Mama Kelly
Lady Rose
Pagan Video Tuesday - Charge of the Goddess - Sign Language - ASL
Yes its that time again - Pagan Video Tuesday. One of the things about me that you might not know is that I have been facinated by and drawn to ASL (american sign language) since grade school. It probably began when I got my first pair of glasses and the doctor told me I was legally blind without them, a phrase my 9 year old mind took to mean “going blind” though I was too scared to ask anybody to clarify. This fear led me to discover Helen Keller (who is still one of my heroes) and to read books on her, her teacher Annie Sullivan, and even Louis Braille. I also tried to try and teach myself both braille and sign language. I have retained a few words and phrases in the later and still hope to one day take a course in it and learn to speak it more “fluently.”
I came across this video about a year ago at Deaf Pagan Crossroads and thought you might enjoy it as much as I did.
“Listen to the words of the Great Mother, she who of old was also called Artemis, Astarte, Athena, Diana, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Cybelle, Arianrhod, Isis, Dana, Bride, and by many other names…” - Charge of the Goddess
signed by Carl Schroeder
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That was AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing!
Many thanks for including this video in your Pagan Video Tuesday series…
It has always been my goal from the time I first created Deaf Pagan Crossroads to help bring the beauty of ASL to the Pagan Community, and the beauty of Pagan Spirituality to the Deaf Community.
Hopefully with the help of individuals like yourself, we can build bridges between the two.
Blessings,
Ocean
Deaf Pagan Crossroads
http://www.deafpagancrossroads.com
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BB Ocean
You are most welcome. It was my pleasure to include this video on our site. It would be a wonderful thing if more people took the time to learn even a little ASL, just as many learn phrases in other languages “just in case” they need it one day.
It is my goal to be a grammar school teacher (though it will probably take me 3 years or more) and my plan is to be able to converse in ASL by that time.
Blessings
Mama Kelly
I have also tried to teach myself ASL and Braille…. for a while i could “visually” read Braille pretty well…. but i am out of practice…. I also have a fairly decent ASL vocabulary…. I work with special needs children so i use ASL a lot…. I am trying to learn more and I want to eventually teach my son ASL as well…. this video was very nice to see…..i was actually thinking about translating some of my own written/spoken spells into ASL just to get more practice in….
Hello. I enjoyed reading your website.
Have a wonderful day and keep up the good work.
Brutellio.