Cauldron Farm (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cauldronfarm) wrote,@ 2008-03-28 13:14:00 |
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There is no "Asphodel Farm"
There is no "Asphodel Farm". I understand that some people don't pay attention to the distinctions between people and entities, but I feel compelled to address the issue again since this error recently appeared in the Pomegranate, a Pagan academic-type journal. (If you have any other comments about the article, please don't post them here. Not even obliquely. Thank you.)
But just for the record...
Cauldron Farm is the name of a small hobby farm in Central MA owned by Raven Kaldera, his daughter Jess, and his wife Bella. Jess does not live here - she has moved to Philly with her new husband, but she still owns a share of the property. I am Raven's partner, Joshua, and I live at Cauldron Farm. Our friends Julie and Elizabeth also live here. Elizabeth and Raven are Northern Tradition - the rest of us are not. Sometimes people visit and stay in our guest room or camp in our back woods. Cauldron Farm hosts a variety of religious and secular camping events, retreats, and gatherings. The public events on the Cauldron Farm website are clearly marked as Asphodel events or not. There are also private events which are not associated with Asphodel and not listed on the website.
Asphodel is an eclectic Pagan church run by Raven and a church council. Its full legal name is the First Kingdom Church of Asphodel, but it is also called the Kingdom of Asphodel. Brigantia is Asphodel's educational group. Most of Asphodel's events happen at Cauldron Farm. Asphodel has about eighty members. Only five of them live at Cauldron Farm, and Raven is the only council member that lives here. Asphodel is not a Northern Tradition group. I've not done a census of this, but I'd guess no more than ten of Asphodel's members are some sort of Northern Tradition.
Iron Wood Kindred is a Northern Tradition religious group run by Elizabeth, not Raven or Galina. Elizabeth is a fine gydja in her own right. She does a great deal for her kindred members and others in the community. If Raven or Galina wanted to run a Northern Tradition kindred, they'd do it themselves and not stand behind some puppet leader. Iron Wood Kindred hosts EtinMoot at Cauldron Farm, and other occasional events.
-- Joshua
There is no "Asphodel Farm". I understand that some people don't pay attention to the distinctions between people and entities, but I feel compelled to address the issue again since this error recently appeared in the Pomegranate, a Pagan academic-type journal. (If you have any other comments about the article, please don't post them here. Not even obliquely. Thank you.)
But just for the record...
Cauldron Farm is the name of a small hobby farm in Central MA owned by Raven Kaldera, his daughter Jess, and his wife Bella. Jess does not live here - she has moved to Philly with her new husband, but she still owns a share of the property. I am Raven's partner, Joshua, and I live at Cauldron Farm. Our friends Julie and Elizabeth also live here. Elizabeth and Raven are Northern Tradition - the rest of us are not. Sometimes people visit and stay in our guest room or camp in our back woods. Cauldron Farm hosts a variety of religious and secular camping events, retreats, and gatherings. The public events on the Cauldron Farm website are clearly marked as Asphodel events or not. There are also private events which are not associated with Asphodel and not listed on the website.
Asphodel is an eclectic Pagan church run by Raven and a church council. Its full legal name is the First Kingdom Church of Asphodel, but it is also called the Kingdom of Asphodel. Brigantia is Asphodel's educational group. Most of Asphodel's events happen at Cauldron Farm. Asphodel has about eighty members. Only five of them live at Cauldron Farm, and Raven is the only council member that lives here. Asphodel is not a Northern Tradition group. I've not done a census of this, but I'd guess no more than ten of Asphodel's members are some sort of Northern Tradition.
Iron Wood Kindred is a Northern Tradition religious group run by Elizabeth, not Raven or Galina. Elizabeth is a fine gydja in her own right. She does a great deal for her kindred members and others in the community. If Raven or Galina wanted to run a Northern Tradition kindred, they'd do it themselves and not stand behind some puppet leader. Iron Wood Kindred hosts EtinMoot at Cauldron Farm, and other occasional events.
-- Joshua
