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Samhain Ritual and Costume Party at the Sacred Cauldron
1564 Chemin Herron 2nd Floor (Dorval)

We will be hosting a Samhain Ritual and Costume Party at the Sacred Cauldron (formerly Avalon) on Saturday October 29th.

Ritual at 7pm and the party starts at 8pm until 1 a.m,

Midnight Buffet, prizes for the best costumes,door prizes, music, drumming and a lot of fun. Children are welcome. Cost is $10 and children free.

Our address is 1564 Chemin Herron 2nd Floor in Dorval, one bus from downtown.
Info: 514-631-3963 cel 514-916-3377.

It’s looking a bit cloudy out there, but we’re still going to do this thing, rain or shine (please let it shine!!). The Summer Solstice Public Ritual is taking place today at 7pm, so we hope you can join us!

The meeting spot is in Angrignon metro, but there is also a gathering spot just outside the trees that leads to the grove where the ritual will take place. Please see the graphic below for where everything is.

1. The metro where people can meet.

2. The gathering point just outside the trees.

3. The grove where the ritual will take place.

You can gather at the metro or the gathering place, but we ask that the participants do not enter the grove until the ritual starts. See you tonight!

Thursday, June 23
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Parc Angrignon (meet at Angrignon metro at 6:45pm)
Montreal, QC
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This is a public ritual to celebrate the Summer Solstice. We will be exploring all the ways that we define ourselves under the summer sun.

The event is kid-friendly, but anyone under 18 years old must be accompanied by a legal guardian or have a note from a parent.

We will be doing this ritual RAIN OR SHINE, so please pray for SHINE. The ritual is FREE to attend, but we will ask for donations ($2-$5).

The participants will be asked to bring:

• seeds to sprinkle and throw away
• feast food to share (finger foods)
• drums (optional)

We will meet at Angrignon metro at between 18h30 and 18h50. Make sure you arrive on time or you may not be able to find us (the park is pretty big). The ritual will start at about 19h00 and end at about 20h00 (with a light feast afterwards).

The Gaia Gathering Planning Committee invites you to join us for a night of live music, fantastical tales, and witchy company!

Beat the Winter Blues 2011
Date/Time: Friday, February 4 · 8:00pm – 11:00pmClydes
286, Chemin Du Bord-du-Lac
Pointe-Claire, QC
Tickets: $7/$10 at the door
Facebook Event Page

The evening’s entertainment includes:

Kanaska Carter of Ottawa (http://kanaska.webs.com/) who blew us all away with her surprise performance during the Gaia’s Bardic event in October, so make sure you don’t miss her full performance in Montreal’s West Island!

Hobbes and Shayne Gryn of TaelStrum will also spin a few tales and music during the evening.

Loran (http://www.loranillusion.com/) will entertain us with music and magic!

You can buy tickets to this event at the following places:

Melange Magique (1928 Ste. Catherine Street)
Avalon Naturel (Dorval, Quebec): http://www.avalonnaturel.com/
Treasure Chest (60A Donegani, Pointe-Claire)

All the proceeds go to funding our national Pagan Conference, Gaia Gathering, taking place in May 2011 in Montreal.

For more information about Gaia Gathering or to sign-up for updates:
● www.gaiagathering.ca   ● info@gaiagathering.ca
● gaiagathering.blogspot.ca   ● facebook.com/Gaia.Gathering

This weekend is huge for events going on in the Montreal pagan community. Make sure you don’t miss any of it!

Thursday, 6:45pm: Pagan Discussion — Crossing the Veils (without dying)
Why do some people try to cross the veil of reality? What do they hope to learn? What are some of the techniques? What are the dangers? Join us for this discussion!
MPRC page, Facebook page

Friday – Sunday: Montreal Yule Fair
The annual Montreal Yule Fair features vendors, workshops, lectures, and more! Special guest speakers include Brendan Myers, Christopher Penczak, Judika Illes, and Ellen Dugan.
Facebook page, Yule Fair page, MPRC page

Saturday night, 7:30pm: Service/Product Auction Gaia Fundraiser
This unique fund-raising event gives you the opportunity to connect directly with artists and other resourceful people. They have generously offered their work, their time, and their services, putting them up for the highest bidder.
Facebook page, MPRC page

Sunday morning, 10am: Pagan Sunday Brunch
To coincide with the Yule Fair, the Pagan Sunday Brunch has moved to the first Sunday or December. Come join us for breakfast and socializing with local pagans and those who are visiting us for the Fair!
Facebook page, MPRC page

Sunday evening, 6:30pm: Public Yule Ritual
Join us as we celebrate the birth of the Sun God and light our candles in his honor. Led by Hobbes of the MPRC. Make sure you bring a tapered candle that can be added to the Yule Log.

Time    Sunday, December 5 · 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location    Le Melange Magique (3rd floor)
1928 Ste. Catherine street West, Montreal, QC

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Saturday December 4th
1 – 3 pm (tentative time)
$40 (you must pre-register)

Award winning author Ellen Dugan (http://www.ellendugan.com/) takes a down-to-earth approach in dealing with psychic vampires. Topics discussed in this lecture include; Psychic self-defense, and knowing the true difference between emotional vampires and intentional and unintentional psychic vampires. In the lecture, you will learn how to develop street smarts against these individuals, and how to create a psychic vampire defense kit (No pointy wooden stakes necessary.)

Get ready to enjoy yourself, to laugh and to learn some handy practical protection magick. This is Ellen Dugan’s first visit to Canada ever, so don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet her!

To purchase tickets, visit the Magical Blend website and pay via Paypal or a credit card.
http://www.themagicalblend.com/yulefair2010.html

You can also call or visit The Magical Blend at (514) 938-1458 between 11 am and 5 pm Eastern Time to charge by phone.

Spaces are limited for this workshop and preregistration is required. Don’t miss your chance to take this fantastic workshop!

Time:  Friday, December 3 at 6:30pm – December 5 at 10:00pm
Location:    Le Melange Magique / The Magical Blend
1928 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal, QC

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Le Melange Magique / The Magical Blend website

Welcome to the 2010 edition of the Montreal Pagan Yule Fair. Co-hosted by Le Melange Magique (The Magical Blend) and the Montreal Pagan Resource Center (MPRC), this year’s fair promises to be one of the most exciting yet!

Join keynote guest author Ellen Dugan along with authors Christopher Penczak, Judika Illes, Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Adelina St. Clair and a host of local speakers for two full days of workshops, panels and conferences.

Local artisans and craftspeople will be selling their creations so it’s a great chance to find something special for Yule. Readings and psychic consultations, book signings, an author’s supper and public Yule ritual top the weekend off.

Join us, spread the word, and celebrate this magical time of year!

If you have not been watching the Melange Magique Blog or its newsletters, then you missed this exciting bit of news!

Helmut will be in Montreal this Saturday. He will bring horns and blades and leather journals to sell.
AND! And he will be giving a workshop.

Metal and Magic (Helmut)
Thirty years of making ritual tools, research and experimentation have taught me that when it comes to metal, magic follows a predictable pattern of behaviour linked to its physical state. In this workshop, I will describe these properties and how they affect the ritual and magical use of metal for today’s practitioners.
Helmut started blacksmithing forty years ago, and this year celebrates his thirtieth year of making metal work for the pagan community.
Saturday October 30th 2-4pm $40

See you all there for this amazing and rare opportunity! Contact Le Melange Magique for more information about this workshop.

This past Saturday night, Atwater Library was host to an evening of music, storytelling, and more than a few surprises! If you missed it, you really denied yourself a rare treat. You shouldn’t deny yourself such pleasures… you deserve better!

We had over 50 people in the audience that night, and thanks to their generosity and mathematical formulas that I’ve never been very good at, we raised over $600 for the Gaia Gathering conference. Amazing!

As with all pagan events, we started the evening about 15 minutes late (logistics and waiting for certain people), but once we got going, we found it difficult to stop! The evening’s entertainment included:

• Hobbes and Shayne Gryn (storytelling and music)
• Triskelia (music)
• Alex and the Goddesses (music)
• Kanaska (music)

All the performances were amazing and the audience were very appreciative and responsive.

As for surprises, well here’s one that caught everyone by surprise. One of the performers couldn’t make it that night, so when we were approached by Kanaska offering to sing a couple of songs, we found room in the evening for her.

She. was. amazing. The beautiful passion and raw power that came from this woman and her guitar floored the room. After each song, the audience went crazy with applause and cheers. She added something to that evening that we were hoping for, but not to that degree: magic.

From that evening, we already have 4 people signed up for the conference and many more people interested in finding out more about it. It was a great kick-off event to lead into and help promote the Montreal edition of Gaia Gathering.

A few people recorded the evening with their cameras and have posted them on YouTube:

• Scarlet’s YouTube channel
• Gaia Gathering’s YouTube channel
• Triskelia’s Videos: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, Video 5
• Kanaska’s videos: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3,Video 4,Video 5

The next big event for Gaia Gathering is the Service/Product auction to take place the first weekend of December. Stay tuned for more information about it!

Heather Dale and her band, a popular band at many pagan events, will be in Montreal on October 15th at the Yellow Door.

Yellow Door Cafe
3625 Aylmer
Montreal, Quebec
http://www.yellowdoor.org/

To read more about Heather Dale’s music, please visit http://www.heatherdale.com/.