An Interview with Diana L. Paxson

My guest this week is Diana L Paxson. A well-known leader in the Pagan community since the 1970's, Diana Paxson has written numerous books, traveled and taught classes around the world and served as Elder in many Pagan traditions. She joins us to talk about her new book, "The Way of the Oracle; Recovering the Practices of the Past to Find Answers for Today". Pagan Writer Michelle Belanger calls "The Way of the Oracle" "a fascinating journey into the oracular tradition: personal, profound and enlightening". Caitlin Matthews says, "Not only does Paxson reveal what seers do and how, she also restores the ancient and honored role of Oracle to a questioning world". I'm very happy to welcome Diana L. Paxson to The Spiral Dance for the first time. I hope you enjoy listening! Questions/comments - spiraldance1@excite.com Some of the music you'll hear on this week's show include;Laura Powers: "The World is a River"; Gaia Consort: "Oracle"; Ana Winter: "My Inner Voice"; Green Crown: "The Witch in the Well" and more. Please listen to The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne each week. It's an online Pagan radio show & Podcast. The podcast gives you the option to either listen to right from the website or download to your computer. It's FREE and it's fun. Your suggestions and comments are welcome! Each episode is approximately 75 - 80 minutes. Podcasts remain posted for about 4 or 5 weeks, so you can go back and listen to the other episodes for some great interviews, information and fun! DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? Maybe you've composed a new poem and would like to hear it on the radio. If you want to submit audio to The Spiral Dance, send me an email. There are basically no rules - just no harsh language, no commercial self-promotion and no Christian-bashing. Please let me know what you think about the show. I'm always open to suggestions; email spiraldance1@ excite.com or radiohawthorne@yahoo.com You can also catch The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne Podcast by visiting my website to find the links. www.thespiraldance.weebly.com/home.html