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The Beltane Conspiracy
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We are facing, in 1988, perhaps the greatest threat to the Old
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Religion and to human liberty this country has ever seen. There is
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currently a coalition of forces, often referring to themselves as
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"Christian Reconstructionists", with a terrifying philosophy. Anyone
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who viewed the recent PBS special on Church and State knows what I am
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referring to.
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At the core of their beliefs is a yearning for America to become
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"God's Kingdom on Earth", a desire to which "secular humanist" ideas
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like democracy are antithetical. This is not merely my paranoia,
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they have stated it as such. The Kingdom is to be a "bible
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believer's" theocracy, in which biblical law would function alongside
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civil law. To those of you uninitiated in the terminology, "Biblical
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Law" and "Islamic Law" are pretty much indistinguishable. They call
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for, among other things, the execution of adulterers, homosexuals,
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"incorrigable sons", and of course, us........
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Normally, this would be just another nut group, but their influence in
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current Republican politics is astonishing. At the grass roots
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level, their electors may well have achieved dominance at the next
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Republican nominating convention. An example: This year one
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Northwest Florida precinct had 23 slots open for local participation.
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There were over 200 applicants for those slots.....ALL BUT 12 OF THEM
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WERE ELECTORS FOR REV. PAT ROBERTSON!
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Although it may not win, there will be strong support at the
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Republican Nominating Convention for a Kemp/Robertson or
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Robertson/Kemp ticket, and their influence will be felt in the
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platforms of both parties. Make no mistake, This Is Real.....!
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We have come up with, I think, a way to help combat this kind of
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thinking, and, hopefully, a way to help put this country back on the
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path set out by our beloved, drug-sodden, sex crazed, mystical
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forebears Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, and Washinton (long may his pot
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fields wave). We feel it is ideal for Pagani because it is
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essentially apolitical (though if you do have a political bent, in the
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names of the Goddess, get involved. One person can do so much good if
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intense enough) and probably a lot of fun.
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THE
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BELTANE
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CONSPIRACY!
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(....or: can a bunch of Witches, New Age types, rock musicians,
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computer geeks, and 60's burnouts save American Democracy and have a
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good time while doing it...)
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The premise of this project is very simple: It is to increase the
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awareness of the American Public of options....options in lifestyles,
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in religious beliefs, in futures...it is also to increase the
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political visiblity of Free-Thinking people to the political
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electorate (as in: if they got 170,000 people out in the park last
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Saturday, thats a LOT of potential votes). We want to present to
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America a vision of the world in which options are only limited by the
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will to carry through on them, and by a respect for our fellow humans
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and for the Earth, as opposed to one in which "everything not
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prohibited is compulsory and everything not compulsory is prohibited."
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The current resurgence of the 1960's, both in interest and in musical
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style, as well as the ascention of those of us who grew up (or didnt)
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through the 60's to positions of importance in government and
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business, provides an excellent platform for a year of celebration. A
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celebration of life and of freedom. The Conspiracy timetable runs like
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this:
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1: OMBLEC (or Candlemas or whatever you use in your trad....early
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Feb., anyway):
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Meet with your Circle, friends, or Working group to plot out the
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year. We suggest using Amnesty International's technique of breaking
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people up into smaller groups, each assigned to letter writing or to
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securing needed public permits...whatever. It seems to work very
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well. This is also a really good oppurtunity to do something
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positive....just in general. After you meet, take your Circle down
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someplace with a bunch of garbage bags and clean up a roadside, tidy
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up a park, anything. Make somplace a little nicer to be in, and when
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someone asks what you're doing, tell them...
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2: EOSTAR:
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Get your Circle together with other interested groups for planning.
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This is not only a good chance for some larger scale public works,
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but for some Events with a capital E. If you've access to some
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musicians, or to artists, make the meetings occasion for public
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showings and concerts. Do it right. Get the appropriate permits, et
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al. Make a point of showing the local authorities that you're not out
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to cause a scene, at least, not a bad one.
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Above all, DON'T PUSH, don't SELL anything, unless you're doing a
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crafts fair. The point is OPTIONS, not OUR OPTION in particular.
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Make it fun for everybody.
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3: BELTANE
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The traditional time for festival, a time for the fires and music
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and maypoles and orgies and so forth, and its about time we stopped
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keeping these all to ourselves.
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We should be together enough by now to do it right, to drown out
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the jackboots echoing down Red Square with some sounds of joy. Public
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concerts, Public Circles, maypoles, REAL maypoles like when most of us
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were growing up, and this time, get up a press list and invite the
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media along.
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Think about a Maying with Reniassance or Medieval period dress and
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instruments, or a big joint public circle in a public park (again, GET
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THE PERMITS), or just a series of outdoor concerts, just for fun.
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Lets DRIVE SOME OF THIS BLACKNESS OUT OF HERE.
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4: MIDSUMMER!
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Stated Simply, we would like to see major festivals in every major
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city in this country. We would like to make the fabled "Summer of
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Love" look like a tepid handshake on a cold night.
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Call together the Pagans, the Hippies and NeoHippies, the Punkers
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and the Eccentrics and the people who are just plain flat in love
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with living for a celebration of options and ideas. I would
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personally like to see 150,000 people in Griffith park at Midsummer
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sunrise.
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It Will Happen. If you or your group are interested, leave Email to
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me or to Parsifal, and please talk this up. Those of you on Qlink,
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Playnet, or Compuserv, there are already discussions going on, and we
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hope to have a handbook of sorts ready for DLing by the end of
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January.
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Lets ride this horse.
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Blessed Be
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[Editor's note: More information should be available on the following BBS's:
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Parsifal's BBS: 818-769-5864, North Hollywood, CA
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PBS (Pagan Broadcasting System): 818-982-0751, North Hollywood, CA
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And, possibly, on Mysteria: 818-353-8891, Glendale, CA
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(use "C D/CAGLE/12" for PCPursuit)
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(since Mysteria runs at 1200baud, then, it is available via PCPursuit. The
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other 2 BBS's run at 300 baud (as of 15 Jan) and, as such, are not available
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via PCPursuit (there's only one PCP modem for that area, and it runs at
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1200 baud, only!) If PBBS or Parsifal's BBS ever get 1200 baud, then, they
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WILL be available via PCPursuit. I don't know who's taking contributions,
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try asking on Mysteria, which does run at 1200, or, call direct at 300 baud.)]
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[Editor's further note: I believe the original author of this piece goes by
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the handle of "GreyMage1" on QLink. An associate of the author goes by the
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handle "Parsifal1" on QLink. I have no idea of how many other networks
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these two are on.]
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