Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I have to be a member of The Circle of Gaia Dreaming to come to events?
A: No. Our events are open to the public and are structured to help both folks with previous experience and newcomers to be able to connect at their own level.

Q: Do I have to wear special clothing to attend a ritual?
A: Although sometimes people dress up or wear garb, it is not necessary. A number of folks who attend always wear street clothing. It is your choice. We do not do clothing optional rituals - so please wear some clothes! *grin*

Q: When I become a member of The Circle of Gaia Dreaming, am I also joining the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens?
A: No. The Circle of Gaia Dreaming is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens, but being a member of one organization does not make you automatically a member of the other. In order to become a member of the fellowship, you must sign the fellowship membership book. Within our circle we have people who are members of both and members of one or the other. Again, the choice is up to you.

Q: I am not really a Pagan (witch, Wiccan, etc.). I am just interested in it. Can I still come to rituals?
A: Yes! This is a great place to learn more about these spiritual paths. We are not into conversion or anything like that. However, if you come, we hope that you will participate to the best of your ability. There is always someone willing to answer your questions about any given event.

Q: I noticed that you have potlucks after rituals. What do I need to bring?
A: Hopefully you can bring a dish to share. This can be anything from appetizers to main dishes to salad to bread to deserts to drinks. It is also helpful if you bring your own table service., but there is usually service available at the event. If you do use table service provided at the event, it is nice if you help to clean up afterwards. (i.e. wash your own dishes)

Q: I am a college student who wants to do a photo documentary, video, interviews etc...for a class. Can come and take pictures, videotape, etc. your events?
A: Sorry - but no.

First off, many people do not want to be publically identified as Pagan for a variety of reasons - jobs, family, etc. Secondly, video just doesn't capture the essence of what happens when you are in ritual - most folks look pretty goofy on tape! Thirdly, this is a serious religious practice and we really aren't interested in having a distracting presence at our rituals.

If you want - we can put you in touch with individuals who might be willing to do a ritual or interviews for projects. Contact our public relations coordinator at pubrel@NOREPLYgaiadreaming.org. It's not that we don't want to help - we do! We have often found people who were willing to do photo shoots, be interviewed, etc. We even had a large number of folks participate in a Master's Degree research project. We just don't invite these presences to our open events for safety, personal space and spiritual reasons.

Q: My e-mail messages to you are bouncing. Why is this?
A: Did you remove the words NOREPLY from the TO address? We had to make these changes to the website because officers were literally getting hundreds of spam e-mails a day. Automated webcrawlers can harvest e-mail addresses from websites. So, we've changed every e-mail address and added NOREPLY in all of the code to prevent this from happening. It's not as convenient as before, but hopefully this will lessen the tedious job of going through tons of penis enlargement, weight loss, and stock tip e-mails a day!

If you have any other questions, please just drop us a line (pick the appropriate person on our contacts page) or join our mailing list.

Page Last Updated: January 28, 2007