Patrick Quinn:  

rick:"I am a 37 year old eccentric eclectic working as an IT Specialist / DBA for Carlson Wagonlit Travel. I have been living in Northern VA since 1996. My interests include history sight-seeing & site-visiting, Far Eastern, ancient Middle Eastern, and ancient North American and South American histories, cultures, philisophies, and spiritualites. Sir-Kyo-Loti has been defining his own spirituality for the last twenty years. He is quite learned in the spiritual and traditions of ancient Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, and ancient Mesopotamia - before the rise of Islam. His main spiritual traditions include current Native American principles and currently is a student of ancient and current Central and South America traditions involving Aztec, Mayan, and Incan philosophies and spiritualities. He is currently a rising dedicant being born anew to the Andean / Quechan spirituality. He is also starting a three-five year committment to the Lakota Way of the Sundance. In his own connection recently with the Great Cosmos / Great Spirit, he was granted the role of Lightarian. Sir-Kyo-Loti has involved in the local DC Metro pagan community for the last twelve years. He is the current Water Guardian for the Coven of the Spiral Moon and assistant coordinator for the DC Firefly Meetup. He has been also involved for the last ten years and former co-coordinator from 2007 thru 2009 of MoonFire - The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, CUUPS branch based out the Arlingtion UU Church. He is also a member of Turning Circle - an eclectic pagan circle based in Columbia and he is heavily involved as a member of Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, based in Burke, Virginia.".