RCG-I Seasonal Salon Winter Solstice 2006

Bellezza Squillace is an ordained Priestess of RCGI, is the convening advisor for the Madison Great Lakes WTI and the Indianapolis WTI. She is a member of the Advisory Council and Ordination Council. Bellezza currently lives in the mountains above Tehachapi, CA with her partner Marisa Folse. For more information contact her at: bellezza_of_sis@yahoo.com

Debby Zygielbaum has a degree in biology and women's studies, is a graduate of the Women's Thealogical Institute and was ordained as a Priestess of RCGI in May 2006. She has worked as a naturalist, botanist and horticulturist and has lived in Costa Rica, Australia and Spain. Currently pursuing a career as a farmer, she lives in Northern California with her partner, four cats and a horse.

Marisa Folse is a multi-ethnic woman, blessed with an intuition guided by Spirit. Having served as Ritual and Event Guardian with numerous groups across the US, Marisa now works avidly in event management and as a freelance writer. She teaches classes at conferences, online and through weekend seminars. Her classes hone intuitive skills, connect individuals to the energies around them, and are packed with information, focusing on individual energy development on all levels of being.

Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970. Since then, she has built a collection of over 14,000 slides and 100 shows on global women's history, female spheres of power, mother-right, patriarchy, empire, shamanic arts, and Goddess traditions. See www.suppressedhistories.net for articles and excerpts from The Secret History of the Witches, a forthcoming sourcebook on European folk religion and the witch hunts. Max's paintings re-envision bold and spirited women, pagan sacraments and goddesses around the world. Her latest offering is Our Reproductive Rights! a multi-issue poster in rich colors. See it at www.maxdashu.net , along with magnets of the healing sayings illustrated above.

Patricia Monaghan is at work on a wine guide to the upper Midwest, which will require that she visit every winery in Minnesota and Wisconsin within the next year. Uff-dah, aye? Read her poetry at www.patriciamonaghanpoetry.com