Aontacht - Volume 7 Issue 3

AontachtSummer/Winter Solstice 2015Editor-in-ChiefRichard FoxAssistant EditorLucie Marie-Mai DuFresne PhDProduction Editorharmonyeris foxAcquisition EditorLisa Du FresnePublisherDruidic DawnGeneral InquiriesAll general inquiriescan be sent to thefollowing address:DruidicDawn@EarthLink.netCommentsYou can ALSO deliver yourcomments to us right NOWvia this direct link to our“Comments Forum”on the Druidic Dawn website.AdvertisingPlease emailDruidicDawn@EarthLink.net.is published four timesa year by Druidic Dawn. ,Volume 7, Issue 3 © 2015 DruidicDawn, all rights reserved. Allcontained content is copyright toits respective owners, including artand photos. The contents of thispublication may not be reproducedin whole or in part without theconsent of the copyright owner.Environmental Benefitsmagazine is onlyavailable online as a free PDFdownload; thereby saving trees,water, solid waste, andgreenhouse gases.Original Banner Collagesby Airabella Eris Altairis a FireDruid, the Editor-in-Chief ofMagazine and awarrior poet who lived mostlyoutdoors in the forests of theU.S. for over 18 years. Duringthat time, he planted more than700,000 trees while he lived anddeveloped his Nature Magickin the deep forests.Today, Renard managesconservation projects in seven countries and developsrenewable energy projects with 32 NativeAmerican tribes across the western United States and has a homeamong the Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.A cultural anthropologist, she hasfocused on the links between thesymbolic and the lived in people’slives. This has led her to contributeto the development of Indigenousmuseum initiatives in the FarNorth of Canada and in YunanProvince in China and to facilitate10 years of Cultural Awareness Training to members of the CanadianArmed Forces. As a specialist in Religious Studies, she teachesuniversity courses in Shamanic Traditions, Native Spiritualities,Western Occult Traditions, Religion and Sexuality, and Religionand Art. She is currently participating in bringing theinstallation to Ottawa, Canada for the Fall of 2015. Shehas been an active member of the Canadian Pagan Community sincethe early 1980's.Opinions and views expressedare not necessarily those of theeditors, publisher, nor staff.Aontacht • 3