The most successful periodic fundraiser for the New Alexandrian Library project has been the Gala held at the Between The Worlds Conference. The next one is March 7, 2015 at the Hunt Valley Inn Maryland, and we'd like to raise even more by asking you to help defray the costs of the fundraiser. It's a win-win because you support a great cause and get a night of amazing music and delights. Actually, it's a win-win-win, because in addition to a cause, and fun, you are also supporting a great celtic, tribal, pagan band. Tuatha Dea will be the band for the night. We will also have other performers, readers, dancing, shopping at a silent auction, snacks, a cash bar, and pure magic. Check out the Gala's website for more details.
Don't Wait Till March
There is a good chance we will sell out, and one of the perks is tickets to the Gala. The tickets purchased during this campaign also come with a mojo bag created by Ivo that you can pick up at the event. Also, the New Alexandrian Library project needs the money now. We have just finished construction, and want to schedule a grand opening.
Give Even If You Aren't Attending
Read about the New Alexandrian Library and you'll find that it is worthy of your support. What has been accomplished so far is remarkable, and the good that will come of this new resource is a bright spark of hope.
New Alexandrian Library Summary
We just finished building a library (December 2, 2014) focused on the mystical and esoteric teachings of all religions with an emphasis on Paganism in all its forms. We are also collecting artifacts, art, ritual objects, etc. for the museum component of the New Alexandrian Library. The first building is done and we need your help to buy more equipment, shelves, furnishings, buy specialized software, and the thousand and one things needed to open the physical and digital doors. The more you and your friends give, the sooner we can have the grand opening.
We already have several important collections of books in storage including the entire library from the Theosophical Society of Washington, DC. Judy Harrow, of blessed memory, just left us her library as well.
We have started collecting newsletters, event program books, old recordings, and more that is a history that will soon be lost if not preserved.
We already have important art and artifacts including paintings of the Four Archangels by Dion Fortune.
This library will be open to all and will engage in inter-library loan with similar projects elsewhere. Some rare special collections will not circulate.
Longterm Vision Grounded In Practicality
This is a very longterm project and we intend to be growing and thriving 100 years from now. The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, the sponsor of this project, celebrated its 30th year as a group in February 2104.
This is the first in a series of buildings as a modular approach was more financially more realistic.
We own the land outright and are paying for construction as we go. There will be no debt to pay off which makes the continuation of the project much easier.
A number of the founders of this project are leaving their estates to maintain this work in the future. By the way over 85% of funds to date have been donated by Assembly of the Sacred Wheel members.
There is ample room for expansion on the land.
The NAL is located on 100 acres of Sacred Land at Seelie Court - a third of which has been donated to the NAL project - in Georgetown, DE. The facility will be accessible to visiting scholars and is serviced by Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. airports - while maintaining a wonderfully secluded atmosphere for serious study.
