[pagan-magik] Re: solstice empowerment and the ponds

[raga woods]

am i connected?

>From: "raga woods" <raga_woods at hotmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: solstice empowerment and the ponds
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:41:47 +0000
>
>eebygum...that means something like wow-what ever next... if yr talking 
>local up north.
>anyway...what I'm wondering is...am I now on the pagan-magical list.....if 
>so...eebygum.
>the other thing is ...this is the darkest time of the year and somehow the 
>time of celebrating the depths of the soul's journey,,,,the dark night of 
>the soul...St John...someone told me it was his night  a short time ago.
>so i was wondering about the mid-winter vision and how it might be 
>magically described if it were to be expressed verbally....is this the time 
>to call from within....to another within...a mid-winter communion.
>somehow i feel the dark is deeper than the light and therefore it is 
>possible at this time of the year to get more profound and mystical......
>Am not sure how to make my thoughts verbal when they lie so deep...but 
>there is this sense of excited urgency, a longing to be part of a tribe of 
>really courageous people who know a thing or two about things like global 
>warming and also know we, as a species have to design a new kind of 
>intelligence
>
>mmmmmmm i think i mean come to our senses so that we become more alive and 
>inter-active and encourage each other to find magical forms of expression.
>
>I would like to call a gathering in the new year......i think i know the 
>place where it could happen...maybe room for about 30 - 50 people including 
>a huge garden.....does this resonate?
>It would be about connecting and practical empowerment.
>
>Swimming pools.....the beautiful ponds on Hampstead Heath. Worth going and 
>finding out what its all about if you don't already know the ponds where 
>people swim all through the year...with lifeguards on patrol and 
>facilities....totally for free.
>
>Do your own petition:
>We the undersigned protest at the Corporation of London's plans to close 
>any of the swimming facilities on Hampstead Heath or to reduce the 
>services.
>We ask the Corporation to take steps to ensure the future of these 
>facilities and of the Heath itself.
>
>
>This is urgently needed for early January so why not take lots of  
>petitions to all your parties and on the tubes etc cos everyone is in a 
>good mood and will be happy to sign when you tell them about the issue. at 
>a party you can ask the dj to stop the music for an announcement and then 
>all you have to do is make sure it circulates.....with a tied on 
>pen.....they just need to print their name and address and sign...that is 
>important or their contribution is not valid.
>
>The Women's pond or rather the Ladies Swimming Pond, took 30 years of 
>campaigning to establish and is almost certainly unique in the world. It 
>was opened in 1925, check out The Ham and High newspaper...Hampstead and 
>Highgate Express.
>Pat Arrowsmith is declaring she will cut any gate chains or cause herself 
>to be taken to prison for this cause. She is in her 70s and a pond 
>swimmer....very much respected for her work for CND over many years...of 
>course.
>Thanks for reading all this..love raga
>
>Return to Margaret Hepburn, 68 Parliament Hill,  NW3 2TJ
>
>Ken Livingstone has offered to stage a takeover by the GLA. the Greater 
>London Authority.
>Until the GLC, chaired by Ken Livingstone was 'dissolved' by Thatcher the 
>Heath was their responsibility so Ken knows what he's talking about. The 
>Corporation has only been responsible for the Heath for a few years only. 
>You can consult their web site The corporation of London  and look over 
>their policy, ie their management plan...especially no 83 which states 
>undying love and respect for the ponds...so it is very strange that they, 
>as secretly as possible, in the winter near to Christmas when everyone is 
>pre-ocupied, they start making plans to dismantle some of the wonderful 
>freedoms that the heath offers. The CoL is said to be the world's richest 
>public corporation...can this be right...we must check this out.
>Harry Eyres on the Financial Times wrote an interesting article...maybe 
>some one can organise mailing it out, harryeyres@ care4free.net, I am not 
>skilled enough †o do this without lots of confusion.
>
>So....there is a meeting tonight...Monday, Dec. 20 at Highgate United 
>Reformed Church, sorry this is very short notice. Highgate tube or 214 bus 
>from Liverpool St through Camden  and Kentish Town.
>
>Also people will gather down at the ponds on Boxing Day and New Years Day, 
>many will be taking celebration swims so why not take yr costume? Bring a 
>warming drink to share.
>.
>There will be Christmas Day Races at the men's pond at 11.0am. Dec. 25th
>
>Web site, WWW.londonpoolscampaign.
>
>there is a calendar available with lots of pics of the heath and esp the 
>ponds...
>email    ruth_corney@ yahoo.com
>