We at Everglades Moon Local Council (Covenant of The Goddess) are saddened by the violent Deerfield Drive triple homicide, in our home state of Florida. We hope the person(s) responsible are swiftly brought to justice. We are also disappointed that the mainstream media chose to twist the statements made by the Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan and Sgt. Andrew Hobbs. The media, with intent to make a tragic story go viral, portrays members of our community in an inappropriate and Read More
Category: Community News
Giving Back: EMLC at the Children’s Hunger Summit
EMLC members Lady Circe and Kasha participated in the second annual Children’s Hunger Summit in Brevard County FL . This was an Interfaith event aimed at educating clergy about the pediatric hunger problem in this Central Florida county, and this project to provide meals for kids to take home on weekends. EMLC members have supported this program with donations and manhours to pack the meals in the past year, and plan to continue being involved with the project. For more Read More
EMLC Elects New Board
At our annual meeting this past weekend, Everglades Moon LC members elected our new board. This board will take over at Samhain. We thank you all for volunteering for these positions! May Coventina guide you in working to make our Local Council even better in the coming year. Giant thanks to those EMLC members who were part of this past year’s board. Thank you for your continued service to the Covenant! Please help us welcome some fresh faces and some Read More
Update on Kyrja Withers – She Did It!
For those of you who do not know who Kyrja Withers is, she is a Pagan Author who has been the subject of multiple attacks against her home. We have previously discussed the situation and how you can help. She recently started an IndieGoGo campaign to raise the funds to install a security system at her home – in part to dissuade future attacks, but in case they occur, to document them. We are so happy to report that she Read More
Update on Kyrja Withers – What You Can Do
As you might remember from our posting last week, there’s been a series of attacks on the home of Kyrja Withers, a Pagan Author who lives in New Port Richey, FL. We provided a few ways that you could help. Recently, a new way to help has been added and we believe you’d like to know about it! Kyrja has started an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money to help purchase and install a security system for her home. This will Read More
Attacks on Florida Pagan Author – Latest News and What You Can Do
As you might have read, either on The Wild Hunt, the FL PNC, or in local FL news, New Port Richey, FL resident Kyrja Withers has been the target of multiple attacks on her home. You may recognize her name as the author of the Rupert’s Tales books, a series of books which follow a rabbit named Rupert as he experiences the Wheel of the Year. The attacks include gunshots fired at her home and, most recently, bottles of fluid were Read More
Will 2013 be the Year of the Witch?
Witches and Wicca have certainly been in the news a lot during these first few months of 2013. Will 2013 see more stories of tolerance (and, unfortunately, intolerance) of Wiccan and Pagan religions? Only time will tell. But if the rest of the year follows suit with the activity of 2013, this might very well be the Year of the Witch! You could say that some of this started last year. Back in December, the current Grand Master of the Read More
MEDIA STATEMENT – Florida Freemasons and Pagans
For Immediate Release: Everglades Moon Local Council, Florida Chapter of Covenant of the Goddess, a national organization of Witches and Wiccans, is saddened and disappointed to learn that The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida has stated that all Pagans, and specifically Wiccans, must resign their membership. We respect the right of groups such as the Freemasons to make choices regarding their membership. We pray that Wiccan Masons can find a way to continue their contributions towards Read More
Official Statement: EMLC On Florida Grand Master’s Edict that Pagans Cannot be Freemasons
On November 28, 2012, the Grand Master of the State of Florida, Jorge L. Aladro, issued an edict stating that Paganism, Wicca, Odinism, and Gnosticism were not compatible with Freemasonry. This edict further stated that any Freemason “that professes to be a member of one of the groups mentioned above shall tender his resignation or suffer himself to a Trial Commission whose final outcome will be expulsion since there is no provision to allow anything contrary to the Ancient Landmarks.” Click Read More
EMLC Donation to Operation Circle Care
Operation Circle Care is a program run by Circle Sanctuary. At Yuletide, and throughout the year, Circle Sanctuary sends care packages consisting of Pagan books, magazines, cd’s, and other spiritual resources to Wiccans and other Pagans on Active Duty in war zones. Over a series of meetings, EMLC’ers contributed items – whether new or gentle used – that would be sent to Circle Sanctuary to be sent on to our Men and Women in uniform. Below is the result of Read More