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Welcome to Druidchat 10! We’re glad you could make it! Do check out the other DruidChats on other networks. Sorry we’ve been gone so long, but for a few months, we had computer issues.

The original DruidChat has had an interesting history. It was started by Sybok of the Order of the Mithril Star. Tegwedd knows this because he told her this himself. She may have had her issues with him in the past, but she has to admit that he started a good group, and under Aigeann’s leadership. it’s gotten even better. It has hundreds of people in it. When you think about DruidChat, you think about Isaac, who was there a little. Sean’s been there too, from time to time. This is a place to chat about things of interest to Druids of all stripes.

Tegwedd saw a movie Saturday evening that may be of interest to Druids, and others concerned about the environment. It’s called The 11th Hour, to emphasize the fact that something has to be done to get us away from our global addiction to fossil fuels. The dumb part is that there are so many alternatives to fossil fuels that we could have been off of them over 30 years ago, if the Republicans would just stop letting the fossil fuel companies lead them around by the testicles. People are making money off these alternatives and the gas and oil companies could too if they weren’t such dinosaurs. It was produced and narrated by Leonardo diCaprio. The more Tegwedd sees of this young man. the more impressed with him she becomes. He’s a lot more than just a pretty face.

“This movie shows that Leonardo diCaprio’s heart is in the right place,” says Stephen.

According to the film, this planet is a wreck, and getting worse. Unless those who are aware can impress upon those in power (the fossil fuel companies and their tame legislators) that there is scads of money to be made in developing alternate energy sources, that they can make at least as much money in renewable energy as they did in rapidly diminishing fossil fuels, our quality of life will continue to fall, and our time on this planet is coming to an end. Tegwedd is impassioned about this, and she’s on fire. She’s pissed off. The Republican menace must be stopped. These anit-Druids must be tried and convicted of treason because they are traitors, nnot only to America, and the American way of life, but also to the planet. Tegwedd isn’t a political animal, and you guys know that. But our very survival is on the line.

Stephen is very much a political animal, and a militarist who knows about weapons. He thinks that the Republicans all should be vampire food except for Clint Eastwood and Tegwedd’s relatives. She loves her relatives, but they’re all Republicans. It’s all Grover Norquist’s and Rupert Murdoch’s fault. Murdoch’s TV stations and publications conned her relatives into voting against their own best interests. As Druids, we need to be aware of the situation our nation and indeed our planet are in now. All the Republicans and their rich corporate masters care about are short term monetary gains. If there’s any true evil in the world, it’s the Republicans, and their colleagues and collaborators in other countries. For all you politically active Druids and other Pagans out there, vote these bastards the hell out of office. We have a list of all these assholes. You can get it too by Googling the Senate, House of Representatives, and the governors of the states in which you live. You probably know which party your state governor belongs to. If s/he’s a Republican, vote hir the hell out of office. If your Congressman or -woman is a Republican, get hir the hell out of office. The same goes for your state legislatures. If we all get together and rebel, they have to listen to us. Remember that the first 3 words of the US Constitution are “We the People.” If you are apolitical, get involved. Remember that our old friend and Druid’s Druid Isaac Bonewits was politically active. An acquaintance of Tegwedd’s was also politically active, and participated in protest demonstrations to forestall the construction of nuclear power plants. His name was Wally Davis. He sacrificed himself in 1984 so that he could defend his beloved Mother Earth in no-ncorporeal form. It seems that he was right about nuclear power plants being dangerous as the Japanese power plants and the one in New York’s Indian Point bear out.

Enough of the political diatribing already. What do you want to talk about here? As we see it, Druids’ main concerns are nature, natural magick, and priest-craft. Speaking of nature, who of you have heard of the comet Elenin? We’ve only heard a little about it approaching the Solar System. We’ll keep you posted as things develop, or you can post here about it if you get some more information about it. Speaking of comets, do you know what the word “disaster” means? It means “evil star” People used to believe that comets or stars, or planets in the wrong alignments caused cataclysmic events or presaged them.

Sunday Tegwedd and four of the other women from the grove went on a nature hikealong the Sacramento and identified plantain, which is a good remedy for things like bug bites or stings as the leaves when bruised or pulverized and put in a compress suck the venom out of the bite or sting. Then when they got back to Jill’s house, they toured her garden, had a tasty lunch, and worked on their crafts. Meanwhile Stephen did a nature thing of his own, working to tame the backyard of our staff member and friend Lizet Freeman. They identified and saved morning glories. Supposedly the seeds get you high as they contain a small amount of LSD, but they’ll get you sick before they get you high. Stephen thinks they have a magickal use, but isn’t sure what it is. On a purely mundane level, they make good ground cover. The building where Tegwedd lived for 16 years before she moved here had morning glories climbing up the wall. We suggest you do research to find out what its magickal uses are.

Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick is over 40 years old, having been founded in 1970 in Berkeley, CA. It went cybernetic almost 9 years ago. Lizet has been helping us put the school on a more commercial footing, and with her inspiration, Tegwedd started to package the classes into manageable packets. Ms. Freeman did a 3rd website for us almost a month ago at http://abbottsinn.wordpress.com. From there, by clicking on two of the graphics, you can go to either of the other two sites: http://abbottsinninternational.com/ and http://abbottsinn.com/ . You can also get to our network http://abbottsinn.ning.com/ . With her help, we also salvaged some things from his old website, including the mission statement: The Abbott’s Inn International School of Magick aims to provide a gentle nurturing environment that promotes education in both the atmosphere and the specific tools of magick. Our research arm is called the Magickal Research Institute or MRI, not to be confused with the medical MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Image, which Tegwedd had on her right ankle about 9 months ago. Stephen and Lizet came up with the name almost 9 years ago. The three of us have become a very effective working team.