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| Circle of Pelagia Dedication Ceremony |
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| Laura Janesdaughter officiates the dedication of Catherine Wright |
The Circle of Pelagia
by Laura Janesdaughter
Temple of Isis Los Angeles,
Iseum of Isis Pelagia
It has taken a while but
the Circle of Pelagia is now officially formed! It was chartered by Olivia Robertson in October 2006 with the
statement that "The dedication is to the free flow of friendship celebrating
the Love of The Goddess for all that is." On Sunday, 26 July 2009, the Dedication of the Circle of Pelagia
took place as part of the Iseum of Isis Pelagia’s annual Isis’ Birthday/Sisters of the Sea Beach Ritual
at Isidore Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles, California.
The eight Members are Letecia Layson, Catherine Wright, Callista! Lee, Glory Vernon, Anniitra
Ravenmoon, Kat Robb, InannaMoon Sarocco, and Laura Janesdaughter. In addition, there are several Honourary/Sisters
Members ~ Olivia Robertson, Caroline Wise, Linda Iles, M. Isidora Forrest, Denise Allen, Misha Ma’heo, Cathleen
Peterson, Kris Fawcett, Joanne Astraea, Mary DeWitt, and Pat Taylor.
At the Dedication, which took place at the Pacific Ocean’s edge, each Member was asked
to repeat the dedicatory phrase “I dedicate myself to the free flow of friendship
celebrating the Love of the Goddess for all that is” while being showered with rose petals!
After this, they were sprinkled with a special blend of Sacred Waters from around the world. A cheerful chorus of
trilling and such followed each Dedication. The Members who were not present were represented by guests at the Ritual –
Chris Lorenz stood in for Caroline Wise, Sylvia Lawrence stood in for all the local women not present, and the brave Peter
Duffy stood in for Olivia, Linda, and Isidora!
We
were all “happy, renewed, refreshed” as the “Hymn to Isis” that is recited at each Sisters of the
Sea Ritual says.
www.circleofpelagia.net About the Author:
Laura is a Poet, Editor, Cat Mother and Priestess of Isis in the Fellowship of Isis and Temple of Isis and Long Beach WomanSpirit
in Los Angeles where she is the "Hiero-Mum". She has a special interest in the Goddess Nebhet (Nepthys). She is
a Flame Keeper of Brighid through Ord Brighideach, a Brighidine order engaging in devotional work to Brighid. Over the years
she has produced the wonderful "Isis Papers" - which contains Poems, Stories and Meditation about the Goddess,
heads several annual FOI related events in the Los Angeles area that take place every year, acts as hostess for Olivia Robertson
during Olivia's annual Fall Tour of the USA in Los Angeles, and facilitated the Nephthys Work: Say My Name That I May
Live in 2001 after 9/11. Laura is also a founding member of the Star of Elen and Circle of Pelagia.
For more information about the "Nephthys Work" and Isis Papers, please visit the link below:
http://www.isispapers.org/IP14.html For
more information about the Temple of Isis Los Angeles (TOI/LA) please visit the links below: A Photo Album of Olivia's visits with
TOI/LA TOI/LA
website: http://www.toila.org/TOILAintro.html
Photos
on this page courtesy of Laura Janesdaughter, TOI/LA
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central Fellowship of Isis website is officially authorized and chartered by Fellowship of Isis co-founder Rt. Rev.
Olivia Robertson, AU, FOI Foundation Centre, Clonegal Castle, Enniscorthy, Ireland Copyright © 2004-2009
The Circle of Isis Notice of Copyright and Disclaimer of the Circle of Isis Website
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Copying the appearance, content or format of these pages is not permitted. All rights reserved.
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members of the Circle of Isis Advisory Board. Those members are Rt. Rev. Loreon Vigne, Rt. Rev. deTraci Regula, ArchDrs.
Linda Iles and Rt. Rev. Caroline Wise. The content and format of the Fellowship of Isis Liturgy presented on the Circle of
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Robertson, AU, FOI co-founder, personally upholds our copyright. Private or public distribution, private or
public reproduction, private or public publication in any form, by any means, of the FOI Liturgy as presented on
the Circle of Isis website, is not permitted. Direct links to the FOI Liturgy pages on the Circle of Isis website are
allowed, printing a copy for private ritual use is allowed. All other rights reserved. "Circle
of Isis" line drawing by Rt. Rev. Olivia Robertson. Used by permission of the artist. All rights
reserved.
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