Author:
Travis Apollonius
Feb
27
The Cambridge Centre for Western Esotericism is reporting that Prometheus Trust will be holding a conference this year on the oral Platonic traditions. The conference is scheduled for 1-3 July in Warminster, Wiltshire, UK. There is currently a call for papers for what sounds like a fascinating conference. For more information, visit the CCWE page.
If anybody feels like sponsoring a young student for a trip of this nature, let me know ;).
Author:
Travis Apollonius
Feb
27
The wonderful folks over at PortlandWiki are reaching out to the Portland community for contributors, readers, and feedback. They are holding a “barn raising” event next Saturday, 5 March from 2pm until 5pm at Central Library in downtown Portland (801 S.W. 10th Ave.), which will include speakers, participatory discussions, “how to” lessons, and an all around great opportunity to participate in building community. For more information, you can visit PortlandWiki’s wiki on the event, or you can visit the facebook event page or the calagator page. Free food and drinks will be available.

Author:
Travis Apollonius
Feb
26
The esoteric scholar Egil Asprem has announced today on his blog that the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) are having their third biannual conference this year in Szeged, Hungary. The event, which is titled ‘Lux in Tenebris’ (Latin for ‘Light in Darkness’), is set for 6-10 July, 2011. It is incredibly exciting to me to see programs like this happening. Maybe I’ll actually be able to attend the next one.
Author:
Travis Apollonius
Feb
25
Earlier today, hundreds of people gathered into downtown Portland to stand in solidarity with the workers in Wisconsin. While I was unable to personally attend the event, Mark Dilley was able to get some great photos of the event:
While the circumstances in Wisconsin are getting a lot of attention (and justifiably so!), Wisconsin is only a more extreme instance of what seems to me to be an all-out assault on American workers. In their coverage of the story, local news station KATU noted:
Meanwhile, negotiations with public employee unions are under way in Oregon, with much less noise than the fights in the Midwest.
Still, the stakes are high for Oregon union members, as the state looks to save money wherever it can. All sides agree that government workers will see smaller paychecks when lawmakers wrap up negotiations on a budget for the next two years.
Tomorrow people are supposed to be gathering in the capitals of all of the American cities to stand up for worker’s rights. Can it make a difference? Yes. Will it make a difference? That is yet to be seen.
Filed under:
Labor, Portland