pub at about 4:00pm.

I sat at the Bar and had a Vegie Dip Plate and had conversation with the Bar Tender. Her name is Willow-San and when I informed her that I was the Organizer for a Tarot/Druid Meetup Group, she exclaimed that she was Wicca Pagan.

I then said Namaste and Hajimemashite to her and after she said she was a into Astrology Divination, I did a Quickie 3 Card Past, Present, Future Reading for her. She seemed fairly pleased with the results. I will post a small analysis of her 3 Card Reading on my Semi Exclusive Tarot Card Journal.

So I killed then next 2 hours having a pleasant visit with the Wicca Paganistic Bartender until the time for the Meetup to start.

At about 5:45pm, I moved to their Patio. When I walked in, I found that Rivers Reach had totally changed and renovated their Patio. It is no longer a Arboritum! They had pulled out all their Planters and Plants and installed a Gas Fireplace.

They had torn apart their Arboritum! I was shocked and saddened that they had pulled apart their Beautiful Arboritum! Waaaaaaaaaaah!

They still had quite a few Palm Trees in Pots, but it was no where as nice as they had it before.

But, being undaunted, I took a table.

About 10 minutes later, Rose-San showed up. She was a nice personable Chinese Girl who has become fascinated with Tarot.

When she came, she pulled out a Japanese Tarot Deck that was decorated by Anime. I thought the Artwork on the Cards was Very Beautiful. But the Deck has a flaw. It's Pictures and Characters was not recognisable to me, and all the Writing on the Cards were entirely in Japanese Kanji and Hiragana, and I can not Read Kanji or Hiragana. The instruction Book that came with the Anime Tarot Deck was also entirely in Japanese Characters. So while Very Beautiful, there is no way I can use them. But I will keep the Deck as part of my small Tarot Deck Collection.

We then spoke of Tarot, and I showed Rose-San how I had done the 3 Card Spread for the Bartender. I also showed her how I had adapted the 6 Card Wisdom Spread for doing Afterlife Tarot Spreads for the membership of findagrave.com. I also showed her the Zodiac Spread that I was using for New Years.

I also explained to her that I do my Tarot Readings for Free in order to help Promote the Spiritualities and Philosophies of Druidism and Wiccca Paganism. She seemed somewhat impressed.

We then spoke of other things, including the fact that we both had been involved with the Canadian Military in our past. While I had spent 8 years in the Military Reserves, she had spent only a year or two in the Army Cadets.

After ordering our Food and enjoying out visit, she asked for a Celtic Cross Spread for herself. Basically, it showed that she is on some sort of Spiritually Philosophical Journey that will turn out successfull. Her Celtic Cross Spread did not have a single Bad Negative Card in it, so she must be leading a fairly Charment Life. I will be writing a more indepth Analysis of her Spread and post it on my Tarot Card Journal which only Members of my Tarot Meetup Group can see.

I guess as sort of pay back for the Tarot Reading, Rose-San insisted on picking up my Bill. Domo Arigato Gozaimasu and Iraguteki na Omotteimasu to Rose-San for that.

For the most part, even though only one person showed up for the Meetup, I had a fairly pleasant time and I am looking forward to having Rose-San come by for next months Meetup at Rivers Reach Pub.

Ki No Ronin

[Cerulean_damselfly]

Ki No-san...

While I'm not really good at deciphering kanji, ichi (one), ni (two), (three); are easy to decipher if it is kanji, because of the strokes of the characters. I was fortunate to have received at least one Chinese anime decks that had English subtitles or the little instruction booklet had one or two English keywords or symbol matches that that gave me indications...it sounds like the one you saw had no English clues...but if you decide to post a picture or two, I might be able to find the English name via tarotgarden.com or sasugabooks or mangaarts...and if it is one that I have, I might be able to assist identifying the characters or titles for you.

In some cases, the anime tarot might be clips from a show or bookcovers and the scene might be picked for a slight resemblance to a Rider-Waitish match.

Best regards,

Cerulean_damselfly

[KiNoRonin]

I have set up a Meetup of my Witches Meetup Group to come over to my Place for a showing of my Summer Solstice Vacation Photos.

I am making my Special Shephard's Pie with Fresh Wild Sesame in it.

It is scheduled for the Full Moon Esbat next Monday July 10th, starting at 7:00pm.



Wish me Luck with that.


KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Tonight is my Meetup.com Meetup with the Tarotists, Druids, and Wicca Pagans, whose Meetup Groups I am the Organizer.

I have at least 8 showing up! If that happens, this will be the Biggest Meetup I have Done Yet!

Wish Me Luck!!!

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Even though 6 or 8 RSVPed Yes for going to the Meetup, only Two Showed Up.

Along with my Witches Group Assistant Organizer showed up, a Divinatory Artist who is a Professional Space Cleansing Practitioner showed up. She was Interesting to talk to, and she seemed a bit impressed when I informed her that I do Space Cleansing Rituals of my own.

I just sent her a copy of my Very First Space Cleansing Ritual for her to brief over along with a Picture of the Portable Altar that I use for my Space Cleansings.

I hope she likes it.

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

This is to let you all know that since I was on last about 3 months ago, a lot has changed in my Life.

I got let go as the Manager of the Apartment Complex that I used to Manage when the Building got Sold and the New Owners did not show any interest in keeping on my Services.

Around last Yule, I Scored a Job Working at a Recycling Processing Plant.

I make a living Processing Recycling Material.

That is a Perfect Occupation for a Nature Worshipping Druid and Celtic Pagan!!!
:D


This is to let you all know that I have taken to giving away Free Candles at all of my Vancouver Druid Meetups from now on.

Basically, from my Job as a Recycling Plant Labourer, I recover akk sorts of Perfectly Good Candles from the Recycling Material that I sort out.

So I can bring a Fairly Good Candles to Give Away at the Meetups.

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All (bowing politely)

Here is some Information on a Period Renaissance Festival!

The BC Renaissance Festival is a Perfect Avenue for Celebrating Lughnasad!

It is a Festival that charges an Entry Fee of $7.00 for Children and $10.00 for Adults and is held at the Aldergrove Secondary School at 26770 29 Avenue, Aldergrove B.C. BC V4W 3B8. It goes on July 27th, 28th, and 29th.

I am planning to go as a Volunteer Tarot Reading Preformer!

Come One, Come All to this Perfect Avenue for Celebrating Lughnasad!

For further Information, the Event Website is:
http://www.bcrenfest.com/

I am finding this Event so Fascinating that I have made it a Meetup Event for my Vancouver Witches, Druids, and Tarotist Meetup Groups.

I hope a lot of the Members of those Groups come out and have a Good Time.

Kono O-Matsuri wa tabun Tanoshimi Desu!


Ki No Ronin
The Masterless Samurai of the Trees.

[KiNoRonin]

Here is a Picture of my Meetup Portable Altar:

http://www.cauldronliving.com/images/uploads/MeetupAltar.jpg

I used it at my Summer Solstice Grove Blessing.

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

I have decided to make the Vancouver Pagan Pride Day a Meetup Event.

Here is the website for this years event:
http://vipalliance.com/vpp/index.html

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

I have been an Organizer of Meetup.com's Vancouver Witches, Druids, and Tarot Card Readers for about Two Years now.

My Meetup Groups can be found at:

http://witches.meetup.com/475/

http://druid.meetup.com/72/

and

http://tarot.meetup.com/32/

I am also a member of the Japanese Language Meetup Group, and the Vancouver and Thereabouts Eclectic Pagan Meetup Groups as well as a few others.

I mainly Organize my Meetups to take place on the Third Sundays of the Month at the Royal City Square Mall White Spot.

I like having my Meetups at that location as just outside of the Door of the Royal City Square Mall is a Huge Sign at whose base is Brickwork that is Laid Out in such a way that it forms a Perfect Eight Spoke Wheel of Life, which is perfectly Orientated to North, South, East and West:

http://www.cauldronliving.com/images/uploads/RoyalCity1.jpg

http://www.cauldronliving.com/images/uploads/RoyalCity3.jpg

http://www.cauldronliving.com/images/uploads/RoyalCity41.jpg

So if enough People were to show up, a Circle Ritual could be Easily done.


Yesterday evening, I went to the Vancouver and Thereabouts Eclectic Pagans Meetup to at 4:00pm. It is going to be at Grimoire's Books, 319 Governors Ct #102, New Westminster.

I went to the Coffee Meetup at the Grimoires Books last night. A fellow Pagan known as The Wisewoman was there and there was a total of Seven of us. We sat around a Wooden Coffee Table. On the Floor, under the Coffee Table was a Carpet with the Design of the Labyrinth on it.

We discussed many Paganistic Ecumenical Matters and shared some Stories about our Samhain Celebrations.

I spotted a Book on the Shelves called "Th Illustrated Beast", which is a History Book about Aleister Crowley. I took it down, looked it over, and decided to Buy It. The Proprietor Jennifer was Very Happy to get a Sale.

Even though the Site of the Meetup was in the Old Gate House of the Old BC Penitentary, the Energies was Positive and Good.

I hope to go to more Meetups at Grimoire Books again.


I will be at my usual Meetup at the White Spot Restaurant today at 5:00pm.
:)

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

A few days ago, I got an Invitation from the Tarotist and Cleirvoyant Patti Hutchinsun that there was going to be a Meetup at the Grimoires Cafe at the Old Gatehouse of the BC Pen.

I went and it turned out to be a Meetup of Divinatory Artists. I had not known that it was going to be a Meetup of Divinatory Artists, so I had not brought my Sacred Rider/Waite Tarot Deck.

Various members of the Meetup Described their Arts. There was a Scrier, a Runes Caster, as well as a Dowzer. I was the Tarotist.

At one point of the Evening, the Discussion got to what makes Mankind act so Destructively towards the Earth and Environment. That was when I got out one of my Favorite Sayings, which goes:
"The Emotions that come from the Belief that Mankind is Created in a Godlike Image:
- Egotism
- Vanity
- and Greed "

I then announced that I had Written a Poetic Prose that I call the "3X3 Triads of Wisdom Compositions" on that subject.

One day, I am going to have to Post that Poetic Prose onto this Message Board along with all of the Rest of my 3X3 Triads of Wisdom Compositions, so Stay Tuned For That.


I also got to relate my Story of going to my Landscapers End of Season Wrap Up Party and I did a lot of Tarot Card Readings for my fellow Landscapers.

I had never had the Chariot Card come up so many times in a single evening.

So I related that story to the Divinatory Artists and announced to them all
that I have declared the Chariot Major Arcana Card as the Significator Card for the Trade of Landscaping.

Also, when one person was relating stories about their Gifted Son and during her discussions, she made the statement that Life Was Meaningless.

I immediately jumped up and corrected her by stating the Fact that All Life
is a part of Never Ending Cycle of Rebirth and Renewal as well as being part of Death, and that Life was Not Meaningless!!!

I then decided that having made such a Bold Statement in Philosophy that my Work for the Evening was done, so I excused myself and left.

KNR - 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Last Night, I went to a Meetup Gathering of the Vancouver Skeptics Meetup Group.

Their Meetup Group's URL is:
http://skeptics.meetup.com/128/

I had found this Meetup Group through a member of the Vancouver Japanese Language Meetup Group. One of their members was a Vancouver Skeptic and he invited me to join so that their Group would have a Point Of View from a Paganistic Druid.

It was held at a Kitsilano Pub called the Wolf & Hound. There were a total of about 10 Skeptics that showed up.

We discussed various things about Spiritualism, UFOs, and Conspiracy Theories, especially about 9/11 WTC Disaster.

The Leader of the Skeptic Group said that he has a Personal Friend who was across the Bay in West Point on the Morning of September 11th 2001 and that his Friend had Personally Seen the Jet Passenger Airliner coming in and Crashing Into The Pentagon.

If that is True, then the Hour Long Documentary that I found out about a couple of Years Ago has Bogus Information on it!

At one point of the Conversation, One Member of the Group mentioned how a lot of People tend to Not Accept Change very easily and that a lot of People are actually somewhat Fearfull of Change.

That was when I pointed out to him that one of the Philosophical Points of Paganism and Druidism is that All Paganistic People Accept that All Change in Life is considered Sacred, and that All Sorts of Change (even Death) is a Necessary Part of Life as it provides for Renewal of All Future Life.

He did not Object or Debate my Point!
:spin:

The Wolf & Hound was Stylized after a Newfound Celtic Style Pub. There was a Irish Folk Singer and the Waitresses where Very Nice.

I am looking forward to going back to the Next Vancouver Skeptics Meetup in order to Represent the Views and Opinions of all Pagans and Druids.

And next Skeptic Meetup, I will have to Remember to bring my Tarot Cards.

KNR - 3X3

[Shaddar]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Last Night, I went to a Meetup Gathering of the Vancouver Skeptics Meetup Group.

Their Meetup Group's URL is:
http://skeptics.meetup.com/128/

I had found this Meetup Group through a member of the Vancouver Japanese Language Meetup Group. One of their members was a Vancouver Skeptic and he invited me to join so that their Group would have a Point Of View from a Paganistic Druid.

It was held at a Kitsilano Pub called the Wolf & Hound. There were a total of about 10 Skeptics that showed up.

We discussed various things about Spiritualism, UFOs, and Conspiracy Theories, especially about 9/11 WTC Disaster.

The Leader of the Skeptic Group said that he has a Personal Friend who was across the Bay in West Point on the Morning of September 11th 2001 and that his Friend had Personally Seen the Jet Passenger Airliner coming in and Crashing Into The Pentagon.

If that is True, then the Hour Long Documentary that I found out about a couple of Years Ago has Bogus Information on it!

At one point of the Conversation, One Member of the Group mentioned how a lot of People tend to Not Accept Change very easily and that a lot of People are actually somewhat Fearfull of Change.

That was when I pointed out to him that one of the Philosophical Points of Paganism and Druidism is that All Paganistic People Accept that All Change in Life is considered Sacred, and that All Sorts of Change (even Death) is a Necessary Part of Life as it provides for Renewal of All Future Life.

He did not Object or Debate my Point!
:spin:

The Wolf & Hound was Stylized after a Newfound Celtic Style Pub. There was a Irish Folk Singer and the Waitresses where Very Nice.

I am looking forward to going back to the Next Vancouver Skeptics Meetup in order to Represent the Views and Opinions of all Pagans and Druids.

And next Skeptic Meetup, I will have to Remember to bring my Tarot Cards.

KNR - 3X3
Your friend could not have had a friend at West Point that saw a jet crash into the Pentagon. West Point is on the Hudson River in New York State. The Pentagon is in is near Washington DC which is between Virginia and Maryland which is a very long way away from West Point. He may have seen a plan go into the WTC, but not the Pentagon. He may even have been at Anapolis Military Academy, in Cheasapeak, MD.

Shaddar

[KiNoRonin]

I will forward this to the Skeptic who told me this Information.

KNR - 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

Today, I stopped into Grimoires Books in order to have a word with the Owner Jennifer and show her the Tea Light Candle Holder that I got for Yule. I got her to Bless them as I was going to be giving them away to someone in Aldergrove whose Relation had just recently Passed Away.

When I finished having my word with Jennifer, she informed me that she is Hosting a gathering of Divinatory Artists at an Event she calls "Divination Night: The Sequel!".

She is holding it on January 19th at 6:00pm to 9:00pm. She recommends that you should phone ahead and make Reservations. Jennifer is charging $2.00 at the Door to enter the Event. It is located at #102 - 319 Governors Court, New Westminster. The Phone Number is 604-526-7323.

Since it is an Event for Divinatory Artists, I have made it an Official Event for my Vancouver Tarotist Meetup Group.

I thought I would post the information here so that you guys could consider coming.

KNR - 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:


I got an Email saying that a Shamanic Healer Diana Allen who is wanting to make an Artistic Presentation about Organizing a Pilgrimage Tour to London, Glastonbury, Stonehenge and Avebury.

I think that will make a Great Event for our Group!

So I am changing my Febuary 2008 Sunday Meetup to going to see this Artistic Presentation.

When: Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM

Where: Pristine Beauty and Wellness Centre
11331 Coppersmith Way, Richmond, BC #135
Richmond, BC V7A 5J9
604-531-7032

I spoke to her on the Phone and she is trying to Organize a Pilgrimage for others a Pilgrimage to the Summer Solstice Gathering to The Stonehenge that I Organized for myself in 2006.

Since I find her Endeavour as Good and Beneficial for the Celtic Community, I have decided to help her Facilitate It.

Ki No Ronin - 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

I have just Created a New Meetup for my Vancouver Druids and Wicca Pagans at Grimoires Books:

ANNOUNCING!
Well-known local author,
Kerr Cuhulain will be
in-store on:
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 28th
7pm - 9pm

Kerr will be discussing his
newest book:
Magickal Self-Defense: A
Quantum Approach to
Warding


I will be going as I do need to get some sort of Instruction on how to do Magickal Self Defense as that is something I am Very Week On!


Also, I have recently joined the Vancouver Occult Meetup Group since they are also Very Like Minded to most Druids and Pagans.

http://occult.meetup.com/226/

I went to my First Meetup with this Group and I was Very Pleased with the Openness and Acceptability of this Group's Organizer Tobey.

The Subject of the Evening was "Channelling" and the Organizer Tobey was always interested in hearing what everyone had to say. There was even a few times when I had not said anything for a while when he would ask my Opinion sinch I had not said anything for a while.

I have even ended up Invited to one of their Member's Imbolc Ritual that is taking place this evening.

I am looking forward to attending more Meetups with the Vancouver Occutists Meetup Group!

Yori Aimono Moto ni Sanka Shitai Desu!



Ki No Ronin - The Beast 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

This is something I had not mentioned before.

On my Last Meetup at the White Spot, I met a 3* Degree Priest who is Canadian, but lives in Los Angeles. He had been a member of my Wiccan Meetup Group just to keep tabs on what has been going on in Vancouver.

He is a Makeup Artist and decided to come up to Vancouver and visit while their Writers Strike is on. So he decided to pop by my January Meetup Event.

He is a 3* Degree Priest of the Minoan Brotherhood of Wicca Pagans. The Minoan Brotherhood is a Wicca Paganistic Order for Gay Men only (that means I would never be able to actually join).

The thing is, he has offered to do a Presentation tomorrow in Downtown Vancouver for my Wiccan Pagan Meetup Group doing a One Day Seminar on First Degree Wicca Paganism for all who Wishes to come! It is going to be at the City Square Mall at 555 W.12th Avenue tomorrow at 3:00pm.

I have already had 6 Yes RSVPs so it should be fairly well attended!

I am soooooo Happy that this 3* Degree Priest has Decided to be Nice Enough to preform such a Free Service for the Membership of my Wicca Paganistic Meetup Group!

He is known as LAPrometheus, Spiritual Coucellor of the Temenos Catharmos of The Minoan Brotherhood!

If you are a Gay Wicca Pagan, and you are looking for a Circle of Like Minded Wicca Pagans to join, then I would recommend getting in touch with the Minoan Brotherhood.


Ki No Ronin - 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

Konnichi Wa to All:

I just got back from the Wicca 101 Instructional Class that the 3* Degree Priest of the Minoan Brotherhood gave for my Vancouver Wiccan Meetup Group.

It was Very Enlightening and Refreshing!!!

When I went, I took some Old Wiccan Academia that I had for him to Browse Over and also all of my Photo Album of my 2006 Summer Sosltice Pilgrimage to The Stonehenge.

Prometheus-San looked over the Adademia and found it a bit Stiff and Dogmatic, but he did seem to enjoy my Photo Album.

Then the Newest Member of my Wiccan Meetup Group showed up.

He is pretty much Brand New to the Craft, so he had all sorts of Questions for Prometheus. So while Prometheus-San was Enlightening BoWM-San, I just sat there and listened to what was being said.

Then I asked Prometheus Sensei-San about what are the usual ins and outs of getting to 2nd and 3rd Degree Wicca.

He basically informed me that it is pretty much the same as 1st Degree, except that it just goes into a bit more Detail and some of the Magical Symbols of Higher Grades are revealled.


Then something Wonderful Happened! :s3

Just as I was getting up to go get some Chamomile Tea, I saw a Girl coming up the Escalator who I had worked with for a short while in the Landscaping Industry. She also Lives in New Westminster, so I would give her Rides home from Work. It was during giving her Rides Home that we found out that we are both believers in the Spiritualism of Celtic Paganism. Her name is "Carmin"

Although I had called her a couple of times in September and November to invite her to a couple of Landscaper Parties, she never replied, so I thought she had gone her own way.

When we saw each other, we Greeted Each Other Warmly and had a Nice Hug! I then informed her that I was there on a Meetup gaining some Spiritual Instruction from a 3* Priest of the Wiccan Order of the Minoan Brotherhood and Invited her to stay and learn with us.

So we sat there for about an Hour soaking up Spiritual Information from Prometheus Sensei-San! Prometheus even flipped for some Hoeres Deurves for us.

During the Discussion, I asked him what he thought of my Supreme Lifeform Manifesto Essay that I had emailled him. He proclaimed that it was obvious that I had come to a Major Spiritual Awakening when I discovered the Tree and that this particular Eucalyptus Tree was worthy of my Veneration.

I was Very Pleased that he said this!!!

But then I told him how I like to Promote the Story of my Sacred Tree, but sometimes I am Preceived to by others to be Oversteppng my Bounds as being more Priestly about it, and that sometimes seems to Offend Higher Degree Priest of Druidism, and Paganism. I then asked him what I may be doing Wrong and what Advice he could give.

He did say that my Emailling it around makes the Story of my Revelation a bit Colder than it should be and that I should try actually handing out Hard Paper Copies of it a bit more often at the same time Telling Its Story to others.

Then Carmin had to go, and we once again Hugged Warmly.

BoWM stayed for a while longer and we all Talked of Spirituality.

When Prometheus Sensei-San had to go. I informed him that I was going to keep him as Assistant Organizer so that he could arrange Future Meetups in case he suddenly feels like to doing another Instructional Seminar on Wicca.

When I said Goodbye, I stated to him that he can do as he Freely Wills with my Meetup Group, so long as it Harms None. We Shook Hands Warmly and Parted.


After getting soooooo much Good Quality Spiritual Instruction, and hearing a 3* Priest of Wicca Proclaim my Sacred Tree as something which is something that should be Venerated, I Declared this Meetup as a Great Success.

Also, seeing my Friend Little Carmin and getting a Good Quality Hug from her really helped me in Cleansing and Releasing a lot of Negative Emotional Energies that I have been accumulating lately.

:abanana:

KNR - 3X3

[Nitefalle]

Konnichi Wa to All:

When she came, she pulled out a Japanese Tarot Deck that was decorated by Anime. I thought the Artwork on the Cards was Very Beautiful. But the Deck has a flaw. It's Pictures and Characters was not recognisable to me, and all the Writing on the Cards were entirely in Japanese Kanji and Hiragana, and I can not Read Kanji or Hiragana. The instruction Book that came with the Anime Tarot Deck was also entirely in Japanese Characters. So while Very Beautiful, there is no way I can use them. But I will keep the Deck as part of my small Tarot Deck Collection.

Ki No Ronin

I'm sorry, let me get this straight....you have a Japanese screen name, have Japanese in your signature and address people in terms of Japanese culture (-san, -chan), but you don't actually speak or read the languge??? HUH??!?!? Why would you do that if you don't actually speak the language? Don't you find that a bit....misleading to others?? A little disrespectful?

[KiNoRonin]

Here is a Copy of an Email that I just Wrote to the Membership of my Vancouver Witches Meetup Group:




Konnichi Wa to All:

This is to let you all know that I recently Registered onto another Meetup.com Meetup Group called the Vancouver Occult Meetup:

http://occult.meetup.com/226/

I have already been to one of their Events and got invited to one of their Member's Home of an Imbolc Ritual, which was very nice.

I have also found that their membership, after posting a copy of my Supreme Lifeform Manifesto, are showing a measure of Respect of my Sacred Eucalyptus Tree, which pushes my buttons the right way.

They even have a measure of Respect for the Philosophies of Aliester Crowley, who is a Wiccan Scholar that I have a measure of Respect for.

I have found that they are Like Minded to the Philosophies and Theologies of Druids, Pagans, and Buddhists, so I am looking forward to being in attendance to their Meetups as much as possible.

I therefore totally and completely Recommend to All Members of this Meetup Group to concider joining the Vancouver Occultists Meetup Group.


The thing is, I have been subjected to Internet Harrassments from another Paganistic Meetup Group on other message boards in such a way that I am now thinking of stepping down as Organizer of this Meetup Group in order to defuse the situation.

So I am now planning on staying on as Organizer of this Meetup Group for maybe another Three Months or so in order so that all members of this Meetup can concider their feelings about joining the Vancouver Occult Meetup Group.

Basically, when I joined this Meetup Group, for the first 6 or 8 months or so, I stayed quiet and did not attend any events.

But when the Organizer of the time stepped down, and it looked as though the Meetup Group was going to fold up, I stepped forward to be Organizer in order to keep this Meetup Group going cause I wished to save it.

But I did say at that time, that I was planning on being Temporary Organizer until someone else wanted to step forward to Orgnaize it, but no one has expressed a desire to organize this Meetup Group.

And since I have now been subjected to certain Harrassments in regards to Organizing this Meetup Group, and have found another Group that is Like Minded (and have shown Respect for my Sacred Eucalyptus Tree) that I am enjoying being a member of, I am concidering that it is time to let the Vancouver Wicca Pagan Meetup Group go and support another Circle Group that I am getting along better with.

So Please Concider Joining The Vancouver Occultist Meetup Group!

Ki No Ronin - The Wise Beast 3X3

[KiNoRonin]

I'm sorry, let me get this straight....you have a Japanese screen name, have Japanese in your signature and address people in terms of Japanese culture (-san, -chan), but you don't actually speak or read the languge??? HUH??!?!? Why would you do that if you don't actually speak the language? Don't you find that a bit....misleading to others?? A little disrespectful?


Watashi no SLM Shoronbun wa Yomimashita Ka?

Have you read my Supreme Lifeform Manifesto Essay yet?

It is in the Theologies and Philosophies forum.

Go check it out, and you may find the reason why I do Japanese on occasion.

KNR - 3X3