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		Lifestyle Support for Daywalkers and Dark Denizens (updated 4/10/08) Female 40 years old CASSELBERRY, Florida United States Last Login: 10/12/2009

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General	vampires, goth culture and art; science, magick, spirituality, mysticism; civil liberties; reading, writing, teaching, gypsy dance, Harry Potter www.croneseraphim.com "Dark of the Moon Cronecast" will be a Liberal and a Libertarian discussing pagan views of politics and constitutional liberties. As soon as the first show is uploaded I will post here and include links. .. Click here to check out The Sanford Vampire and Shadowlore Meetup! The core Vampire Meet Up group is in the planning stages for a Vampire Symposium we hope to hold in 2009. We are currently putting the legal entity paperwork together and as soon as that's done we will be putting out a call for volunteers. There is a huge amount of work that needs to be done to make this happen and we will need lots of dedicated, skilled, and hardworking individuals to make this event a truly stupendous educational experience, so if you think you might be interested in helping in any capacity, please contact me here.
Music	Ethereal, ambient, darkwave, neoclassical, medieval, dreampop, trance, Goth, pagan, pop, drums, celtic; Nox Arcana; Blackmore's Knight
Television	Moonlight, Blood Ties, Buffy, Angel; Pushing Daisies, Reaper; Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Lisa Williams; Dresden Files, Torchword, Dr. Who, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, X-Files; House, Bones, Criminal Minds, CSI franchise; Cities of the Underworld; History Channel, Discovery Channel, Sci Fi Channel.
Books	I now have an Amazon Associates AStore set up with all these books listed, so if you're interested in purchasing any of the books I've recommended here, you can get them at http://astore.amazon.com/persshave-20. The Persephone's Haven site set up to link to it so you can get them through my website, www.persephoneshaven.com, as well. Enjoy! Books I’ve Written or Contributed To: D’Avalon, Vivienne. On the Care and Feeding of Spirits. Persephone’s Haven. Orlando, FL. © 2007 D’Avalon, Vivienne. The Patriot’s Spell Book. Persephone’s Haven. Orlando, FL. © 2006 Goetz, Sharon K. Phoenix Rising: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, 17-21 May 2007. (1 essays: “Sirius Black: the Face of Eleggua in the Potterverse”) The Witching Hour Programming Team. The Witching Hour: a Magical Compendium. (2 essays: “Snape’s Appeal in Canon: Severus, Meet Sherlock” and “Wiccan and Pagan Themes in Harry Potter”) What I’m Reading Now or Have Read Recently: Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design. W.W. Norton & Company, NY, London. © 1987 Greene, Brian. The Fabric of the Cosmos. Wilson, Robert Anton and Robert Shea. The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Dell Publishing, NY. © 1995 Wilson, Robert Anton. TSOG: The Thing That Ate the Constitution. New Falcon Publications. Tempe, AZ. © 2002 Wolf, Naomi. The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Chelsea Green Publishing. White River Junction, VT. © 2007 Dennett, Daniel. Darwin’s Dangerous Idea. Morris, Tee and Evo Terra. Podcasting for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana. © 2006 Cochrane, Todd. Podcasting: The Do It Yourself Guide. Wiley Publishing Inc. © 2005 Colombo, George and Curtis Franklin, Jr. Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting. Que Publishing. Indianapolis, IN. © 2006 Hine, Phil. Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic. New Falcon Publications. Tempe, AZ. © 1995 Hyatt, Christopher S., Ph. D. and Lon Milo DuQuette. Sex Magic, Tantra and Tarot: The Way of the Secret Lover. New Falcon Publications. Tempe, AZ. © 1991 Hyatt, Christopher S., Ph.D. and S. Jason Black; Ed. By Nicholas Tharcher. Tantra Without Tears. New Falcon Publications, Tempe, AZ. © 1999 Wilson, Robert Anton. Sex, Drugs, and Magick: A Journey Beyond Limits. New Falcon Publications. Tempe, AZ © 1987 Digitalis, Raven. Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture. Llewellyn Publications. Woodbury, Minnesota. © 2007. Belanger, Michelle. The Psychic Energy Codex. Aunger, Robert. The Electric Meme. The Free Press, NY. © 2002 Gore, Al. The Assault on Reason. The Penguin Press, NY. © 2007 Szasz, Thomas. The Myth of Psychotherapy: Mental Healing as Religion, Rhetoric, and Repression. Syracuse University Press. © 1988. Szasz, Thomas. The Myth of Mental Illness. Szasz, Thomas. Fatal Freedom: The Ethics and Politics of Suicide. Prager. Westport, CT/London. © 1999) What I’ve Read and Liked: Science and Philosophy: Brodie, Richard. Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme. Integral Press. Seattle. © 1996 Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. Dennett, Daniel C. Consciousness Explained. Penguin. © 1991 Dennett, Daniel. Breaking the Spell. Greene, Brian. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory. Vintage; Vintage edition. (February 29, 2000) Hyatt, C. The Psychopath's Bible. Johnson, Wendell. People in Quandries: the Semantics of Personal Adjustment. Harper & Bros. Publishers, NY and London. © 1946 Kaku, Michio. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps and The 10th Dimension. Anchor. 1995 Moore, Thomas. Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life. Harper Collins Publishers. NY, NY. © 1992 Nietsche. Beyond Good and Evil von Franz, Maria. (multiple books on Jungian archetypes and the Shadow in fairy tales) Wilson, Robert Anton. Prometheus Rising. New Falcon Publications. Reprint edition (September 1992) Politics: Dean, John. Conservatives Without Conscience. Ehrenreich, Barbara and Deidre English. Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Woman Healers. The Feminist Press. NY, NY. © 1973 Goldberg, Michelle. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism. W.W. Norton and Co.. NY © 2006 Goldenberg, Naomi R. Changing of the Gods: Feminism and the End of Traditional Religions. Greenwald. Glenn How Would A Patriot Act. Hightower, Jim. Thieves in High Places: They’ve Stolen Our Country and It’s Time to Take it Back. Viking, Penguin Group USA, NYC © 2003 Lakoff, George. Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate -- The Essential Guide for Progressives. MoveOn.org. MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change. Inner Ocean Publishing, Inc., Maui, HI © 2004 Paine, Thomas. Common Sense. Phillips, Kevin. American Theocracy. Robinson, John J. A Pilgrim’s Path: Freemasonry and the Religious Right. M. Evans & Co., Inc. NY © 1993 Seder, Sam and Stephen Sherrill. F.U.B.A.R.: America’s Right Wing Nightmare. Harper Collins Publ. © 2006 Magick: Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Pagans, Druids and Goddess Worshippers in America Today. NY. Viking Press © 1979 A compendium of many pagan and Wiccan groups. Bloom, William. Psychic Protection: Creating Positive Energies for People and Places. Simon & Schuster. NY, NY. © 1996 Cunningham, Scott. Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minnesota. © 1983. Cunningham, Scott. The Complete Book of Incenses Oils and Brews. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minnesota. © 2002 Cunningham, Scott. The Truth About Witchcraft Today. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minnesota. © 1988. Cunningham, Scott. Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner Denning, Melita and Osborne Phillips. Practical Guide to Psychic Self-Defense and Well-Being. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minnesota. © 1980 Draja, Mickahavic. Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Protection. Weiser. York Beach, Maine. © 1982 Gawain, Shakti. Creative Visualization. Bantam Books. NY. © 1979 King, Francis. Tantra, the Way of Action. Destiny Books. Rochester, VT. 1986 Konstantinos. Nocturnal Witchcraft: Magick After Dark. Llewellyn Publications. 2002 Mariechild, Diane. Mother Wit: A Feminist Guide to Psychic Development. The Crossing Press. Freedom, CA. © 1981 Packwood, R. Kirk. Memetic Magic: Manipulation of the Root Social Matrix and the Fabric of Reality. Jaguar Temple Press. Seattle, WA. © 2004 RavenWolf, Silver. Angels: Companions in Magick. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minn. © 2001 Starhawk. The Spiral Dance. San Francisco. Harper & Row. © 1979 Tyson, Donald. Sexual Alchemy: Magical Intercourse with Spirits. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minn. © 2000 Weinstein, Marion. Positive Magic: Occult Self-Help. Phoenix Publications. Custer, WA. © 1978 Kabbalah: Gonzalez-Whippler, Migene. A Kabbalah for the Modern World. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, MN. 1997. (3rd Ed). Reed, Ellen Cannon. The Witches Qabala Book 1: The Goddess and the Tree. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, MN. 1986 Reed, Ellen Cannon. The Witches Tarot. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, MN. 1997 Regardie, Israel. A Garden of Pomegranates. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, MN. 1984 Regardie, Israel. Middle Pillar. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, MN. 1970 Regardie, Israel. The Tree of Life. Weiser. NY, NY. 1983 Regardie, Israel. The Golden Dawn. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, MN. 2002 (6th Ed). Lucumi/Santeria/Voudon/Hoodoo, etc. and Shamanism: Canizares, Baba Raul. Eshu-Eleggua Elegbara: Santeria and the Orisha of the Crossroads. Original Publications. Plainview, NY. ©2000 Castaneda, Carlos. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan. Simon & Schuster. NY © 1972. Fatunmbi, Awo Fá’ Lokun. Ochosi: Ifá and the Spirit of the Tracker. Original Publications. Plainview, NY. © 1992) Gonzalez-Wippler, Migene. Santeria: African Magic in Latin America. Original Publications. NY. © 1987 Haskins, Jim. Voodoo and Hoodoo: the Craft as Revealed by Traditional Practitioners. Scarborough House/Publishers. Chelsea, MI. © 1978, 1990 Métraux, Alfred. Voodoo in Haiti. Schocken Books. NY. © 1959. Vampirism: Belanger, Michelle. The Psychic Vampire Codex. Fiction: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files Series Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake Series H. P. Lovecraft Edgar Allen Poe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories and novels Tanya Huff’s Blood Ties series
Heroes	Carla Lim; Kim Wade; Michelle Belanger; Isaac Bonewitz; Starhawk; Selena Fox; Christopher Hyatt (RIP); Robert Anton Wilson (RIP); Edgar Allen Poe; Joseph Vargo; Amy Brown;

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Religion:	Wiccan
Zodiac Sign:	Libra
Occupation:	Lifestyle Support for Daywalkers and Dark Denizens

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The Story of Persephone -or- Why Ravens are Black

Kore was the daughter of Demeter, the Greek Goddess of Grain (essentially Mother Earth). Kore represents the quintessential Maiden of the Triple Goddess; young, beautiful, innocent and unattached.

One day while Kore was picking wildflowers, Hades, the God of the Underworld, saw her and fell in love or lust with her. He caused a great earthquake to open a fissure in the earth, out of which he came galloping on his six-legged black stallion. The dark god swept the startled Kore up into his arms and carried her away with him into the Underworld. (From this we get myriad representations in art of all kinds over millennia of Death and the Maiden).

Her mother, Demeter, came searching for her and found nothing but the scattered wildflowers her daughter had been collecting. Wailing in anguish, the distraught mother searched the world over for her daughter, but could find no sign of her and no one who could tell her what had happened.

Finally, in her grief, Demeter turned cold with anger. She blighted crops. Frigid air descended on the whole world, and plant life everywhere withered and died. The animals began to starve and die as well, and humans had nothing to offer the gods in sacrifice.

Without the sacrifices offered up by humanity, the Olympian Gods too began to starve. They recognized that if Demeter was not satisfied soon, then all life would die out and the Gods themselves would soon perish as well. Zeus, the King of the Gods, discovered that his brother Hades had the girl.

Meanwhile, Persephone had been languishing in the Underworld. She knew it was forbidden to eat or drink anything in the Land of the Dead, but she was so hungry and so thirsty; she took a chance and ate a few pomegranate seeds in secret.

But there was one who saw her eat; a raven (at that time, ravens were white). The raven flew back to his master, Hades, and told the god what he had seen. Thus, when Zeus demanded the return of Kore, Hades refused – she had broken the taboo and according to all rules she had to stay in the Underworld. She became Hades’ Queen, and changed her name to Persephone (a sign of her change in status from Maiden to Matron). But to punish the raven for its betrayal, Persephone cursed it and all its descendants to turn black as a sign of its black heart.

Zeus had a serious dilemma. Finally he broached a compromise – since Persephone had eaten only six seeds, she would only have to stay in the Underworld for six months out of the year. The other six she would be allowed to return to the surface and be with her mother, Demeter.

During the six months that Persephone is in the Land of the Dead, her mother Demeter grieves, and the Earth grows cold and barren once more. Thus the seasons came to be, for each year after this dark winter, Persephone is returned to her mother in spring and Demeter rejoices. The Earth grows warm and bountiful once more.

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Persephone’s Haven is a refuge Between Worlds – a place for Faeries, Pagans and Daywalkers to support their lifestyle and explore their dark side without reproach, and a place for Vampires, Goths and other Dark Denizens to find peace, acceptance and artistic inspiration. Here we honor balance and transition -- the never ending dance between matter and energy, science and spirit, art and life. Persephone’s Haven is a bridge connecting the world of the living with the world of the dead, the material realm with the realm of spirit. It is that magickal Between that is neither one thing nor the other, that exists at dawn and dusk, at midnight, at the turning from one season to the next and one year to the next. It is a place where we can connect to our Ancestors and listen for their wisdom, where the Gods can speak to us through art and music and literature that touches the depths of our souls, and we can carry their message to the world with our writing, crafts, and all other ways of expressing our personality and uniqueness.

For all those Fairies, Goths, Pagans and Otherkin of any kind who have felt so terribly, horribly homesick all our lives, I am holding the door open for you, and from here you can see the candle in the window lighting your way home.

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