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Membership
options
Associate Membership
If you are a Pagan aged 18 or over,
you may wish to apply to become an Associate Member of the Pagan
Federation. Associate Members can be put in touch with other members,
receive a Members' News supplement to the magazine Pagan Dawn (in
PF International the supplement is Pagn World), and are invited to members-only
Pagan events. In some cases local newsletters are also available.
We also have a two PFI-mailing lists - one for announcements only
and a second where people can chat. If you would prefer writing
we can also arrange for "pen-pal contacts", although most
people prefer email these days!
Applying for Associate Membership
To become an Associate Member of the
PF, you must be aged 18 or over; you must consider yourself to be
a Pagan and accept the three principles of the Pagan Federation
set out below. You must also write us a letter telling us about
yourself and your interests and experience in Paganism and send
in the application form. People new to Paganism who are sincere
seekers are welcome, as well as experienced Pagans. Once we receive
your letter and the form we will send you an invitation to join
the Pagan Federation, along with a form to fill in and return with
payment of the membership fee and journal subscription. Do NOT return
payment until you hear back from us.
After a year, you would be eligible
to become a Full voting member of the PF, and after a further year
of Full Membership you would be able to stand for election to the
PF Committee, and help with the actual running and administration
of the PF.
The Three Principles of
the Pagan Federation
The Pagan Federation exists not to promote
a single aspect or path within Paganism, nor does it presume to
represent all Pagans. Rather it is an umbrella organisation with
a membership drawn from all strands. All Pagans over the age of
18 are welcome to join regardless of which Pagan path they follow.
They must however subscribe to the three principles which give the
Pagan Federation its common purpose and its focus:
1 |
Love for and Kinship
with Nature. Reverence for the life force and its ever-renewing
cycles of life and death. |
2 |
A positive morality, in
which the individual is responsible for the discovery
and development of their true nature in harmony with
the outer world and community. This is often expressed
as "Do what you will, as long as it harms none". |
3 |
Recognition of the Divine,
which transcends gender, acknowledging both the female
and male aspect of Deity. |
- Associate Membership: Partners can become joint
members at a small additional cost. We must have the names of both partners,
and a letter from each person, you can write both letters on the
form.
- Associate Membership with a subscription
to Pagan Dawn: This membership includes all of the above, plus the large full-colour
glossy magazine, “Pagan Dawn” published by the PF in England, with
an international section, contacts, interesting articles and so
on. It also includes the quarterly electronic magazine Pagan World,
national newsletters and access to mailing lists.
- Associate Membership without a subscription
to Pagan Dawn: This membership includes all of the above, including
Pagan World, newsletter and mailing lists, but without Pagan Dawn.
After one year, you can become a Full Member with full voting rights
in the PF.
Application Form
You can request an application form
from the National Coordinator in your country. These people can
be contacted via their PFI web site (those links are on this Home page)
or through the list of National
Coordinators.
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