[pagan-magik] majick at during G8 summit

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For your interest below is what I have been drafting so far for a 
leaflet I am going to hopefully give out at the Dissent gathering this 
weekend in Glasgow: http://dissent.org.uk/content/view/99/1/
and then revised on feedback for giving out at the Reshape meeting in 
Edinburgh and more widely.
http://reshape.org.uk


I put in a mention of the Pagan Magik Association very briefly, is that 
ok?, or just leave people to find you through your own outreach. Should 
I add any more? Does the PMA have a postal address to give as contact?

Also I just got from Stirling Library some copies of old maps such as 
Stobie's map of 1783 which covers Ochils and settlements around such as 
those in Gleneagles valley. Too big to for me to do one scan to put 
online in one image but may do a piece.

some pics of Stirling  now up at:
http://dissent.org.uk/component/option,com_akogallery/Itemid,33/func,viewcategory/catid,33/startpage,4/



A celebration of the right to roam: walking in the Ochil hills.


While the G8 leaders meeting Gleneagles hotel some of us will be looking 
at them from above on the Ochil hills, and laughing at them, with a big 
day-glow banner. Please do join comrades there for friendly encounters 
on the hills. Let the hills be a weapon free zone.

There will be several organised walks in the Ochil Hills in run up to 
check them out G8 Summit at Gleneagles if only because there are several 
routes. But also so various groups of people can get together on with 
walks promoted to different extents, and in different ways. The walks 
will be great way for people to interact in run up to G8, already 
several good comrades who don't go to meetings will be coming for walks 
in the Ochil hills.

It has been said it is possible to go from Dollar to Glen Devon in 2.5 
hours (but allow up to six hours first time). Also when going to 
Gleneagles over hills one reachs the A9 before Gleneagles. Routes 
include Tillicoultry to Blackford (which is on edge of Golf Course) as 
well as Dollar to Gleneagles or Auchterarder.

The Silver group intends to meet up to start in Dollar, there are silver 
mines in valley we will use to go up into hills, past Castle Gloom. But 
other groups can will meet elsewhere, especially after checking out 
various routes in practise.

When it started to get more daylight after spring equinox I will be 
encouraging more people to come up from afar to come with us walking in 
the Ochils, and there will be walking arranged and promoted every 
weekend from then till G8 Summit.
By time of G8 comrades will have well broken in walking boots, 
waterproofs, flask and other gear of use on them hills.

It is recommend to get a copy of the 'SuperWalker' Map of the Ochil 
hills (1-85137-308-X) from Harvey Maps (01786 841202) as much more 
inspiring map than using the Ordnance Survey maps setting whole set of 
hills much clearer on with Gleneagles at top, and all the Stirling Uni 
campus and the hillfoots at bottom.

Also we hope to test out and learn various communications methods on the 
hills, from using simple whistles, and calls, to use of semaphore with 
flags (bring binoculars), or for few hours of darkness Morse code with 
with flash lights, as well as CB radio. We sure ensure our 
communications are good as this can be key to outcome of the day.

The state builds monuments for propaganda purposes - to commemorate 
their imperialist wars or to feign sympathy for those who died in them, 
to make their authority appear immutable by parading their past leaders 
or simply to impose their strength upon the people.

Inspired by the multiple uses of a strip of turf at Mayday 2000 that 
gave a focus to monuments, we plan to the construct enduring peoples 
monuments.

One project is to ask those coming around the G8 Summit to bring a 
pebbles from their area to make new cairns with a few talisman chucked 
in as well, to celebrate our victory, and foretell the burial of those 
that govern us.

For those interested in majickal aspect of this and other projects 
around the G8 then may want to join up with the Pagan Magik Association 
and others.

The People's Golfers are considering going via hills too. Do keep a look 
out for second hand golf clubs at car boot sales they often come up as 
new players often buy wrong size and have to replace, as well as usually 
reason for resale.

The practise walking will be one of forums to allow a wide interaction 
in response to G8 outside confines of the meetings, organisational 
agenda and process.

Sometimes we will arrange transport but also many walks start and end 
points can be accessed via public transport.


contact: silver at j12.org
http://silver.j12.org/
PO Box 28505, Edinburgh, EH4 4YW


Walks: South Perthsire (Hallewell Publications, 1999, 1-872405-13-4)

Ochil Hills - landscape, wildlife, heritage - an introduction with 
walks. (from: Lindsay Corbett, Forth Naturalist and Historian, 
University of Stirling, FK9 4LA)

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