0 Pagan Pyjama Party Episode 5: Start as you Mean to Go On
Episode 5: Start as You Mean to Go on (January 2019)
We got together on New Year’s Day and looked back at all our Pagan shenanigans in 2018. We also looked at our current practice, and shared what we are looking forward to in 2019. Some of us almost fell asleep. Everybody drank a lot of tea.
Music this episode was Little Red One by William Elm, from the album Between The Dawn and the Day.
Hosts this episode: Josephine Winter, Mark Hills from Dancing Hare Grove, Ryan McLeod from Queer Pagan Men Australia and Witches of Oz, and Sarah Morgan and Seumas from The Pagan Collective of Victoria’s Monthly Hills Pagan Coffee Meets.
We discussed these Pagan gatherings, groups and initiatives this episode:
- Combined Covens (Western Australia)
- Dancing Hare Grove (Victoria)
- Hot for Joe Morris (South Australia)
- Mount Franklin Pagan Gathering (Victoria)
- Oak, Smash and Thorn Pagan Morris (Victoria)
- Silver Birch Grove ADF (Victoria)
- Sovereigns of the Golden Path (Victoria)
- Spiral Dance (South Australia)
- The Australian Wiccan Conference (we will be hosting this in Victoria in 2019!)
- The English Ale (South Australia)
- The Monthly Hills Pagan Coffee Meets (Victoria)
- The Pagan Collective of Victoria (Victoria)
…and here is a list of the books we talked about:
- The Bast novels by Rosemary Edghill
- Traditional Wicca: A Seeker’s Guide by Thorn Mooney
- The Path of Paganism: An Experience-Based Guide to Pagan Practice by John Beckett
- The Chronicles of the One trilogy by Nora Roberts
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- Take Three Girls by Simmone Howell, Cath Crowley and Fiona Wood
- Blood Song and the Raven’s Shadow series by Anthony Ryan
- The Kingkiller Chronicle and The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
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0 PCV to Host 2019 Australian Wiccan Conference
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 35th annual Australian Wiccan Conference right here in Victoria!
This year’s conference will take place from the 13th to the 15th of September, 2019. Our theme is by magic of old, be it done.
Keep up to date with all our AWC announcements on the AWC 2019 Facebook Page.
See you there!
– Your PCV Committee
0 Pagan Pyjama Party Episode 1.04: Another Whinging Victorian
Episode 4: Another Whinging Victorian (December 2018)
What makes a good teacher? What should a student possess and be able to do before they are ready to learn? This month, we share Josie’s workshop on Pagan teaching and leadership, recorded at the Australian Wiccan Conference earlier this year.
Music this episode is by South Australian musician KC Guy.
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0 Pagan Pyjama Party Episode 1.03: AWC 2018 Special
We flew to the other side of the country for the Australian Wiccan Conference in September and it was BRILLIANT. So much so that the night it finished we held off face-planting our beds until we’d recorded this. Music this month is by David Rivett. Thanks again to Tree, Kundra, Combined Covens and our special guest, Michel.
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0 Pagan Pyjama Party Episode 1.02: Floating on a Biscuit at the Bottom of the World
This month we’re joined by Sarah Morgan of the Belgrave Pagan Hillsmeets as we wrap up our bumper review of Thorn Mooney’s Traditional Wicca: A Seeker’s Guide, discussing covens, outer courts, initiations and more! Our featured song this month is by those gods of Pagan rock, Spiral Dance.
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0 Pagan Pyjama Party Episode 1.01: Keen Beans
Blast off! We begin our review of Thorn Mooney’s Traditional Wicca: A Seeker’s Guide, using it as an anchor for discussions on covens, initiation, lineage and hierarchy within a Traditional Wiccan framework along the way. This episode also includes spiffy music from Matt Chapman.
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0 AGM Minutes 19/8/2018
Pagan Collective of Victoria
Annual General Meeting Minutes 19/8/2018
Present: Josie, Ryan, Sarah, Keegan, Seamus, Dorian, Fran, Mark
Apologies: Shaz, Ang, Elkie, Dean, Alex
Meeting Location: The Standard, Fitzroy
Meeting Open: 12.40PM
- Presentation of Annual Report (Chair) –
It has been an interesting year, although we have had committee members come and go we have gone from strength to strength. It has been a really productive twelve months as we continue to work on our mission of creating an inclusive and safe community.
- Secretary’s Report –
Memberships continue to climb slowly, our FB like numbers go up every week and our reach seems to be quite good. We are working on a better membership database and form to streamline the process.
- Presentation of Accounts (Treasurer) –
Financial statement to come.
- Election of Management Committee/Office Bearers –
The committee positions this year ran un-contested, only receiving nominations for the current incumbents.
President – Josie H
Vice President – Shaz C
Treasurer – Ryan M
Secretary – Mark H
General Committee Members:
Sarah, Seamus, Fran, Keegan, Elkie, Dorian, Ange, and Dean
Closing Remarks
Thank-you all and welcome to the new committee!
We’d also like to thank the committee members who are not continuing on this year and have left along the way over the last twelve months for their participation, contribution, and effort.
Meeting End: 12.47 PM
0 First Patreon Goal Reached
We just met our first funding goal on Patreon!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us in this way. Your support means we can keep our memberships free and still cover essential running costs.
www.patreon.com/pagancollective
You can support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month to help us bring future projects to life, such as:
– Website hosting/maintenance fees.
– Guest speakers for our meetups.
– PCV Merchandise.
– A podcast showcasing viewpoints and issues in contemporary Australian Paganism
– Concerts with Pagan acts (*cough* Spiral Dance Melbourne Concert *cough*)
– An annual Pagan art exhibition.
– Venue hire for events such as rituals, community dinners/potlucks, film nights, workshop days, markets, etc.
0 Photos: Yule Museum Outing 2018
For Yule this year, we teamed up with the good folks of the Melbourne Heathen Moot for an excursion to the Vikings exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. This was followed by a lovely dinner at a local pub and a brief sumbel to mark the occassion.
Many thanks to PCV committee member Dean for organising this wonderful event!
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Ryan.
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Ryan.
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Ryan.
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Dean.
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Ryan.
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Dean.
At the 2018 Yule museum outing with the Melbourne Heathen Moot. Photo by Ryan.
A Public Statement from the Pagan Collective of Victoria
It recently came to our attention that, ever since joining the PCV and the wider public Pagan community approximately twelve months ago, an individual has made their racist, transphobic, sexist, homophobic and otherwise bigoted views quite clear. This individual has also thoroughly harrassed two respected female elders and gone out of their way to cause unrest throughout a number of groups.
At our committee meeting on the 2nd of June 2018, the committee voted unanimously to expel this member and cease promotion of their group and its events, effective immediately.
The Pagan Collective of Victoria remains unapologetic in its stance against intolerance, harassment and threatening behaviour. As a Collective, we owe it to our members to continue to provide queer and trans-friendly spaces, and spaces that are welcoming and nurturing to all paths and levels of experience, people of all genders and sexualities, of all races, skin colours, cultural identities, and of all abilities.
Comments on this post have been disabled. Anyone wishing to know more is welcome to contact us directly or to read the minutes of our June committee meeting.
In peace,
Your PCV Committee
