Websites & Activies
I am a community activist and musician in Asheville, NC, and serve as President (4th term) of the Asheville Homeless Network, as a co-founder of Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective, and have many other local and online activities. I would like to help others teach about their projects using your own website, or learn how to write their own. I run two nonprofit corporations in some capacity -- Asheville Homeless Network and Pathways Sanctuary. I also write a variety of articles, including having been a monthly columnist for PaganPages for over 3 years, and "own" 9 Yahoogroupsm am Moderator on 5 others, and am a member of several other Yahoogroups (see below).
My current websites include:
Hippo Haven - This website and my personal website
Pathways Sanctuary
Moss' Malas
Asheville Homeless Network
ALT-therapies4bipolar
Kind Communication
The Kindness Campaign
Granny Acorn
Moss' Poetry
Blind Lemming Chiffon
Stewards of the Earth
Besides these, I have managed and written several other websites, some of which still exist in some form.
My Blogs and Friends Sites
Xanga - my main blog
MySpace - features my music
Orkut
LiveJournal
Asheville Homeless Network
The G** Word
Other activities:
Real Life (i.e., Not Online) Groups:
Asheville Homeless Network (AHN) - President & co-founder
AHN Knitting Project
Asheville-Buncombe Coalition for the Homeless - member representing AHN
Pathways Sanctuary & Seminary - Secretary-Treasurer & co-founder
Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective - co-founder
Pagans & Witches Meetups co-Organizer
Real Life Activities:
Administrative Editor for Eternal Press (http://eternalpress.ca ) April 2008 - present
Columnist for PaganPages.org on "Mental Health and Paganism" from May 2006 - June 2009
Peer Support Specialist, active in mental health and substance abuse January 2009 - present
Minister, multi-denominational (5 licenses, 4 D.D.s - see below)
Computer repair help
Writer, Poet, Songwriter, and Performer since 1964
Over 40 lyrics published in Xenofilkia magazine (new one Jan 2009)
Frequent Special Guest at science fiction conventions as songwriter/performer since 1990
Asheville MadPride Organizer, 2007-present
Memberships:
MindFreedom International
The Witches' Voice, Inc. - Sponsor
SerpentStone Family
Industrial Workers of the World, Department 600 (Public Service and Entertainers)
many others, some listed below
Ordinations & Certificates:
Progressive Universal Life Church (1995, awarded Sainthood 1995, Doctorate of Divinity 2008)
Universal Life Church (1996, awarded Sainthood and Doctorate of Divinity 2000)
Temple of Wicca (2003, awarded Doctorate of Divinity 2003)
Orderae Occultis (2004)
Pathways Sanctuary (2006, awarded Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate of Divinity, Premiere, 2006)
Diploma in PC Repair, PCDI, November 2000
Certificate in Peer Support Employment Training, January 2009
Blogs & Friends Sites I post to:
http://www.xanga.com/mordewis - my main blog
http://ashevillehomeless.org - Homeless Network blog
MySpace.com
Facebook.com
Orkut.com
Coven-space.com
LiveJournal.com
Rethos.com
probably others...
Yahoogroups
owner ALT-therapies4bipolar
owner ashevillepagans
owner blissfamilywa
owner FreeNAMI
owner HolyMoly
owner homelessinasheville
owner homelessinknoxville
owner livinginsiva (@ Yahoo! India)
owner pathwaysseminary
owner pathwayssemstu
moderator Bi-polar_pagans
moderator eternalpress_editors
moderator EternalPressAuthors
moderator indopaganpaths
moderator SpiritualBeginings
Deitheans
EternalPressReaders
FilkCarolina
moongypsy
Peer_Support_Specialists
Randomactsoflovelight
thecultoferis
YeOldePagans
Ning Sites:
MedFree
IndoPaganPaths
Team Leader of Pagan Place at SparkPeople.com
Personal Email addresses:
zaivalananda@gmail.com
zaivalananda@yahoo.com
witchmoss@yahoo.com
sivaislord@yahoo.in
zaivalananda@aol.in
mordewis@serpentstone.org (forwarding)
Business Email addresses:
ashevillehomeless@yahoo.com
knoxvillehomeless@yahoo.com
pathwayssanctuary@gmail.com
Most of you know I'm really squeamish about getting into sales, and I only do this sort of thing either when my back
is against the wall or when I have something to offer that I really think is needed. The current effort is more
of the latter.
I have begun to sell malas (meditation beads). The majority of them are the typical 108 mala beads plus the meru,
or "home bead", and they are used in various Eastern chants, whether Buddhist, Hindu, or Sufi. The malas I am
selling are handcrafted in India, properly constructed and blessed there by people who know what they are doing.
I have sold or given to my friends many of these malas, and now want to make them more available. The proceeds
from all sales will go toward (1) increasing stock, and (2) funding Pathways Foundation, which was established 3
years ago to help people in all "lightworking" paths who are in financial trouble... and which has been languishing
as an empty fund ever since.
To look at what is presently in stock, visit Moss' Malas (you can also
get there by going to Pathways Sanctuary and clicking on the link on the
Menu or on the Links page). eCrater only lets me post what is in my hands. I have placed two orders recently which
will increase stock, mostly in terms of variety, and I have a 6-page catalog of what is currently available to me
(although availability can vary somewhat). If you don't see what you like, please ask for my catalog and I'll email
it to you. (All my malas are made of beads and seeds available in the Chennai district of India, so please don't ask
me for things such as redwood or other beads that would not be available.)
I hope you visit my site -- just visiting will increase my listing and get me more visitors, hence more sales.
Thanks for letting me profane myself with money talk.
Hugs,
Moss
And Now: MUSIC!
I have begun Project Moss, an effort to record each and every song I know. I am only charging for the cost of discs and shipping...
I currently have two discs plus the original "Raven and Crow" CD. These are being cranked out as fast as my machine can, and
being produced with my own messy hand-lettering identifying the disc... but odds are, you have never heard even 5% of this music,
and you probably will enjoy most of it.
I am selling the Project itself to you. $8 for two discs (available now!), $20 for two years, or $100 for the entire project --
every song I record in this project until the day I die (and I'm not anywhere close yet), guaranteed at least 400 songs.
Write to the below address, or send PayPal payment to mordewis@serpentstone.org.
Moss Bliss
67 Overbrook Road, Apt. 2
Asheville NC 28805
Phone (828) 299-4434
(828) 552-0505 (cell)
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Last Update: October 19, 2009