Tara Hedge College Photo Album

"Brightest Blessings of Tara"

From Rt. Rev. Claudia Wehmeyer and members of Tara Hedge College of Germany

Photo left: prayer flags of Tara Hedge College

Claudia writes: "We opened as an Iseum in 1983, but from these early days there are no photos. It is so different now with digital cameras and even cameras in our mobile phones! We are looking forward to 2008; we will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of our Isian Center."

Featured below are photos that range from 1997 to 2001.

Altars and Shrines

Altar, outdoor ritual at Autumn Equinox, 1997

Altar for Lughnasadh celebration in 1999

Shrine of Bastet

Above, A Shrine of Bastet as it appeared in 1997 in the home of Claudia and Thomas Wehmeyer in West Bielefeld, Germany.

Seasonal Festivals

Photos of members of Tara Hedge College celebrating after seasonal rituals, Fairy Meadow, Bielefeld, Germany:

Lughnasadh, 1999

Beltane, 2000

Summer Solstice, 2000

Lughnasadh 2000

Leukotheia

Outdoor altar for a ritual for Leukotheia, a Goddess of ancient Crete. The items on the altar include a drinking horn and another horn used for inviting the beings of the woodlands to the rite.

Below, Indoor shrine for the Goddess Leukotheia, which includes wool to be used in the "Mystery of the Labyrinth" ritual mystery drama from the Fellowship of Isis liturgy book, "Dea, Rites and Mysteries of the Goddess."

Indoor altar for the Leukotheia ritual

Tara Hedge Members

Claudia Hamasdevi during a walk in the forest at Samhain, 2001

Claudia and her husband Thomas are the founders of

Tara Hedge College and FOI Germany. One of the oldest

established FOI communities.

Ordination at Tara Hedge College, 2001

Olivia Robertson with members of Tara Hedge College, 2002

Klaus

Klaus, Priest of Dana and Ganapati announcing the beginning of the enactment of the Ritual Drama "Isis and Osiris: The Judgment" from the FOI liturgy book "Gaea: Initiations of the Earth" during Symphony for the Goddess 2000, Saturday, Sparrenburg, Bielefeld.

Sonja

Sonja, Priestess of the Goddess Brolga, a Goddess of the Australian Aborigines, performing a dance at the Pagan EuroConvention, Bielefeld, 1999.

Olivia Robertson and Members of Tara Hedge in the Fairy Meadow, 2000

Portrait of Olivia at the same event.

Claudia Hamasdevi sharing sweets with Yao and Ole, Isian children

Frank, Ronny and Chris

Frank, Priest of Isis (left), Ronny (center) and Christiane (right) playing music during the fashion show for robes, Symphony for The Goddess, 2000, Sunday, Dana Clan Day - Fairy Meadow of Tara Hedge College.

Thomas

Claudia and Thomas Wehmeyer, founders of Tara Hedge College

Pagan EuroConvention

The photos below are from the Pagan EuroConvention which took place in Bielefeld, Germany in 1999. This event was mainly organized by members of Tara Hedge College.

Christiane and Ronny, Priesthood of Isis-Sothis Iseum

Symphony for the Goddess

Symphony for the Goddess 2000 was held indoors for one day in the local castle, and one day outdoors on the land where Claudia and Thomas lived for 5 years.

Symphony for the Goddess 2001 took place at “Einschlingen”, a beautiful house in the middle of the Teutoburger Wald, a beautiful location in the forested countryside.

Claudia, Tom and Frauke

Altar for Symphony for the Goddess

Olivia Robertson and FOI Germany members, Symphony for the Goddess

FOI Germany members, Olivia Robertson and Claudia Wehmeyer

Claudia writes this is one of her favorite photos. It was taken by her husband Thomas. Olivia Robertson dancing in the middle of the circle during the 2000 Symphony of the Goddess Convention.

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