Hi All!
I'm new but seeing as I'm one of the few eastcoast Feri people I'm going to post an e-mail from Francesca De Grandis.

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Come Home to the Faerie Queen

A Weekend-Long Training With Francesca De Grandis



To explain this class, I have to share a vision I had, some of it old, some new: The Goddess shows us many faces. She is God Herself, She is the Faerie Queen. She tells me - - tells us - - now: I am Faerie Queen, Mother of the Faerie Nation - - And more of you are awake now.

Lovers, warriors, mere children, and elders, cats in disguise and mixed-blood humans, wolves, bards, dragons, gardeners, herbalists, corporate executives, changelings, tricksters, moon-children, star-children, and techno-pagans, oh, and so many others, more of you are awake now.

Come unto me,

come home to me, I am your Mother and I will protect you, uphold you, make love with you, tutor you until your starlit blood is mine and flowing back and forth between us like the milky way in all its immense luminosity - - Dance with me!

I have hungered, lonely for my children in their absence.

But you are awake now, so

come, my Faerie children, to me.

The new Fey tribe must begin - -

A mystical global village.



This vision is not entirely new, not hardly. For one thing, I've been waiting lifetimes for the Fey-spark in humans to fully ignite again. And, more and more, the ancient starlit blood has come forward. But, finally, momentum hit critical mass; the magic's suddenly - - and thoroughly - - awake in huge numbers of people. Fey-touched! This leaves us with new concerns, and steps that need to be taken from here:

* In recent years, have you felt, intuited, or otherwise sensed huge shifts in the human/plant/mineral psyche?

* What do we each personally require for self-healing, prosperity, and great sex during present times?

* Do you feel that both the world and you, yourself, desperately needs the mystical part of you right now?

* Do you need help learning how to (better) use your new/old/undiscovered/shifted powers, both magical and mundane?

* Do you find paganism too dogmatic and not pagan enough? And do you long for fellowship that supports your own unique vision?

* How can mystics - - disparate types ranging from wolves to homemakers to activists to quiet magicians - - come together to learn, love, grow, celebrate, and protect Gaia?

* Can Gaia - - can we ourselves - - be happy, or even survive, without such a tribe happening globally? Fey-touched! Faerie Nation.



This class will address these concerns and more. You'll also find ways to: be the style of Faerie shaman *you* think is ideal; strengthen your community; and help friends find their own answers to the above concerns. But, wait, there's more!



Come home, home, home, home. There are many places in Faerie, all different, each special. One of them is your home. Home. This class will help you go home. And, if you're already there, you'll learn (more) ways to find its unique magic and spirituality and use them practically to empower your mundane life.



We'll end up creating a Fey global village, and a new Fey you, a new Fey me. You'll also receive ideas and practices to bring back to your community to help them follow suit. (I ask participants to not bring the whole class curriculum back with them unless they discuss that with me -- it needs to be led by a shaman who is not only a master, but also has specific specialties.) But when you leave me you'll have lotsa ritual material, lotsa practical tools, and lotsa sparkly energy!



This class is an intensive and will meet just outside the town of Meadville, Northwestern Pennsylvania, one of the hidden natural gems and power spots of the country, on AUGUST 12 & 13. Sessions last each day from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M (with an hour break for lunch). RESERVE SEPT 2 & 3 FOR A MAKEUP WEEKEND in case I'm unexpectedly unavailable on the planned date.



Enrollment is limited to twenty seekers. Anyone is welcome. The training is without prerequisites; and multi-leveled to accommodate any degree of experience and education. If you wonder why I'm leading a small group when I'm talking about creating a Faerie Nation: A global tribe of mystics must also have little gatherings if it's to address personal issues, remain magical, and honor individuality.



TUITION is $250. TO REGISTER, USE PAYPAL: Sign up for "Special Event" at www.well.com/user/zthird...alevent.html



If you prefer REGISTRATION BY POSTAL MAIL, send:

* check or money order for $250

* e-mail address, home address, and phone number

* the name of the desired event: Come Home to the Faerie Queen to Francesca De Grandis POB 145 Meadville, PA 16335



Upon receipt of payment, your place is reserved, and exact location, etc., is mailed to you. Scholarship, work trade, and payment plan available. Refunds unavailable. The Third Road reserves the right to terminate anyone's involvement in an event at any time; in which case, refund will be prorated according to time attended.



I've heard the following local accommodations are affordable and pleasant, but I can't make endorsements; the following list is provided as a jumping off point for your own research.

Motel Six (814) 724-6366

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (B&B) (814) 337-2018 Azalea House (B&B) (814) 337-8883 Holiday Inn Express (814) 724-6012 Brookdale Campgrounds (814) 789-3251



This is a conservative area. I suggest discretion both for your sake and mine. ("I'm attending a poetry seminar" is always a good response to queries. It's not a lie. Magic is the purest poetry.)



For more information, call 814-337-2490. I'm happy to talk as long as you need by phone but do not email me about the class. Physical disabilities limit computer use.



Copyright, 2006, F. De Grandis. A lot is shifting in the two worlds, that of the mundane and that of Faerie. So I hope you forward this email in personal correspondence or post on lists, but only if you duplicate it in its entirety including this paragraph\copyright-statement. Other duplication without written permission is illegal. (Don't ignore my copyright in the name of "power to the people." I am one of the people - - help a Fey shaman keep her work going. And if you want usage permission, just ask nice. And tell me I'm pretty!) The Third Road(r) is a registered service mark owned by F. De Grandis; this was decided, and paid for, by Third Road initiates who want to honor their tradition. My "ownership" is as a representative.