Showing posts with label Welcome to Women of the Wheel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welcome to Women of the Wheel. Show all posts

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Welcome to Women of the Wheel online

Over a year ago, myself and a fellow Wiccan talked about forming a localized, all-woman Pagan group. This idea was important to us because we wanted to make connections to other Pagans in the area - not an easy task in this province.

Newfoundland and Labrador may be geographically bigger than the country of Ireland, but our population is mainly rural, and so scattered over a wide area. Of the 500,000+ people living in this province, only one-fifth of us live in St. John's. The the rest of us dwell in either the two other cities in this province - Mount Pearl and Corner Brook - or in suburban/rural areas.

Together, I and my Pagan friend co-founded Women of the Wheel in March 2006. When we began, there were three members. We were aiming for six. Just over a year later, we have five, and we are proud of that accomplishment.

We meet once a month as Pagans to talk about what's important to us, as well as to share what we have learned, experienced, or created.

We decided to start an all-female Pagan group for two reasons: 1) we wanted to be an intimate, informal group, and 2) people of the same sex tend to share a bond that strengthens through continued, respected companionship.

In this day and age, Paganism is more often a chosen, rather than an inherited, path. Women of the Wheel hopes to connect to, and to share perspectives and enriched learning experiences with, Pagans locally and abroad.

Blessed Be.