<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e01a043d-1a4e-4e2a-841c-2d07b079c2f6/AC24736E-3C39-4863-8A8A-C31B0F21734C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.jackcentral.com/news/2008/10/goddess-circle-celebrates-crone/" href="http://www.jackcentral.com/news/2008/10/goddess-circle-celebrates-crone/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.jackcentral.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jackcentral.com/news/2008/10/goddess-circle-celebrates-crone/"><P>To most, Halloween is a time to dress up in costumes and celebrate the creepiest time of the year. To others, such as those who believe in Pagan spirituality, it is a sacred holiday representing the end of the harvest and the beginning of the New Year. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jackcentral.com/news/2008/10/goddess-circle-celebrates-crone/"><P>In Flagstaff, the Goddesses of the Cinder Moon congregate each third Wednesday of the month to celebrate a particular goddess of various representations. The Crone, which is a blanket name for any woman or goddess who is aged and wise, symbolizes “the end,” and was the focus of the gathering on Oct. 15.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jackcentral.com/news/2008/10/goddess-circle-celebrates-crone/"><P>“There are three phases to Wicca: maiden, mother and crone,” said Madrone, founder of the Goddesses of the Cinder Moon. “In the Western culture, we don’t pay a lot of respect towards the Crone. All the stereotypes of the Crone are the hag and the creepy old witch who’s going to feed you a poisonous apple. The Crone is demonized because she doesn’t serve the sexual or maternal interests of patriarchy.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jackcentral.com/news/2008/10/goddess-circle-celebrates-crone/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.jackcentral.com/img/F3BFF09E-2D41-4BA5-97DF-8978B01F9483" alt="Candles, incense and a skull rest on an alter for dedication during the Goddesses of the Cinder moon's ritual to celebrate the Crone. Halloween is a sacred holiday for Pagans as it is the end of the harvest and beginning of the new year. - Bryan Kinkade/ The Lumberjack" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AC24736E-3C39-4863-8A8A-C31B0F21734C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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