KOTF 14: What Wiccans Do - The Sabbats - Part 1 of 5

In this episode Rev. Alicia Folberth and Iris Chausse discuss "What Wiccans Do" The Sabbats - part one of a five part series 'dispelling' popular beliefs about Wicca. Learn about the Sabbats and the Wheel of the Year. This was one of our first episodes, originally #8, and has been edited from VHS.

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

Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth is the spiritual leader of Panthean Temple in CT. She is the coordinator of Panthean Temple's "Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey" retreat fest, and other special events dealing with Women's empowerment. An activist of conviction, Alicia is also a professional artist, writer, lecturer, teacher, and the producer of the new cable access television show, "Keepers of the Flame."
    Her writing has been published in two books to date; Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul edited by Patricia Telesco, and Voices of Survivors edited by Namid, both are available on Amazon.com. Her advice tarot column "It's in the cards" has been featured in Finer Things Magazine and on PaganPages.org. She is in the process of writing and illustrating her own first book, which is a series of guided meditations and journeys.
   To see her artwork and design, please visit http://www.facebook.com/flybynightstudio and http://flybynightstudio.blogspot.com/
    Panthean Temple website: http://www.PantheanTemple.org/ 

More Episodes are Coming!
Older epsiodes are still being edited into a digital format. New episodes to come, including an Episode featuring Wendy Rule. Stay tuned!

KOTF 12: The Dakota Unity Ride

This episode of Keepers of the Flame is perhaps our most important show to date in terms of its message. It focuses on the Unity Ride and their travels in 2013 through Connecticut, as well as the Corn Festival in Beacon NY, on their way to the United Nations. The story of the return of Alfred Afraid of Hawk's remains is also featured. As so many people have come together in donating video for this show, there will be two shows later to cover both stories. This is a story that must be told, and must be heard. The 2013 ride is one of four, and they will return to Connecticut in 2014.

 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 THE UNITY RIDE
"We are trying to reconcile, unite, and make peace with everyone . . . to be Dakota means to walk in peace and harmony with every living thing"
~ Lakota spiritual leader, Jim Miller.

The First Nation Dakota People of Manitoba Canada are brought their Unity Riders to New York and Connecticut this past July and August. They rode to spread a message of peace and healing throughout the entire world. This epic journey covered thousands of miles from Canada to New York State, reaching millions of people. The riders arrived in Albany on July 27 where they for the first time in history, united with the East Coast Nations. They joined the Two Row Renewal Campaign for opening ceremonies and traveled together down the Hudson Valley on land and river. The Haudenousaunee launched their canoes the following day as the horses made their way overland. Many communities along the river hosted events giving the public an opportunity to meet these great ambassadors of peace and join them in celebration. Their journey culminated in NYC at the United Nations on August 9 where the International Code for Sacred Sites was presented.

For more information please see:
www.theunityride.com
www.livepeaceinternational.org
www.afraidofhawk.org
www.honorthetworow.org

Clan Mother Shoran Piper

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!
This show is the result of many hands, and many hearts. What began as an event with a chance to record became something much greater as a number of us were somehow 'called' to play our own role in this spiritual message.

Of course, thank you to our little crew and good friends who served as crew - Pam Hallas, Pearl Slaughter, Lee Mashensky, Jean Hislop, and Judy Mitchell.

Thank you at all the Unity Riders! Please visit their web site at http://www.theunityride.com Special thanks to Chief Gus High Eagle, Travis Mazawasicuna, Tyrone Chaske, Logan Owatch, and Douglas Gladue

Thank you to Clan Mother Shoran Piper of the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe for all her help and narration in the show.

Three Spirits

Thank you to Robert Young for all his help in both speaking and contributing video and photos. Thank you to his wife Mary Jo Young (MJ Photos) for all her fine work.

Thank you also to Three Spirits, Wendell Deer With Horns, and Ed Sarabia the Indian Affair Coordinator for the DEP.

Upstate Moving Images - Thank you very much to Justin Martinez for permitting us to use one of your documentary trailers as our introduction. They do fine work, so be sure to check them out.

Howard Polley - Thank you for permitting us to use your footage of the Danbury ceremony.

Mojo Place - Thank you for permitting us to use you footage of the Newtown Ceremony.

Christopher Booth - Thank you for the footage of the Wooster Cemetary.

Phil Davis - Thank you for the footage of the Red Tailed Hawk.

Christina Rose - Thank you for all your wonderful photos - your love shows.

Kenneth Fay - Thank you for your photographs of Newtown and the horse guard.

'All My Relations' by Ulali
Used with permission.
https://myspace.com/ulalisofficialpage

Update: New Shows are Coming!

Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth and Chief Gus High Eagle
Photo by Jean Hislop

NEW SHOWS

While the old shows are being re-edited/reformatted and some new material has been added, two new ones are in process right now. Our first new show of 2013 was the Zanoni Silverknife interview, the next two new ones feature The Unity Ride and Wendy Rule. The new shows are more complex, and take much longer to edit and piece together, fusing music, video footage, and photography together. All this is being done on limited studio time, and most of my learning of the software is being done on the fly. With this and thanks to the new camcorder, shows will continue to improve. The shows take an enormous amount of work, as well as the cooperation and skill of many others beyond our little team. Some are contributing for future shows already. Please be patient, as my own personal health issues will take time to resolve, and they have been holding me back on this as well as other projects.

CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SHOW
If you have music videos, video pieces, or interviews (from anywhere in the world) and would like to submit them to the show for broadcast, please submit them to us on DVD with a release to:

Panthean Temple

POB 111

Derby CT 06418

APPEARING ON THE SHOW:

Coming to our area? Please schedule an interview with us. Daytime in the studio during weekdays is usually available. If you are an Elder, author, leader, musical or visual artist we may want to speak with you. Sorry, but we are no longer accepting phone interviews unless they are videotaped on your end as well - you will have to make arrangements with us.

SPONSOR US IN YOUR AREA!
We will be looking for area sponsors for 2015. In accordance to federal law, you can bring Keepers of the Flame to your local public access station FREE on cable, even if you are not a cable subscriber. It can be in any state, and all that is required is signed paperwork.

Photo by Jean Hislop

 Please write us at PantheanTemple@aol.com if you are interested in any of the above

Blessings,

Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth
Producer KOTF
Priestess, President Panthean Temple

KOTF 11: Margot Adler Lecture: Changes in the Pagan Movement

Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth, Ashmera, Margot Adler

Margot Adler Lecture: Changes in the Pagan Movement, What's new, What's Different
In  the last  15 years, the pagan movement has grown so that now scholars are saying there are at least a million contemporary Pagans worldwide, and perhaps three quarters of that number are in the US. That would be 750 thousand, and what with charities, prison ministries, seminaries, kid friendly festivals, teen groups, 5000 pagan websites, numerous festivals, several of over 1000 people there are so many changes to talk about, not only what they are but what they mean for our movement and our community.

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 MARGOT ADLER (Bio from Wikipedia)
(Margot Adler (born 16 April 1946 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).
   Adler received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York in 1970, and she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1982. She grew up mostly in New York City and worked for WBAI, FM 99.5, the Pacifica Radio outlet in that city. She created the talk shows Hour of the Wolf in 1972 (and still on the air as hosted by Jim Freund) and later Unstuck in Time.
   Adler joined NPR in 1979 as a general assignment reporter, and has since worked on a great many pieces dealing with subjects as diverse as the death penalty, the right to die movement, the response to the war in Kosovo, computer gaming, the drug ecstasy, geek culture, children and technology, and Pokémon. Since 9/11, she has focused much of her work on stories exploring the human factors in New York City, from the loss of loved ones, homes and jobs, to work in the relief effort. She is presently the host of Justice Talking, and she is a regular voice on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
   Adler wrote Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today. This book is considered a watershed in American Neopagan circles, as it provided the first comprehensive look at the nature-based religions in the US, and became what was for many the first point of contact with the larger subculture. She was a speaker at the 1986 WinterStar Symposium, from which the Association for Consciousness Exploration produced her lecture tape From Witch to Witch-Doctor: Healers, Therapists and Shamans and the panel discussion The Magickal Movement: Present and Future (with Isaac Bonewits, Selena Fox, and Robert Anton Wilson). Her second book, Heretic's Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution, was published by Beacon Press in 1997. Adler is a Wiccan priestess of the Gardnerian Wicca tradition.
   Her grandfather, Alfred Adler, is considered the father of individual psychology.

ABOUT OMNIA
http://www.worldofomnia.com/
The bohemian PaganFolk band "OMNIA" revolves around the many varied compositions, stories and musical abilities of Jenny and Steve Sic Evans van der Harten. Together with their band consisting of the handsome pagan "guitar hero" Philip Steenbergen (guitars), crazy Didgeman Daphyd Crow (slideridoo, vocals and percussion), Rob van Barschot (drums and percussion) and assisted by their amazing live-crew, they tour throughout Europe and beyond.

MUSIC INTRO & END CREDITS
Music to our introduction song 'Take Me Down Where the Pagans Go' is by Adala:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/adala

KOTF 10: Sacred Sites of the Northeast - Part I

Join  Rev. Alicia Folberth, Iris Chausse, Pam Hallas, and Roger Allen for part 1 of Sacred Places in the Northeastern United States. This week we explore on location the Indian Well, at Indian Well State Park in Shelton, Connecticut and the Balanced Rock in North Salem, New York. Learn their history and lore, plus footage from Goddess Remembered by Donna Read, music by Side by Side recorded at Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey 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 

Balanced Rock, North Salem, NY,
along route 116 #667 Titicus Rd

Indian Well,
Indian Well State Park, Shelton, CT

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

KOTF 9: Interview with Joseph FireCrow

Interview with Joseph FireCrow by Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth, with footage from his concert at the Winsted Green. http://www.JosephFireCrow.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

"The natural beauty of the flute evokes very powerful emotions. The traditional flute is social, not ceremonial, in nature and should always be treated with that in mind and spirit."
-Joseph FireCrow

Joseph Fire Crow is a Cheyenne flutist. In 1992, Fire Crow recorded the album, The Mist. Two years later, in 1994, he released a second self-produced recording, Rising Bird. These recordings were once sold only at concerts. Within 5 years of producing the first CD, Joseph got his first award and it has not stopped.

 "The very first time I heard the flute, I was a young boy living on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation located in southeastern Montana. Grover Wolfvoice was the flute man playing this wonderful music. The music was beautiful to my ears, yet it scared me. There was much poverty and depression at that time. The sound of the flute touched my heart, where there was much pain and uncertainty. Through all of the hardships of reservation life, the beauty and wonder of our homeland beckoned to me."
-Joseph FireCrow

The music of the native American Flute has great meaning- it touches the soul. Joe FireCrow has opened a world of tradition with his artistry in building and playing the flute. His flutes are reviving the art of flute playing for a new generation.



The Northern Cheyenne wooden flute is a flourishing tradition. The songs of the flute are called "wolf songs." The love, passion, and affection can be heard and experienced when FireCrow, plays his flute or sings one of the ancient songs of his people. His performances are highly educational, with a strong message of love and respect for all human beings.

Winner:
Telly Award, Elfie's Eye, 1999/ /Creator's Prayer (Fire Crow)
Best of Short Takes 2000, Today's Librarian (Cheyenne Nation)
2003 NAMA Songwriter of the Year (Legend of the Warrior)
Flutist of the Year, Indian Summer Music Awards 2004 (Legend of the Warrior)
2005 NAMA Best Instrumental Recording/Parmly's Dream 2005 (Signature)
NAMA Flutist of the Year 2006 (Red Beads)
Best New Age Album, 52nd Annual GRAMMYTM Awards (Prayer for Compassion, David Darling)
Flutist of the Year, NAMMY Awards 2010,(Face the Music)
Artist of the Year, NAMMY Awards, 2010 (Face the Music)

Nominee:
Best Native American Music Album, 43rd Annual GRAMMYTM Awards (Cheyenne Nation)
Artist of the Year, NAMMY Awards 2001 (Cheyenne Nation)
Flutist of the Year, NAMMY Awards 2001 (Cheyenne Nation)
Best Male Artist, NAMMY Awards 2003 (Legend of the Warrior)
Flutist of the Year, NAMMY Awards 2003 (Legend of the Warrior)
Best Male Artist 2006 (Red Beads)
Best New Age Album, 50th Annual GRAMMYTM Awards (Faces of the Sun, Peter Kater)
Record of the Year, NAMMY Awards, 2010 (Face the Music)
Song/Single of the Year, NAMMY Awards 2010,(Face the Music)
Best New Age Recording, NAMMY Awards 2010 (Face the Music)

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

KOTF 8: Goddess Rhiannon Special

A special episode devoted the the goddess Rhiannon, matron goddess of the Panthean Temple.

A relief of the Gaulish horse goddess Epona from Salonica, Greek Macedonia, 4th century CE.

Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth reads her original story, 'She Moves in Mysterious Ways', published in Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul, and KOTF goes 'on the road' with Horse of Connecticut. The Goddess Rhiannon by Kelly Hajduk, Horse Lore with Heidi Webster - both courtesy of Traveling the Well Worn Path, and a very special blast from the past by Fleetwood Mac. 'Horses' by Wendy Rule was filmed at Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey 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. Subscribe to us on YouTube (click here) and follow us on Vimeo http://www.keepersoftheflame.tv

 ABOUT REV. ALICIA LYON FOLBERTH
    Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth is the spiritual leader of Panthean Temple in CT. She is the coordinator of Panthean Temple's "Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey" retreat fest, and other special events dealing with Women's empowerment. An activist of conviction, Alicia is also a professional artist, writer, lecturer, teacher, and the producer of the new cable access television show, "Keepers of the Flame."
    Her writing has been published in two books to date; Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul edited by Patricia Telesco, and Voices of Survivors edited by Namid, both are available on Amazon.com. Her advice tarot column "It's in the cards" has been featured in Finer Things Magazine and on PaganPages.org. She is in the process of writing and illustrating her own first book, which is a series of guided meditations and journeys.
   To see her artwork and design, please visit http://www.facebook.com/flybynightstudio and http://flybynightstudio.blogspot.com/ Please join her every week for tarot readings live on Blogtalk Radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/subrosamagick
    Panthean Temple website: http://www.PantheanTemple.org 

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.

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