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Pagan survivors of rape, incest and sexual abuse. We welcome all
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Welcome to The Healing Grove, a place for survivors of
incest and child sexual assault, abuse, their loved
ones, allies, and anyone who cares about this problem.
We have links and resources for
survivors, their friends and allies, and nonoffending
relatives, including 800 numbers
and hotlines, plus informative articles and a poetry
anthology, A Garden of Healing.
This is the home page for The Yahoo! Groups The Healing
Grove and The Healing Grove II. The Healing Grove
website has information for all survivors and
allies. This writer's spiritual path is Wiccan, and our
original intent was to provide a special place for
Wiccan and pagan survivors. Recently, many nonpagans
have felt drawn to The Healing Grove. This is a
beautiful thing. Anyone who respects pagan spirituality
is welcome here. We believe in ecumenicism and
celebrate inclusiveness! No one will "evangelize" or
otherwise harass another due to race, religion, gender,
sexual preference, age, ethnic background, etc.
If you are conducting research on incest or
molestation, we will help you. However, please do not
post any requests for volunteers in my guest book or in
the Yahoo! groups. See
research guidelines for more information.
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Inclusiveness
Maybe its the Universal Life influence, but The Healing Grove attracts nonpagans. Fellow travelers, seekers, New Age, agnostics,
even atheists, these nonpagans feel comfortable with Wiccans, witches and
pagans. We all find healing and acceptance in The Healing Grove. We respect each other's spiritual paths and support each other in healing. As my home country grows more intolerant, this has been my favorite development.Civil
Rights
for All
The Healing Grove includes all genders and orientations, including
transgendered and intersexed people. We do not
discriminate by race or ethnic background, country of origin, gender,
orientation, disability or age. We do not publish hate speech or
tolerate it in our guest book.
Wiccan and Pagan Resources
As promised, we have added Wiccan and Pagan resources to the Healing Grove. We have Mike Nichols' Sabbat Articles, which I often refer to when preparing to celebrate the turning of the wheel of the year. We also have a Welsh traditional lecture by a major, yet little-known figure in late Twentieth Century American witchcraft, Ed Buczynski.
Buczynski was instrumental in bringing the Gardnerian Tradition to America,
then went on to found two traditions. A third, Edwardian Wicca,
was recently proclaimed on Witchvox. The Healing Grove Group has new religious links as well.
If you would like your page included in our website's religious links
page, e mail webmistress.
And here's a treat: a NEW
article on finding a teacher you can trust:
Find a Teacher
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The Incest Survivor's Aftereffects Checklist
Author and therapist E. Sue Blume has created a powerful tool for incest and molestation survivors. The authorized version, which she has graciously given us permission to share, includes an important preface. While it is geared toward women, the Checklist is also applicable to men. Allies of survivors,
including therapists and other professionals, can gain insight into some of the serious aftereffects survivors deal with.
Checklist
A Garden of Healing Poetry Anthology
The poet John Keats said, "truth is beauty, and beauty truth." It takes
great courage to tell the absolute truth, from the depths of your soul. It
takes even more courage to show that truth to the world. For survivors of
incest, molestation, and other abuse, the challenge is magnified a
thousandfold. These poets have overcome shame, powerlessness, threats, fear,
even danger to their lives, to share their truth. The act of taking your
emotions, your pain, the ugliness of your past and shaping it into art, of
expressing your soul's truth, is incredibly powerful. It frees our minds and
spirits.
Reading these poems can be difficult, especially if you are a survivor. They
aren't graphic or explicit, yet the emotions they evoke are very strong. So go
slowly and savor them. And know you are not alone. If you are not a
survivor, you have been given a precious gift. You will gain insight into the
pain of abuse, the consolation of spirituality, and the transformative power of
creativity. Above all, you will see the beauty, grace and courage of the human
spirit. If you have a poem you would like to share, please
e mail webmistress.
Poetry
Submissions
The Healing Grove is for all Wiccan and Pagan survivors of incest and molestation, and their allies, including nonoffending relatives. Submissions are very welcome. We
also accept work by
nonpagan allies and professionals, such as The Incest Survivor's Aftereffects Checklist by E. Sue Blume, or the Gift to the Healing Grove poem by Clara
Gerl. Ecumenical or interfaith works by survivors are equally welcome. If you have a
story (fiction or nonfiction), essay, book review or
poem to share, please e mail us for writers' guidelines.
All rights are retained by the writers.
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