Pathways Sanctuary

Pathways Sanctuary

Walk Your Path With Us

Pathways Sanctuary was incorporated in 2005 to fill a perceived need. There were plenty of "churches" online who would give anybody who paid their price a diploma as a Minister, Saint, Doctor, etc. There were also many Distance Learning colleges and universities offering degrees and diplomas in various business and technical courses. But nobody actually checked the prospective Ministers to see if they actually were practicing a ministry, especially in "non-traditional" religions.

Pathways Sanctuary provides an overall religious body for those practicing Lightworking paths of spirituality. (See "Philosophy" page, accessed from the menu) Pathways Sanctuary was envisioned in three parts:

The Sanctuary religious organization - we offer our Bachelor's and higher graduates a numbered, renewable Ministerial License (which is also revokable, should any Minister be found upon careful investigation to be practicing in a clearly unethical manner);
The Seminary educational organization, which validates life lessons and administers classes, seminars, and degree programs; and
The Foundation charitable organization, which receives all profits from the other two operations and accepts charitable donations, all of which are to be distributed to those in financial need. Our Board is unpaid, and we will work to incur as close to no administrative costs as is possible.

The Seminary has yet to be fully realized, but we offer some classes and accept classes from most other online educational organizations, such as Lotus Academy of Spiritual Arts, Witchschool.com, etc.

NOTE: We are not Satanists. Most of our paths do not recognize the existence of this individual personification of evil, and we believe in only good thoughts and actions.

Our path is a simple one, and easily explained. If you agree with the basic philosophy, what you add (i.e., belief in reincarnation, etc.) is not important to us; your ethics and beliefs are your own. We do not discriminate on the basis of religion or any other basis, including sexual or gender orientation. We will gladly credential members of any Eastern or Western spiritual path.

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Founders and Board Members

	Rev. Gerald L. "Moss" Bliss, D.D. was ordained in Gardnerian Wicca in February, 1983. He was a co-founder of Dragonfest and also the Denver Area Wiccan Network in Colorado during the mid-1980s. Moss is an IndoPagan, merging Hindu beliefs with Wiccan practices, and holds Doctorates in Divinity from Universal Life Church (January 24, 2000), Temple of Wicca (March 22, 2003) and Progressive Universal Life Church (February 22, 2008), as well as Ministerial licenses from those bodies and Orderae Occultis. Moss has been active in many online and offline covens. Sponsor since 2001 and listed as Clergy on The Witches' Voice, Inc. Mosx has written many articles on Wicca, Hinduism, and Mental Health, which can be found online at Sacred Texts Internet Archives, PaganPages.org, and Green Egg Online as well as other sites.
	Rev. Frankie Jewell Overstreet, D.D. was ordained and licensed as a minister by Boatwright Evangelistic Association in 1969. She has pastored from 1969 through 1980 at a churches in Los Angeles, CA, Columbus, GA, Atlanta, GA and Worcester, MA. She served as Chaplain for a several nursing homes as well as serving in the prison ministry, managed a crisis line, and has extensive service in the fields of nursing and teaching. Her Doctorate of Divinity is from Pathways Sanctuary, April 1, 2006, well-earned and overlate.
Past Board Members
	Rev. Beth A. Kelley, D.D. HPs, has been a practicing Wytch since 1980 in the Celtic Tradition and is self-initiated. D.D. granted June 2004 from Temple of Wicca; Reiki Master/Teacher 2002, Usui Shiki Ryoho; Certified in Herbal Healing, May 1992, School of Wicca. Ordained as a Minister, Universal Life Church, May 29, 2004. Sponsor since 2004 and listed as Clergy on The Witches' Voice, Inc.
	Rev. Edward L. Tatro, Jr., D.D. is a High Priest of Isis and Amun-Re. Ed has a B.S. in Anthropology, 2001; M.S. in Psychology, 2003; and M.Div., 2003; all from Yale University. He was ordained as a minister and presented a D.D. by the Progressive Universal Life Church, also in 2003, and is also ordained by the Universal Life Church. Sponsor (2006) and listed as Clergy on The Witches' Voice, Inc.

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This website is copyright ©2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 by Pathways Sanctuary, a non-profit religious organization incorporated in the State of North Carolina, U.S.A. This page was first written July 14, 2005 and was last updated November 8, 2009. Contact the Webmaster to report any issues or problems with this website.