June 2023 Bulletin

Hello, P&W!

Welcome to June’s Bulletin for 2023!

Table of Contents

Updates/Events

New Chats & Challenges

Guideline Updates

Announcements/Reminders

MOTM & COTM

June's OWCs

June's OWC Top Picks

Featured Favourites/Art Showcasing

Month Ahead Reading

Important Reminders

Updates/Events

June

Happy Pride Month to all those who celebrate it! In light of everything happening in the U.S., please stay safe this month!

June 21: Summer/Winter Solstice

It’s officially time for the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Say hello to the sun and warmer weather for the next few months, or say goodbye to those high temperatures depending on where you live.

June 21: Cancer Season

June 21 through July 22 is officially the Cancer sign’s time to shine!

June 22: Duan Wu Jie/ Dragon Boat Festival

Duan Wu Jie is a Chinese festival with varying traditions based on region. The most common festivities include sporting events such as dragon races, dragon boating and willow shooting; feasts of rice dumplings, eggs and ruby sulphur wine; and folk entertainments including opera, song and unicorn dances.

June 27: Arafat Day

Arafat Day is a holiday in Islam. It is the ninth day of Dhul-Hijjah and it is celebrated by the pilgrims gathering at the mountain plain of Arafah, praying and supplicating to their Lord.

June 28: Eid al Adha/Feast of Sacrifice

Another Islamic holiday, Eid-ul-Adha, the greater Eid, follows the completion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at the time of Qurbani (sacrifice). The celebration is to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s devotion to Allah and his readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail.

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New Chats

Introducing some new chats that have been opened in the month of May. Be sure to check them out if they seem interesting to you!

Charm Casting Chat

Charm casting/charm divination is using small trinkets and charms in order to seek insight within personal matters or external situations.

Followers of Midnight

This Chatroom is dedicated to the deities of the underworld!

All are welcome; whether you worship, work with, or simply have an interest in learning more about the underworld. The deities of this chat include, but are not limited to;

Nyx ⋄ Thanatos ⋄ Hypnos

Hermes ⋄ Hecate ⋄ Erebos

Morpheus ⋄ Hades ⋄ Melinoë

Underworld Deities are also referred to as Chthonic or Chthonian gods {Theoi Khthonioi}, which means; “concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld.„ or, beneath the earth. {derived from the word “chthōn” in Greek, meaning earth}

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Ongoing Chat Challenges

Our community has chat challenges you can partake in! In some cases you have a chance to win a prize! Here's a list of the current ongoing challenges. Check them out and feel free to write to your heart's content! We look forward to reading your entries.

#SpringDish | Multi-chat challenge

Plants and Herbs chat is so excited to announce a chat challenge for the Spring season! Your mission is to create the perfect Spring dish using plants and herbs. You must explain the purpose of each herb and plant you used, along with how the overall dish correlates to spring.

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#LGBTMythos | Multi-chat challenge

The goal of this challenge is to share something about the deities you worshipping that falls within the LGBT+ umbrella. Draw an image of a deities LGBT+ myths! Or maybe just tell us these myths. Did a deity help you feel more comfortable in your journey in exploring gender? Or perhaps helped with coming to with your sexuality? Tell us about that!

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#SyncedUp | Roman Pantheon Chat Challenge

Throughout history, many deities within the Roman pantheon were syncretized with other deities. This process is called syncretism or “interpretatio romana”, which was very common in the ancient polytheistic world and especially in Rome. For this challenge, we want you to focus on a pairing (pr group) of deities from Rome and another region, and compare their similarities and differences!

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Guideline Updates

P&W now has a Discord server! This was created in light of Amino’s glitches as well as the occurrences of it being taken off the App Store. However! This community will still remain for as long as Amino is operating. You can find more information about the server here!

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Announcements/Reminders

Curator Trials

We are ALWAYS OPEN for curator applications!! That means if you meet our requirements and wish to help us curate, run, and this growing community, you can apply any time! Please note that after applying we will keep your application for three months, but after that time has ed you will need to reapply. The number of people we will pick and the frequency at which we trial may vary as it will all depend on what the team needs at the time.

〈 For more information please read this post about our new process 〉

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Pronoun Titles

Our Pronoun Titles Request form will remain open indefinitely. These will be accessible at any time through our pronoun form, so do not fret if things change or you missed the original post!

〈 For more information please read this post about pronoun titles and our new system for them 〉

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Cultural Advisory Board

This council is made up entirely of non- who specialise in a variety of fields and traditions. The council will be empowered to advise and consult the team on issues related to cultural appropriation and misinformation. We have, also, set up a form for to directly ask questions to CAB; they will go over each question and formulate responses that help form decisions for our community. This council will be your voice on policies and guidelines related to cultural appropriation and awareness.

〈 If you're interested in learning more, applying for CAB, or wish to submit questions; you can go HERE. 〉[C]

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Monthly Readings

Want a chance to practice your divination skills? The team is now opening up the monthly readings for ! We will be offering custom titles to each member who does a reading for our bulletins!

〈 If you wish to provide a reading on what's to come for the month to be featured in the monthly bulletin, please fill out the form HERE. 〉

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MOTM & COTM

We'd like to remind everyone that those that are honored are nominated by you, the community! If you have a person in mind that you think deserves Member of the Month or Chat of the Month, make sure you follow the link below and nominate them!

〈 Nominate a MOTM or COTM HERE 〉

Member of the Month

Congratulations to HERE.

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Chat of the Month

〈 Stay tuned for June's COTM, coming soon! 〉

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June's OWCs!

〈 ”OWC” stands for “Official Weekly Challenge” 〉

#PlacesPlease

We all come from different walks of life from all over the world. Some of us live at the beach or have forests near us. Some of us live near historical sites or in cities. With this OWC, we want to know what practices or beliefs you have that tie in to what’s around you!

#QueerCrafting

Sometimes folks might feel like different parts of their identity are separate from each other, but what would it look like if the lines between our lives were a bit more blurred? What does it mean, not to be Queer AND a witch or Queer AND a Pagan, but a Queer witch or a Queer Pagan? Let’s explore it together!

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May's OWC Top Picks

〈 ”OWC” stands for “Official Weekly Challenge” 〉

Thank you to all who wrote for these challenges! Without further ado; here's May's Top Picks!

Top Picks

#TechSecrets || Top Picks Coming Soon

#PlacesPlease || Top Picks Coming Soon

〈 if you ever have ideas for OWC’s, please don’t hesitate to let us know! You can submit ideas to team! 〉

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Featured Favourites/Art Showcasing

These are wonderful blogs and arts that were written outside of our #OWCs that we want to showcase for being such great reads!

Keep an eye out for a message from a Leader if you see your name on these lists!

Featured Favourites

These will be in no particular order.

Dragonfae Rose

Umber

How to Inscribe and Anoint a Candle for Spell Work by Sita Silverleaf

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Art Showcasing

They will be in no particular order.

Hypnos by TisDeath

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Month Ahead Reading

by Cillarella

Coming Soon

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Important Reminders

Feature Reviews

If you’d like to make sure leadership will see your post and review it to possibly be featured on the front page, to put the tag #PWSpotlight somewhere in your post!

Just : [1] please don’t tag low-effort posts, [2] do not use the tag as a replacement for flagging, and [3] using the tag does not guarantee a feature or an immediate review.

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Art Showcasing

Want a chance to see your art in the Bulletin? Use #PWCreatives on any posts with art you've made! This could be a poem, paintings, sculptures, paintings, yarn/fiber art, digital art, and more. Just make sure you use this tag somewhere in your post!

Additionally, may select art we see in chats to feature within the bulletin. In this case, will reach out to the creator for permission to post in our bulletin.

Just : [1] don't use this tag as a replacement for flagging, [2] keep all posts and art within [Guidelines], and [3] using the tag will not always guarantee your art will get featured in the Bulletin.

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Flagging

If you see a post/message/comment/etc that you believe is against the Community Guidelines, please flag it! A few things to : [1] P&W leadership can only see flags tagged as “Off Topic,” “Spam,” and “Bullying;” the rest go to Team Amino, and [2] you might not get a message from us about your flag, but know that we review ALL flags very carefully.

〈 Please see the Flagging PSA for more information about flagging and policing, and for a quick guide on how to flag something. 〉

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Getting Inappropriate Messages?

Sending inappropriate, sexual, or flirty messages are not allowed here on P&W. If you’re receiving inappropriate messages, please flag the message and/or message a leader (whom you can find HERE) ***with screenshots*** of what was said to you.

〈 For more information, please see the Inappropriate Messages PSA. 〉

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Getting Scam Messages ?

Sending unsolicited messages offering magical or spiritual services for a fee/donation is inappropriate and against guidelines. Asking people to move the conversation off app is also inappropriate and against guidelines. If you are receiving these types of messages, please flag the message and/or message a leader (whom you can find HERE) ***with screenshots*** of what was said to you.

〈 For more information, please see the PSA: Spiritual Service Scams & Bots. 〉

This concludes the June 2023 Bulletin.