Yeshe Rabbit, Founder and High Priestess of CAYA (Come as you are coven), released a blog on October 13, 2011 detailing the events of the Lilith ritual at Pantheacon 2011. The descriptions of her experience have been posted on her Way of the Rabbitblog (http://way-of-the-rabbit.blogspot.com ) and talks about her spiritual experience, the details of the event, her Pantheacon experience and living through the effects of this controversy this past year.

The Wild Hunt and the Pagan Newswire Collective has continued to report on some of the events of the controversial Lilith ritual and the efforts to work with the fall out from the event. (see http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2011/03/update-gender-transgender-religious-rites-and-inclusion.html and http://bayarea.pagannewswirecollective.com/2011/09/22/pagan-alliance-to-present-its-%E2%80%9Cgender-and-earth-based-spiritualities-conference%E2%80%9D/ )

In her blog, Yeshe Rabbit talks about her reason for speaking now about the incident, stating “The time has finally come for me to write down the entire story of what happened at PantheaCon 2011 and thereafter. I have spent the past several months wondering how to address this, musing over it, thinking about it, and practicing discernment about what I would share and with whom, in an effort to create greatest possible clarity while creating the most possible peace. In the end, at the encouragement of several Elders whom I respect, I am going to just offer complete transparency about this process of growth for me and CAYA Coven. This is long. If you stick with it, you will end up with a lot of really important information about the actual events of this past year from a firsthand source (me) who has been witness to many different pieces of the puzzle.” 

This informative post from Yeshe Rabbit discusses history, present and the hope for the future as we approach Pantheacon 2012.

The full post can be found on her blog at http://way-of-the-rabbit.blogspot.com/2011/10/pcon-2011-and-rite-of-lilith-rest-of.html .

Crystal Blanton, PNC Bay Area