{"id":118,"date":"2015-09-04T01:07:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T01:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/spring-2015-issue\/?p=118"},"modified":"2019-04-28T00:43:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T00:43:08","slug":"in-memoriam-winterspring-201415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/societyforritualarts.com\/coreopsis\/spring-2015-issue\/in-memoriam-winterspring-201415\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam Winter\/Spring 2014\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hail and Farewell… <\/span><\/span>Where we remember those who have recently passed into the next world after having made this one a better place.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Margot Adler <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

April 16, 1946 \u2013 July 28, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"margotNational Public Radio correspondent, award winning journalist, and author of the seminal work, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers and Other Pagans in America Today<\/a> and her memoir, Heretic’s Heart<\/a>. Beloved Priestess in the Gardnerian Tradition, a true Elder of the Pagan community and a Woman of Distinction. Ms. Adler recently released Out for Blood, a meditation on society’s fascination with vampires. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Adler will be very missed by all who knew her in life, through her works and – lest we forget – on the radio. She was a courageous woman who shaped modern Paganism and paved the way out of the shadows. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHer reporting was singular and her voice distinct,\u201d Margaret Low Smith, NPR’s vice president for news, said in an announcement to staff. \u201cThere was almost no story that Margot couldn’t tell.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Margot Adler On Being Wiccan, interview WNPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show, 2011: httpss:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wnpr\/margot-adler-on-being-a-wiccan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tribute at NPR<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

image: Credit: Wild Hunt Blog\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Lady Loreon Vigne<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Born on June 8,1932, died July 15, 2014, age 82.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provided by Lauren Raine and Marylyn Motherbear Scott<\/span><\/p>\n

(photos courtesy of Thor of Isis – all rights reserved)<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you, Lady Loreon. You will be sorely missed. Lady Loreon Vigne, founder of Isis Oasis in Geyserville, California passed away on July 15 at the age of 82. Lady Loreon founded the retreat center in 1978. Before that time Loreon was an artist living in San Francisco. She created a true sanctuary – for the Fellowship of Isis, for the Goddess, for her beloved endangered animals, and for many artists, seekers, healers, and communities. She did so much to create and re-claim Goddess Culture. Another reason Loreon founded the Sanctuary was because of her love for ocelots (and later for servals, the “hunting cats” of ancient Egypt as well). Both animals are endangered species. It was my pleasure to visit\u00a0Isis Oasis<\/a> in the beautiful wine country of northern California in 2012. During my visit it was quite a treat to sit with a cat the size of a good sized dog who growled convincingly like a tiger to let me know he wanted his ears rubbed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tribute by Marylyn Motherbear Scott<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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My dear friend, goddess-sister, and colleague of the priestessly Way, Lady Loreon Vigne, has crossed over. In love, honor and remembrance, I offer this invocation for Lady Loreon of Isis Oasis<\/span><\/p>\n

I cast a circle all around<\/span><\/p>\n

from Nuit’s starry sky<\/span><\/p>\n

to thy sacred ground<\/span><\/p>\n

from Grandmother Oak<\/span><\/p>\n

to birds-in-flight<\/span><\/p>\n

from endangered cats<\/span><\/p>\n

to envisioned sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

we sing, we dance,<\/span><\/p>\n

make prayerful art,<\/span><\/p>\n

spoken words <\/span><\/p>\n

shaped from the heart<\/span><\/p>\n

In honor of Isis and<\/span><\/p>\n

She who has passed,<\/span><\/p>\n

thy Ka and thy Ba<\/span><\/p>\n

holding hands at the last<\/span><\/p>\n

May thy work be raised up<\/span><\/p>\n

on Isisian wings,<\/span><\/p>\n

remembrance be sung<\/span><\/p>\n

in rainbow’d rings.<\/span><\/p>\n

And so it is. <\/span><\/p>\n

In peace and love,<\/span><\/p>\n

Marylyn Motherbear Scott<\/span><\/p>\n

(Please feel free to share these words aloud<\/span><\/p>\n

with credit given to me, the author.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you wish to publish or print this Invocation,<\/span><\/p>\n

please contact me personally for permission.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Johnny Winter<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Feb. 23, 1944 – July 17, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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provided by Tatyanna Wilkinson and Lezlie Kinyon<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Texas blues legend Johnny Winter left this world at 70. His legacy as a bluesman who stayed true to his roots throughout his career will live on. In the 1970\u2019s, I was fortunate to have met him in a bar in Old Town Chicago with bluesmen, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy sharing the stage. He seemed so very polite and even shy. They were very kind to a young fan. As the second set began, a thunderstorm also blew in. Behind the stage was a large window which lit up – in time with the beat – with lightning flashes every minute or so. In retrospect: perhaps a harbinger of the career and life of this musician. [-LK]<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the Tribute to Johnny Winter by Tatyanna Wilkinson<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMade my first record when I was 15, started playing clubs when I was 15. Started drinking and smoking when I was 15.\u201d Winter recalled in the documentary, Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty<\/a>, \u201cI love playing guitar. It’s the only thing I’ve ever really been great at,\u201d he said. (John Heilprin, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press \u2013 httpss:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/texas-blues-legend-johnny-winter-dies-age-70-113636918.html<\/a>7\/16\/14 <\/span><\/p>\n

Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty https:\/\/www.johnnywinterdownanddirty.com\/HOME.html<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Elaine Stritch<\/span>
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\nFebruary 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Elaine<\/p>\n

Broadway\u2019s much beloved sharp-tongued actress. She said to a reporter for The New York Times in 1968: \u201cI drink, and I love to drink, and it\u2019s part of my life.\u201d The Ladies Who Lunch<\/span><\/p>\n