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Last December, in anticipation of yesterday's Supreme Court decision on the sacramental use of ayahuasca,
The Temple of the Vine was incorporated in the State of Oregon and registered with the IRS and the Federal Government as a tax exempt religious organization.
Membership in the Temple of the Vine is open to all practitioners of shamanic practices who profess a belief in the sanctity and guidance of Plant Teachers.
Future plans include the establishment of a shamanic ceremonial center within the State of Oregon.
Membership information will be available soon.
Donations are tax deductable and can be made through www.PayPal.com to templeofthevine@comcast.net
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Re: Temple of the VIne
Wed, February 22, 2006 - 11:24 PMYa gotta love Oregon. :) -
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Re: Temple of the VIne
Thu, February 23, 2006 - 12:03 AMI am unable to locate any information on "Temple of the Vine," or indeed any reference to it at all. Is there some place that people can get the low down on this before they start whooshing off their hard-earned money to a random, unknown email address? -
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Re: Temple of the VIne
Thu, February 23, 2006 - 6:32 PMoops...
soga-del-alma.org/
It does not seem to be the same group.
Soga del Alma is the creators of the 2nd annuak confernce on Shamanism.
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Re: Temple of the VIne
Mon, February 27, 2006 - 1:45 PM
In mid-December, incorporation documents for the Temple of the Vine were filed with the state of Oregon and tax exempt, religious organization documents were filed with the IRS.
By the end of December, the Temple was all officially recognized
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The main goal of the Temple of the Vine is to provide a religious entity for people who want to shamanically use plant teachers for spiritual growth, but who do not want to be involved with the overt Christian religious energy inherent in Daime, the UDV, or even the Native American Church.
The Temple is really still in the beginning stages of this whole thing, and the philosophy and mission of the Temple is still evolving.
Somewhere down the line, a shamanic ceremonial center and retreat location will be established to provide a place of grounding for the movement and it's members.
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Fri, March 3, 2006 - 4:56 PM"The main goal of the Temple of the Vine is to provide a religious entity for people who want to shamanically use plant teachers for spiritual growth, but who do not want to be involved with the overt Christian religious energy inherent in Daime, the UDV, or even the Native American Church."
Thanks the gods. It's about time to see that someone is using these things outside of the context of christian brainwashing. -
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Re: Temple of the VIne
Sun, May 28, 2006 - 2:34 AMI'd like to belong to a church that's registered in the US, not Peru....Preferably specifically pertaining to ritual use of or belief in Salvia Divinorum as a sacred entity. Anyone doing this already? -
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Mon, May 29, 2006 - 1:43 PMthere is no church that i know of that works with salvia though thats a good idea. you should start one.
there is a pagan church of the vine in new mexico which is led by a member of the ayahuasca forum named xythos. good guy.
there web page is here.
www.padeva.com/Beliefs.html
its interesting that there is a pagan syncretic church combined with the vine.
the church route is a good way to go, becuase wee have a constitutional right in the USA at least for freedom of religion. but it doesnt automaticly protect your to havea church as we have seen in the NAC cases the peyote way church of god had real trouble and the UDV had o go to the supreme court. the money involved in court cases like this is amazing. if you start a church it would be wise to contact glen biore and get the low down on things. see what you can do to protect your right and prepair for legal confrontations.
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