http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Catnic/23225 Come celebrate the arrival of spring with the Faeries! Kern County Pagan Pride, a newly formed chapter of the national organization, The Pagan Pride Project, is kicking off its fundraising efforts with a &ldquo;Faerie Festival,&rdquo; on Sunday, March 30th. The public is invited to this family-friendly event. The proceeds will go towards holding the first Kern County Pagan Pride Festival in the fall. Event: Faerie Festival When: Sunday, March 30th, Noon &ndash; 6:00. Where: Altar Metaphysical Marketplace, 616 Jackson Street in Bakersfield Event Details: Costume Contest &quot;The Faerie Influence on Victorian Culture, &quot; by Jenn Williams &ldquo;Faeries in the Modern World&rdquo; by Alejandro Torres &quot;Homage to the Fey&quot; by Tribal Underground Belly Dancing Troupe Faerie Ballet How to Build a Faerie Garden with Heidi, Cricklewood staff &quot;Honoring and Attracting Faeries&quot; Ritual Faerie Art Faerie Poetry Walk a Faerie Labyrinth Construct a Faerie dwelling Dare to step in a Faerie Ring Get a Faerie Reading Raffle $25 at the door, $20 for those in costume. Children under 12 free. Advance tickets available at Altar for $15 until March 20th. For more information call 661-633-1220, or email kerncountypaganpride@gmail.com.&nbsp; About the Pagan Pride Project: The Pagan Pride Project is a non-profit corporation. The mission of the Pagan Pride Project is to foster pride in Pagan identity through education, activism, charity and community. Come celebrate the arrival of spring with the Faeries! Kern County Pagan Pride, a newly formed chapter of the national organization, The Pagan Pride Project, is kicking off its fundraising efforts with a &ldquo;Faerie Festival,&rdquo; on Sunday, March 30th. The public is invited to this family-friendly event. The proceeds will go towards holding the first Kern County Pagan Pride Festival in the fall. Event: Faerie Festival When: Sunday, March 30th, Noon &ndash; 6:00. Where: Altar Metaphysical Marketplace, 616 Jackson Street in Bakersfield Event Details: Costume Contest &quot;The Faerie Influence on Victorian Culture, &quot; by Jenn Williams &ldquo;Faeries in the Modern World&rdquo; by Alejandro Torres &quot;Homage to the Fey&quot; by Tribal Underground Belly Dancing Troupe Faerie Ballet How to Build a Faerie Garden with Heidi, Cricklewood staff &quot;Honoring and Attracting Faeries&quot; Ritual Faerie Art Faerie Poetry Walk a Faerie Labyrinth Construct a Faerie dwelling Dare to step in a Faerie Ring Get a Faerie Reading Raffle $25 at the door, $20 for those in costume. Children under 12 free. Advance tickets available at Altar for $15 until March 20th. For more information call 661-633-1220, or email kerncountypaganpride@gmail.com.&nbsp; About the Pagan Pride Project: The Pagan Pride Project is a non-profit corporation. The mission of the Pagan Pride Project is to foster pride in Pagan identity through education, activism, charity and community. en-us 35.378098 -118.993850 <p>I have a few faerie friends&nbsp;that would love to go.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not sure what a Pagan is, I'm Godless. When I feel&nbsp;a&nbsp;need for&nbsp;spirituality&nbsp; I&nbsp;read a Dali Lama book or take a ride up to the Spirit Temple.&nbsp; Perhaps not as often as I should. (grin)</p> <p>However, I embrace all people and their diverse beliefs... sounds like fun.&nbsp; Thanks for the invite!</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Catnic/23225/#c_211674 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Catnic/23225/#c_211674 <p>I have a few faerie friends&nbsp;that would love to go.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not sure what a Pagan is, I'm Godless. When I feel&nbsp;a&nbsp;need for&nbsp;spirituality&nbsp; I&nbsp;read a Dali Lama book or take a ride up to the Spirit Temple.&nbsp; Perhaps not as often as I should. (grin)</p> <p>However, I embrace all people and their diverse beliefs... sounds like fun.&nbsp; Thanks for the invite!</p> <p>You're welcome.&nbsp; It's going to be a fun time.&nbsp; Our national website (<a href="http://www.paganpride.org/">www.paganpride.org/</a>) has a nice definition of pagan:</p> <p>A Pagan or NeoPagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan, and whose spiritual or religious practice or belief fits into one or more of the following categories:</p> <ul> <li>Honoring, revering, or worshipping a Deity or Deities found in pre-Christian, classical, aboriginal, or tribal mythology; and/or</li> <li>Practicing religion or spirituality based upon shamanism, shamanic, or magickal practices; and/or</li> <li>Creating new religion based on past Pagan religions and/or futuristic views of society, community, and/or ecology;</li> <li>Focusing religious or spiritual attention primarily on the Divine Feminine; and/or</li> <li>Practicing religion that focuses on earth based spirituality. </li> </ul> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Catnic/23225/#c_211713 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Catnic/23225/#c_211713 <p>You're welcome.&nbsp; It's going to be a fun time.&nbsp; Our national website (<a href="http://www.paganpride.org/">www.paganpride.org/</a>) has a nice definition of pagan:</p> <p>A Pagan or NeoPagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan, and whose spiritual or religious practice or belief fits into one or more of the following categories:</p> <ul> <li>Honoring, revering, or worshipping a Deity or Deities found in pre-Christian, classical, aboriginal, or tribal mythology; and/or</li> <li>Practicing religion or spirituality based upon shamanism, shamanic, or magickal practices; and/or</li> <li>Creating new religion based on past Pagan religions and/or futuristic views of society, community, and/or ecology;</li> <li>Focusing religious or spiritual attention primarily on the Divine Feminine; and/or</li> <li>Practicing religion that focuses on earth based spirituality. </li> </ul>