Saturday, April 12, 2008

Make no mistakes, I am so very over any drama that is or involves Phillip aka aka aka ... etc. So in an effort to make my post as all inclusive as I possibly can I am attaching a string of a recent communication. The names, email addresses and other identifiers of the persons spoke to have been removed as that is not my intent or the purpose of this post. It is my hope that this will fulfill most any other questions someone seeking answers will need.

see my response to a recent inquiry below: (NOTE: I have fixed some of the typos and made a few clarifications in my portions of the emails below that were in the original email - marked in red) CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL POST
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Subject: Re: Info needed on P. M. (please!)
From: (me)
Date: Fri, April 11, 2008 7:29 pm
To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
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Honestly I leave the blog up in the hopes that people have a chance to be forewarned if they want or need to be, but the drama and threats of physical, mental, and magickal violence that always ensues from Phillip leaves me hesitant to communicate any more about my own, and the
New Orleans magickal communities, situation. Make no mistakes I am not afraid, but I am extremely over him and his mis-actions.

But, on the same token I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't assist someone legitimately looking for information or assistance that could help them avoid the drama and trauma that others have suffered at his hand. So the compromise is that I can tell you that most of the story is laid out within my original post either on the post itself or within the pages that are linked in the post.

About 5 months ago I was contacted by the Marietta GA community where he was living after his release from prison. According to that person he had been causing trouble within their community. I talked with her and somewhere along the line she must have let her communications slip to someone close to him and he once again began sending threats of violence. I will attach a portion of my communication to her here to fill in a few blanks that might not be in the post.
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----- Original Message ----
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: (me)
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2007 6:08:39 AM
Subject: Aluriel

This man has recently joined our group and started some drama. A friend forwarded me the links to your postings about him. I would really like to know more details on his M.O. What is he trying to accomplish? How does he scam people out of money? I run a fairly large group in North Georgia. I'm afraid he has a large hunting ground here.
Thank you,
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(tagline removed)
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 21:34:39 -0700
From: (me)
Subject: Re: Aluriel
To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx

Greetings,
Well, though I haven't read my posts in quite sometime I think I cover most of the goings that our community had experienced, there. If you followed the links you should have also found a link to a post by goddessmusings at livejournal about it with a plethora of responses. (this has since been friendlocked by goddessmusings and is not free to the public.)

In a nutshell he has done this to many communities throughout the US. We counted no less the 5 and most likely more. One of his MO's, if there is one to specify, is to target mostly women and younger people who he deems 'easy'. Easy to manipulate with a few strokes of their ego. Sometimes he is gay, sometimes he is straight and sometimes he is Bi, it all depends on the community and the persona he is trying to portray. He usually seeks out the stronger leaders and personalities in the community, he will either attack them immediately or play nice for a brief moment and then launch an attack.

With me, he targeted a sour spot. A falling out I had with my circle that had turned nasty. At first he was like my best friend in the whole world, until he saw that I wasn't in his control. He stole a yahoo group I founded, told everyone I 'hacked his email' and began a smear campaign to try and ruin my name. He went to all the people that I was connected to here (people he previously refused to meet) and began a tirade. My connections are solid, they didn't budge.

He had new newbies in his group that became his new '#1' and used them all the same way and did them wrong all the same way. So I guess his MO is divide and concur, thievery and treachery. He stole something from all of us and/or one by one launched an attack on many of the solid groups and leaders, created a lot of division and troubles for our community which had already taken a hit of a similar fashion.

We were PPD directors together at first but he ran me out of it. He held what amounted to a Phillip's on stage circle for PPD and the donations for the food bank went into his pocket, to his bills and in his cupboard.

The end of it all here was when a local High Priestess, who has been around a long time, was contacted by people from other states saying they were quitting their jobs and selling their houses and moving to the new 'witches school' in New Orleans. As it turned out he was advertising that he opened a Harry Potter like School of Witchcraft and people believed it and were coming here, sight unseen, to join - it had fees. The school didn't exist.

Rev. Velvet contacted me and many of the other local activists. At that point he had told none of us his real name, most of us were denied being told anything but his current magickal name (as you have noticed he has had many - changing them as he changes communities hoping that those formerly harmed by him wouldn't find him and notify the community he was now affecting), he refused to let anyone see his book of shadows, even his students, and refused to discuss his
lineage. So when the 'witch school' thing happened and people were leaving their lives for a non-existant witch school, we all banded together to learn who he really was.

We were able to find that he was, at the time, on the run from the law. We were lucky, he was eradicated form our midst by law enforcement. Other communities weren't as lucky. I used to know them all by heart but since Katrina it hasn't been one of the things I have
kept in my long term memory. (he took 'credit' for Katrina by-the-way, stating that he sent it to New Orleans because of we pointed law enforcement to where he was located.) Chatanooga Tenn. was one of them, I think one was in Ohio and one in California and I think one in Dalton Georgia ... I may be off on some of these but there were many (and most are posted to the blog). We were also able to find many of the 'magickal names' he created as he entered a new community.

After his release from prison I was notified that he contacted some of his old circle here. They let us know that he was using many of the photos from our community, including pics of me, my son and husband and other members of my family to show he had a positive 'background' in magick. From there I was easily able to see that he was mimicking the groups that he originally stole from me here (New Orleans Witches Circle - I created New Orleans Witches and the New Orleans Witches Circle was my idea that he chose to be a part of, closing his yahoo group Wicca New Orleans and 'joining me') there in your area under the nic Cyprian Nosa. (Before he declared war on me he had taken on my husband and I's - hmmm how do I explain - my husband is a performer, his stage name is Rudy Raven - when I married him I added Raven to the name I used in the community and online - before the war Phillip also added Raven onto his magickal nic and urged me to start a circle called the House of Raven which I (foolishly) did. I realize now that he was heading in a cultist mind frame. When I saw that some of his new newbies in GA were all taking on NOSA like he did I was worried for them and the area and that is why I updated the
postings at that time. I leave them up so that people who suspect something is amiss in there community when he comes in out of the blue, might possibly find the info.

I have rattled on and I really don't know what else I can add. Please feel free to call me anytime if you need to talk more. And you can contact Rev. Velvet Reith of the Coven of the Pentacle Wiccan Church (CPWC) - you can find her at swampwitch.net - as she may have something to add for you. I hope this has helped shed some light for you and I wish you and your community the best of blessings in overcoming what I fear is going to be a tumultuous time for your community.

Khairete and Ache!
(me)
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From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: (me)
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2007
Subject: Aluriel

Wow. Sounds like we are getting a repeat. He joined our group. Tried to act like he wanted to become an active and contributing member. Within a couple of weeks he began an attack on one of our local leaders that puts on gatherings shouting at the top of his lungs the horror of charging money for entrance to a gathering. All gatherings should be free and all costs absorbed by the host, according to his rants. We killed his account when he would not calm down and kept up attacks on this leader and anyone that disagreed with him. Btw, you might want to add the name "Hethwen" to your list of aliases. He used that one to start with. Then Aluriel joined up,
supposedly living with Hethwen (to explain the matching IP addresses). Together they have started a group and are holding circles. I posted the links to your sites but still some of our members followed him. It's like watching sheep being led to slaughter and not being able to stop it.

I'm not worried that he can harm my group as an entity. I never let him get close enough to the inner workings and I have a strong and loyal staff. The other leader is the same. I just wanted to try to get an understanding of what his game is so we can possibly warn members or other community leaders. I appreciate your assistance here.

It is important that we all band together when someone like this is preying on our community.

Blessings,
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That's about all I have to share in a nutshell or two or three. Good luck. From here you need to follow your heart and which ever direction you choose you will know that you were armed with
information. How you use that information is up to you. May your path be clear and blessed.

Ache and Light!
(me)

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