From:    Nadle                                  Area: MagickNet
To:      All                                    20 Jan 95 12:03:04
Subject: Public Apology to WRCF Board Members   UpdReq 

> From: Larry.Cornett@f629.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Larry Cornett)
> Newsgroups: freenet.rel.newage.beliefs.journey
> Subject: What WRCF has to say about the Iron Oak problem
> Posted-By: xx394 (aa925 - Andrew D. Benjamin)
> Date: Tue Jan  3 20:32:20 1995
> 
> This message covers the response that I got on 1/2/95 from calling the WRCF
> hotline on 12/26/94 and leaving a message indicating an interest in their
> events and what they know about the Iron Oak situation.
[....]
> Suzanne also complained that Harvey of Iron Oak, in some of his
> correspondence, outed some WRCF people and people only remotely related
> to WRCF (naming them with real names, when they were not public about
> their Paganism).
[....]
I called my brother who is also on the Board of Directors for WRCF
(The Wiccan Religious Cooperative of Florida) and asked him what the
above reference was about, and why the President of WRCF was distributing
this claim to people calling the WRCF hotline.
He said that I supposedly "outed" the WRCF Board members themselves by
referencing them in this and other forums as WRCF Board members.  He said
that most people don't know who the WRCF Board members are, or don't know
how to find out.  By referencing them here as Board members of a corporation
with "Wiccan" in its name, and by calling them by their Wiccan names and not
just their mundane names, I was confirming them to be witches.  He also
claimed that before my "outing" the WRCF Board members were private and
secretive about their religious orientations.
I had no idea that the Board members of The Wiccan Religious Cooperative
of Florida, an incorporated Wiccan Church, felt that their religion was
a secret, nor did I realize that they considered the public records of
their corporation to be too obscure to be considered "public knowledge".
I also had mistakenly assumed that their own references to themselves in
their Wiccan newsletter, their Wiccan community calendar, their public
statements in the local newspapers, their faxes to the local media, and
their advertising in various forums would have made their religious
interests publically apparent.  I in no way intended to "out" anyone,
nor was I aware that they felt I had "outed" them and were now warning
anyone who called their hotline to beware of me by name.
I hereby APOLOGIZE in this forum for making references to the WRCF Board
members in connection with the Wiccan religion.  I hereby RETRACT these
references and ask all persons who may have read such references to
PLEASE DISREGARD any and all statements I may have made that might seem
to indicate that these people are witches, Wiccans, Pagans, followers of
the Craft, believers in the Lord and Lady, followers of the Wiccan Rede
or Wiccan Law, workers of magic, seekers of any path, or in any way
connected with any spiritual community.  I hereby state for the record
that I do not now, nor have I ever believed such to be the case for any
of the current WRCF Board members, nor did I ever intend to represent
such to be the case to anyone at any time past or present, nor do I
intend to do so in the future.
I hope this clarifies my position and eliminates any confusion concerning
this matter.
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Lord Nadle Verax Anima  (Harvey Newstrom)  (harv@iu.net)


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From:    Bobby Pennell                          Area: MagickNet
To:      Ash O'neil                             17 Jan 95 23:46:00
Subject: RDNA Druidism                          UpdReq 

AO>I'll pass it along.  She runs a grove in Winchester, NH.  I've never me
AO>Stephen, but I've heard a great deal about him.
AO>---
Much tbanks, I greatly appreciate all the help that all you good people
have given me finding old friends. I have had several long talks with
Isaac Bonewits, it is with a great deal of apreciation that I thank one
and all for allowing us to get in touch again.
       Be Well, Be Happy, Walk in Beauty.

--- Out of the Mud Grows the Lotus ---
... From the Desk of Bobby C. Pennell ...
... Bring back the snakes! Ireland was better off Pagan!
---
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From:    RAINLAKE                               Area: MagickNet
To:      ALL                                    22 Jan 95 01:59:38
Subject: Sabbat                                 UpdReq 

Anybody here know the historical/linguistic connection (if any) between
the word "sabbath" and the word "sabbat" ?  Someone on WildNet Religion
asked me and I didn't know.


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