Abstract:
This second annual report provides further clarification of the roles and responsibilities of each Degree held by members. Additional positions described: Childmistress serving as a counselor for children and a role model for parents; the responsibility of the Herbmistress who runs the Herb Shop; greater explanation the role Mentors play with Supplicants and Novices; and Working Groups for learning/practicing the Craft. A description of the Library is provided including the approximate number of acquisitions for the Celtic Year, followed by an income and expense report on the budget. The closing of the annual report provides anticipated future growth in the Church.
This digital asset was created from the original digital scans by Rev. Paul V. Beyerl and provided to the Valdosta State University Archives & Special Collections to be part of their Rowan Tree Church Periodicals Collection of the New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library.
Description:
The Rowan Tree Church is an earth-based religion founded by Rev. Paul Beyerl, a Third Degree Initiate in the Alexandrian Tradition of Wicca, and incorporated on February 4, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The church is now based in Kirkland, Washington with many communities throughout the United States and Canada. The roots of the Church extend back to 1976 which Rev. Beyerl began teaching Wicca, Astrology, and Herbalism out of his home. The Church's religion, The Tradition of Lothloriën, embraces inclusiveness and accepts all people regardless of faith, sexual orientation, race, or gender, a noted departure from early Alexandrian Wicca. The Tradition has elements of Herbalism, Astrology and Tibetan Buddhism in its structure, and is deeply rooted in its Mystery School, an in-depth study program that leads to Ordination, and the Hermit's Grove, its educational and publishing entity. Noted publications are The Unicorn, The Littlest Unicorn for children, and The Hermit’s Lantern.