Panthean Temple Part 1 - Interviews with Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth
of the Panthean Temple, HPs Tamarra and HP Richard James, and music by
Laura Powers and Shaman Starseed.
Comcast Public Access channel 10 (the Valley) in Connecticut Fridays 9pm
Keepers of the Flame TV Series
ABOUT REV ALICIA LYON FOLBERTH
Rev. Alicia 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 HPs TAMARRA & HP RICHARD 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.
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:
www.wcc.on.ca
ABOUT LAURA POWERS
Laura’s
long-time fascination with Celtic mythology led her to create the
“Legends of the Goddess” trilogy (Legends of the Goddess, Beyond the
Pale: Legends of the Goddess II, and Trilogy: Legends of the Goddess
III) which features musical themes based on the Celtic goddess of
ancient myth. Enhanced by instrumentation such as tin whistle, uilleann
pipes and Irish flute, the influence of European pop can be heard
throughout the records and lyrically, it is the
metaphysical/mythological aspect of Celtic legends that is the central
focus. In addition, Powers utilized her gifts as a painter to create the
original cover art on all three CDs, melding the lyrical imagery with
her oil paintings to present a timeless collection of music and art.
http://www.laurapowers.com/
ABOUT SHAMAN STARSEED
Brahm Stuart & Catalina Colibri
Born in Panama, raised in New Orleans and Mississippi, B. Stuart
mastered the Celtic fiddle the old way, in the pubs and forests of
Ireland, from both human and elven masters. Since the mid eighties Brahm
has been based in the New York area. In the nineties, he led
Celtic-Folk/Earth-Music group, SHAMAN, that recorded 5 albums and played
at many venues including the United Nations, Starwood music festival,
Earth Day and Renaissance Festivals, political rallies, benefits and
witches balls. Other credits include many on-stage performances
alongside many great musicians including Rick Danko, Jorma Kaukonen,
Paul Winter, Glen Velez, The Wolftones and Alan Stivell. He was an
original member of the Celtic rock band, The Clan, and performed with
the Italian folk music group, I Guillari di Piazza for over 12 years. A
master performer on accoustic guitar, fiddle, voice, percussion and tin
whistle in several folk traditions. At present, Brahm and Catalina
(harp, energy and percussion) are the core members of the Mystic
Minstrels.
Born and raised in New York City, Catalina is a
third generation musician; her father was the principal timbales player
in the world famous bolero/salsa group, Trio de San Juan. She started
playing guitar and percussion from an early age, and later fell in love
with Irish mythology and Celtic harp which she studied beginning in the
mid nineties. She has now been playing Celtic harp professionally for
over 10 years, both with the Minstrels and as a solo harpist. On
percussion, Catalina plays bodhran (Irish framedrum) and Middle Eastern
framedrum and is quite accomplished in authentic Italian tambourine
styles as well. Catalina has performed at many prestigious events, galas
and weddings with performances at the Cloisters Museum in New York
City, Caramoor Center for Music Arts in Katonah, NY, Metropolitan
Museum, The University Club and Gracie Mansion in New York City.
Catalina has recorded two solo harp albums, Mystical Journey and The
Trees of Pan on the Solstar Communications label.
http://www.shamanearthmusic.com
