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12 Red Tent for Women at the Temple of the Feminine Divine from 1-4pm. Backrubs, chocolate, foot soaks and good company. For details: Leave Message at 941-0261 or TOFDBangor@aol.com.

20 Full Moon

21-22 Lyrids Meteor Shower

27 Beltane on the Beach at Popham, Maypoles before lunch, bring nine yards of ribbon each, and food to share! Pole time is at 10:30am. There will be a Torch Race Honoring Pan and other events. This is at Popham Beach in Phippsburg. Take 209 South from Route 1 in Bath, and it's on your right with a big sign. If you run out of road, you went 1/2-mile too far.

3 Saturn direct.

4 Portland Interfaith Walk to benefit the Interfaith Habitat for Humanity build that is coming up. For details or to volunteer, e-mail oldelucy@maine.rr.com.

5 New Moon

5-6 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower. These are sparse, but worth waiting for. Blame the writer's strike. The new moon should help, though.

10 Red Tent for Women at the Temple of the Feminine Divine from 1-4pm. Backrubs, chocolate, foot soaks and good company. For details: Leave Message at 941-0261 or TOFDBangor@aol.com.

18 Maine Pagan Clergy Association. Board meeting will begin at 3p. General meeting will begin at 4p. This meeting will be held at the home of Raven and BlackLion in Hollis. For directions, please contact Raven at mtngoddess2001@yahoo.com.

20 Full Moon

26 Neptune retrograde. Mercury retrograde. They call each other up in the morning to agree on what to wear for this.

14-16 June Lyrids Meteor Shower, also fairly sparse, maybe ten per hour, and the nearly full moon won't help. the producers are feverishly working on something better, so hang in there.

18 Full Moon

19 Mercury direct

21 Litha at Forest Sanctuary in Jay. Details, questions, minor guidelines, email forestsanctuary@yahoo.com.

22 Litha at Silver Cauldron Coven. RSVP and Details at directions@silvercauldroncoven.com.

26 Uranus turns retrograde. Haven't we done this one-liner enough times?

18 Full Moon

28-29 Delta Aquarids. This is more like it, 20 an hour, bright yellow meteors.

3 Lughnassad at Silver Cauldron Coven in Saco. RSVP and Details at Directions@silvercauldroncoven.com.

16 The 5th Annual Southern Maine Pagan Pride Day will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 10am - 6pm at the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland. All are welcome. Entrance fee is a donation of a non-perishable food item. This year will be bigger and better than ever with vendors, workshops, and performances sure to please the whole family! For more information, please check out our website at: http://www.mainepaganprideday.org

Coffee Talk: Open to all, every other week at Thirteen Moons at the corner of Penobscot and Central Streets in downtown Millinocket. E-mail lilywillowspirit@yahoo.com for further information.

Beans, Leaves & Deities: Pagan Coffee Chats – 2nd Saturdays, New Portland Church, Portland, ME. Coffee, tea and meet other Southern Maine Pagans. All Pagan paths are welcome. Our goal is to provide a safe, fun and welcoming space for local Pagans to meet, network, share ideas and enjoy a cuppa. One hour topical discussion followed by social time. FMI: call 671-4292, jgrandbois@gwi.net, or http://www.beansleavesdeities.blogspot.com.

Open Circles in Lubec. Third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Circle meetings are open to all like-minded individuals. Different subject each month. For details & directions, call 733-4999.

Druidry/Pagan Practice and Training, Bar Mills. For further information, contact Kevin at shazthod@sacoriver.net. These are two-hour sessions, held one Sunday afternoon per month, and open to beginners and more advanced practitioners; participants of all Pagan paths are welcome.

Pagan Coffee Klatch, Quilting Bee and Clothing Swap. Gardiner. For further information, contact Jani at fritti.cat@verizon.net.

Acorn Circle: 5:30 – 7:00 PM the fourth Wednesday of each month @ Sam’s Restaurant in Lisbon Falls. Acorn circle is an eclectic American Wiccan group with degree training & worships at Sabbats and Esbats. All training is free and done entirely on a voluntary basis. To join the group and/or to get more info, e-mail vernalnox1@yahoo.com. Adults only.

Monthly Full Moon rituals in Phippsburg. Whispering Grove Labyrinth of Spiritual Community is an open community not affiliated with any particular tradition or religion. Contact: 207-389-2423 or labyrinth@whisperinggrove.com.

Pagan Home-schoolers: Each Wednesday before the full moon, a group meets in Standish from 9:00 to Noon. Call 207-642-5045.