Delmarva Pagan Pride Festival is sponsored byBell, Book & Candle
The largest Pagan and New Age store in Delmarva.
Owned and operated by Ivo Dominguez,Jr. and Jim Welch and the enchanting manager Darleen Aragon.
Come on in for a Spell!
302-678-4545
www.bellbookandcandle.biz
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Pagans and the Pagan friendly or Pagan curious
Kirk White
Kirk White, M.A., L. Ac., is a healer, teacher and author. He has been a practicing Witch for over 34 years, a psychotherapist for 13 years, and a licensed oriental medical practitioner for 14 years. Past Director of the University of Vermont’s Parapsychology Program, he also founded the Green Mountain College of Oriental Medicine, the Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations, and Cherry Hill Seminary (www. cherryhillseminary. org), a professional Pagan ministry program with faculty and students worldwide. He is current emeritus (past president) of Covenant of the Goddess (www. cog. org), North America’s oldest and largest association of Witches and Wiccans. In 2006, Wildhunt. org named him one of the “25 most influential modern living Pagans todayâ€. His skills and interests include traditional healing modalities, various magickal and spiritual traditions, and models of Pagan leadership and ministry. He is a licensed acupuncturist/ Chinese herbalist, registered psychotherapist, and legal Pagan minister. A contributor to “Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders†(2005), he is also author of “Adept Circle Magick: a Guide for the Advanced Wiccan Practitioner†(Kensington Press 2006), and its companion volume “Advanced Circle Magick: Essential Spells and Rituals for Every Season†(Kensington Press, 2008).
Rev. Bell
Rev. Helen "Bell" Haughey is a 3rd Degree Wiccan Priestess ordained by the Wiccan Church of Magick in the Dragon Tradition, and holds a degree in Advanced Spirituality. She is a spiritual advisor, teacher, writer and Pagan advocate. She is the co-owner of Bell Book and Candle, the largest Occult goods store in Delaware.Bell's column "From a Solitary Corner" can be read in PagaNet News, a Pagan newspaper circulated in the United States and several foreign countries. She is a contributor to several Pagan magazines, and is a regular speaker at Pagan events.A fourth generation minister, Bell is the first in her family to convert to Wicca. However, her upbringing and very supportive family give her a well rounded understanding of the many paths that lead to a spiritual life, and her ministry has always been one of tolerance toward all faiths.Bell is most proud of her role as a wife and mother. She lives in Delaware with a wonderful husband / magickal partner and two beautiful children.
Ivo Dominguez, Jr.
Ivo DomÃnguez, Jr. is a writer, an artist, a visionary, and a practitioner of a variety of esoteric disciplines. He has been active in Wicca and the Neo-Pagan community since 1978, and has been giving workshops since 1982 on Chakras, Divination, the Qabala, Ritual, Astrology, Herbalism, and other topics. Ivo was a founding member, and a past High Priest, of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first coven of The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel a Wiccan Tradition (www.sacredwheel.org). ASW Wicca is a blending of Wicca and the Western Mystery Tradition. He now serves as one of the Elders to the six covens of the Assembly. His techniques are rooted in a synthesis of traditional metaphysical teachings, modern science, and memories from past lives. He has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of Castings: The Creation of Sacred Space, Of Spirits: The Book Of Rowan, Beneath The Skins, and the forthcoming Spirits Of Earth And Faerie: The Book Of Ash. He is also one of the creative forces behind "A Dream Whose Time Is Coming" a chant CD that is a fundraiser for the New Alexandrian Library Project.
Jim Welch
Jim Welch, RN HNC was formerly High Priest of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the founding coven of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He has been active in the Wiccan/Pagan community since 1981. He was the chair of the committee that wrote the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel's code of ethics. He teaches a variety of workshops that focus on ethics. He is a Waterpourer and conducts Sweat ceremonies using Wiccan protocols. Jim practices a variety of forms of healing touch and healing ritual and is certified in Holistic Nursing. One of his great loves is music and he has taught many chant workshops and directed the music for the chant CD “A Dream Whose Time Is Comingâ€. Jim is one of the stewards of Seelie Court, 102 acres of wooded land in Southern Delaware that is also the future home of the New Alexandrian Library:
www.sacredwheel.org/nal.htm
Donna Psychic Counselor
With over 35 years experience and as a certified psychic with the "American Association of Professional Psychics", all readings are done spiritually. With "Psychometry" she reads the metaphysical vibrations that are emanated from the body or voice. Any inanimate object can be used such as a piece of your own jewelry that has been worn only by you, or to read another person not present with something that belongs or belonged to them. Tarot is read with the same technique. She also has many years experience with Dream Interpretation. It is with gifted insight that she is able to counsel and advise. Her following includes over 20,000 recorded readings both nationwide and internationally.