AIRR Tech Team Project Procedures
From Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers

This page is a continuation of, and a detailed addendum to, the
AIRR Members come and go, and although we always provide new members with an orientation to the Tech Team, a lot of information gets thrown at new folks, and not all of it sticks, so we are providing details about the AIRR Tech Team by way of a re-introduction to long-timers, and a catch-up for new members.
We gladly accept contributions of text from good writers who are not members of AIRR, who have knowledge on specific subjects. As this is a volunteer-run site, we do not pay our contributors, but they are named on our Site Credits page and on page=credits, and also share co-copyright with the AIRR site, enabling them to host their texts at their own sites or to publish them in books.
As of 2022, we can identify about 235 pages and categories in need of creation, illustration, or completion.
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The AIRR Tech Team's Annual Rhythm






Over the past 12 years, AIRR Tech Team meetings have developed a certain annual rhythm:
June 6th: Membership Renewals and Updates
June 6th is the date on which annual dues are paid. We encourage renewing members to look over their Bio and Booking pages, as well as their Navigation Box listings and Category listings at the time of renewal, so in June and July --
- We receive updates from renewing members, including new photos, rate changes, and contact changes for their Bio and Booking pages, as well as Navigation Box and Category changes; we work on these member pages at highest priority.
- We create Bio and Booking pages, Navigation Box entries, and Category listings for new members, on an as-needed basis.
- We make no site-wide changes during this period and we set aside all ongoing development projects for one month to assist renewing members.
Supporting the Hoodoo Heritage Festival
From March until August 2022 we are working on the Hoodoo Heritage Festival project:
- We work on the coming year's HHF site, including text, illustrations, and the development of the affiliated ticketing site. AISC Board members also use this meeting time to discuss proposed workshops that have been presented by AIRR members and others, and to assign editors to presenters who will be preparing written material for their workshops. AIRR Tech Team members who are not board members function as general membership representatives in these discussions, as we work toward consensus on HHF planning matters.
- If we receive updates (new photos, rate changes, contact changes, Navigation Box changes, Category changes, and new text) from members, we work on their pages.
- We create Bio and Booking pages, Navigation Box entries, and Category listings for new members, on an as-needed basis.
- Once the HHF site is in place, we make updates to it, and then we spend time on random checks of pages that may need typo corrections, or for which link-coding was overlooked. These are handled by AIRR Tech Team trainees who are learning to code.
Long-Term Site-Building Projects
- Updates for Member Pages. If we receive updates (new photos, rate changes, contact changes, Navigation Box changes, Category changes, and new text) from members, we work on their pages.
- New Member Bio and Booking Pages. We create Bio and Booking pages, Navigation Box entries, and Category listings for new members, on an as-needed basis.
- Expansion of AIRR's Educational Web Site. We develop long term "build-out" projects by organizing new topics, upgrading site-wide code, and developing new categories of information to which we assign writers. This is our major expansion phase each year. Our goal is to host 1,001 categories and pages on divination and folk-magic.
Expansion of AIRR's Educational Web Site
Some of our ongoing build-outs and hoped-for texts include:
Photo-Cropping and Naming Standardization Project
This project is under the direction of Papa Newt and Nagasiva Yronwode
We need standard-sized 300px x 400px head shots of every AIRR member. We will also institute a new standard naming convention. These will be substituted on ALL bio pages and on the all outreach pages
- Meet the Members of AIRR pics are currently 200 px x 250 px cropped: swap in new 300px x 400px portraits at 200px wide as they are completed
Outreach Pages Needing Image Standardization
In this group, pics are currently 150 px wide and height floats; swap in new 300px x 400px portraits at 150px wide as they are completed
- Magical and Spiritual Coaches in AIRR
- Metaphysical Authors in AIRR
- Teachers and Workshop Presenters in AIRR
- Radio Podcasters in AIRR
- Video Webcasters in AIRR
- Occult Shopkeepers and Spiritual Suppliers in AIRR
- Hoodoo Heritage Festival Presenters in AIRR
- The Crystal Silence League
- The AIRR Pro Bono Fund
- The AIRR Ombudsman Team
- The AIRR Tech Team
- The Churches of the AISC
- Internet Forum and Group Facilitators in AIRR
- Church Pastors and Deacons in AIRR
- AISC Board of Bishops
- The Church Fan Fund
Categories Needing Lists of Spiritual Entity Pages
These lists are Categories. Each is intended to lead to a series of single pages with at least one image, three paragraphs of data, and a Nav Box citing why people seek out the entity for veneration or supplication.
- Ascended Masters. As of 2022, we have 26 names listed, of which five are completed. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Miss Cat is the lead writer on this project, with text dumps by Jon Saint Germain. We made steady progress throughout 2020, but then stopped. Still needed -- and NOTE that some of these appear as links but they are unfinished in text because Jon's text dumps were a SOURCE DUMP, not our original text, and they may also lack an image: Afra, Allah Gobi, Gautama Buddha, Djwhal Kuhl, Hilarion, Lady Leto, Lady Lotus, Lady Magda, Lady Nada, Lady Portia, Lord Lanto, Lord Ling, Mahachohan, Master Paul, Paul the Venetian, Quan Yin, Saint Germain, Sananda, Sanat Kumara, Serapis Bey, White Eagle.
- Bodhisattvas (Buddhist Saints). As of 2022, we have a list of 16 names, of which two have been completed. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Jon Saint Germain is our lead writer on this project. Akasagarbha, Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, Mahasthamaprapta, Maitreya, Manjusri, Niō, Samantabhadra, Sangharama, Sitatapatra, Skanda, Tara, Vajrapani, Vasudhara.
- Catholic Saints. As of 2022, we have 36 listed and built out online, but can always use more contributions if authors are inspirited to contribute them. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated.Miss Michaele and Papa Newt are our lead writers on this project.
- Celebrated Mediums and Conjure Doctors. As of 2022, we have nine names listed and built out online, but can use more contributions. We want to have 12 pages in this list at a minimum. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Miss Michaele is our lead writer on this project. We made steady progress throughout 2020 but since then have not done much. Still awaiting these nine pages: Leafy Anderson, Dr. Buzzard, Myrtle Collins, Black Herman, Edward Lowe, Madame Fu Futtam, Rajah Rabo, Mother Catherine Seals, Rev. Watson, the Frizzly Rooster.
- Demons. This category was started in 2018 and contains a good deal of informative text on Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist demons. It is well organized and well-illustrated. As of 2022, we have a nice list of 35 demons, but only three have individual pages. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. nagasiva yronwode is the lead writer on this topic. Lamashtu, Lilitu, Pazuzu, Tiamat, Asuras, Rakshasas, Ravanna, Yakshas, Baigujing, Niumowang, Jiutou Zhiji Jing, Mara (The Killer), Hungry Ghosts (Pretas), Malefic or Unruly Spirits, Yakshas, Bat Melech, Dybbuk, Estries, Holle (Holda, Hulda), Ketev Meriri, Ochnotinos, Poteh (Purah), Shabriri, Shibbeta, Werewolves, Malignant Spirits, Astaroth, Baal, Beelzebub, Lucifer, Moloch, Satan, Iblis, Shaitans. The following page supplied by Dr. Jeremy Weiss can be mined for text, with his permission:
- Werewolves (Jewish) (Demons): https://templeofmiriam.com/blog/jewish-werewolves-of-london
- Krampus is listed, linked, and has two nice illos, but lacks text! When finished, the pages will be linked to both Demons and Germanic and Nordic Deities, and will be linked through Krampusnacht to Category:Religious Festivals.
- Available for editing: Lilith.
- Druid, Wicca, and Feri Deities. As of 2022, we have a hub with eight individual pages listed, but only two actually completed. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. We need a lead writer on this project! Still needed -- and NOTE that although these appear as links, they are unfinished in text or image: The Blue God, The Dark Goddess, The Divine Twins, The Earth Goddess, The Horned God, The Star Goddess.
- Germanic and Nordic Deities. As of 2022, we have an unfinished hub page and a list of 24 individual pages, with five completed. The hub has no image and no text. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. We need a lead writer on this project! Baldr, Bragi, Eir, Eostre, Forseti, Freyr, Gefjon, Gna, Hel, Hod, Loki, Nanna, Njord, Sif, Sigyn, Skadi, Sunna, Thor, Tyr
- Krampus is listed, linked, and has two nice illos, but lacks text! When finished, the pages will be linked to both Demons and Germanic and Nordic Deities, and will be linked through Krampusnacht to Category:Religious Festivals.
- Gnostic Deities. As of 2022, we have an unfinished hub page and a list of three names but no individual pages for these yet. We want to reach 12 pages in this list. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. We need a lead writer on this project! Abraxas, Demiurge. IAO.
- Greek Deities. As of 2022, we have a hub page and a list of 19 names for which six individual pages have been written. We want to reach 20 pages in this list. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Miss Michaele is a lead writer on this project! Ares, Artemis, Demeter, Eris, Eros, Hecate, Helios, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus.
- Available for editing: Dionysus.
- Islamic Spiritual Figures. As of 2022, we have a hub with a list of 16 names, with no opening text and no image. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Of the names on the list, two have been written by Miss Michaele but are as-yet unpublished. They are Baha'ud Din Naqshband and Al Khidr, but they cannot be published until the cat to which they belong is finished, published, and linked to Working Within the Islamic Tradition page. This page was created in 2012 by ConjureMan as the lead writer. Abdul-Qadir Gilani, Abu Bakr, Al Ghazali, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Bishr, Hafez, Ibn Arabi, Idries, Jalaludin Rumi, Moinuddin Chisti, Muhammad, Rabia, Shah Chan Charagh, Shah e Alam.
- Jewish Spiritual Figures. As of 2022, we have 21 pages listed in this category and all but one is finished. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Although linked, The Minor Jewish Prophets needs both text and an image. Dr. Jeremy Weiss is our lead writer on this project. The following page by Jeremy is also available for editing and re-use at AIRR:
- Werewolves (Jewish) (Demons): https://templeofmiriam.com/blog/jewish-werewolves-of-london
- Category:Native American Deities. As of 2022, we have a list of 22 names, of which zero have been written, illustrated, or published. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. This page was created by ConjureMan in 2012 and has received no contributions. There is no lead writer for this project. Apistotookii, Azeban, Bmola, Gluskab, Igaluk, Iosheka, Kokopelli, Malsumis, Muyingwa, Nanook, Narrivik, Napi, Pinga, Sedna, Tabaldak, Tia, Tirawa, Ta'xet, Torngasoak, Wi, Wohpe.
- Available for editing: Gitche Manitou
- Netjeru (Ancient Egyptian Deities). As of 2022 we have a list of 23 names, of which 20 pages are finished. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Still needed are Akhu, Apep, and Bes. Miss Michaele is our lead writer on this project.
- Orthodox Saints. As of 2022, we have a list two names, both linked. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Miss Athena is our lead writer on this project. As of 2022, this page is stalled out, because the only list on the page is a list of Roman Catholic Saints, all commented out and awaiting the addition of a line of text and a link and a cat name to link any of them to the Orthodox page.
- Roman Deities. As of 2022, we have a list of 21 names, of which three have been written, illustrated, and published. This page needs a Navbox for the listed entities and the NOTOC reinstated. Miss Michaele is the lead writer on this project! Bacchus, Ceres, Diana, Genius, Janus, Juno, Jupiter, Lares, Luna, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, Venus, Vestia, Vulcan
Major Categories and Pages Needing Creation or Expansion
- The Kabbalah and the Jewish Grimoire Tradition. As of 2022 we have a list of 24 pages, at this category, of which 11 have been completed. Dr. Jeremy Weiss is the lead writer on this project. The following topic has been suggested and we have the permission of Dr. Jeremy Weiss to use any or all of the text from his web site page, with credit:
- Seals of Solomon: https://templeofmiriam.com/blog/the-seals-and-pentacles-of-king-solomon
- Seals of Moses No source from Jeremy but this page is needed.
- Feng Shui. In January 2020, this category was separated from Geomanacy, and become a Main Page link; Miss Athena is the lead writer on this project. This category could use more text, but as of 2022, no one has expanded it.
- Soul. As of 2021 this page-level project was completed but is not "closed." Miss Michaele is the lead writer. The following topic pages were requested and have not yet been written. They may be approached as three separate topics or compiled into one page, as desired.
- Shamanic Journey including ritual 'Ascent of the World Tree' to obtain information or orientation.
- Vision Quest as a means of maturation, finding of allies, or orientation to the world.
- Walkabout as a means of maturation and spiritual orientation.
- Working Within the Ceremonial Magic Tradition. As of 2022, this category does not yet exist. No subsidiary pages exist. No lead writer has volunteered yet. Suggested pages -- by no means a firm list, due to a focus on 19th century members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn -- include: Franz Bardon, W. E. Butler, Aleister Crowley, John Dee, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, [Eliphas Lévi]], Samuel Liddell McGregor Mathhers, Israel Regardie, Johannes Reuchlin, Arthur Edward Waite, William Wynn Westcott.
- Working Within the New Age Tradition. As of 2022, this category is completed. There is no lead writer for this project. However, these sub-topics growing out of (and linked back to) this category have been requested:
- Spiritual Retreats
- UFO Sightings Note: For images of Ascended masters who are also extraterrestrial aliens, see: https://mysteryoftheinquity.wordpress.com/ascended-masters/hidden-masters-of-the-universe/ for Hatton and Ashtar.
- Psychedelic Drugs for Spiritual Development
- Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP)
- Sacred Texts. As of 2022, we have category for this topic, with a list of 23 names, of which five have been written. The remaining 18 pages are either not created or, if they appear as links, have no images, lack three paragraphs of text, and are not linked in to the site. There is no lead writer on this project. Atra-Hasis, Baghavad Gita, Bardo Thodol, Bible, Book of Mormon, Book of the Dead, Daozang, Dhammapada, Hadith, Odù Ifá, Puranas, Quran, Ramanaya, Tanakh, Tao Te Ching, Tripitaka, Upanishads, Vedas
- Working Within the Shamanic Tradition. As of 2022, this category does not yet exist. No subsidiary pages exist. No lead writer has volunteered yet.
- Meditation. As of 2022, this category does not yet exist. No subsidiary pages exist. No lead writer has volunteered yet.
As-Yet-Unstarted Categories and Pages
Regarding AIRR and the AISC
- AISC Board of Bishops. listed as Board of Bishops on the AISC page; this may be sufficient.
- Category:AIRR Tech Team. Recycle content from AIRR Tech Team page into a category with member avatars and data, ala the podcasters page, then remake all site links and delete the old page. This will then need to be added to the "Outreach" template and to the bio page of each member of the cat.
- Category:The Churches of the AISC. We need a category hub to introduce the actual churches in the AISC with a link and read-more list to the individual pages for those in the directory.
- Church Fan Fund. A needed page.
- Category:Church Pastors and Deacons in AIRR. We need a category hub to introduce the actual clergy-members in the AISC with a link and read-more list to their bio pages.
- Category:Clergy. Add a category, define clergy, and make short sub-heads defining each religio-cultural type of clergy (Rabbis, Priests, Ministers, Bhikkus, Gurus, Imams, Muftis, etc.), then host a navbox listing and linking all AIRR members who are clergy of one type or another.
- Category:Crystal Silence League Recycle content from Crystal Silence League page into a category with CSL Pastor member avatars and data, ala the podcasters page, then remake all site links and delete the old page. This will then need to be added to the "Outreach" template and to the bio page of each member of the cat.
- Sacred Spaces Fund. A needed page.
In World-Wide Folk-Magic
- Category:Arabic Grimoire Traditions. A subsidiary cat with sub-pages for individual books. There is no lead writer for this project.
- Category:European Grimoire and Swartkonstbok Traditions. A subsidiary cat with sub-pages for individual books. There is no lead writer for this project.
- Category:The Evil Eye. A subsidiary cat to which AIRR members may be attached via text and navbox. There is no lead writer for this project. May use a pick-up from 2021 HHF pdf by Miss cat Dr. Jeremy Weiss with permission and credit.
- Category:Knot Spells. A subsidiary cat from Category:Spell Casting to which AIRR members may be attached via text and navbox. There is no lead writer for this project. May use a pick-up from 2022 HHF pdf by Dr. Jeremy Weiss with permission and credit.
- Category:Reiki and Energetic Healing. Potentially a Main Page cat. There is no lead writer for this project.
- Category:Religious Holidays. We already have the Pagan and Neo-Pagan holiday set called The Wheel of the Year. We need holiday sets for Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, and other religious traditions. Images would generally be a greeting card plus a photo (See The Wheel of the Year sub-pages for format); text would be brief and include historical and contemporary information. There is no lead writer for this project.
- Krampusnacht, when built out as a pagan religious festival, should link back to Krampus.
- Category:Seal and Sigil Magic. A subsidiary cat from Category:Spell Casting There is no lead writer for this project. It will have a navbox with AIRR member names and the topic will be retro-injected into all member bio pages in response to our queries when the cat is finished.
- Category:Temple Oracles. A cat that will include topics such as the Oracle of Delphi, sand diviners of the Chinese temples of the goddess Xiwangmu, or Taoist monks consulting Tien Chung or Chi Chi sticks. There is no lead writer for this project.
How to Contact the AIRR Tech Team
To contact the AIRR Tech Team, just check into the AIRR Forum once a week and read the AIRR Tech Team reports. They are dated by week and year.
Reach Us Via the AIRR Forum
In the dated AIRR Tech Team threads at the AIRR Forum you will see what we are working on, what we did at our last meeting, and what we plan for our next meeting. Post your requests in the most recent thread.
When the AIRR Tech Team next meets, we always check the previous week's thread to see if anyone posted, and we assign our tasks accordingly.
- If we sent out a call for listings in a new Category, with a template, please fill out a copy of your listing according to the template form.
- If you have an emergency request for a change or update to your Bio page, Booking page, Navigation Box listings or Category listings, please post a notice at the end of the most recent thread.
- If you have a photo change request for your Bio page, please plan to include the photo in your post at the AIRR Forum (maximum size is 600px wide x 900 px high -- which is also a good size at the AIRR web site (although we prefer 600 px high (square format) at the web site.
- If for technical reasons you cannot include your photo in your AIRR Forum post, contact our system-wide AIRR Tech Team Manager nagasiva yronwode and he will assist you to get your photo into your Forum post.
How *NOT* to Contact the AIRR Tech Team
Sending private request messages to one or more AIRR Tech Team members with requests for updates and changes may delay your requests from being implemented. Remember...
- Not all members attend every meeting, and the person you selected may be busy or on vacation at the next meeting.
- You may have reached a member who has not yet been trained on how to do the the specific task you want done.
- If you send multiple messages, you may cause members to overlap or do redundant work in an attempt to help you outside of AIRR Tech Team Meeting times.
- The member you reached may be working on a different site-wide project and may not remember to pass your message on to the Team,
Always Contact the Tech Team Via the AIRR Forum
Your request will be handled as a Team task.
And Remember: You Are Invited!
All AIRR members are invited to attend any and all AIRR Tech Team meetings, to join in fellowship, to help the organization, or simply to effect specific changes on their own Bio and Booking pages and to their Navigation Box and Category listings.
Attending AIRR Tech Team meetings does not require that you join the AIRR Tech Team for training or to engage in any further volunteer work. You may attend as a social participant, if you wish, with no tasks other than proofreading finished pages and making suggestions.
We meet every Tuesday at 10:30 AM Pacific Time via Zoom. Meetings generally last 2 hours, but when we get very involved in a project, we may keep going for up to 4 hours. Members may drop in or leave at any time during any meeting.
To receive a Zoom invitation to the next meeting, contact nagasiva yronwode, the AIRR Corresponding secretary. He will add you to the "call list," sending you a Facebook message with the Zoom meeting ID and passcode.
Thanks for reading this ... and thanks for being a member of AIRR.