Thursday, February 21, 2013

KOTF 2: Lecture by Lady Maxine Sanders

Here is our second edited episode available on YouTube in SD. New HD versions will be added to Vimeo soon at www.keepersoftheflame.tv  Enjoy!

BB,
Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth

KOTF 2: Lady Maxine Sanders
Lady Maxine Sanders, founding Alexandrian High Priestess, shares with us with her lecture on 'Initiation.' Recorded at our Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey festival. http://www.maxinesanders.co.uk

Videos Animus, Deep within Forest, and Horses by the amazing Wendy Rule, http://www.wendyrule.com, filmed by Philip Defarik of Digital Magic Media

Both were recorded at our Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey festival. http://www.paganodyssey.com


Keepers of the Flame TV Series
We are an educational and entertaining television talk show about Traditional Witchcraft, Paganism and Aboriginal Religions featuring lectures, interviews, music and entertainment from around the world. Friday Nights, 9:00pm Public Access Channel 10 in the Connecticut Valley. Began 2010 and now on the internet in 2013. For more information follow our blog at http://www.keepersoftheflametv.com follow us on Vimeo http://www.keepersoftheflame.tv


About Maxine Sanders:
After thirty-five years actively teaching in training covens Maxine recognizes that the Inner circles of the Craft’s priesthood's have evolved significantly since her Initiation into the Priesthood of Witchcraft in the early sixties!Part of this evolution has involved the Craft becoming widely available to seekers. For many years Maxine had declined to talk publicly about her path; she now feels that times are more conducive to continue her vocation in a more public arena. To this end, Maxine will talk to preferably gentle pagan audiences.Her extensive experience of the Craft gives a unique, poignant and often humorous take on her magical life and practices.  http://www.maxinesanders.co.uk

About Wendy Rule:
http://www.wendyrule.com/
"Every so often Melbourne throws up a singular talent, someone previously hidden amongst the well-established musical tribes, someone possessed of a unique vision. Wendy Rule, the vocalist, songwriter and visionary, is such and artist. Beat Magazine, Melbourne"

With the release of her fifth full length album, The Wolf Sky, Wendy Rule has firmly established herself as one of Australia's most uniquely gifted and prolific artists. Her music is a passionate union of her incredible voice moving from soaring heights to intimate whispers and her beautifully dark and visionary lyrics. Wendy's live performances draw on her love of ritual and theater, enticing her audience into an otherworldly realm of power and Magic. After years of local shows and national tours, Wendy's music is now being recognized internationally. She has recently returned from her 9th tour of the USA, and has also performed in France, Germany, England and Scotland.

Music in the background of the lecture, as well as our introduction song 'Take Me Down Where the Pagans Go' is by Adala http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adala 

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Note from Lady Maxine Sanders, who gave us the following to be posted from our correspondence:

Regardless of the days of seemingly endless media attention,  the way of the hermit, the working of the magic and the maintaining of the sacred is my chosen path. The public arena is not my forte, hence the rarity of my public appearances. Nowadays I endeavor to make my talks humorous and yet poignant reminding the Craft priesthood of the sanctity of their magic and worship. On having this 'YouTube' talk pointed out to me I was rather surprised to see it in such a public arena; on re appraisal it would seem that the magic will have its way regardless of my reluctance to be part of  modern media.    
 ' preserving the sacred means permitting others to know it even exists,  the sacred is a quieter voice that tends to be drowned out by the louder profane'. 
Please be assured that this particular edited release, 'Initiation' has my full consent.
I respect the work of The Panthean Temple trusting the sacred is treasured by the priesthood within its realm.
Blessed Be
Maxine Sanders

Saturday, February 16, 2013

KOTF 1: Interview with Lady Tamarra James. - We are now on YouTube as well

Still working out the bugs on Vimeo, and will be creating separate HD files from the SD ones I am creating for the local public access show. I will be uploading SD episodes onto YouTube. The whole process is a learning curve, so please bear with us.

In the meantime, episode 1 is now up in SD. Enjoy!

Blessings,
Rev, Alicia Lyon Folberth
Producer, President, Priestess, Head Cook and Bottlewasher



Episode 1 of the edited series Keepers of the Flame
Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth interviews Lady Tamarra James of the Wiccan Church of Canada. Videos 'Light and Extension' by Legend (http://www.stevepaine.org), the 'Wild Hunt' by Tamarra James, and video by Tara and Ray Buckland. PSA for the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY.

Keepers of the Flame TV Series
We are an educational and entertaining television talk show about Traditional Witchcraft, Paganism and Aboriginal Religions featuring lectures, interviews, music and entertainment from around the world. Friday Nights, 9:00pm Public Access Channel 10 in the Connecticut Valley. Began 2010 and now on the internet in 2013. For more information follow our blog at http://www.keepersoftheflametv.com follow us on Vimeo http://www.keepersoftheflame.tv

About Lady Tamarra James
Tamarra was initiated as a witch on her 16th birthday, way back when people did that. But her big learning curve happened after she moved with her new husband Richard from Vancouver to Los Angeles. That city in 1977 was a hotbed of competing approaches and personalities; and it was there that R&T formed their first coven. Their wandering took them to New York, where competition among traditions was just as intense, and they learned all they could. Finally in 1979 they moved back to Canada, to Toronto.

In 1979 they opened The Occult Shop on Queen St, with a temple space in the back, and on the night of their first ritual a brick smashed through the shop window. The resulting press attention helped the business succeed. Since then, many other Pagan retailers have come and gone, but The Occult Shop lives on.

Song of the Week:
The Wild Hunt by Tamarra James from Carpe Noctum
People who came to the shop demanded a Church, where they could worship openly like people of other religions, so they formed the Wiccan Church of Canada with R&T as their first priest & priestess. Since then, R&T have watched the Canadian pagan community grow, being involved in the first prison ministry, the first Pagan festival, the first Pagan conference, introducing Ontario Pagans to Americans and vice versa.

For 30 years, they have watched or been part of every aspect of the growth of the Ontario Pagan Community. Tamarra's women's group Sistrum is 26 years old. In the last few years, Richard has broadened the horizons to work for the Canadian National Pagan Conference.
Wiccan Church of Canada website: http://www.wcc.on.ca



“Haunting tales, ghostly singing and strange lights.” Is how one reviewer described Legend’s debut CD. Released in 1991 this album captured the essence of the songs, but due to technical issues did not really reflect the sound the band was aiming for. Nonetheless it did receive a lot of critical acclaim in the ‘Prog’ scene press at the time and ultimately led to a Licensing deal from Apollon Records in Japan and a Publishing deal through Watanabe Music. The aforementioned deals set Legend up to continue to perform and record and thus develop their sound into the style they desired. Light in Extension was released in Japan in 1992 and sales very rapidly topped 10,000 copies.  Light in Extension is currently unavailable, though it is hoped a re-mastered version will be released at some point in the not too distant future. http://www.stevepaine.org/




Our introduction song 'Take Me Down Where the Pagans Go' is by Adala: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adala

Saturday, February 9, 2013

We are now on Vimeo

We have a new domain for our professional video hosting on Vimeo :D
Got the one I wanted too. Need to convert the video file now...
http://keepersoftheflame.tv/

In my opinion, I do not recommend Blip.TV as their customer service has no interest in servicing its customers. They chose to delete our account without a specified reason under terms of service, likely because I complained loudly. I can't help but wonder if the subject matter also has something to do with it, although they seem to be okay with portraying modern witches alongside vampires as horror.

But Vimeo seems to be a better deal anyway, and without file size issues.

The shows will be edited one by one before they are placed on the internet - this will take time, as my studio time each week is also limited.

BB,
Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth
Producer KOTF