Fort Hood Pagan Support
Circle Sanctuary provides Counseling help for Pagans stressed by the Fort Hood Tragedy
A team of Pagan spiritual counselors has been formed by Circle Sanctuary to provide free telephone counseling support this month for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, Pantheists, and other Nature religion practitioners distressed by the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas this past Thursday.
Fort Hood is the largest US military installation in the nation. On Thursday afternoon, November 5, an Army psychiatrist stationed at Fort Hood went on a shooting rampage, killing 13 and wounding 30 at the base. This tragedy has shaken and stressed those at Fort Hood and in neighboring areas as well as across the country and at US military installations around the world.
More than 150 Pagans of many paths live in and around Fort Hood. Many are part of the Fort Hood Open Circle, which is sponsored by the Sacred Well Congregation. Some are connected with other groups, and some are solitary practitioners.
Circle Sanctuary formed this Pagan counseling support team as part of its services to Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, and other Pagans in the US Military. This special response team consists of sixteen Pagan leaders from across the nation who are among those doing various forms of Pagan ministry through Circle Sanctuary. The team is collaborating with other Pagan leaders in the Fort Hood area in providing help. Circle Sanctuary is offering free Pagan oriented counseling by telephone to supplement grief counseling resources at Fort Hood.
Circle Sanctuary's Fort Hood Tragedy response counseling services are for Pagans in and around Fort Hood as well as for Pagans at other US military installations and elsewhere who have been adversely impacted by the Fort Hood shootings. The counseling work being offered is specific to distress resulting from the Fort Hood shootings and will be offered throughout the month on November.
NEED HELP? CONTACT: counselingsupport@circlesanctuary.org
Please include your name, email address, phone number(s) and best days & times to call, and a brief description of how the Fort Hood shootings have stressed you. Information you share will be kept confidential by those assisting you.
TELL OTHERS: please post this notice to blogs, websites, e-lists, elsewhere to help get the word out to those in need of this support.
MORE INFO;
Info about the Fort Hood rampage & healing process:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihGepAkECGoDagETV...
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/fort_hood.htm
Info about Circle Sanctuary Military Ministries
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/ministries/military/
Circle Times: Saturday, November 8, 2009
published by Circle Sanctuary
serving Pagans worldwide since 1974
http://www.circlesanctuary.org
PO Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507 USA
(608) 924-2216
circle@circlesanctuary.
A team of Pagan spiritual counselors has been formed by Circle Sanctuary to provide free telephone counseling support this month for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, Pantheists, and other Nature religion practitioners distressed by the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas this past Thursday.
Fort Hood is the largest US military installation in the nation. On Thursday afternoon, November 5, an Army psychiatrist stationed at Fort Hood went on a shooting rampage, killing 13 and wounding 30 at the base. This tragedy has shaken and stressed those at Fort Hood and in neighboring areas as well as across the country and at US military installations around the world.
More than 150 Pagans of many paths live in and around Fort Hood. Many are part of the Fort Hood Open Circle, which is sponsored by the Sacred Well Congregation. Some are connected with other groups, and some are solitary practitioners.
Circle Sanctuary formed this Pagan counseling support team as part of its services to Wiccans, Druids, Heathens, and other Pagans in the US Military. This special response team consists of sixteen Pagan leaders from across the nation who are among those doing various forms of Pagan ministry through Circle Sanctuary. The team is collaborating with other Pagan leaders in the Fort Hood area in providing help. Circle Sanctuary is offering free Pagan oriented counseling by telephone to supplement grief counseling resources at Fort Hood.
Circle Sanctuary's Fort Hood Tragedy response counseling services are for Pagans in and around Fort Hood as well as for Pagans at other US military installations and elsewhere who have been adversely impacted by the Fort Hood shootings. The counseling work being offered is specific to distress resulting from the Fort Hood shootings and will be offered throughout the month on November.
NEED HELP? CONTACT: counselingsupport@circlesanctuary.org
Please include your name, email address, phone number(s) and best days & times to call, and a brief description of how the Fort Hood shootings have stressed you. Information you share will be kept confidential by those assisting you.
TELL OTHERS: please post this notice to blogs, websites, e-lists, elsewhere to help get the word out to those in need of this support.
MORE INFO;
Info about the Fort Hood rampage & healing process:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihGepAkECGoDagETV...
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/healing/fort_hood.htm
Info about Circle Sanctuary Military Ministries
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/ministries/military/
Circle Times: Saturday, November 8, 2009
published by Circle Sanctuary
serving Pagans worldwide since 1974
http://www.circlesanctuary.org
PO Box 9, Barneveld, WI 53507 USA
(608) 924-2216
circle@circlesanctuary.
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Permalink Reply by ShaamAnsu on -
An organization such as this is truly wonderful. I applaud your efforts.
Would like to hear how many responses you got. Does a Pagan organization like this really work....
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Permalink Reply by Blackbird on -
I was just passing this on. I am not a member of this group however, they are very active and have been around since 1974. They had a lot to do with getting "Wicca" (which basically means paganism in general) recognized by the military and congress as a legitimate religious path and are also responsible for recently getting the pentacle approved as a religious symbol on military burial markers so I would say, yes, this particular group is very successful.
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/
ShaamAnsu said:An organization such as this is truly wonderful. I applaud your efforts.
Would like to hear how many responses you got. Does a Pagan organization like this really work....
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Permalink Reply by Moonsmith on -
ShaamAnsu said:An organization such as this is truly wonderful. I applaud your efforts.
Would like to hear how many responses you got. Does a Pagan organization like this really work....
Well, they do their best. I was a member of the Circle Network back in the Seventies when they were first getting off the ground but lost track later when their was a shift of certain things in the mid 80s. They have always done their best and have had less difficulty with the trauma/drama and political infighting that often happens in Pagan organizations, although they have had their fair share of tense moments and drama queens and kings...
I'm glad they were able to pull something together so quickly for the folks at Camp Hood. The focus in the media of course, has been the Muslim aspects...
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