Archive for the ‘Wayland Raven’ Category

Aug

2

Denessa Smith Memorial

By Wayland Raven

Author Dorothy Morrison has advised me that she will be speaking at the ritual for Denessa Smith that Is going to be held at Bishop Park in Wyandotte, on August 13th at 7PM. I hope that Denessa’s friends and

supporters will be able to be there to honor the life of a noble and energetic [...]

Jul

28

Farewell Denessa…

By Wayland Raven

How sad, how wonderful. For those of you who may not know, Denessa Smith has gone into the Summerland to be with her beloved daughter Tempest. Denessa devoted her life to the memory of her daughter,

Tempest, who was reviled and tormented in school because she was a Witch took her own life in 2001 and [...]

Jul

22

Unity

By Wayland Raven

Mid-Summer already? Time is racing by as usual. We are all so busy in our lives that it is a wonder that we can stop and slow down to get centered again. I know I have that problem.
Along with the wedding that I performed, the open gathering and being Captain of a paddle wheeler Sunday [...]

Jul

22

Coven of the Raven Website

By Wayland Raven

Through some very hard work and creativity, members of our Coven of the Raven family have established this new website to help be a link to our outer circle people who have joined us for our Open Gatherings or who know us through some of our coven work. You will find information here about those [...]

Jul

22

Florida Pagan Gathering 2007

By Wayland Raven

Hello friends of Coven of the Raven,
My dear friend Diane Lonsway has harassed me for the last several years to go to the Florida Pagan Gathering with her. This year she cut to the chase, bought my plane ticket, made arrangements for me to stay in her room, even bought all of my meals. There [...]

Jul

22

Goodbyes

By Wayland Raven

It seems that lately I have fielded conversation about death and distance. Death, physical death of people we have loved. Distance, of those who were part of our life, part of our breath and then gone to another place. Each is a mystery. The physical death is the most difficult to deal with, although [...]