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Organizers Rev. Trisha Parker, Rev. Bobbi Jo Smith, and Rev. Rayna Templebee of the Summer Magick Festival in Orlando, Florida join me to discuss their upcoming event! Summer Magick Festival is an earth-based spirituality convention with workshops, celebration, and community in a comfortable hotel setting. Headliners, rituals, and musical entertainment have been chosen to encourage tolerance between the many different earth-based faiths and foster planetary stewardship. We are a family-friendly event with programming for our young ones as well as close proximity to all the wonders of the Orlando theme parks. Join us for a new kind of Florida festival! Rev. Trisha Parker, a 3rd degree Gardnerian and 2nd degree WISE-ATC priestess, is an ordained clergy member and professional Tarot reader. She holds a Bachelor of Ministry degree from Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary where she now teaches several classes. Trisha coordinates Phoenix Festivals, is a member of NE Florida Pagan Leadership Coalition, and holds a position on the Advisory Board of the ATC Archpriesthood as High Purse Warden. She and her partner and High Priest, Eric, are founders of Wiccan Church of Florida – ATC. Rev. Bobbi Jo Smith is a 3rd degree Gardnerian High Priestess who presides over Coven Albion's Spirit in Orange Park, Florida with her High Priest and husband Dennis. She is a founding member of the Mystic Moon Church of Wicca where she serves on the Board of Directors. Bobbi Jo is a board member/secretary of the Temple of the Earth Gathering which sponsors the Florida Pagan Gathering biannually. Rev. Rayna Templebee is a daughter of the Ocean Mother and High Priestess of Beachfyre Coven in Miami, Florida. She is an Elder in the Georgian Tradition of Witchcraft, and a faery seer in the House of Brigh. Rayna is also a Lucumi aboricha and priestess of the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple.

Author Terrance P. Ward stops by for a visit. Terence P Ward (Mid-Hudson Valley, NY) is a journalist and practicing Pagan for more than thirty years. He has been bound to a Wiccan coven, communed with the Earth as a backpacking Pagan (aka Gaiaped), and been tapped by the Olympian gods. He manages his depression through his work as a priest to Poseidon, and he's a minister ordained through the Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations in Vermont. Ward is also a member of the order of the occult hand. Terrance is the author of the book, Empty Cauldrons - A Pagan Guide to Coping with Depression Whether is it impacting you or a loved one, depression can be difficult to discuss or even acknowledge. Empty Cauldrons explores the isolating influence it can have and why many people resist professional help. With contributions from Pagan clergy, depression sufferers, and therapists, author Terence P Ward creates a picture of depression that draws upon both science and religion. He also shares his own experiences with this common affliction and the spiritual methods he has used for relief. Discover how to draw off miasma, appeal to the gods of the wind, purify yourself with sound, and host a traditional Hellenic ancestor feast. Learn about conducting shadow work, tending a depression shrine, keeping a dream journal, and much more. Throughout the book, Ward compassionately presents dozens of simple strategies for developing a polytheistic relationship with depression, seeking comfort, and rekindling hope. Includes a foreword by M. Macha Nightmare, priestess, witch, and cofounder of the reclaiming collective