United Earth Assembly

The United Earth Assembly (UEA) is one of the oldest pagan seminars in the United States.  It began as the Samhain Seminar in 1970 and was held each year near Halloween.  In the 1970's the name was changed to United Earth Assembly and the date changed to the Autumn Equinox (Mabon) in late September.  It became known as the Witches Thanksgiving and has been held as far east as Washington, DC, and as far west as Albuquerque, New Mexico.  For many years, Amarillo, Texas was home to the UEA.  In the 1970's, it was thought, "if the magick doesn't work in a Holiday Inn beside Interstate 40 in Amarillo, what good is it?" 

2009 will be the 39th anniversary of the UEA and will celebrate the Earth and Her wisdom reminding us to, "Live Green and Stay Green."  We will once again celebrate our harvest and practice our magick! 

Covenant of the Goddess

 The Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) International religious organization founded in 1975 to increase cooperation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other religions.  CoG is one of the largest and oldest Wiccan religious organizations whose members generally agree on the Wiccan ethical code known as the Wiccan Rede, "An it harm none, do as ye will," which honors the freedom of each individual to do what they believe is right, but also recognizes the profound responsibility that none may be harmed by one's actions. 

The Covenant is an umbrella organization of cooperating, autonomous Witchcraft congregations and individual practitioners with the power to confer credentials on its qualified clergy.  The Covenant is non-hierarchical and is governed by consensus. 

The Texas Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (TXLCCOG) was codified by the Covenant in 1995 and has organized several UEA festivals with recent events held in the Dallas-Forth Worth area. 

Witchcraft: A Spiritual and Ethical Overview

Witchcraft is a life-affirming, earth- and nature-oriented religion which sees all of life as sacred and interconnected, honors the natural world as the embodiment of divinity, immanent as well as transcendent, and experiences the divine as feminine and masculine both.  Like the spiritual world view and practices of Native Americans and Taoists, Wiccan spiritual practices are intended to attune humanity to the natural rhythms and cycles of the universe as a means of personally experiencing divinity.  Rituals, therefore, coincide with the phases of the moon, the change of the seasons, solstices, and equinoxes, and quarter-days which fall between them such as May Day and Halloween.  The celebrations of the solar cycle are referred to as the, "Wheel of the Year." 

For more information on Wicca, please see The Wicca page at www.TXCoG.org.