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Appalachian Pagan Alliance Newsletter Sept 2007 Nothing to report….move along , nothing to see. We’ve had no events and precious little discussion online to really mention this month .We are ‘here’ but…. in repose, shall we say! Alas, we shall. From our Book of shadows: Cherokee Gods Invocation Chant-By Ginger Strivelli Edoda Igaehinvd____Father Sun Etsi Udosvnoehi __Mother moon Adelv Elohino __Sister Earth Agidoi Agasga___Brother Rain, Ale agidoi Unutsi ___and brother Snow Adanvdo, Selu __Great Spirit, Corn Mother, ale Kanene Ski Amai Yehi ___And Spider Grandmother Giyvha aquadanvdo ___Come in my heart, ale widitsalvwisdasi __and go to work! ----------------------- Quotes of Wisdom: "Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the Gods a man should himself lend a hand. Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC) “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion” (Quote from Article 11 of the US treaty with Tripoli approved unanimously by the 5th congress of the U.S.A. and signed by President John Adams in 1797) “Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance; these are the marks of those who are born with demonic qualities” From The Bhagavad Gita “There are more things in heaven and earth, …. Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” — William Shakespeare It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty Gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -(Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826) “Every part of this Earth is SACRED to my people. We are part of the Earth and it’s part of us” Chief Seattle