Sirius Rising Program (July 18 – 24)
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Sirius Rising Program (July 18 – 24)
HOME IS WHERE THE SPIRIT IS d n 2 2 y ea r July 18 - July 24 Brushwood Folklore Center LLC www.brushwood.com • sherman, ny Thank you! Again, thanks to all those that help make this happen! Thanks to the volunteers, presenters, attendees, everyone!! The community as a whole grows stronger every year because of the things you do. And, for those of you who like to plan ahead... Come and enjoy two weeks of Festival at Brushwood in 2017!! SANKOFA IS JULY 10 - 16, 2017 SIRIUS RISING IS JULY 17 - 23, 2017 Your thoughts and comments are needed. We want to continue to make Sirius Rising something special to the Community. It is truly a “festival of the people” - What did you like? What didn’t you? What would you like to see in the future? Write to us online [email protected] - subject: Sirius Rising Comments Table of Contents Welcome............................................................................................................................. 4 Sirius Highlights..........................................................................................................................4 Workshops and Activities............................................................................................................4 Festival Guidelines......................................................................................................................5 Helpful Hints...............................................................................................................................5 Monday Schedule.......................................................................................................... 6 - 9 Tuesday Schedule...................................................................................................... 10 - 14 Wednesday Schedule................................................................................................. 15 - 19 Thursday Schedule.................................................................................................... 20 - 24 Friday Schedule......................................................................................................... 25 - 29 Saturday Schedule..................................................................................................... 30 - 34 Speaker Bios............................................................................................................. 35 - 38 Sirius Rising XXII marks both the 22nd anniversary of the festival, and Celebrates the Season of Growth and Change to Sirius Rising “Home is Where the Spirit is” 22nd year Sirius Rising Highlights Workshops and Activities five year cycle, traversing the Wheel of the Year (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter). For each of the four seasons we dedicate a year of our path, and in the fifth we shall journey through the sum of the Wheel itself, and welcome the Dragon once again. In the Year of Spring, we obtained the Brushwood staff. The staff was the first talisman of the Dragon. We learned that to entice the Dragon to return, we must gather the gifts, prove we are ready, and open the way. This is the Year of Summer, and a new talisman awaits. A different mythology will be used at each night’s ritual to honor the elements beginning with Air, then Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit, culminating in our Saturday Night Celebration and ritual bonfire. Pavilion, except the Mickeys who will perform at the Labyrinth Friday evening. We encourage you to enhance your festival experience by joining the audience. Your presence supports the performing artists and helps build a sense of community. Bring a comfortable chair, blanket, and beverage, and enjoy the entertainment. See the daily schedule for information about music performances. Nightly Rituals – Last year was the beginning of our current Nightly Music Concerts – Performances will be at the Main Ritual Attire – Many enjoy wearing colors to rituals that correlate with the daily elemental theme (air-yellow, fire-red, water-blue, earth-green, and spirit-white/purple). Check each day for ritual descriptions in the program. Nightly Rituals begin at 8:30 pm. Teens’ Program – Teen specific workshops and activities are designated by in the program. In general, teens are welcomed at any workshop unless designated “Adult Only”. Check the workshop’s description -- if in doubt, ask. Teen specfic programs have the symbol before the class name. Classes that are encouraging attendance by teens as well as adults have the symbol after the description. There is a teen space “hang out” pavilion hidden in plain sight and number of activities planned throughout the week. See posted guidelines for Teen Space use. Program – Kids’ workshops and activities are designated Honor Ancestors – Those interested in honoring the ancestors Kids’ by in the program. Many of the other workshops welcome the before the nightly rituals will meet at the Ancestor Shrine at 8:00 pm and process to the nightly ritual. The Saturday Celebration – begins with CuDubh (“Koo- Doo”) at 9:00 pm at the Main Pavilion. The sounds of ancient thundering war drums and skirling dual bagpipes with belly dancing should not be missed. CuDubh will lead a traditional procession to the Bonfire Field after the concert (10:00 pm). Feel free to dress up in elemental colors (yellow, green, red, blue, and white/purple) and stand in the corresponding direction during the fire lighting ceremony. kids when they are accompanied by a parent -- see the program description. And when in doubt, ask the speaker. The children’s main “hang out” is Kids’ Village, but this is not a daycare or a place to drop off your kids even during workshops. Sweat Lodge (Be Prepared) – Please make sure you check- in at the Rowan’s Camp near the North Stage 24 hours before the sweat for information and instructions about how to prepare yourself. Men’s Sweat is Wednesday, the Mixed Sweat is Thursday and Women’s Sweat is Friday. and Sacred Spaces – There are many areas at Ritual Staff – In 2004, a beautiful ritual staff was made by dear Shrines Brushwood that have been created and are being developed friends from ironwood that grew on the Land and mower blades used to carve out the land that is now Brushwood. It is decorated with charms representative of those who have led Sirius Rising bonfire rituals in the past. The Staff represents the community’s support and the Brushwood family’s commitment to continue the Sirius Rising festival and preserving this sacred space. Brushwood family members hold the staff during Saturday’s Celebration. with specific intent. The Nemeton and Runestead are lovely sites that have been long established and you should make a point to visit them during your stay. The Watcher can be found just North of the Runestead. Efforts led by members of the Visioning Team are also underway to further develop elemental shrines (Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit) as well as the Ancestor Area. This shrine development is an ongoing process and others are welcomed and encouraged to join us in the future. Brushwood Radio 90.3 FM – Enjoy music, festival Additional Fees – Some workshops require additional fees to interviews, concert broadcasts, storytelling, and campground information. Program highlights will be announced daily. 4 recover the cost of materials. Please look through the program and be aware of the fees. Vehicles – Parking is free across the road from the campground and should be used by those needing to come and go frequently. Vehicles are allowed on the campground (for a fee) to park near your campsite or to drop off gear. You should not be driving around the campground. When entering or leaving the campground, follow posted speed limit (5 mph) and one-way signs. Do not drive during workshops or performances (roads may be closed at those times). Do not drive after dark. Special passes are provided to those with special needs to drive. Go Green: Carry In - Carry Out your trash and recycling. Festival Guidelines We want you to have a good time so everyone is required to show respect for each other and to promote a safe, peaceful, and friendly environment. Please follow the Brushwood Guidelines including Pool Rules, which you received at the Registration Desk. You are also expected to follow posted signs (e.g., Pool and Spa Rules, Parking, Speed Limits, etc.). Disruptive behavior of any kind will shorten your stay; there are no refunds. Details to help understand the guidelines during festivals are provided in the following paragraphs for you. • Children’s (under 18) safety continues to be one of our highest priorities. Parents/Guardians are responsible for the safety and well being of their children at all times. • Guardians must be over 21 years old and provide a notarized letter upon arrival on site (letter details are found on the website or at the registration desk.) • Parents/Guardians must be at the campground with the child at all times. If Parents/Guardians leave the campground (e.g., run an errand), they should take their children with them. • Children under 13 years old must be in the line of sight of their parents/guardians or with a babysitter. • Babysitters must be 13 or over, must know where the Parents/ Guardians are at the campground and have a method to speak with parents/guardians immediately (i.e., cell phone or radio). • Children 13 – 17 years old do not need to be in the line of sight of their parents/guardians, but they must know where the parents/guardians are at the campground and have a method to speak with them immediately (i.e., cell phone or radio). • Teen Space is for relaxing and hanging out; see posted guidelines and follow them. Anything you can do to reduce the amount of trash produced would be helpful. A trash transfer and recycling station is located in Sherman on Rt. 76 near the I-86 on and off ramp, open on Tuesday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Water Conservation – Please conserve water. Some conservation techniques are listed in the Brushwood Guidelines. Enjoying Your Stay Food – The Sankofa Café is serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. with extended hours on weekends. Phil’s Grill is also open daily, serving Mediterranean Cuisine and specialty items. Snacks are available at the Brushwood Store. Recommended offsite groceries: Mack’s Market in Sherman, NY and Wegmans in Lakewood, NY and Erie, PA. Helpful Hints: Bring a folding chair or blanket to sit on during workshops and performances. Drink water! Wear sunscreen. Take care of yourself and get rest. The festival atmosphere is exciting, but don’t forget to sleep, eat, and watch out for each other. ATM – The bank is on Main Street in Sherman, NY and the ATM is on Miller Street side of the bank. Volunteering – The volunteers are an integral part of the festival. They are the unsung heroes that keep Brushwood safe, clean and working effectively. (They also help keep the cost of the festival low so it can be enjoyed by so many.) No job is more important than another; it is working together that makes the real difference. Please take the time to thank the volunteers when they are helping. If you are interested in becoming part of the volunteer community, go to the volunteer page on our website (brushwood.com) and submit your applications online by May 1, 2017. • Curfew is 12:00 a.m./midnight for all those under 18. Parents/ Guardians must be with their children (0-17) after this time. • Parents/Guardians of those 13-17 are strongly encouraged to accompany children to the roundhouse at all times. • More stringent rules and earlier curfews may be implemented, when necessary. Photographs – Respect each other’s privacy. Cellular phone technology has made it impossible to ban photographs, but we require discretion. Photographs are ONLY allowed with the permission of those being photographed. Especially be considerate about posting photographs on social networking sites (e.g. Facebook). You must ask specifically if you can post someone’s photograph. There will be a few staff photographers with identification working throughout the festival, but they will be using the utmost discretion. If you do not want your photograph taken, please politely tell the photographer. 5 MONDAY, JULY 18 AIR KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 9:30 a.m. NERTHUS PROCESSION................................................... Brushwood Community...........................Main Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Intro to Old World Granny Magick.................................... Sandy Caswell .......................................Storytelling Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Creativity........................................................................ Gavin & Yvonne Frost .............................East Shire 9:30 a.m. Identifying Your Genius Loci............................................. Claudia Messier .....................................East Meadow 9:30 a.m. Energy Medicine for Women............................................ Stacy Newman .......................................North Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Homeopathy................................................................... Gregory Peechatt ...................................Studio 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts.......................................... TJ & Cynthia Laffan.................................Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina............ Lori Albright ...........................................East Shire 11:30 a.m. What’s New in Witchcraft Studies 2016?......................... Skip Clark ..............................................East Meadow 11:30 a.m. Basic Zentangle ........................................................ Karen Crittenden ....................................Studio 11:30 a.m. Kids Origami............................................................. Diana Hiatt..............................................Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Introduction to the Runes................................................ Diana Paxson .........................................Runestead 11:30 a.m. Ritual Analysis: the LBRP................................................. Gretchen Schork ....................................North Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Mexican Folk Healing...................................................... Joy Wedmedyk ......................................East Shire 1:30 p.m. Stone Soup Kitchen ................................................. Tom Haffie .............................................Studio 1:30 p.m. Sacred Timing................................................................. Breighton & Kathleen Dawe ...................East Meadow 1:30 p.m. The Stars and Me..................................................... Jo Frost .................................................Kid Village 1:30 p.m. The “Other” Rhythm Circle.............................................. Liz Holland .............................................Storytelling Paviion 1:30 p.m. Dimensions of Paganism................................................. Ann Groa Sheffield..................................Runestead 1:30 p.m Fire Safety...................................................................... Christina Bingham .................................Roundhouse Field 3:30 p.m. Fire Spinner Community Meeting.................................... Fuego.....................................................Roundhouse Field 3:30 p.m. Making Sugar Skulls ($10).............................................. Fredde Hollman.......................................Studio 3:30 p.m. Painting from Within........................................................ Starlet Lebrun.........................................East Meadow 3:30 p.m. Be the Bunny.................................................................. Kiana Love .............................................East Shire 3:30 p.m. Global Spirits Ritual for the Spirits of Energy.................... Firesong .................................................North Stage 5:30 p.m. Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol................................. Bill Lauff.................................................East Shire 5:30 p.m. Coven Craft Without Binary Gender.................................. Thista Minai ...........................................East Meadow 5:30 p.m. Shimmy Round the World................................................ Sadira Saraswati.....................................Storytelling Pavilion 5:30 p.m. Growing Oyster Mushrooms............................................ Anomie Jo..............................................North Pavilion 5:30 p.m. Changing Families........................................................... Raven Emslie .........................................Studio 8:00 p.m. Ancestor Walk................................................................. Kinder Clan.............................................Ancestor Mound 8:30 p.m. East Ritual ........................................................................................................................Stone Circle / Air Shrine 6 MONDAY, JULY 18 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 a.m. Main Pavilion 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Pavilion NERTHUS PROCESSION Diana Paxson and the Brushwood Community Traditional cultures all over the world honor the Earth Goddess. All are invited to join in this morning welcome and procession on the first day of the festival, in which we bring Brushwood’s own image of the goddess Nerthus (of the Northern European traditions) from her island in the pond, process her triumphantly through the campground to bless us with grounding, peace and fellowship, and install her in the Runestead so that all can honor Her with offerings during the festival. In Tacitus’ Germania, it is written that Nerthus must remain covered at all times and that only Her honored servants could gaze upon Her and were ritually drowned after doing so. And since we all know what Brushwood is like in the mud, we ask that festival attendees honor this sacred tradition. Join the parade and bring the Earth Mother to Sirius Rising with drumming and song. Bring drums, flowers, offerings and colored scarves to wave. Children especially welcomed. SHE IS COMING, SHE IS COMING, WITH THE GIFTS OF THE EARTH, SHE IS COMING FROM HER ISLAND IN THE SEA. SHE IS COMING, SHE IS COMING BRINGING JOY, BRINGING MIRTH, SHE IS COMING TO SET US FREE!! Led by Brushwood Folklore Center, LLC’s heathen community... Meet in front of the Main Pavilion. Energy Medicine for Women Stacy Newman All Welcome Are hormones creating havoc in your life? Learn how your own energies and your environment can trigger hormone imbalance. Empower yourself with simple Energy Medicine techniques to help regulate your hormonal balance and revitalize your life. We will explore issues including calming stress hormones, weight management, the monthly crazies, menopause and so much more. Bring your questions! This workshop is appropriate for women of all ages and men are welcome too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Studio Homeopathy - Layman’s Medicine for the 21st Century Gregory Peechatt All Welcome Currently Homeopathy is the second most widely used medicine in the world for primary care. It is the gentlest form of medicine without any adverse effects. It does not need prescription and is available in many health food stores and on line. It is the most cost-effective medicine for the layman. Workshop illustrates basic principles of Homeopathy and how to use it effectively for daily health needs. It Works by enhancing individual’s vital energy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 a.m. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Story and Games 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Storytelling Pavilion TJ Laffan, the Great and Powerful Intro to Old World Granny Magick Sandy Caswell All Welcome When the self-sufficient, pragmatic people from the mountains of Scotland, Ireland and Wales began immigrating to America in the 1700’s, their healers, prophets and spiritual intermediaries were called Wise Women, Granny Women and Granny Witches. Grannies were responsible for the physical and spiritual health of their clans. Relying heavily on common sense and herbal medicine, they prayed & chanted, made lotions and potions, charms and spells, birthed, healed and buried their people. Kid Village Children with Parent Kids, bring your parental units and hear some great morning stories before game time. Parents, it’s a great way to ease into the day while you enjoy some time with your child. We’ll color while we listen and create a fabulous mural! Then: Glue! Paper! Scissors and feathers and wood and paint and glitter, glitter, glitter... these are what childhood memories are made of! Every morning more crafty fun for children and their parental units alike. Donations gratefully accepted. Parents must stay with their children – there are no babysitting services at Kid Village and children cannot be left alone there even during workshops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Shire 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Shire Creativity Gavin & Yvonne Frost All Welcome How creative are you? What is scientific creativity? Art creativity? Musical creativity? More important perhaps is religious creativity, which religions were created from a singularity? Is everything just borrowed, is it based on prior thinking and doing? What is the effect of constraints? Does limiting the variables help with creation? This workshop asks far more questions than it answers, it is up to the participants to solve the riddle of their own creativity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Meadow Identifying Your Genius Loci Claudia Messier All Welcome Do you live alone? Are you sure? Over the extensive history of our planet, there are very few places that have not been occupied by people at some time. And where humans go, their metaphysical companions go too. Ghosts, demons, demigods, and fae folk, the unseen and sometimes seen, they are all around us. Learn who your unidentified roommates are and how to relate to them. Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina Lori Albright Adult Only Knowledge is POWER! This is open discussion about vaginal Health and Hygiene, Sexuality and Safety, Politics and Paternalism, and Resources. Open to all women. Women under 18 must have an adult female accompany them. This will be a very frank discussion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Meadow What’s New in Witchcraft Studies 2016? Skip Clark All Welcome The resurgence in scholarly and popular interest in the Burning Times has been remarkable over the past decade. New works appear in the press and in journals and magazines almost monthly. Come and find out what we have learned that’s new over the past year or so about this important time in our past. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Studio Basic Zentangle Karen Crittenden Teen Friendly (13-17) In this workshop we will learn the basics of Zentangle. This is an art form that has been taking the art community by storm. 7 MONDAY, JULY 18 KEY: We will have a brief history of Zentangle and then jump right in learning how to “tangle.” We will discuss the merits of Zentangle as a meditative art form and how to continue your practice after you go home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Kid Village Kids Origami Diana Hiatt Kid Friendly (0-12) Come learn to fold the sanpan (a small canoe), cup, page corner (bookmark), and catapult with hoop. These are fun and easy designs that kids will love to make. Origami paper provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Runestead Introduction to the Runes Diana Paxson All Welcome The Elder, Anglo-Saxon, and Viking runes, Historical and mythological origins, resources. This is part of a week-long Runic Intensive providing an introduction to the Elder Futhark and the ways in which the runes can be used for magic, divination, and healing. During the course of the week students will make rune sets or a rune wand. Attending all 5 sessions is recommended but not required. Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Kid Village The Stars and Me Jo Frost Kid Friendly (0-12) Children will make a pinhole chart of their birth constellation and read stories that relate to their star sign. We will talk about how navigating by the stars and moon were so important and led to today’s GPS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion The “Other” Rhythm Circle Liz Holland Adult Only We’ll explore making rhythms beyond the djembe. Bells, blocks, woods, other skinned instruments and various metallics. Instruments will be provided or feel free to bring your own - as long as it’s not a djembe! All levels and experience welcome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Runestead Dimensions of Paganism Gretchen Schork All Welcome Improve the effects of this standard ritual by analyzing the how and why of its working. Based on Qabalah, no prior knowledge is required. Ann Groa Sheffield All Welcome Why do non-Pagans (and new Pagans) often have difficulty coming to grips with how we view and do things? What are the roots of some of the divisions within Paganism and Heathenry? Drawing on work by sociologists of religion, including Ninian Smart’s “dimensions of the sacred” and Stephen Prothero’s insight that different religions respond to different fundamental questions, we will discuss how these concepts might apply to Pagans/Heathens and help us to communicate more effectively. Mexican Folk Healing Fire Safety -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Pavilion Ritual Analysis: the LBRP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Shire Joy Wedmedyk All Welcome Curanderismo is a folk healing tradition practiced in Mexico and the Southwest USA. Learn how prayer, herbs, flowers, Saints and eggs are used to cure unbalanced conditions such as fright, envy, and soul loss. An egg cleansing will be discussed and demonstrated in the class. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Studio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:30 p.m Roundhouse Field Christina Bingham All Welcome Keep your community or festival safe when you host fire spinning at your event. This class covers fire safety protocol as endorsed by the National Fire Artists Association. We teach everything from proper safety techniques, costuming, how to communicate with the authorities, and the importance of sobriety. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Roundhouse Field Stone Soup Kitchen and Cooking in Community Fire Spinner Community Meeting Tom Haffie Teen Friendly (13-17) Burn Field Basics We’ll start with a soup pot and a magic stone. Please bring a few vegan ingredients to enrich the broth. We will chop and chat, exploring food as love, food as nutrition and cooking as community service. When the soup is ready, we’ll share with the Brushwood community. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Meadow Sacred Timing: Power Days & Cycles within Cycles 8 Breighton & Kathleen Dawe All Welcome Timing is everything! There are many cycles inherent in nature. Learn to identify these cycles and understand their significance. We will discuss cycles of 3, 4, 7, and 12, and the sacred geometry that governs them as practiced by the Rosicrucian, Huna, Gypsy, Egyptian, Native American, and Celtic cultures. Calculate your current cycle and phase -- lifetime, annual, daily, and intra-year. Fuego and Zimra All Welcome This is a mandatory meeting for anyone interested in spinning fire during Sirius Rising. At this meeting we will go over the ground rules of spinning on Brushwood property: what is allowed, what is not, waivers, when and where to spin, and any other ground rules, both basic and Brushwood specific. We will also set up the Sirius Rising Burn field. Fire Safety class is REQUIRED to spin fire at Brushwood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Studio Making Sugar Skulls Fredde Hollman All Welcome Making Sugar Skulls: It’s not just for Day of the Dead anymore. A brief explanation of the origins of sugar skulls and what they meant to Mezzo Americans and how their usage has evolved in the modern world. Each participant will get to design and decorate their own sugar skull to take with them (cost $10.00 MONDAY, JULY 18 each) class limit of 10. Plaster of paris skull blanks will be provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Meadow Painting from Within Starlet Lebrun All Welcome In this workshop participants will start by being lead into a hypnotic trance in order to unleash their creative spirit and create a one of a kind painting. Allow the festival energies to surround you and come out in a beautiful one of a kind painting that you can take home to enjoy and remember the spirit of the moment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Shire Be the Bunny Kiana Love All Welcome Cute, silly, sacred, fertile, joyous, fierce, trickster, wild. This nocturnal animal of prey, sacred to the Goddess and the moon invites you to surrender to the mystery. Shape-shift, dance with delight, invoke through story, dance, play, costume. Discover your inner bunny. Harness bunny medicine to find your joy, courage and strength even in a dangerous world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Stage Global Spirits Ritual for the Spirits of Energy Firesong All Welcome Celebrate the Energy of Fire, of Summer, and/or the Energy of whatever you personally need now. Described as Unitarian Universalist Voodoo, this pantheistic trance possession ritual includes song, dance, drumming, art, and Spirits. Optional to bring: a Spirit of Energy you wish to honor; a song and design for them, if you have them; drums; food; drink; altar items. Participants may come and go at will. FAQ sheets provided for further information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Shire Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol Bill Lauff Adult Only How do you casHelping the “new” nudist and non-nudist learn about naturism with an emphasis on protocol and etiquette. Improve your understanding of the different reasons for naturism and the feelings naturists experience in a clothing optional environment. There will be lots of opportunity to for open discussion and questions. Seasoned nudists are also welcome to come share their stories. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Shire Coven Craft Without Binary Gender Thista Minai All Welcome How do you cast a circle without a priest or priestess? What dynamic roles can arise when officiators shed the cultural associations of binary gender, and explore other modes of complementary function? Come learn how to set an altar, call the quarters, and honor the Gods in ways that can reflect, support, and celebrate any gender identity. KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Shimmy Round the World Sadira Saraswati All Welcome A workshop on the many different countries that have bellydance and the differences in style dress and perception of the dancer. Some countries revere the dancer some revere/despise. Some are in tunics some scantily clad etc. The social reasons for this form of dance and its ramifications on women. Its origins. In some parts of the world, its use is to bring babies into the world, but there is so much more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Pavilion Growing Oyster Mushrooms with a Cultivation Kit Anomie Jo All Welcome Oyster mushrooms are easy to grow at home! I will provide a kit for participants and show you how to start the magic! No need for fancy equipment or sterile workplace needed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Studio Changing Families Raven Emslie All Welcome A new chick in your nest? Awed by the intense love you feel? Terrified of the responsibilities? Or maybe you are on the other end of the spectrum and your babies have fled the nest. Finding yourself excited by the extra money, time, space, and intimacy? Or grief stricken, lonely and depressed by a loss? Whatever phase you are in the life of your family, come share your thoughts and experience. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8:00 p.m. Ancestor Mound Ancestor Walk Kinder Clan Meet at the Ancestor Mound. We’ll light the elemental lanterns and hail our Brushwood Ancestors as well as our own family who have crossed the Veil – each night we’ll invite those who are interested to join us at the nightly ritual and walk the Spirits of our ancestors down to that evening’s Rite with ringing bells. Everyone in the community is welcome to join us but the children are invited to lead our way. 8:30 p.m. Stone Circle / Main Pavilion / Air Shrine East Ritual The Air Ritual will use the Roman Mythology of Vulcan to tell a story of facing the unknown. The ritual will focus on opening yourself to knowledge... You as a participant should think about what conflicts may prevent you from changing and growing. The element of Air gives us wisdom and the power of mind to help us meet our challenges. 9 TUESDAY, JULY 19 FIRE KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 9:30 a.m. Crystals 101................................................................. Gene Corn ............................................Wolf Treasurers Booth 9:30 a.m. Clay Workshop for Teens........................................ Tigerlilly................................................Storytelling Pavilion 9:30 a.m. All About Tarot............................................................... Lauren O’Leary.....................................North Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Ride the Rythmn........................................................... Maia Alexandra.....................................Main Pavilion 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts........................................ TJ & Cynthia Laffan...............................Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Witchcraft and Cinema: Recent Trends.......................... Peg Aloi ................................................North Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Seeing.......................................................................... Diana Paxson .......................................Runestead 11:30 a.m. Awakening the Flow of Qi ....................................... Carol Lee Callen ...................................East Shire 11:30 a.m. Writing The Man............................................................ William Cochrane..................................East Meadow 11:30 a.m. Psychic Recording......................................................... Lilith Dorsey .........................................Studio 11:30 a.m. Polyamory Introduction & Community Discussion.......... Gregory Haley.......................................Storytelling Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Invoking the Rhythm God Ba-Ku-Ba.............................. Alex Wedmedyk ....................................North Stage 11:30 a.m. Male Sweat Lodge Informational Meeting...................... Rowan Clan ..........................................Sweat Lodge 1:30 p.m. The Body Dynamic ................................................. Bellavia.................................................Studio 1:30 p.m. Foundations of Standing Acrobatics............................... Ben Haffie.............................................East Meadow 1:30 p.m. Poetry Open Mic............................................................ Karen Heaster.......................................North Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Energy Work for Teens........................................... Rae Kroner ...........................................Kid Village 1:30 p.m. Stregheria..................................................................... Marianne Riggiola.................................East Shire 1:30 p.m. Burlesque Academy...................................................... Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas ..........Main Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Board Games, instruction available ......................... Alyssa Yeager .......................................Studio 3:30 p.m. Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina .... Lori Albright .........................................North Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!).................................... Zen Holmes ..........................................East Meadow 3:30 p.m. Henna 101.................................................................... Robin Jaeckel.......................................Henna Tree 3:30 p.m. Stone Carving in Place.................................................. James Metcalfe.....................................Storytelling Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Intro to the North Americn Pipe Ceremony. ............. Seeker .................................................East Shire 3:30 p.m. Qi Gung, Intro to Qi Gang and Tai Chi............................ Billy Woods ..........................................North Stage 5:30 p.m. Mind, Body, and Pole..................................................... Jasper Friend........................................Babylon Pole 5:30 p.m. The Bare Bones of Worshipping Lilith............................ Lillith ThreeFeathers .............................Studio 5:30 p.m. Acro Roots.................................................................... Christina Bingham.................................North Stage 5:30 p.m. Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol............................... Bill Lauff...............................................East Shire 5:30 p.m. 5:1 Herbal Vaping.......................................................... Anthony Canelo ....................................East Meadow 5:30 p.m. Meditation 101, Myths and Reality................................ EliSheva ..............................................North Pavilion 8:00 p.m. Ancestor Walk............................................................... Kinder Clan...........................................Ancestor Mound 8:30 p.m. Fire Ritual ................................................................................................................................Roundhouse/Fire Shrine 9:30 p.m. Kabarett Vulgare.........................................................................................................................Main Pavilion 10 TUESDAY, JULY 19 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Wolf Treasurers Booth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Pavilion Gene Corn All Welcome How to find your crystals • Cleansing crystals • Energizing crystals • How to use your crystals • Raw versus polished • Spheres versus pyramids • Wands versus egg shape • Size of stones in relation to energy • Color • Shapes Peg Aloi Adult Only This workshop will be devoted to exploring recent and upcoming trends in the portrayal of witchcraft in cinema. Witches have been in the movies since the 1920s, but in more recent years we’re seeing some interesting tropes and themes taking place. From THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT to MALEFICENT to THE WITCH, come discuss what’s happening with witches in the movies, and what it means for real witches in the audience. Crystals 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Storytelling Pavilion Clay Workshop for Teens Tigerlilly Teens (13-17) Come play with stoneware clay! Students are free to work on their own unique creations with instruction from Tigerlilly on slab, coiling, pinch pots and sculpting. A time to be creative and share some lively discussion too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Pavilion All About Tarot for the Kitchen Witch and Other Pagany Types Lauren O’Leary All Welcome This talk offers a fast-paced and fun overview of all things tarot. We will enthusiastically explore the real-world history of this ancient system of cartomancy, explain the structure of a traditional deck in the Rider-Waite-Smith model, and share hands-on tips on reading from a practical, inclusive Kitchen Witch perspective. Easy reading formats will be covered as well as other methods of using the tarot in daily life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Stage Ride the Rhythm Maia Potter Maia Alexandra All Welcome 10/8, 9/8, 6/8, WHAT!?!? It’s bellydance music, man! Come learn the ins and outs of the rhythms of the middle east and beyond, including how to count them, where they are from, and how the heck to dance to them! Several times will be covered, including a few 4/4 variations and sooo much more. This workshop is for both drummers AND dancers! Bring your rhythm and a sense of humor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts TJ & Cynthia Laffan Kid Village Children with Parent Kids, bring your parental units and hear some great morning stories before craft time. Parents, it’s a great way to ease into the day while you enjoy some time with your child. We’ll color while we listen and create a fabulous mural! Then: Glue! Paper! Scissors and feathers and wood and paint and glitter, glitter, glitter... these are what childhood memories are made of! Every morning more crafty fun for children and their parental units alike. Donations gratefully accepted. Parents must stay with their children – there are no babysitting services at Kid Village and children cannot be left alone there even during workshops. Witchcraft and Cinema: Recent Trends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Runestead Seeing Diana Paxson The First Aett (Fehu through Wunjo), bind-runes, rune spells. This is part of a weeklong Runic Intensive providing an introduction to the Elder Futhark and the ways in which the runes can be used for magic, divination, and healing. During the course of the week students will make rune sets or a rune wand. Attending all 5 sessions is recommended but not required. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Shire Awakening the Flow of Qi Carol Lee Callen Teen Friendly (13-17) Combining pranayama (yogic art of breath), qi-gong and transformational breathwork, these sessions will leave you relaxed and rejuvenated. Participants will be offered simple techniques that they can take home to transform stress into motivation and tiredness into calm alertness, as blocked snergy begins to flow.More advanced students will be able to experience a profound internal state easily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Meadow Writing The Man William Cochrane All Welcome Who is the REAL MAN? Let’s investigate the origins of the: “Real Man.” Through writing exercises and indigenous folklore we’ll discover what being a man means to us. And where we learned what a: “Real Man” is. Using the folklore from his youth William will create a foundation for us to discover our true Man. Remember Those Naps? The ones you wouldn’t take as a child? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!? Naps. Good for you then, good for you now.... 11 TUESDAY, JULY 19 Your parents wanted us to tell you: Remember to hydrate! Use sun screen! Get some rest! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Studio Psychic Recording: Audio, Video, and Still Photography Lilith Dorsey All Welcome Since mankind has been able to record both sound and image it has been preoccupied with recording the psychic world of the invisibles. This class will discuss magickal and practical techniques for capturing the otherworldly, and provide a historical overview of the psychic photography of the past. KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming of drawing. You will be drawing from a live model in this class and you do not need to have had past drawing experience. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Meadow Foundations of Standing Acrobatics Ben Haffie All Welcome FEAR NOT! “Acrobatics” may sound intimidating, but there are a wealth of movements within reach of any body. We will learn the science of support as the base, freedom of flight as the flyer, and the seriousness of spotting as the spotter. This class is a beginners class intended for non-acrobats. Stop second-guessing, you can do this :-) Please wear minimal and/or tighter-fitting comfortable clothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. North Pavilion Poetry Open Mic Karen Heaster Karen Heaster All Welcome Bring what you wrote in the poetry workshops or something you’ve written some other time, or just something you like and want to read. We’ll take turns listening and reading. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Teen Space Polyamory Introduction and Community Discussion Energy Work for Teens Gregory Haley All Welcome The return of the popular workshop series on polyamory led by Greg (Beast) Haley, Ph.D. This first of three workshops will be a community-building and welcoming workshop for those who are both new and curious about polyamory as well as those who are actively living the poly life. Following a brief introduction and intention-setting exercise, we will engage in a moderated group discussion about poly life in 2016. Rae Kroner Teens (13-17) This workshop is just for teens! We’ll be working on different energy techniques and games - how to find the energy, how to ground and center, cast circles, play with elemental energy - and more! If you find yourself trying to figure out what a book meant by “shield” or “grounding” - this is the workshop for you. Old hands and new, come for practice and learning. Invoking the Rhythm God Ba-Ku-Ba Marianne Riggiola All Welcome Participants will learn about the origins, history of Stregheria, and gods/goddesses as well as the simlarities/differences from Celtic Wicca. Priestess will draw the connection between the two. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------East Shire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Stage Stregheria Alex Wedmedyk All Welcome Bak-Ku-Ba - Invoking the god of rhythm “Bak-Ku-Ba, and seeing how he manifests in some West African Drum Rhythms. This is a hands on your djembe workshop. (don’t have a drum? See Alex for the use of a drum. All levels of students are welcome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Main Pavilion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burlesque Academy 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Sweat Lodge Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas Male Sweat Lodge Informational Meeting Rowan Clan Throughout history people have woven purification and other types of ritual into personal and community life. It has been a powerful part of the human experience. Our discussion will center primarily on the history, traditions, and present day uses of the Inipi Kaga Ceremony. We will also discuss guidelines for participation in the lodges this year. You MUST attend this class, AT LEAST 24 hours before the lodge, in order to participate in that lodge. Adult Only This is a 3-part workshop and burlesque development taught by Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas, of the Steel City Burlesque Academy and Kabarett Vulgare. A brief history of burlesque and the art of the strip tease complete with practical applications of the bump and grind for America’s modern Pagan divas will be provided! Attendees will learn the history of burlesque (what it is, where it was, what it has become today), glove removal, stocking peel, reveal, and how to develop a stage persona. Attending all workshops is recommended, however you can join in any day. Bring your own gloves, stockings, bras and panties. Pasties available for purchase. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Studio 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Studio Board Games, instruction available The Body Dynamic Bellavia Teen Friendly (13-17) These workshops are geared towards helping the artist find a new way of seeing the body and how to translate that into an expression 12 Alyssa Yeager Teen Friendly (13-17) A variety of strategy/euro-style board games will be available for participants to choose from. We will provide any needed instruction and extra players as needed to make each game work! Game selection may vary by day, but options will include quick, TUESDAY, JULY 19 KEY: light-strategy games such as “Stones of Fate” and “Flip City” and some more involved games such as “Elder Signs” and “Settlers of Catan” as well as co-op and versus styles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Pavilion Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina Lori Albright Teen Friendly (13-17), All Welcome Knowledge is POWER! This is open discussion about vaginal Health and Hygiene, Sexuality and Safety, Politics and Paternalism, and Resources. Open to all women. Women under 18 must have an adult female accompany them. This will be a very frank discussion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Meadow Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!) Zen Holmes All Welcome This yoga class is a combination of Kundalini and Core Strength Vinyasa yoga. This is a naked yoga class. Practicing yoga in the buff will increase your awareness and facilitate the awakening of the dormant, potential energy (Kundalini) that lies at the base of the spine. Practicing nude yoga will greatly deepen and intensify your experience of yoga. Wear comfortable clothing (or come skyclad), bring a yoga mat, towel and water. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Henna Tree Henna 101 Robin Jaeckel All Welcome Henna 101- Hands on henna! We cover Mixology, cone rolling, after care, rudimentary design and extra embellishments like gems and glitter. We will provide all the materials (henna, cones, embellishments) for attendees to try practicing with during the Kid’s Programming Teen Programming workshop. This workshop is for all skill levels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Stone Carving in Place James Metcalfe Adult Only The planning, set up, tools necessary to carve a large standing stone in place, preliminary design and working with an unfinished stone and the unique challenges that this presents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Stage Qi Gung, Intro to Qi Gang and Tai Chi Billy Woods All Welcome Intro to Qi gung and tai chi. basic fundamentals, 10 positures, and a set of warm up exercises. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Shire Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol Bill Lauff Adult Only How do you casHelping the “new” nudist and non-nudist learn about naturism with an emphasis on protocol and etiquette. Improve your understanding of the different reasons for naturism and the feelings naturists experience in a clothing optional environment. There will be lots of opportunity to for open discussion and questions. Seasoned nudists are also welcome to come share their stories. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Shire Intro to Native American Pipe Ceremony Seeker All Welcome Brushwood Radio Celebratng Community & Creativity 90.3fm • Festival Information & Updates • Campground Information • Weather * Interviews, Music, Fun & More 13 TUESDAY, JULY 19 KEY: Inspired by several Native Tribes, Seeker provides information and a powerful pipe ceremony to honor the mothers and fathers, the grandparents and the Elders of the Brushwood community. Teens and Elders encouraged to attend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Babylon Pole Mind, Body, and Pole Jasper Friend Adult Only Pole dance and fitness can seem extremely intimidating, but as we all know, Brushwood is a safe space. We’ll be focusing on beginner pole skills and simple spins. If you’ve ever even been just a little bit interested in pole this is the perfect place and time for you to come give it a whirl. Kid’s Program /Kid Friendly Teen Program/Teen Friendly misconceptions about what meditation is, how to do it, and what for. Come ready to Q&A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Roundhouse Field Fire Spinners Community Meeting Fuego and Zimra All Welcome A meet and greet for all fire spinners! Review safety protocol and venue rules, then plan for our organized show. This year we will be part of Saturday’s performance and bonfire lighting. Bring music you want to perform to. This is a MANDATORY meeting for everyone who wants to spin fire. You may be asked to meet again for ritual practice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Studio Nightly fire spinning circle will be open near the roundhouse for those meeting all safety requirements. Lillith ThreeFeathers Ancestor Walk The Bare Bones of Worshipping Lilith Adult Only Lilith is so complex astrology cannot limit her to one celestial body. In this workshop, we will work together to move past JudeoChristian mythology and societal limitations. Then we will leap from Archetype towards Goddess. Then we will discuss how to create sacred space for interactions with Her. Finally, what should you expect if She chooses you? Based on 20 years’ experience with Her, we will explore potential changes after successful contact with Her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Stage Acro Roots Christina Bingham All Welcome Acrobalance is a therapeutic practice that combines yoga, acrobatics, & strength training wherein one partner balances on the other. This practice requires careful communication & intentional connection with a partner. This is a beginner class that encourages students to push their boundaries as we get off the ground for the first time. Prepare to build confidence, strength, and mutual trust as both your body & mind become more flexible! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Meadow 5:1 Herbal Vaping Anthony Canelo All Welcome Learn the many benefits of vaporizing all natural organic herbal formulas and find how easy it can be to quit smoking cigarettes. While the E-cigarette industry is positioned to offer the public a “healthier” alternative, organic non toxic, non synthetic herbal vaporizer juices are the next evolution in smoking cessation and alternatives. Find out how this all new technology will help to revive age old herbalism! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Pavilion Meditation 101. Myths and Reality EliSheva All Welcome I have heard lots and lots of ideas about meditation, shamanic journeys, mindfulness OtherWorld travel and so have you. All cultures, pretty much, have forms of that. Many claim they have the only correct forms. In this workshop we will debunk some 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8:00 p.m. Ancestor Mound Kinder Clan Meet at the Ancestor Mound. We’ll light the elemental lanterns and hail our Brushwood Ancestors as well as our own family who have crossed the Veil – each night we’ll invite those who are interested to join us at the nightly ritual and walk the Spirits of our ancestors down to that evening’s Rite with ringing bells. Everyone in the community is welcome to join us but the children are invited to lead our way. 8:30 p.m. Roundhouse/Fire Shrine Fire Ritual The Fire Ritual will be based upon the mythology of the Nahua (Aztec) peoples, to tell the creation story of the Fifth Sun. The ritual will focus on the sacred nature of personal sacrifice, and the expulsion of ego to become our higher selves. You as a participant should consider what it is that you truly wish to achieve in your life, and what you may need to give of yourself to achieve that goal. The element of Fire gives us the passion and transformative potential to meet our challenges. 9:30 p.m. Main Pavilion Kabarett Vulgare Kabarett Vulgare’s Vulgarian Vixens will be offering an exciting show of empowering striptease in the art of traditional cabaret burlesque! Burlesque Academy Workshops are offered Tue, Thu and Sat. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 WATER KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 9:30 a.m. Granny Magick Divination............................................................ Sandy Caswell ........................Storytelling Pavilion 9:30 a.m. The Fall of the Goddess Civilizations............................................ Gavin & Yvonne Frost ..............East Shire 9:30 a.m. Right Brain Faith, Left Brain Life................................................... Claudia Messier ......................East Meadow 9:30 a.m. Shifting Habits & Long-Standing Issues/Energy Medicine............. Stacy Newman ........................North Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Cholesterol: Myths, Facts, Delusions............................................ Gregory Peechatt ....................Studio 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts....................................................... TJ & Cynthia Laffan..................Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Witchcraft in Early America After Salem....................................... Skip Clark ...............................East Meadow 11:30 a.m. Zendala - Zentangle in the Round ($8).................................. Karen Crittenden .....................Studio 11:30 a.m. Kids Puzzle Time................................................................... Diana Hiatt...............................Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Hearing........................................................................................ Diana Paxson ..........................Runestead 11:30 a.m. Who Is God?................................................................................ Gretchen Schork .....................North Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Sweat Information Class (Mixed).................................................. Rowan Clan ............................Sweat Lodge 1:30 p.m. Death Cafe.................................................................................. Raven Emslie, Tom Haffie ........Studio 1:30 p.m. Boundary of Self: Shielding & Personal Space.............................. Breighton & Kathleen Dawe ....East Meadow 1:30 p.m. Why Do We Believe?.............................................................. Jo Frost ...................................Kid Village 1:30 p.m. Make a Boobam!......................................................................... Liz Holland ..............................Storytelling Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Write Like a Viking (or Anglo-Saxon, or...)..................................... Ann Groa Sheffield...................Runestead 1:30 p.m. Witchcraft, PR, and Social Media.................................................. Peg Aloi ...................................North Pavilion 1:30 p.m Fire Safey.................................................................................... Christina Bingham ...................Roundhouse Field 3:30 p.m. Fire Spinner Community Meeting #2............................................ Fuego......................................Roundhouse Field 3:30 p.m. Introduction to the 7 African Powers............................................ Fredde Hollman........................Studio 3:30 p.m. Reiki and Healing roundtable and healing circle........................... Starlet Lebrun..........................East Meadow 3:30 p.m. Chakracize Revelution: Revel in Your Own Nature........................ Kiana Love ..............................East Shire 3:30 p.m. Basic Songs for Ritual and Fun.................................................... Firesong ..................................North Stage 3:30 p.m. Sweat Lodge (Male): Inipi Kaga Ceremony................................... Rowan Clan ............................Sweat Lodge 3:30 p.m. Why Shamanism?........................................................................ Kenn Day ................................North Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Olympic Style Competiton for Teens...................................... Seeker ....................................Teen Tent 5:30 p.m. Sex, Gods, and Virgins................................................................. Thista Minai ............................East Meadow 5:30 p.m. Fluid Arms 101............................................................................ Sadira Saraswati......................Storytelling Pavilion 5:30 p.m. Cordial Making............................................................................ Anomie Jo................................North Pavilion 5:30 p.m. DIY VR ($5).................................................................................. Tom Haffie ..............................Studio 8:00 p.m. Ancestor Walk.............................................................................. Kinder Clan..............................Ancestor Mound 8:30 p.m. Water Ritual....................................................................................................................Upper Pond/Water Shrine 9:30 p.m. Billy Woods: Peace is Possible .....................................................................................................Main Pavilion Frenchy and the Punk..................................................................................................................Main Pavilion 15 WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming It’s a Lovely Day in the Neighborhood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Storytelling Pavilion Granny Magick Divination Sandy Caswell All Welcome When the self-sufficient, pragmatic people from the mountains of Scotland, Ireland and Wales began immigrating to America in the 1700’s, their healers, prophets and spiritual intermediaries were called Wise Women, Granny Women and Granny Witches. With dice and playing cards, Grannies divined the future and the hidden truth of personal and clan matters. In this class, students will be provided with a simple, effective understanding of how to do the same. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Shire The Fall of the Goddess Civilizations Gavin & Yvonne Frost All Welcome Before Christianity, Islam, and Judaism or any other religion based in Abraham there was a natural Goddess-worshiping religion. This is where we find the roots of Wicca. We will look at some goddess stories such as Inanna and Tiamet to show how everything changed when the Abrahamic religions took over. We will look at Zoroastrianism, the dualistic fire-god religion that formed the basis of Christianity, and at its development of the idea of a good (male) god and a negative devil. We will go on to look at Hinduism, which retains its goddess aspects to this day, and then to the Tao. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Meadow Right Brain Faith, Left Brain Life Claudia Messier All Welcome Do you live and work in a left brain world, where rigid rules and hard data occupy half of your waking existence, and you feel you don’t have nearly enough left for creative, intuitive activities that ease and feed your right brain, not to mention your soul? We will explore ways to feed your inner self, relax more readily, and to make your spiritual connection feel closer than ever. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Pavilion Shifting Habits and Long-Standing Issues with Energy Medicine Stacy Newman All Welcome Do you want to release a belief or behavior? Do you have a phobia that interferes with your life? Do you want to live a healthier lifestyle? Energy Medicine techniques including Chakra Clearing, EFT (aka Tapping), and other tools will be shared. This 16 is not talk therapy, and you do not have to tell your story. These are powerful tools you can use in your everyday life for physical and emotional change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Studio Cholesterol: Myths, Facts, Delusions Gregory Peechatt All Welcome This will be a workshop for any one who is already on or considering to start taking Statin drugs to ‘avoid’ Heart Attack or Stroke. There are lot of myths and deceptions about this. Learn the real facts surrounding this so called ‘life-saving’ Medicine. Listen to the factual story of a Heart-Attack Survivor who is the presenter of this workshop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts Kid Village TJ & Cynthia Laffan Children with Parent Kids, bring your parental units and hear some great morning stories before craft time. Parents, it’s a great way to ease into the day while you enjoy some time with your child. We’ll color while we listen and create a fabulous mural! Then: Glue! Paper! Scissors and feathers and wood and paint and glitter, glitter, glitter... these are what childhood memories are made of! Every morning more crafty fun for children and their parental units alike. Donations gratefully accepted. Parents must stay with their children – there are no babysitting services at Kid Village and children cannot be left alone there even during workshops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Meadow Witchcraft in Early America After Salem Skip Clark All Welcome We all know about the events of Salem in 1692 that left numerous people dead, in jail and, finally, exonerated. There were, however, many more people tried for witchcraft after Salem than before or during that infamous episode. Come and learn a little about the next chapters in this tragic part of American history. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Studio Zendala - Zentangle in the Round Karen Crittenden Teen Friendly (13-17) In this workshop we will work on Zentangle in the round. We will use specially made round tiles to work on creating a blended art form of Zentangle and mandala which creates beautiful Zendalas! NOTE: The Basic Zentangle Class is required before taking this class.... $8 material fee WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Kid Village Kids Puzzle Time Diana Hiatt Kid Friendly (0-12) Come and meet other kids and work on solving space, city, and nature themed jigsaw puzzles together. Puzzles provided range from 100 piece to 550 piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Runestead Hearing Diana Paxson The Second Aett (Hagalaz through Sowilo), galdor, healing runes. This is part of a weeklong Runic Intensive providing an introduction to the Elder Futhark and the ways in which the runes can be used for magic, divination, and healing. During the course of the week students will make rune sets or a rune wand. Attending all 5 sessions is recommended but not required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Pavilion Who Is God? Gretchen Schork All Welcome Enrich and expand your relationship to Deity by a compare/ contrast process that introduces many beliefs and explores some of the possibilities for knowing your gods. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Rowan Camp Mixed Sweat Lodge Informational Meeting Rowan Clan Throughout history people have woven purification and other types of ritual into personal and community life. It has been a powerful part of the human experience. Our discussion will center primarily on the history, traditions, and present day uses of the Inipi Kaga Ceremony. We will also discuss guidelines for participation in the lodges this year. You must attend this class in order to participate in a lodge. KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Studio Death Cafe Tom Haffie and Raven Emslie Adult Only First held in France in 2004, Death Cafes are a social franchise committed to challenging our taboos against talking about death and dying. Not grief groups, Cafes are a group-oriented discussion with no specific agenda or biases; a space for people to share ideas, feelings, experiences, questions and concerns over tea and cakes. The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Meadow Boundary of Self: Shielding & Personal Space Breighton & Kathleen Dawe All Welcome The modern man’s “Defense Against the Dark Arts!” What is the “Boundary of Self?” How can we use this concept to protect the mind, body, and spirit. Learn how to detect, deflect, and diffuse negative energies directed at oneself. We will discuss and practice several methods of shielding modalities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Kid Village Why Do We Believe? Jo Frost Kid Friendly (0-12) This is a chat time with the children about what predicates our beliefs and why we believe what we do. This is an open-ended discussion without a strong leaning towards any one belief. Where does religion come from? Why do we care? Why are we here (on this planet and at Brushwood)? Parents are welcome, as I was raised to believe that I should choose my path as I reached adulthood, I think parents can offer valuable insight for children about their personal path. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Make a Boobam! Liz Holland Adult Only What’s a boobam? Broadly, it can be considered any tuned drum with a membrane stretched across it. We’ll construct a modern tunable version which can be played indoors or outdoors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Runestead Write Like a Viking (or Anglo-Saxon, or...) The Sankofa Cafe!! Open 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. Dinner Specials! Snacks also available at the Brushwood Store Ann Groa Sheffield All Welcome When most of us think of “the” runes, we mean the 24 characters of the Elder Futhark. Yet, inscriptions from the Viking Age use the 16-rune “Younger Futhark,” while the Anglo-Saxons added new characters to create a new set of “Futhork” runes. Learn how to write in each of these traditions and how to create “cryptorunes,” the runic cipher of the Viking Age. Bring paper & pencil and (optional) carving tool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. North Pavilion Witchcraft, PR, and Social Media Peg Aloi Social media allows instantaneous communication, news sharing and networking. What does it mean for the modern witchcraft 17 WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 movement to be engaged with social media? Is it good that witches can share and respond to news stories of interest to our community? Or does the rapid-fire nature of social media, not to mention its tendency to be shallow and inaccurate, lead to confusion and poor public relations for our spiritual movement? How can we improve things? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 p.m Roundhouse Field Fire Spinning Safey Christina Bingham All Welcome Keep your community or festival safe when you host fire spinning at your event. This class covers fire safety protocol as endorsed by the National Fire Artists Association. We teach everything from proper safety techniques, costuming, how to communicate with the authorities, and the importance of sobriety. We are very happy to watch over the fire circle as well so you know that your patrons are in good hands! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:00 p.m. Rowan Camp Male Sweat Lodge The Inipi is a sacred ritual, often referred to as the Sweat Lodge or Stone Lodge. The traditional Inipi Kaga Ceremony comes from the Sioux Nation. You MUST attend the Sweat Lodge Information Class that is offered 24 hours before the Lodge that you wish to attend. This class includes information about the traditional lodges that are offered and instructions for preparation. Prior to attending a lodge one must be free of alcohol or drugs for at least 24 hours and have a covering for the body (shorts, sarong, etc). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Roundhouse Field Fire Spinner Community Meeting #2 Saturday Fire Lighting Preparations Fuego and Zimra All Welcome Preparation and planning for Saturday’s fire lighting. Grouping, props, and choreography will be discussed. This is MANDATORY if you would like to spin at Saturday night’s fire lighting. If you absolutely can not make this meeting due to a schedule conflict, you MUST speak with Fuego BEFORE this meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Studio Introduction to the Seven African Powers Fredde Hollman Adult Only A brief explanation of the African Diaspora, and how the Orisha came to the Americas, how many of their names and attributes please use Sunscreen. Because... ns!! r !!! u s B n t r I Bu It 18 (available at the Brushwood store) KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming Brushwood Radio Celebratng Community & Creativity 90.3fm changed when they reached the shores of the Americas. The practice of Voodoo in Haiti / New Orleans, Santeria Cuba/Miami, Obeah Bahamas and other former British colonies. These are just a few of many. We will discuss their names, numbers, colors, attributes and their meanings. We will also tell stories about them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Meadow Reiki and Healing Roundtable and Healing Circle Starlet Lebrun All Welcome This workshop will be an open discussion on the use of and practice of Reiki and other healing modalities. We will discuss the use of boxes, bears and poppets and symbols in the healing process. This is open to all healing modalities and we will be ending the session with a healing circle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Shire Charkracize Revolution: Revel in Your Own Nature Kiana Love All Welcome Embark on a sensory journey through the chakras to awaken ground, relax and delight your body with a unique blend of dance, meditation, breath, toning, yoga and more. Sink into your sacred ground, deepen your roots, reach up to the heavens and feel free to fly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Stage Basic Songs for Ritual and Fun Firesong All Welcome An experiential workshop learning some easy songs with practical purposes for use in ritual or just fun to sing. Includes the “you know one, you know them all” chants. Songs included are those on calling the directions, casting circles, seasonal chants, and Spirit chants. No experience necessary. Lyric sheets provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Pavilion Why Shamanism? Kenn Day Most of the people who attend workshops and trainings in shamanism have no calling to become shamans. What is it that they get out of the work? Why would someone who does not feel the call want to explore these practices? Perhaps you feel drawn or interested, but don’t understand why. This workshop will address how you can benefit from learning more about the work of the shaman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Teen Tent Olympic Style Games for Teens Seeker Teens (13-17) First held in 776 BCE, the Olympic Games were EPIC! Teens are invited to challenge themselves and compete in activities such as shot-put, discus and javelin throwing, long jumps and relay races. Prizes will be awarded by the Greek Hero, Perseus. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Meadow Sex, Gods, and Virgins: Ancient Greek Virginity and You Thista Minai All Welcome What does it mean to be a virgin? And for that matter, how did virginity become so important to modern western spirituality and society? In this workshop we’ll trace modern virginity back to its ancient Greek roots, and discover how old beliefs continue to impact modern realities. By untangling ancient baggage, we’ll empower ourselves with a better understanding of how we can redefine “virginity” for a modern world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Fluid Arms 101 Sadira Saraswati All Welcome Middle eastern dance has fluid snakey boneless looking arm movements. This class will teach you how to make your body replicate it. If you are dancing round the fire and want to look more fluid and graceful this is the way to do it. These movements also make you look extra smooth out dancing in the clubs. All levels of dancer or non welcome... some of the movements are super easy and some are very advanced. Each movement will be broken down to its component parts and I will work with you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Pavilion Cordial Making Anomie Jo Adult Only 21+ Making your own cordials can be easy and fun! These delicious libations have been made by monks and alchemists and those searching for the cure to all man’s ills! Fruit, herbs, spices and/ or cream plus some bottled store bought alcohol to extract the flavors, add some sweetener and you have created something wornderful! Over 21 only as we will taste some that is already made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30- 7:00 p.m. Studio DIY VR Tom Haffie Take your festival reality into the virtual world. Construct your own virtual reality headset, download a VR app, slip in your smartphone and... stroll the streets of Paris or play alongside Star Wars characters without leaving camp. Participants must bring their own iOS or android smartphone capable of downloading free apps. Maximum of 10 participants. $5 material fee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8:00 p.m. Ancestor Mound Ancestor Walk Kinder Clan Meet at the Ancestor Mound. We’ll light the elemental lanterns and hail our Brushwood Ancestors as well as our own family who have crossed the Veil – each night we’ll invite those who are interested to join us at the nightly ritual and walk the Spirits of our ancestors down to that evening’s Rite with ringing bells. Everyone in the community is welcome to join us but the children are invited to lead our way. KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 8:30 p.m. Upper Pond/Water Shrine Water Ritual Why is it so hard to learn to “Go With the Flow” in our lives? Flexibility in what is needed in this Year of Change... this year, Yemaya, in several of her asspects, will help us embrace change, making us more in tune wth the universe. Preparatory work by partcipants should include thinking about how “going with the flow” in their own lives will ease their path... ASHE!!! 9:30 p.m. Main Pavilion Billy Woods’ Peace is Possible As Wandering Abbot of Spirit Gate temple (Shen-men Gaun) Billy is on tour this summer spreading the word that “the time of greed is over,” and that our children will need clean air, clean water and clean food to leave a world where peace is possible. Frenchy and the Punk Imagine Siouxsie Sioux and Dee Dee Ramone had a duo that was inspired by Django Reinhardt, Edith Piaf, Toulouse Lautrec and Deepak Chopra, this is what it might sound like. One part Dresden Dolls, Sonny and Cher and one part White Stripes. A pixie spirited flexitarian band of tree hugging. 19 THURSDAY, JULY 21 EARTH KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 9:30 a.m. A Natural Way to Draw to Music........................................ Jamie Kubala ........................................... Studio 9:30 a.m. Crystals 102 (part I)........................................................... Gene Corn ................................................ Wolf Treasurers Booth 9:30 a.m. Fairie Wreaths & Goddess Headresses............................... Tigerlilly.................................................... Storytelling Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Making Your Own Tarot Deck............................................. Lauren O’Leary......................................... North Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Whack and Roll................................................................. Maia Potter Maia Alexandra....................... North Stage 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts............................................ TJ & Cynthia Laffan................................... Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Sweat Information Class (Female)...................................... Rowan Clan ............................................. Sweat Lodge 11:30 a.m. The Occult and Television: From 1968 to the Present......... Peg Aloi .................................................... North Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Interacting......................................................................... Diana Paxson ........................................... Runestead 11:30 a.m. Awakening the Flow of Qi ........................................... Carol Lee Callen ....................................... East Shire 11:30 a.m. Blackfoot Lodge Tales........................................................ William Cochrane...................................... East Meadow 11:30 a.m. Fantastic Foods of Love ($5)............................................. Lilith Dorsey ............................................. Studio 11:30 a.m. Polyamory As Sexual Identity............................................. Gregory Haley........................................... Storytelling Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Going Deeper into Rhythm................................................. Alex Wedmedyk ....................................... North Stage 1:30 p.m. The Role of the Soul in Family Constellation Work.............. Kenn Day ................................................. Storytelling Pavilion 1:30 p.m. The Body Dynamic #2....................................................... Bellavia..................................................... Studio 1:30 p.m. Thai and Fly!..................................................................... Ben Haffie................................................. East Meadow 1:30 p.m. Writing Poetry: Pantouns.................................................... Karen Heaster........................................... North Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Intro to Energy for Adults................................................... Rae Kroner ............................................... Runestead 1:30 p.m. Stregheria (part II)............................................................. Marianne Riggiola..................................... East Shire 1:30 p.m. Burlesque Academy........................................................... Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas .............. Main Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Manifestation Mandalas: Coloring with Intent..................... Donata Ahern ........................................... North Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Sweat Lodge (Mixed): Inipi Kaga Ceremony....................... Rowan Clan ............................................. Sweat Lodge 3:30 p.m. Board Games, instruction available............................. Alyssa Yeager ........................................... Studio 3:30 p.m. Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!)......................................... Zen Holmes .............................................. East Meadow 3:30 p.m. Henna off the Body............................................................ Robin Jaeckel........................................... Henna Tree 3:30 p.m. One Minute Practice.......................................................... Jasper Friend ........................................... East Shire 3:30 p.m. Stones and Carving Intermediate (the Tools)...................... James Metcalfe........................................ Storytelling Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Qi Gung Shen Gung........................................................... Billy Woods .............................................. North Stage 5:30 p.m. Bowie and the Occult........................................................ Jason Winslade ........................................ East Shire 5:30 p.m. Body Mandalas.................................................................. Christina Bingham..................................... North Stage 5:30 p.m. The Nature Pyramid Philosophy......................................... Anthony Canelo ........................................ East Meadow 5:30 p.m. Seeing for the Tribes.......................................................... EliSheva .................................................. North Pavilion 8:00 p.m. Ancestor Walk................................................................... Kinder Clan............................................... Ancestor Mound 8:30 p.m. Earth Ritual .............................................................................................................North Pavilion/ Sacred Circle 9:30 p.m. The Spirit Mass................................................................. Lillith ThreeFeathers & Joy Wedmedyk...... Studio 9:30 p.m. Dixon’s Violin...................................................................................................................................... Main Pavilion 10:30 p.m. Boom Boom Shake............................................................................................................................. Main Pavilion 20 THURSDAY, JULY 21 KEY: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Studio A Natural Way to Draw To Music Jamie Kubala All Welcome Inspired by forms found in nature, this workshop will guide participants through the art basics of line, shape, form, rhythm and the sensation of color. Discover how drawing to music can quiet the mind, delight the eye, and bring us closer to the earth and to ourselves. All materials supplied, all levels welcome, donations accepted. Kid’s Programming Teen Programming morning more crafty fun for children and their parental units alike. Donations gratefully accepted. Parents must stay with their children – there are no babysitting services at Kid Village and children cannot be left alone there even during workshops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Pavilion The Occult and Television: From 1968 to the Present Gene Corn All Welcome Sacred space • Programming crystals • Intension • Grids and what they do • The earths grid and what it is Peg Aloi Adult Only The modern occult revival saw a large amount of television programming (especially made for TV movies) dedicated to occult themes in the 1960s and ‘70s. Then there was a dearth of such topics on TV in the 1980s, with a rebirth of them in the 1990s with THE X-FILES, MILLENNIUM, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Today, the occult is all over television. Why? This workshop will explore the cultural context of these TV trends. Fairie Wreaths & Goddess Headresses Interacting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Wolf Treasurers Booth Crystals 102 (part I) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Storytelling Pavilion Tigerlilly All Welcome Using silk and dried flowers, feathers and sparkly things, we will create beautiful head pieces to wear during Sirius. come and add to your Pagan wardrobe with your own unique wearable art creation.Personal items such as a special feather, bone, or small jewelry item can be added in to make it even more special. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Pavilion Making Your Own Tarot Deck Lauren O’Leary Adult Only ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Runestead Diana Paxson The Third Aett (Tiwaz through Othala), journeying, runic yoga. This is part of a weeklong Runic Intensive providing an introduction to the Elder Futhark and the ways in which the runes can be used for magic, divination, and healing. During the course of the week students will make rune sets or a rune wand. Attending all 5 sessions is recommended but not required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Shire Awakening the Flow of Qi Don’t do what I did, and other adventures in making your own deck. Wondering if you have what it takes to get it done? Wondering how to take the first step? This informative workshop is an open discussion led by published tarot artist and author, Lauren Onca O’Leary. Onca has both self-published and been printed by Llewellyn, and can guide you along the perilous way to achieving your goal of creating a deck to be shared. Carol Lee Callen Teen Friendly (13-17) Combining pranayama (yogic art of breath), qi-gong and transformational breathwork, these sessions will leave you relaxed and rejuvenated. Participants will be offered simple techniques that they can take home to transform stress into motivation and tiredness into calm alertness, as blocked energy begins to flow. More advanced students will be able to experience a profound internal state easily. Whack and Roll Blackfoot Lodge Tales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Stage Maia Potter Maia Alexandra All Welcome Saucy. Skilled. Playful! Danced to a rousing beat, the Egyptian folkloric cane dance is energetic, fun, and just slightly cheeky. Join us for a short session of shimmytastic, floor-thwacking fun; learn how to handle one of bellydancing’s most attitude-filled props! (canes will be available for borrowing) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts TJ & Cynthia Laffan Kid Village Children with Parent Kids, bring your parental units and hear some great morning stories before craft time. Parents, it’s a great way to ease into the day while you enjoy some time with your child. We’ll color while we listen and create a fabulous mural! Then: Glue! Paper! Scissors and feathers and wood and paint and glitter, glitter, glitter... these are what childhood memories are made of! Every -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Meadow William Cochrane All Welcome Join William Cochrane as he shares the Piegan “Blackfeet” folktales from his youth, and discover how these indigenous stories can guide us in the modern day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Studio Fantastic Foods of Love Lilith Dorsey All Welcome Magickal recipes for love have been utilized throughout the ages in every different spiritual tradition. What are the magickal benefits to adding cinnamon or vanilla to a recipe? This workshop explores the lore and practice of creating foods of love.Bring your appetite. $5 material fee 21 THURSDAY, JULY 21 Visit the Vendors! Find the special item you wish you’d never been without -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Polyamory As Sexual Identity KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Meadow Thai and Fly! Ben Haffie All Welcome For the past decade or so, scholars from all over the world have greatly enriched our understanding of the “Burning Times” and the eras before and after. See what’s been done recently to add to our growing understanding of witchcraft, shamanism, and magic. Gregory Haley All Welcome This second of three workshops will examine sexual identity and cultural identity development. Following a brief presentation about identity construction theory and research, the workshop will spend the bulk of the hour in a group discussion sharing our polyamory identity experiences and discoveries to help build community and awareness of the beautiful complexity of polyamory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. North Pavilion Going Deeper into Rhythm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Runestead --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Stage Alex Wedmedyk All Welcome Going Deeper into Rhythm - We will explore variations in rhythm. Learn simple techniques that will expand your drum jammin’. We will add layers and begin to solo over the top of these rhythms. When layers are added, this is were your drumming everything gets real interesting! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Rowan Camp Female Sweat Lodge Informational Meeting Rowan Clan Throughout history people have woven purification and other types of ritual into personal and community life. It has been a powerful part of the human experience. Our discussion will center primarily on the history, traditions, and present day uses of the Inipi Kaga Ceremony. We will also discuss guidelines for participation in the lodges this year. You must attend this class, AT LEAST 24 hours before the lodge, in order to participate in that lodge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion The Role of the Soul in Family Constellation Work Kenn Day All Welcome This is an opportunity to experience the impact of Constellation Work, a powerful tool for clearing blocks in the family or ancestral soul. Kenn refers to Constellation Work as Group Shamanism. Family Constellation work is a form of transformative group process that was pioneered by Bert Hellinger in Germany over the past few decades. Kenn received his training from Heinz Stark, Hellinger’s protege. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Studio The Body Dynamic #2 Bellavia All Welcome These workshops are geared towards helping the artist find a new way of seeing the body and how to translate that into an expression of drawing. You will be drawing from a live model in this class and you do not need to have had past drawing experience. The #2 class will be best if you have attended the first one, we will draw on what was learned the first class. 22 Writing Poetry: Pantouns Karen Heaster Adult Only Pantoun is a style of poetry brought to the west from Malaysia by Victor Hugo. It has a specific structure that intensifies what is being said by repetition. You may choose to write rhymed or unrhymed poems in this style. Come to explore the style and share. Intro to Energy for Adults Rae Kroner Adult Only We’ll be working on different energy techniques and games - how to find the energy, how to ground and center, cast circles, play with elemental energy - and more! If you find yourself trying to figure out what a book meant by “shield” or “grounding” - this is the workshop for you. Old hands and new, come for practice and learning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Shire Stregheria (part II) Marianne Riggiola All Welcome Participants will learn the special tools, rituals, sabbats, spells, stories (Aradia) and how they differ from Wicca and the use of the “sacceteddu”, or “little purse”. Priestess will also discuss the secret nature of Stregheria, especially how it dffers from “American Stregheria”. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Main Pavilion Burlesque Academy Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas Adult Only This is a 3-part workshop and burlesque development taught by Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas, of the Steel City Burlesque Academy and Kabarett Vulgare. A brief history of burlesque and the art of the strip tease complete with practical applications of the bump and grind for America’s modern Pagan divas will be provided! Attendees will learn the history of burlesque (what it is, where it was, what it has become today), glove removal, stocking peel, reveal, and how to develop a stage persona. Attending all workshops is recommended, however you can join in any day. Bring your own gloves, stockings, bras and panties. Pasties available for purhase. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:00 p.m. Rowan Camp Mixed Sweat Lodge The Inipi is a sacred ritual, often referred to as the Sweat Lodge. The traditional Inipi Kaga Ceremony comes from the Sioux Nation. You MUST attend the Sweat Lodge Information Class 24 hours before the Lodge that you wish to attend. Prior to attending a THURSDAY, JULY 21 lodge one must be free of alcohol or drugs for at least 24 hours and have a covering for the body (shorts, sarong, etc). KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Stage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qi Gung Shen Gung 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Pavilion Billy Woods Manifestation Mandalas: Coloring with Intent Donata Ahern All Welcome Coloring relieves stress, but discover another outcome! Mandalas can help manifest goals through creative visualization, which directs the energy of the mind to attain goals. Colors have traditional associations which increase the power of the mandalas. The actions of choosing the appropriate mandala, the correct colors, and physically coloring the mandala is a powerful meditative process which focuses the powers of the mind to bring about the desired outcome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Studio Board Games, instruction available Alyssa Yeager Teen Friendly (13-17) A variety of strategy/euro-style board games will be available for participants to choose from. We will provide any needed instruction and extra players as needed to make each game work! Game selection may vary by day, but options will include quick, light-strategy games such as “Stones of Fate” and “Flip City” and some more involved games such as “Elder Signs” and “Settlers of Catan” as well as co-op and versus styles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Meadow Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!) Zen Holmes All Welcome This yoga class is a combination of Kundalini and Core Strength Vinyasa yoga. This is a naked yoga class. Practicing yoga in the buff will increase your awareness and facilitate the awakening of the dormant, potential energy (Kundalini) that lies at the base of the spine. Practicing nude yoga will greatly deepen and intensify your experience of yoga. Wear comfortable clothing (or come skyclad), bring a yoga mat, towel and water. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Henna Tree Henna off the Body Robin Jaeckel All Welcome Henna off the Body- In this workshop we will discuss using henna on other objects. Examples will focus on henna on drum heads, bones, fabric and wood. All attendees will be able to work on a swatch of cloth to create their own designs. All Welcome 10 exercises 5 standing 5 seated. A medical set to energize to boys internal organs. A pillow to sit on is useful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:30 p.m. East Shire One Minute Practice Jasper Friend Adult Only Our fast passed lives of 2016 bring a lot of stress and tension. It’s common for that stress to transfer to back and shoulder pain, knots, tight ribs, and even hip/pelvic. The one minute practice is a widely spreading technique in which we we practice a specific style of breathing pinpointing the problem areas and releasing tension. Though learning OMP takes longer than one minute, once mastered it becomes the one minute practice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Shire Bowie and the Occult Jason Winslade All Welcome As the Thin White Duke has recently passed beyond the veil, and given the esoteric nature of Blackstar, his final musical work, more attention has been paid recently to the role of the Occult in David Bowie’s oeuvre, particularly some of his mid 70s material. We will discuss the crossover of occultism and popular music in that period and beyond, exploring the musical art as magick. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Stage Body Mandalas Christina Bingham All Welcome Within each of our bodies lie the sacred proportions that makes up the entire universe. The geometry within our form is more easily recognized when dancing with each other. Standing in a circle, mirroring one another, this workshops unveils that we are all puzzle pieces that fit perfectly with one another. We will be using dance, yoga and acro to create beautiful fractals as a community. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Meadow The Nature Pyramid Philosophy Anthony Canelo All Welcome Canelo is an inventor, master herbalist, and author of 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony books on topics ranging from folk remedies, preparedness, sleep 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion improvement, longevity, addiction, personal development, and Introduction to Stones and Stone Carving & Stones and Carving Intermediate (the Tools) James Metcalfe All Welcome Focusing on identification, obtaining, and preparing stones. Covering the basic tools involved in all the stages of the process and the safe way to use them There will be a major focus on safety. An introduction to the safe use of different types of tools. Included will be diamond blades and bits, diamond lap, tumblers, grinders and diamond saws. most notably, “The Nature Pyramid Philosophy”. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Pavilion Seeing for the Tribes EliSheva All Welcome This a ritual. We have reconstructed the Ancient Hebrew Tribal public lot casting (divination) ritual. After a brief intro, the ritual will start and Elisheva will be answering your questions. Please come on time; coming late disrupts the energy of the ritual. Come with your question if you have them. This ritual is open to all; minors must have their guardian adult with them. 23 THURSDAY, JULY 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Stage Four Easy Steps to Drumming Bliss Alex Wedmedyk All Welcome Going to the One - Learn the fundamentals of hand drumming as well as exercises to improve your drumming in four easy steps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Roundhouse Field Fire Spinners Community Meeting Fuego and Zimra All Welcome A meet and greet for all fire spinners! Review safety protocol and venue rules, then plan for our organized show. This year we will be part of Saturday’s performance and bonfire lighting. Bring music you want to perform to. This is a mandatory meeting for everyone who wants to spin fire. You may be asked to meet again for ritual practice. Nightly fire spinning circle will open near the roundhouse for those meeting all safety requirements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8:00 p.m. Ancestor Mound Ancestor Walk Kinder Clan Meet at the Ancestor Mound. We’ll light the elemental lanterns and hail our Brushwood Ancestors as well as our own family who have crossed the Veil – each night we’ll invite those who are interested to join us at the nightly ritual and walk the Spirits of our ancestors down to that evening’s Rite with ringing bells. Everyone in the community is welcome to join us but the children are invited to lead our way. 8:30 p.m. North Pavilion/ Sacred Circle Earth Ritual The Ritual will use Norse Mythology to tell a story of the sacrifice of Tyr. The ritual will focus on the the courage to give up what we “think” we are - to become more. You as participant should think about what it means to sacrifice your own idea of yourself for good of the community, during the ritual. The element of earth gives us the solid grounding to help us meet our challenges. KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 p.m. Studio The Spirit Mass ( 3 - 4 hrs) Lillith ThreeFeathers & Joy Wedmedyk Adult Only 21 + The Spirit Mass is a syncretized ritual from Santeria lasting 3-4 hours. Presented with Joy Wedmedyk. Participants will pray for and receive messages from ancestors, nature spirits, and spirit guides. Participants must be 21. Wear white or light clothing and head covering. No capes. Bring a snack to share. Suggested donation: $1-$5. Pre-register at Earth Rhythm booth. 9:30 p.m. Main Pavilion Dixon’s Violin We are a product of seven generations of our past and responsible for seven generations of our future. Dixon now improvises on a 5-string electric violin with a looper to create an all-live oneman symphony. His life mission is to inspire people - and he has done so across North America, including giving three TED talks/performances, ten years at Burning Man, plus radio, TV, and film appearances. Boom Boom Shake Blending traditional Middle Eastern music and dance with a modern vibe, Boom Boom Shake (BBS) brings you a show that is extremely vivid and engaging. Enjoy every moment, as these bold characters take your spirit and imagination on an incredible journey with their awe inspiring rhythms and extremely entertaining performance! Elizabeth Chikeles, Shane Chikeles, Zeb Kandros, Devin Daversa 24 FRIDAY, JULY 17 SPIRIT KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 9:30 a.m. Granny’s Book of Shadows......................................................Sandy Caswell ................................. Storytelling Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Wicca 701...............................................................................Gavin & Yvonne Frost ....................... East Shire 9:30 a.m. And Now For Something New And Different.............................Claudia Messier ............................... East Meadow 9:30 a.m. Energy Medicine and Your Brain..............................................Stacy Newman ................................ North Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Laser Therapy for Pain Relief...................................................Gregory Peechatt ............................. Studio 9:30 a.m. Yoga as a Moving Meditation...................................................Raven Emslie................................... North Stage 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts..................................................TJ & Cynthia Laffan.......................... Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina....................Lori Albright ..................................... East Shire 11:30 a.m. The Witch in European and Western Imagination.....................Skip Clark ....................................... East Meadow 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Learning How to Color With Your Colored Pencils..............Karen Crittenden ............................. Studio Board Game Hour.............................................................Diana Hiatt....................................... Kid Village 11:30 a.m. Application..............................................................................Diana Paxson .................................. Runestead 11:30 a.m. A Teacher/Student Ritual.........................................................Gretchen Schork ............................. North Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Understanding Karma From a Shamanic Perspective...............Kenn Day ........................................ Main Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol.........................................Bill Lauff........................................... North Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Board Games, instruction available.........................................Alyssa Yeager .................................. Teen Space 1:30 p.m. Spiritual Evolution through the Ancestors................................Joy Wedmedyk ................................ East Shire 1:30 p.m. A New Emerging History of Earth.............................................Breighton & Kathleen Dawe ............. East Meadow 1:30 p.m. Why Colors?.....................................................................Jo Frost ........................................... Kid Village 1:30 p.m. Women’s Frame Drum Circle...................................................Liz Holland ...................................... Storytelling Pailion 1:30 p.m. Frey, God of the World.............................................................Ann Groa Sheffield........................... Runestead 1:30 p.m. The Writer Within.....................................................................Jamie Kubala .................................. Studio 1:30 p.m Fire Safety..............................................................................Christina Bingham ........................... Roundhouse Field 3:30 p.m. The Pendulum as a Magical Tool.............................................Donata Ahern .................................. North Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Sweat Lodge (Female): Inipi Kaga Ceremony...........................Rowan Clan ..................................... Sweat Lodge 3:30 p.m. Fire Spinner Community Meeting #3 ......................................Fuego............................................... Roundhouse Field 3:30 p.m. Introduction to the Apocryphal Books of the Bible....................Fredde Hollman................................ Studio 3:30 p.m. Pre-Scription for Your Life.......................................................Starlet Lebrun ................................. East Meadow 3:30 p.m. Heal the Blood: Blessing the Womb of the World.....................Kiana Love ...................................... East Shire 3:30 p.m. Sing It Out!: Advanced Chanting for Ritual and Fun..................Firesong........................................... North Stage 5:30 p.m. Interrupting the Hero’s Journey...............................................Jason Winslade ............................... East Shire 5:30 p.m. Pagan Pedagogy.....................................................................Thista Minai .................................... East Meadow 5:30 p.m. Tribal Fusion Intensive, Part 1,2,3............................................Sadira Saraswati.............................. Storytelling Pavilion 5:30 p.m. Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches.......................................Anomie Jo........................................ North Pavilion 8:00 p.m. Ancestor Walk.........................................................................Kinder Clan...................................... Ancestor Mound 8:30 p.m. Spirit Ritual ....................................................................................................................... Labyrinth/ Spirit Shrine 9:30 p.m. Brian Henke ................................................................................................................................... Main Pavilion The BuddhaHood............................................................................................................................ Main Pavilion 25 FRIDAY, JULY 17 KEY: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Storytelling Pailion Granny’s Book of Shadows Sandy Caswell All Welcome Television and movies are filled with ancient looking tombs containing lotions, potions, charms and spells. You KNOW you want one! But where do you get such a thing? Can you buy it? Make it? What information should you include? Sandy will explain everything you need to know from the Old World Granny Magick perspective. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Shire Psychic Development 1 Katie Gajdacs All Welcome Katie will explain Psychic Phenomena; working with the white light – protection and why it is needed; different ways of divination; Neuro- Linguistic Programming and its importance; communicating with spirit guides; practical exercises to increase intuition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Shire Wicca 701 Gavin & Yvonne Frost All Welcome Gavin and Yvonne will use the pentagram as a memory aid to take you further along the road to a free spirituality. Find a path that appeals to you and satisfies your own intellect. If we can all agree on some basic ideas, how about forming a church association which could then speak for more than half a dozen people, and thus gain more recognition? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. East Meadow And Now For Something New And Different Claudia Messier All Welcome Have you browsed the merchants and seen wonderful things that made you say “I could do that,” but you never seem to get to it? Have you looked at ads for craft supplies and workshops and felt like it was just beyond you? This workshop helps you figure out what’s really holding you back, not only creatively, but in your spiritual progress as well. Join us and break down those barriers! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Pavilion Energy Medicine and Your Brain Stacy Newman All Welcome How is your brain health? Do you want to improve memory and focus, reduce stress and anxiety, maintain strong brain function even as you age? Learn self-care Energy Medicine techniques to help you improve and maintain your brain function. Discover how lifestyle choices and gut health impact your brain. Work with your Vagus Nerve to improve stress response and help fight inflammatory diseases. Visit the Vendors! Find the special item you wish you’d never been without 26 Kid’s Programming Teen Programming Hoopy Froods always know where their towel’s at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Studio Laser Therapy for Pain Relief Gregory Peechatt All Welcome Application of Cold Laser for relieving pain in the affected areas of the body is one of the latest, FDA cleared, non-invasive, nonsurgical, steroid and pain killer-free treatment which instantly alleviates and/or permanently cures pain arising from sports or other injuries, muscle spasms, inflammation, edema etc. It is for speeding up healing on the cellular level by helping the muscle tissues and collagen more functional. Workshop will be a video presentation and talk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 a.m. North Stage Yoga as Moving Meditation Raven Emslie Adult Only Learn series of simple flowing yoga poses that, with repetition, will allow you to shift from your thinking brain into a deeper state of being. Stretch your body, quiet your mind and awaken your spirit.Please bring a yoga mat. This workshop is only as vigorous as you make it. Gentle practitioners welcome. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts TJ & Cynthia Laffan Kid Village Children with Parent Kids, bring your parental units and hear some great morning stories before craft time. Parents, it’s a great way to ease into the day while you enjoy some time with your child. We’ll color while we listen and create a fabulous mural! Then: Glue! Paper! Scissors and feathers and wood and paint and glitter, glitter, glitter... these are what childhood memories are made of! Every morning more crafty fun for children and their parental units alike. Donations gratefully accepted. Parents must stay with their children – there are no babysitting services at Kid Village and children cannot be left alone there even during workshops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Shire Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina Lori Albright Adult Only Knowledge is POWER! This is open discussion about vaginal Health and Hygiene, Sexuality and Safety, Politics and Paternalism, and Resources. Open to all women and caring supportive male partners by the woman’s request. Women under 18 must have an adult female accompany them. This will be a very frank discussion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Meadow The Witch in European & Western Imagination Skip Clark All Welcome When many people think of witches, they think of old, warty, women obsessed with destroying the fertility of crops, animals and people through the power of the Devil. Where did these FRIDAY, JULY 17 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming fantasies arise and how were they represented in the art and the literature of medieval and early modern times? The witch is a powerful symbolic figure and unraveling the mysteries of that figure is a fascinating one. Come with ideas and questions. feelings naturists experience in a clothing optional environment. There will be lots of opportunity to for open discussion and questions. Seasoned nudists are also welcome to come share their stories. Learning How to Color Board Games, instruction available -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Studio With Your Colored Pencils Karen Crittenden Teen Friendly (13-17) The coloring craze is here! But how do you blend those colors together to make those beautiful pages? How do you get those shaded areas? How, How, How? We will work with colored pencils and paper to learn as much as we can about how to work those pencils to your advantage. We will learn the very basics of blending and shading and perhaps a few tips and tricks as time permits!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Kid Village Board Game Hour Diana Hiatt All Welcome All ages welcome! Come meet other pagan gamers over a friendly board or card game. Games available will be - Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Dixit, Monopoly, Clue, Scrabble, Othello, Munchin, Strageo, chess, Fluxx and others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Runestead Application Diana Paxson Adult Only Runic roundtable, Divination, blessing of runes and wands. This is part of a weeklong Runic Intensive providing an introduction to the Elder Futhark and the ways in which the runes can be used for magic, divination, and healing. During the course of the week students will make rune sets or a rune wand. Attending all 5 sessions is recommended but not required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m North Pavilion A Teacher/Student Ritual Gretchen Schork All Welcome We all teach and learn. This rite helps focus our participation in the learning process through spiritual dedication to a higher purpose. For anyone who studies, mentors, teaches. Copies of ritual will be provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Main Pavilion Understanding Karma from a Shamanic Perspective Kenn Day All Welcome This workshop will be a discussion of the nature of karma and how it works from a shamanic perspective. We will look at the impact past experiences have on our lives and how to lessen and even erase that impact going into the future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Paviion Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol Bill Lauff Adult Only Helping the “new” nudist and non-nudist learn about naturism with an emphasis on protocol and etiquette. Improve your understanding of the different reasons for naturism and the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Teen Space Alyssa Yeager Teen Friendly (13-17 A variety of strategy/euro-style board games will be available for participants to choose from. We will provide any needed instruction and extra players as needed to make each game work! Game selection may vary by day, but options will include quick, light-strategy games such as “Stones of Fate” and “Flip City” and some more involved games such as “Elder Signs” and “Settlers of Catan” as well as co-op and versus styles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Shire Spiritual Evolution through the Ancestors Joy Wedmedyk An Altar for the ancestors and other benevolent spirits is a place of prayer and comfort, and is the foundation of your spiritual progression. It will organize your spiritual frame, establish stronger communication with your guides and Ancestors and balance your connections to the world of the spirits. You will learn how to choose a place for the altar, how to set it up, how to take care of it and your spirits, and how to maintain effective communication through prayer and meditation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Meadow A New Emerging History of Earth Breighton & Kathleen Dawe All Welcome What is the true story? Children of the Gods, genetic manipulation, E.T./Celestial interference, ancient astronauts and nuclear wars, giants, inner earth realms, refugees from Mars – so many theories, so many conspiracies, so many hidden agendas. We will have a lively discussion of the latest ancient archeological finds, cosmic disclosures, theories, and discoveries that upend many established “facts” and shed light on a much larger emerging picture of “earthstory”. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Kid Village Why Colors? Jo Frost Kid Friendly (0-12) Children will be using chromatography to discuss colors and their meanings. There is a lot to learn about colors and their importance, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Women’s Frame Drum Circle Liz Holland Adult Only Frame drumming has long been considered part of the Divine Feminine, with evidence to ancient times that women were the first drummers. We’ll make a sacred circle and create unique compositions. “We vibrate to the rhythms of our mother’s blood before she herself is born.” -Layne Redmond All levels, some instruments will be available. Please only bring frame drums 27 FRIDAY, JULY 17 to this workshop. (Tambourine, Rain drum, Shaman’s Drum, Bodhran, Tar, etc.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Runestead Frey, God of the World Ann Groa Sheffield All Welcome The Norse god Frey is usually classified as a “fertility god,” but he is much more: a divine ancestor, a lord of sovereignty, and a strong protector of his people. This class will focus on the many aspects of his nature and some of the stories about him that survive. We will close with a short Norse ritual to honor Frey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Studio The Writer Within Jamie Kubala All Welcome If there’s something you’ve always wanted to write, but never had the time, here’s your chance! Start the book that has been inside you for years. Create (or continue) a journal. Your inner voice can become a poem or song. The world awaits your article or essay. Feel blessed when you express or confess. Send a letter to your spouse, sibling or lover. Get it out, put it down. A safe space awaits you, let’s write! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:30 p.m Roundhouse Field Fire Spinning Safety Christina Bingham All Welcome Always wanted to handle fire? Come learn how to do it safely. Safety protocol and techniques will be demonstrated. This is required if you have not taken this class before and would like to spin. • Safety procedures. • Safe props, how not to break stuff. • Communicating with your safety! All this and much, much more! MANDATORY class for anyone new to the festival or fire spinning. Veterans are encouraged to come and share. Nightly fire spinning circle will open near the roundhouse for those meeting all safety requirements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Pavilion The Pendulum as a Magical Tool Donata Ahern All Welcome Explore the many uses of a pendulum as a dowsing tool. It can be used to assess chakra energy, to find missing items, to determine the energy of your home, and for personal healing work. The workshop includes overviews of the chakra system, auras, use of the labyrinth (when we measure auras), clearing space, etc. Does it really work? Come and find out! Dowsing is fun as well as useful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 p.m. Rowan Camp Female Sweat Lodge The Inipi is a sacred ritual, often referred to as the Sweat Lodge or Stone Lodge. The traditional Inipi Kaga Ceremony comes from the Sioux Nation. You must attend the Sweat Lodge Information Class that is offered 24 hours before the Lodge that you wish to attend. This class includes information about the traditional lodges that are offered and instructions for preparation. Prior to attending a lodge one must be free of alcohol or drugs for at least 24 hours and have a covering for the body (shorts, sarong, etc). 28 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. RoundhouseField Fire Spinner Community Meeting #3 - Final Preparation for Saturday/Dress rehearsal Fuego and Zimra We will be discussing the final preparations and any changes for Saturday’s bonfire lighting. Assistance will be available for any groups having issues with choreography. Costume coordination, final dress rehearsal schedule, and any other details will be addressed at this meeting. This is MANDATORY for anyone planning on spinning. If you can NOT make it due to schedule conflicts, you MUST see Fuego BEFORE this meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Studio Introduction to the Apocryphal Books of the Bible Fredde Hollman All Welcome A discussion of the persecution of two Christian sects that began with the 1st Council of Nicaea in 325 AD and the role Emperor Constantine played. This talk will be centered on the Gnostics, and the Cathars, what happened to them then, and are they still with us? Their beliefs, practices and how they relate to many new age belief systems. Handouts will be used. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Meadow Pre-Scription for Your Life Starlet Lebrun All Welcome In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of hypnosis and how to make it work for their life. Participants will learn how to create personalized scripts to create the changes you seek in your life. In addition, we will end with a session that will help to open the mind to the creative energies that surround us. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Shire Heal the Blood: Blessing the Womb of the World Kiana Love All Welcome Always wanted to come together to heal the blood of the womb and bless all wombs as sacred? Men and women come from the womb and need to reestablish it as a hallowed abode of creativity and abundance. Restore the sacredness of your body and the sacredness of the earth with a guided journey of ritual, energy healing, crystal bowl sound bath and movement. Heal the womb, heal the earth and be wild, sacred and free. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Stage Sing It Out!: Advanced Chanting for Ritual & Fun Firesong All Welcome We’ll go beyond basic chants, beyond “the dirge” and learn more complex melodies, foreign languages, and into the realm of rounds and multiple parts. We may also have time to create our own chants. No chanting experience required, but this class will move faster and have more complicated songs than beginning chanting. Lyric sheets provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Shire Interrupting the Hero’s Journey Jason Winslade All Welcome Much of our traditional Western narrative and mythology is based on the classic “Hero’s Journey”, but increasingly, the FRIDAY, JULY 17 dominance of the monomyth is being questioned. Popular characters like Buffy, and more recently Rey and Furiosa have stirred the desire to write different stories and create different definitions of heroes. But are these characters enough to unseat the hold the hero’s journey has on us? And is this even a bad thing? We’ll discuss recent KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 8:30 p.m. Labyrinth/ Spirit Shrine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Meadow Spirit Ritual Thista Minai All Welcome Many prominent Pagan educators have pointed out that all of us, regardless of age, learn as children when we approach divinity. In this workshop we will discuss how theories in early childhood education pertain to adult spiritual development. We will explore the differences between declarative and experiential knowledge, examine schemas and cognitive dissonance, and explain how these and other concepts apply to how we process spiritual experiences. and in the center of it all spirit answers the unasked. Pagan Pedagogy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Tribal Fusion Intensive. Part 1, 2, 3 Sadira Saraswati Adult Only Part one the basics will teach basic hip chest and arm movements of the tribal fusion style and an overview of what tribal fusion belly dance is Part two will teach traveling movement and how to integrate it with the basic movements Part three will start layering movements and integrate improv vs choreography A small piece of choreography will be part of the learning process. Tribal fusion belly dance is an a ante garde or modern american form of the dance that had become a global phenomenon. It integrates bellydance with a second form or an amalgamation of forms of dance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Pavilion Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches Anomie Jo All Welcome Headaches are an extremely common malidy and most people experience them at least occasionally. Most headaches are a result of myofascial trigger points in the shoulders and neck. These can be caused by injuries such as whiplash or other trauma, but are very commonly caused by posture, repetitive stress, computer work, gaming and other computer/tablet and phone use. Learn self-care to reduce and/or eliminate trigger points for yourself and simple ways to help friends too. 9:30 p.m. Main Pavilion Brian Henke Singer / songwriter / fingerstyle guitarist / harp guitarist. Eight CDs currently released. Will be on compilation CD called The Green Album with Wendy Rule, Tuath Dea, SJ Tucker, Sharon Knight, Ginger Doss, Damh the Bard, and many others due in May and released at Calder Fest. Please visit www.facebook. com/brianhenke9 and for live instrumental video www.youtube.com The BuddhaHood Since 1996, The Buddhahood has been driving their World-Ternative Groove train in and out of Rochester, NY, whipping crowds into frenzy, blurring the line between stage and dance floor with a bold variety of styles in shades of Afropop, Roots, Reggae Jazz, Rock, Blues and Samba. A guaranteed dance party. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8:00 p.m. Ancestor Mound ---- Ancestor Walk Kinder Clan Meet at the Ancestor Mound. We’ll light the elemental lanterns and hail our Brushwood Ancestors as well as our own family who have crossed the Veil – each night we’ll invite those who are interested to join us at the nightly ritual and walk the Spirits of our ancestors down to that evening’s Rite with ringing bells. Everyone in the community is welcome to join us but the children are invited to lead our way. 29 SATURDAY, JULY 23 CELEBRATION KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming 9:30 a.m. Introduction to Spiritual Journaling & Scrapbooking............Jamie Kubala ............................Studio 9:30 a.m. Crystals 102 part 2.............................................................Gene Corn .................................Wolf Treasurers Booth 9:30 a.m. Fairie Wreaths & Goddess Headresses................................Tigerlilly.....................................Storytelling Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Bellydance like a Beautiful Beast........................................Lauren O’Leary...........................North Pavilion 9:30 a.m. Flying Fingers: Cymbal Techniques......................................Maia Alexandra...........................North Stage 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts..............................................TJ & Cynthia Laffan....................Kid Village Awakening the Flow of Qi .............................................Carol Lee Callen ........................East Shire 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. King, Warrior, Magician... Lover...........................................William Cochrane ......................East Meadow 11:30 a.m. Introduction To Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism.........Lilith Dorsey ..............................Studio 11:30 a.m. Polyamory Troubleshooting.................................................Gregory Haley.............................Storytelling Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Drum Check up & repair.....................................................Alex Wedmedyk .........................North Stage 11:30 p.m. Spellwork for Teens.....................................................Rae Kroner ................................Teen Space 1:30 PM SATURDAY KID’S PARADE & “NORMAL IS BORING”.....................................................KID VILLAGE & MAIN PAVILION 1:30 p.m. Experiential Art Walk...........................................................Bellavia......................................Studio 1:30 p.m. Invert Yourself!....................................................................Ben Haffie..................................East Meadow 1:30 p.m. Cinquains............................................................................Karen Heaster............................North Pavilion 1:30 p.m. Analyzing Relationships Using the Pentacle.........................Marianne Riggiola......................East Shire 1:30 p.m. Burlesque Academy............................................................Macabre Noir & Lita D’Vargas .....Main Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Discover the Power of Your Past Lives.................................Donata Ahern ............................East Meadow 3:30 p.m. Oracular Seidh....................................................................Diana Paxson ............................Runestead 3:30 p.m. Beginner/Basic West African Dance.....................................Zen Holmes ...............................North Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Henna for Hair.....................................................................Robin Jaeckel ............................Henna Tree 3:30 p.m. Line Dance - Dance Off!..............................................Seeker ......................................Teen Tent 3:30 p.m. Stones and Carving Advanced.............................................James Metcalfe .........................Storytelling Pavilion 3:30 p.m. Qi Gang Cloud Hands..........................................................Billy Woods ................................North Stage 5:30 p.m. Tantric Energy Exploration...................................................Leslie Blackburn.........................Runestead 5:30 p.m. Pagan Consent Culture........................................................Jason Winslade .........................East Shire 5:30 p.m. Mind, Body, and Pole...........................................................Jasper Friend.............................Babylon Pole 5:30 p.m. Personal DreamWeaving ..............................................Lillith ThreeFeathers ..................Studio 5:30 p.m. Expressive Yoga..................................................................Christina Bingham......................North Stage 5:30 p.m. Folk Remedies and Sleep Improvement...............................Anthony Canelo .........................East Meadow 5:30 p.m. Liliths: The Night Spirits of the Ancient Pagan Middle East.....EliSheva ....................................North Pavilion 9:00 p.m. Cu Dubh....................................................................... Main Pavilion 10:00 p.m. Procession and Celebration......................................... Ritual Field 30 SATURDAY, JULY 23 KEY: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Studio Introduction to Spiritual Journaling and Scrapbooking Jamie Kubala All Welcome Learn how creating a scrapbook (also known as a “memory book” can be a spiritual experience. Use creative expression to achieve personal growth through thoughts, words and images. Which images are best for expressing and revealing your life’s path? What are simple and foolproof way to organize and share them? It’s easier than you think. Bring photos (cell phone images OK) or any meaningful artifacts from your life if you have them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Wolf Treasurers Booth Crystals 102 (part II) Gene Corn All Welcome Make your own grids and layouts with stones. Bring a blanket or towel to lay on for grid work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Storytelling Pavilion Fairie Wreaths & Goddess Headresses Tigerlilly All Welcome Using silk and dried flowers, feathers and sparkly things, we will create beautiful head pieces to wear during Sirius. come and add to your Pagan wardrobe with your own unique wearable art creation.Personal items such as a special feather, bone, or small jewelry item can be added in to make it even more special. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Pavilion Bellydance like a Beautiful Beast Lauren O’Leary Adult Only Bellydance lets us be sassy, powerful, and evocative. It can also open us up to our wildness, our intuitive and animal natures, our inner queens and kings and beasts and comic heroes and wonderful monsters. Let’s explore our full range of potential, from Baba Yaga to delicate flowers, from satyrs to slinky cat people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9:30 - 11:00 a.m. North Stage Flying Fingers: Cymbal Techniques Maia Potter Maia Alexandra All Welcome Finger Cymbals (Zills, Zillya, or Sagat) are a gorgeous and often overlooked percussive instrument. For dancers, they are a challenging and rewarding way to develop musicality and bring awareness to your hands and arm placement. For drummers, they are a fascinating method to create new sounds and high overtones to the circle. This workshop will cover the fundamentals for both! I will have a few pairs for borrowing. Kid’s Programming Teen Programming Scissors and feathers and wood and paint and glitter, glitter, glitter... these are what childhood memories are made of! Every morning more crafty fun for children and their parental units alike. Donations gratefully accepted. Parents must stay with their children – there are no babysitting services at Kid Village and children cannot be left alone there even during workshops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Shire Awakening the Flow of Qi Carol Lee Callen Teen Friendly (13-17) Combining pranayama (yogic art of breath), qi-gong and transformational breathwork, these sessions will leave you relaxed and rejuvenated. Participants will be offered simple techniques that they can take home to transform stress into motivation and tiredness into calm alertness, as blocked energy begins to flow.More advanced students will be able to experience a profound internal state easily. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. East Meadow King, Warrior, Magician... Lover William Cochrane All Welcome How do these 4 archetypes manifest themselves within each man? How can we use these ideals to enrich or lives and our souls to be better community members. Join William for a journey into the Mytho-poetics of the complete man. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Studio Introduction To Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism Lilith Dorsey All Welcome The world of voodoo is a universe populated with sacred gods, spirit possessions, and natural grace. Despite media portrayals of zombies and wild abandon, the religion is actually a complex system of nature-inspired belief. This class will answer your questions, and introduce you to the voodoo gods of fire, love, lightning, and more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Polyamory Troubleshooting Gregory Haley All Welcome This third workshop in the series examines some of the challenges and problems we face living a poly life. Using the group discussion model from the first two workshops, we will engage in a community-based solution workshop to share experiences and provide mindful strategies for overcoming the challenges that can stand in the way of a fulfilling and LOVE filled poly life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00 a.m. Morning Story and Crafts TJ & Cynthia Laffan Kid Village Children with Parent Kids, bring your parental units and hear some great morning stories before craft time. Parents, it’s a great way to ease into the day while you enjoy some time with your child. We’ll color while we listen and create a fabulous mural! Then: Glue! Paper! Play Together 31 SATURDAY, JULY 23 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:30 - 1:00 p.m. North Stage 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. North Pavilion Drum Check Up & Repair Cinquains Alex Wedmedyk All Welcome In this workshop I’ll provide you with a checklist of things to consider in maintaining and obtaining a personal drum. Alex will give instructions on preventative maintenance and “first aid” measures you can take to keep your drum in good shape. Fix it now! Hands on, do it yourself or we’ll repair it for you. Will share helpful hints on how to select or repair your drum that’s right for you. Understanding your drum. Drumming as a lifestyle. Being one with your drum. Karen Heaster All Welcome Don’t panic - you won’t have to do it by yourself! We will be writing five-line poems as a group activity. They will be silly, profound, beautiful and sometimes just strange. Above all the activity of writing them is pure fun! Absolutely no writing experience required. Spellwork for Teens Partipants will analyze, using the pentacle and its points, to see how compatible they are with a partner, spouse, business partner, friend, and any relationship. How the relationship can be (repaired, if a problem) balanced, and used to prevent a possible problem. A book on the subjet will be published within the next two years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Shire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzing Relationships Using the Pentacle All Welcome 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Teen Space Marianne Riggiola Rae Kroner Teens (13-17) This workshop is just for teens! If you’ve ever wanted to construct a spell, but weren’t quite sure how, then this is the place to go. We’ll go over what a spell is, the components of a spell, and a small discussion on the ethics of magic. After that, each participant has the option of constructing their own spell, using items to be provided or found. 1:30 p.m. Kid Village Saturday Kid’s Parade! Meet at Kid’s Village dressed in a costume if you have one – or come as you are. We’ll process around the camp ground and make a lot of noise and bring the mural we’ve been working on to the Sacred Bonfire for the Spirit Dragon. End up at the Main Pavilion for a special performance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Main Pavilion Burlesque Academy Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas Adult Only This is 3-part workshop and burlesque development taught by Macabre Noir and Lita D’Vargas, of the Steel City Burlesque Academy and Kabarett Vulgare. A brief history of burlesque and the art of the strip tease complete with practical applications of the bump and grind for America’s modern Pagan divas will be provided! Attendees will learn the history of burlesque (what it is, where it was, what it has become today), glove removal, stocking peel, reveal, and how to develop a stage persona. Attending all workshops is recommended, however you can join in any day. Bring your own gloves, stockings, bras and panties. Pasties available for purchase. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. East Meadow --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover the Power of Your Past Lives 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Studio Donata Ahern Adult Only Experiential Art Walk Bellavia All Welcome Art is everywhere. Art is experience. Life is Art, Art is Life. Anyone interested in exploring nature based performance art should come - bring something that needs expressing. Works will be constructed as a group or solo dependent on concepts. For inspiration before coming look up artists such as Billy X Curmano, Ana Mendieta, Hannah Wilke, Ann Hamilton, Marina Abramovia. Modes of documentation will be discussed also. Discover the power of your past lives, how Karma operates, and how to release the limiting patterns, bonds, beliefs, etc., from past lives that block what you want now. Your soul remains with you through all lives and holds the patterns and memories of them all. Past lives can help you to understand and change blockages and patterns. You will have the option of experiencing a relevant past life in a light hypnosis trance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Runestead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oracular Seidh 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. East Meadow Invert Yourself! Ben Haffie All Welcome Turn the world upside down and explore some inversions! Focusing on alignment and balance, this class is an exploration of shoulder stands, forearm stands, headstands, and handstands. From fingertips to toenails, small adjustments to inverted posture can be made to dramatically improve a practice. If all goes well, we’ll be inverting ourselves on top of each other! Heaps of fun. I promise. Bring a Yoga mat or blanket. Please wear minimal and/ or tighter-fitting comfortable clothing. 32 Diana Paxson All Welcome Now, as in the time of the Vikings, seers and seeresses journey to the spirit world to find answers to your questions. This practice comes from the heathen tradition, but all are welcome as we support each other with our energy and learn what wyrd has woven. For more information about Seidh, see www.seidh.org, or /The Way of the Oracle/ by Diana L. Paxson. SATURDAY, JULY 23 KEY: Kid’s Programming Teen Programming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Pavilion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m.. Runestead Zen Holmes All Welcome Zen Marie’s African dance class is a celebration of life. You will learn Djembe style dancing using rhythms and movements from Guinea, Mali and Senegal. The class will begin with a body stretching, strengthening and toning warm-up, followed by simple yet highly energetic movements. This class is for students with no African dance background or those with limited experience. Leslie Backburn All Welcome Give yourself permission to safely explore pleasure and bliss! Join Leslie Blackburn, Sacred Sexual Healer and Transformational Guide, for a guided practice to explore energy through breath, sound and movement. We’ll explore physical and energy body awareness and the Sacred Geometry of our energy bodies. All adults of any sexual and gender identity are welcome and encouraged. No need to bring a partner. Wear loose, comfortable clothing to support breath and movement (Skyclad also welcome). Beginner/Basic West African Dance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Henna Tree Henna for Hair Robin Jaeckel All Welcome Henna for Hair - Discover the beauty and benefits of coloring your hair naturally using all natural plant materials. The incidences of negative reactions to chemical colorings are on the rise, but you can still have beautiful and luxurious hair without chemicals. Learn which plants to use to create gold, red and even black tones that color gray naturally! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Storytelling Pavilion Stones and Carving Advanced James Metcalfe Adult Only The use of high speed tools, burrs, suction carvers, hydro lasers,sand blasting and air tools. I will be covering relief and intaglio carving, fine detail and finishes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. North Stage Tantric Energy Exploration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m.. East Shire Pagan Consent Culture Jason Winslade All Welcome The increasing acknowledgement and discussion of sexual assault and abuse, especially in alternative spiritual communities, has created a need for frank dialogue and guidelines on the importance of consent. This discussion has taken place in the Sex Positive community and now more than ever in the Pagan community. Based on the recent anthology Pagan Consent Culture, edited by Christine Hoff Kraemer and Yvonne Aburrow, this workshop will examine the implications of this discussion . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Babylon Pole Mind, Body, and Pole Billy Woods All Welcome A set of exercises to raise and focus the body physical energy, 5 standing and 5 seated, a pillow to sit on will be useful. Jasper Friend Adult Only Pole dance and fitness can seem extremely intimidating, but as we all know, Brushwood is a safe space. We’ll be focusing on beginner pole skills and simple spins. If you’ve ever even been just a little bit interested in pole this is the perfect place and time for you to come give it a whirl. Line Dance - Dance Off! Personal DreamWeaving Qi Gang Cloud Hands aka as Short Power Set -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Teen Tent Seeker Teens (13-17) After a bit of training, two groups mpete to see who is the best at the Electric Slide, the Macarena, even the Chicken Dance, and ore! Hosted by The King - Elvis! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Studio Lillith ThreeFeathers Teen Friendly (13-17) The class focuses on transformative dreaming methods including resolving nightmares, dream re-entry, dream incubation, and dream modification. Based on Lillith’s training with a Dream Shaman, the session will be helpful whether you remember 33 SATURDAY, JULY 23 KEY: a few bits or many dreams. Depending on the abilities of the students, the session may include techniques for weaving dreams into ordinary reality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Stage Expressive Yoga Christina Bingham All Welcome A dance based practice wherein the student focuses on alignment and centering to then branch out & move through postures in fun and creative ways inspired by belly & temple dance. We will move through traditional asanas (postures) like a slow vinyasa (moving with breath). Bring a yoga mat and water bottle! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. East Meadow Kid’s Programming Teen Programming Enjoy Your Stay! Respect the Land and its Shrines. Be Mindful of the People Around You and Yourself. Explore Something New! Folk Remedies and Sleep Improvement Anthony Canelo All Welcome Sleep deprivation is a public epidemic. However there are so many simple and natural suggestions that can help the struggling sleeper. In this workshop we will discuss common causes for sleep deprivation and insomnia and how to fix them using several dozen natural methods. In addition, and included within this workshop, we will discuss the dozens of health benefits simple everyday products like hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, sea salt, olive oil, and castor oil. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5:30 - 7:00 p.m. North Pavilion Liliths: The Night Spirits of the Ancient Pagan Middle East EliSheva All Welcome Most people have heard of Lilith; for many modern Pagan women she has become a symbol of female independence. Did you know there were male ones too? We will talk about what the Liliths (yes, plural is intentional) actually were in the folk tales and religious beliefs of the ancient middle East. Who they were, where they lived, what they did. This workshop will touch upon history folklore and magical traditions to illustrate this topic 9:00 p.m. Main Pavilion Cu Dubh Cu Dubh / Koo-Doo / or /Koo-Dove/ - Brought to you by musicians who have dedicated their entire lives to the study and performance of ancient music. Mike McNutt, David Macejka (performed on 2012 Grammy nominated recording) and a variety of select performers have brought together their personal influences to create dark original compositions played on the Highland Bagpipes and a barrage of drums from around the world. Would you like to advertise in next year’s program? Email art in pdf, jpeg, or tif form, Press Quality at 300 dpi resolution, to [email protected] full page, b/w, 7.5 x 10 – $100 half page, b/w, 7.5 x 5 – $50 quarter page, b/w, 3.75 x 5 – $25 eighth page b/w, 3.75 x 2 – $15 mail check payable to Brushwood Folklore Center 34 10:00 p.m. Procession and Celebration SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES __________________________________ AHERN, DONATA DONATA AHERN MSW, CHT, is a HPS in the Alexandrian and Gardnerian Traditions of Wicca, and a Druid Companion in OBOD. She has studied advanced shamanic healing and Past Life Soul Regression. She is a member of the American Dowsers Society and a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Grey Council and faculty of the Grey School of Wizardry. THU North Pavilion – Manifestation Mandalas: Coloring with Intent FRI North Pavilion – THE PENDULUM AS A MAGICAL TOOL SAT East Meadow – DISCOVER THE POWER OF YOUR PAST LIVES __________________________________ ALBRIGHT, LORI Lori Albright Lori became a Registered Nurse (RN) in 1979, and began working in OB in 1982. She received her Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) in 1987 and became involved with the Pittsburgh’s first freestanding birth center in 1982. She was one of the first clients there to benefit from midwifery care when her son was the first boy born. Lori so strongly believed in the support and empowering of women in this manner, that she became the nurse birth assistant and childbirth educator for the midwife at the BirthPlace. After several years, Lori pursued midwifery education with the sole (soul) purpose of providing high-quality, personal, low-tech and individualized care to women and their families. MON 11:30 a.m. East Shire, TUE 3:30 p.m. North Pavilion, FRI 11:30 a.m., East Shire – Women’s Health & Hygiene for the Happy Vagina __________________________________ ALOI, PEG Peg Aloi is a founding member of The Witches’s Voice and is currently a news editor for its Facebook page. She has been writing her media blog The Witching Hour for over a decade, first on Blogger and now at Patheos.com. She is also a freelance film critic and wrote numerous reviews for the Boston Phoenix from 1997-2013. She recently coedited an anthology on HBO’s “Carnivale” and teaches media studies in upstate NY. TUE, THU North Pavilion – Witchcraft and Cinema: Recent Trends • The Occult and Television: From 1968 to the Present WED North Pavilion – Witchcraft, PR, and Social Media the US. A former engineer, and Ironman triathlete before her spiritual awakening, she conducts workshops (with international attendees), and has reached thousands with her inspirational presentations. Her radio program is one of the most listened-to on Body Mind Spirit Radio. She bridges the gap between sexuality and spirituality. SAT Runestead – Tantric Energy Exploration __________________________________ CALLEN, CAROL LEE Carol Lee Callen DOM is a practitioner of oriental medicine in Santa Fe, NM. She is certified as a Hatha yoga instructor, a transformational breathwork facilitator and a qi-gong practitioner. Carol has been teaching the intuitive and energetic arts in the Brushwood community for almost 20 years. TUE, THU, SAT East Shire – Awakening the Flow of Qi __________________________________ CANELO, ANTHONY Anthony James Canelo is a master herbalist, awarded speaker, author, inventor, musician and owner of The Phoenix Institute. Anthony began his adventure into alternative health after a long fought battle with insomnia and a nervous system condition known as postherpetic neuralgia. Afterwards, Anthony began consulting family and friends on natural methods to improve their health and well-being. Since then, his life has appreciably snowballed into a dynamic path of service, self-healing, and continuous education. TUE, THU, SAT East Meadow – 5:1 Herbal Vaping • The Nature Pyramid Philosophy • Folk Remedies and Sleep Improvement __________________________________ CASWELL, SANDY Sandy Caswell’s study and practice of magick and metaphysics has been an ongoing and diverse 40 year journey. She is a graduate of the State University of New York and the One Voice School of Interfaith Ministry, is a legally ordained Minister, a thrice ordained Priestess; and has been adopted into a clan of Welsh Wise Women. In 1999, Sandy incorporated Willow Grove, The First Pagan Church of Rochester, NY. MON, WED, FRI Storytelling - Intro to Old World Granny Magick Granny Magick Divination Granny’s Book of Shadows __________________________________ __________________________________ ANOMIE JO Anomie has been practicing Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy for 17 years and has her own office where she offers pain management Trigger Point Therapy and bodywork. She is nationally certified and is on the board of the only organization that supports manual trigger point therapists. MON, WED, FRI, North Pavilion – Growing oyster mushrooms with a cultivation kit • Cordial making • Trigger Point Therapy for headaches. __________________________________ BELLAVIA, MINA Bellavia is a New Orleans based artist who has exhibited in local, regional, national and international venues. She received her MFA from Alfred University, Alfred N.Y. and her BFA from Buffalo State College, Buffalo N.Y. Her interests and development span several traditional disciplines including: sculpture, printmaking, drawing and casting. Bellavia enjoys blending various methods and materials to produce work that ranges from installations, oil paintings and collages to free standing figure based sculptures. TUE, THU, SAT, Studio – The Body Dynamic • The Body Dynamic #2 • Experiential Art Walk __________________________________ BINGHAM, CHRISTINA Majik Dakini (Chrissie Bingham) has been performing since 2008 specializing in Fire Arts, Acrobatics & Temple Dance. Performing and teaching at a myriad of festivals & events across the US & Central America. Chrissie then received her 200RYT with Danyasa Yoga Arts. Since traveling Chrissie is now focused on joining her degree in psychology with medicinal movement. To this day she travels from festival to community bringing people together through dance & yoga. MON, WED, FRI, Roundhouse Field – Fire Safety TUE, THU, SAT, North Stage – Acro Roots • Body Mandalas • Expressive Yoga __________________________________ BLACKBURN, LESLIE “LIGHT BEARER” Leslie Blackburn, MS is a Sacred Sexual Healer & Transformational Guide - a leading educator and coach of sacred sexuality and tantra in CLAN, ROWAN While living on Lake Traverse Dakota Sioux Reservation, in SD for 5 years, Gene and Linda Rowand were fortunate to meet Ervin Cook, a full-blood Sioux willing to teach about his culture, spirituality, and the Sweat Lodge. They began facilitating Sweat Lodges at Brushwood over 15 years ago. Those that gathered to help and learn, gradually became like family and thus members of Rowan Clan, an ever evolving family. Sweat Information Class: Men’s, Mixed, Women’s Days/Times: TUE, WED, THU at 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Sweat Lodge: Men’s, Mixed, Women’s Days/Times: WED, THU, FRI at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. __________________________________ CLARK, SKIP Dr. Skip Clark has a Ph.D. in Medieval History and has taught medieval and early modern history and the history of Witchcraft at the university level for over 30 years. He also has published in the areas of astrology and medicine and has been a regular presenter at Sirius Rising since its beginning. MON, WED FRI East Meadow - What’s New in Witchcraft Studies 2016? Witchcraft in Early America After Salem The Witch in European and Western Imagination __________________________________ COCHRANE, WILLIAM “DANDY” William Cochrane is a member of the Blackfeet Indian Nation, of Browning Montana. After going through a men’s rite of passage, he was inspired to empower men to break through myths and pain of who they “should” be. William’s interest in spirituality has led him to investigate many areas of worship, from Gnostic Christianity and his own American Indian Spirituality, to Eastern Indian Spiritual practices. William is an ordained interfaith minister, Integrated Energy Therapy Master TUE, THU, SAT East Meadow – Writing The Man • Blackfoot Lodge Tales • KING, WARRIOR, MAGICIAN... LOVER 35 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES __________________________________ CORN, GENE Gene Corn/Wolf Treasures has been collecting rocks and gem since he was a young boy and now carries them throughout the nation sharing his knowledge and major collection of stone, gems, and minerals. He brings this 30 year old wisdom to his classes and booths these last 15 years at Brushwood Folklore Center. TUE, THU, SAT Wolf Treasurers Booth – Crystals 101 • Crystals 102 part 1 • Crystals 102 part 2 __________________________________ CRITTENDEN, KAREN I am a CZT, Certified Zentangle Teacher and have been teaching Zentangle workshops for several years. It has been my pleasure to work with this art form and to share it with others. My work with colored pencils stems back to college and many continuing education courses in my own attempts to get my pencils to do what I want them to! MON, WED FRI Studio - Basic Zentangle • Zendala - Zentangle in the Round • Learning how to color with your colored pencils __________________________________ DAWE, BREIGHTON & KATHLEEN Kathleen and Breighton Dawe are authors, Reiki Masters, experienced workshop presenters, alternative health practitioners, and teachers. Kathleen is also a certified hypnotherapist, medical intuitive, and wonderful storyteller. Breighton combines his engineering and scientific background with esoteric wisdom teachings to bring the metaphysical into the “real” world. Together, Kathleen and Breighton bring their special kind of magic and their love of teaching to workshops they present jointly. MON, WED FRI East Meadow - Sacred Timing: Power Days and Cycles within Cycles • Boundary of Self: Shielding & Personal Space • A New Emerging History of Earth rabbinical monotheism. Her academic background includes archeology studies at the Tel Aviv University, an MA in Conference Interpreting and an MA in Clinical Counseling with psychotherapy licenses in Ohio and Kentucky. She has written a number of books on Israeli earth spirituality and lectured in a variety of countries. TUE, THU, SAT North Pavilion – Meditation 101. Myths and reality • Seeing for the Tribes • Liliths: The night Spirits of the Ancient Pagan Middle East __________________________________ EMSLIE, RAVEN and HAFFIE, TOM Raven, a healing facilitator and Tom, a university science educator, have been in marital bliss for 35 years. They have raised three magnificent adult children. Life partnership and parenting, as well as coaching training, Zen practice and having lived in intentional community have taught them much about personal process and group facilitation. Raven is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher. MON, WED Studio – Stone Soup Kitchen and cooking in community WED Studio – DIY VR • Death Café Mon Studio – Changing Families FRI North Stage – Yoga as Moving Meditation __________________________________ FIRESONG Firesong, M.Ed, is an artist, accomplished singer, certified teacher, folk herbalist, compulsively diverse master gardener, Global Spirits priestess, and the choral director of The Voices of the Seasons Ensemble. She has lead creative rituals for over 20 years. Firesong conducts regular Global Spirits services and pours for the Starry Night Sweat Lodge. She recorded several teaching CDs of world chants and wrote “Global Spirits: Philosophies and Practices”. MON, WED FRI North Stage – Global Spirits Ritual for the Spirits of Energy • Basic Songs for Ritual and Fun • Sing It Out!: Advanced Chanting for Ritual and Fun __________________________________ __________________________________ DAY, KENN Kenn Day is a professional post-tribal shaman with over 25 years of experience. He teaches a series of workshops on the practices of posttribal shamanism and has two books on the subject as well – Dance of Stones: A Shamanic Road Trip and Post-Tribal Shamanism: A New Look at the Old Ways, both of which will be available at his workshops here at Sirius. Kenn is also a certified facilitator of Systemic and Family Constellation Work. For a complete schedule of Kenn’s workshops or to learn more about his work, visit www.shamanstouch.com WED North Pavilion – Why Shamanism? THU Storytelling Pav – The Role of the Soul in Family Constellation Work FRI Main Pav – Understanding Karma From a Shamanic Perspective __________________________________ DIXON Dixon walked away from a distinguished career to follow his dream full-time, and invented a whole new music genre. Based on his classically-trained violin mastery, guided by his remarkable personal story of life transformation, he shows the beauty of doing something seemingly impossible. Dixon’s passionate energy will enchant, mesmerize, and inspire you! __________________________________ DORSEY, LILITH Lilith Dorsey M.A., hails from many magickal traditions, including Celtic, Afro-Caribbean, and Native American spirituality. Her traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at New York University and the University of London, and her magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria also known as Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo.She is author of Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism, and the soon to be released Love Magic. Check out her blog Voodoo Universe. TUE, THU, SAT Studio – Psychic Recording: Audio, Video, and Still Photography • Fantastic Foods of Love • Introduction To Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism FRI North Stage – Yoga as Moving Meditation __________________________________ ELISHEVA EliSheva is Shophet – elected leader-of Am HaAretz, aka AMHA, an Israeli Nature/earth oriented Tradition of Peaceful Warriors that reconnects/revisits the spirituality of ancient Hebrews before 36 FRIEND, JASPER Jasper is a Brushwood baby. Growing up at Brushwood she has been shaped by community and creativity. She’s a certified partner acrobatic teacher as well as professional acrobat and pole dancer. Gaining knowledge of self care and injury repair through years of physical Profession. She’s also a lover of tea, for passion and practicality. She’s turning her passion into more, on the trail to persuing an education in tea and herbal Medicine. TUE, SAT Babylon Pole – Mind, body, and pole • Mind, body, and pole THU East Shire – One minute practice __________________________________ FROST, GAVIN and YVONNE Gavin and Yvonne seem to have been around forever. They have written over 30 books published in five languages, and they are always at the cutting edge of Wiccan spirituality, philosophy, and magic. The Church and School of Wicca, founded in 1968 CE, was the first to articulate Wicca as an alternative spiritual path. The Church of Wicca is a religious association, has been recognized by a federal appeals court, has helped the IRS write guidelines to recognize a church, and is referenced in the Federal Register. Over the last 47 years the School of Wicca has taught more than sixty thousand students, spreading Wiccan spirituality throughout the world. It is almost impossible to estimate the full impact of these two approachable and candid speakers. Read all about them on the first Wiccan website, wicca.org. Then come and meet them with your questions. MON, WED, FRI East Shire – Creativity • The Fall of the Goddess Civilizations • Wicca 701 __________________________________ FROST, JO Taught and organized children’s workshops at festivals for nearly 20 years as well as teaching in the public school system for nearly a decade. Jo, as well as having a thorough alternative background, also has a wealth of experience working in a variety of learning situations including, but not limited to Head Start, Adult Basic Education, Unitarian Sunday School, and alternative high school settings. As she grew up attending alternative events, she noticed a real deficit in opportunities for children to celebrate the wonderful opportunities they grow up with. It has been a passion of hers to invite and engage children in their lifestyle. MON, WED, FRI Kid Village – The Stars and Me • Why do we Believe? • Why colors? SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES __________________________________ FUEGO Fuego hails from Buffalo, NY. She has 6+ years performing professionally with Buffalo’s premiere fire troupe, Pyromancy, of which she is also the Chief Safety Officer. Fuego learned to spin at Brushwood many years ago, taught her first classes last year, and is delighted to be able to give back to this community that is so important to her! MON, WED, FRI, Roundhouse Field – Fire Spinner Community Meeting #1 - Burn Field Basics Fire Spinner Community Meeting #2 - Saturday Fire Lighting Preparations Fire Spinner Community Meeting #3 - Final Preparation for Saturday/Dress rehearsal __________________________________ HAFFIE, BEN “BLOX” Teaching and performing as ‘Ellio Blox’, Ben has nourished a lifelong fascination for peering over edges and discovering footholds in the unlikeliest of places. A full time world-traveling teacher, his acrobatic passion peaks when he is in front of students. Offering quality instruction on a deep bag of tricks, Ben has also performed partner acrobatics across North America with Jasper Friend since 2012 in their performing arts and production company, Acrodisiac. TUE, THU, SAT East Meadow – Foundations of Standing Acrobatics • Thai and Fly! • Invert Yourself! __________________________________ HALEY, GREGORY “BEAST” Gregory Haley, Ph.D., is a writer and researcher on identity development and a frequent presenter and workshop facilitator on polyamory history, identity, and practice. He has presented successful workshops at previous Sirius Rising festivals and similar events in Texas and Colorado, and has twice presented his scholarship on polyamory history, culture, and sexual identity at the Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference. He lives in Austin, Texas. TUE, THU, SAT Storytelling Pavilion – Polyamory Introduction and Community Discussion • Polyamory As Sexual Identity • Polyamory Troubleshooting __________________________________ HEASTER, KAREN that of the Orishas. I am Alaâ Oyana daughter of Judges and the Orisha Obatala (who has my head). MON, WED, FRI Studio – Making Sugar Skulls • Introduction to the 7 African Powers • Introduction to the Apocryphal Books of the Bible __________________________________ HOLMES, ZEN Zen Holmes is a loving, pagan, mother of five. She is a certified Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga instructor and teaches Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!) in NYC. She is also a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist. When she’s not using her healing touch to soothe our bodies and our minds, she’s teaching traditional African dance movements to touch our souls and make them fly. Zen Holmes is the Founder/Artistic Director of Uzuri Dance Theater. TUE, THU, SAT East Meadow – Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!) • Zensual Yoga (Yoga in the Buff!) • Beginner/Basic West African Dance __________________________________ JAECKEL, ROBIN of HENNA RISING Henna Rising, founded by Robin Jaeckel in 2007, is the Premiere source for 100% all natural henna body art and supplies in Upstate NY. Robin holds a degree in Art administration and advocacy from Empire State College and teaches at several Henna conferences and events a year and is a internationally certified Natural Henna Artist. Her work has been highlighted in several publications including The Henna Page’s annual calendar produced by Catherine Cartwright-Jones. TUE, THU, SAT Henna Tree – Henna 101 • Henna off the Body • Henna for Hair __________________________________ KRONER, RAE Rae has been working with kids and teens at Brushwood for quite a number of years. She is a third degree Priestess of the Covenant of Brighid’s Haven, where she taught several rounds of Wicca 101. She is also the High Priestess of the teaching coven, Haven’s Reach. TUE, THU, SAT Teen Space – Energy work for Teens • Intro to energy for Adults • Spellwork for Teens __________________________________ Karen Heaster began her writing career in advertising. She went late to college, then graduate school (lots of writing there) and now writes educational brochures for her employer. She originally refused to write poetry but got over it. She greatly admires Billy Collins and Ogden Nash. TUE, THU, SAT North Pavilion – Poetry Open Mic • Writing Poetry: Pantouns • Cinquains KUBALA, JAMIE HENKE, BRIAN __________________________________ __________________________________ Singer/songwriter/fingerstyle guitarist/harp guitarist. Saturday, 11:30 am – 1:00 p.m. Guitar Magic __________________________________ HIATT, DIANA “KAI ELSA” I am a mother of a wonderful 10 year old with special needs. We have spent many hours learning to play games and teach others how to join in his favorite activities. All games and activities are simple to pick up and provide an easy way for kids to get to know one another in a slightly structured but free environment. MON, WED, FRI Kid Village – Kids Origami • Kids Puzzle Time • Board Game Hour __________________________________ HOLLAND, LIZ Liz Holland is a classically trained percussionist, holding a Masters of Music in Percussion Performance. She has been featured in Drum! and Modern Drummer magazines and is currently exploring the art of sound healing. MON, WED, FRI Storytelling Pavilion – The “Other” Rhythm Circle • Make a Boobam!• Women’s Frame Drum Circle __________________________________ HOLLMAN, FREDDE “ALA” I am an Intuitive Light worker and have been a solo practicing eclectic Wiccan for the past 51 years. I majored in History and Anthropology with an emphasis on religion. I was also a certified teacher with a specialty in history and social studies. I walk the Ascension path and Mr. Jamie Kubala has been a public school Art teacher for 28 years, and has taught various Art workshops at Brushwood for ten years. He has spent his whole life exploring the creative/spiritual connection, and believes in everyone’s ability to seek a higher consciousness through art and imagery. THU, SAT Studio – A Natural Way to Draw To Music • Introduction to Spiritual Journaling and Scrapbooking FRI Studio – The Writer Within LAFFAN, TJ and CYNTHIA TJ and Cynthia Laffan are a Third-Degree High Priest and Priestess of Brighid’s Haven. Cynthia is a Spiritualist Medium as well and both have performed Divination at various venues. Members of their local CUUPS, advisors to local authorities and public defenders, they are proud parents of two marvelously talented people. At Brushwood they are part of the efforts of many fine folks to raise another generation of many fine folks. During Sankofa and Sirius Rising they are offering children and teen activities, and in August they facilitate a Kid’s Fest weekend at Brushwood. Want to get involved? Let them know! M - F, Kid Village – Morning Story and Game or Craft Time S Kid Village – Kid Parade!! __________________________________ LAUFF, BILL Bill and his wife were introduced to the Naturist (nudist) life style fourteen years ago. As Brushwood Seasonals and nudists, the couple can usually be spotted at camp in the buff. They love the open atmosphere Brushwood embraces and find that the clothing optional policy is more open and acceptable to non- nudists rather than a strict nudist camp policy. However, they find a lack of understanding by non-nudists toward their chosen lifestyle. Bill strives to improve the understanding about the Naturists lifestyle by non-nudists and new-nudists new. MON TUE, 5:30 p.m. East Shire, FRI, 1:30 p.m. North Pavilion – Clothing Optional/Nudism: Protocol 37 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES __________________________________ LEBRUN, STARLET Starlet Lebrun has an M.B.A in Mediation and Dispute Resolution from Colorado Technical Institute and B.Sc. in Fashion Textile Technology with a minor in Deviance from Buffalo State University and is a certified Hypnotherapist and Instructor from American School of Hypnosis and a member of AIA. Starlet Lebrun is currently exploring new paths of experience and enjoying the journey into new pathways. MON, WED FRI East Meadow – Painting from within • Reiki and Healing roundtable and healing circle • Pre-Scription for your life Wicca, and founder of Spectrum Gate Mysteries. She has fifteen years of experience with designing and conducting rituals, performing energy work, and teaching workshops on a wide variety of spiritual topics. Thista applies the knowledge gained from her master’s degree in education to developing better curriculum and support structures for students of modern Paganism. MON, WED, FRI East Meadow – Coven Craft Without Binary Gender • Sex, Gods, and Virgins: Ancient Greek “Virginity” and You • Pagan Pedagogy __________________________________ __________________________________ NEWMAN, STACY LOVE, KIANA Wild Woman Healer, Kiana Love, founder of Be Wild Woman, guides women to feel at home in their bodies, safe, wild and free. She is an intuitive spiritual healer who draws from a wide range of healing modalities & personal experience to guide women from trauma to joyful wildness. She holds a B.S. in Behavioral Science, has certifications in somatic healing and holistic health including Reiki Master, Reflexologist, Herbalist, Yoga Instructor and Interfaith Minister. MON, WED FRI East Shire – Be the Bunny • Chakracize Revelution: Revel in Your Own Nature • Heal the blood: blessing the womb of the world Stacy Newman, Certified Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner: I have personally been using Energy Medicine since 2006 and have overcome life-threatening allergies and other body/mind issues. Beyond Donna Eden’s two-year certification program, I have taken advanced training in Shifting Deeply Held Patterns and long-standing physical issues, Energy Medicine for Women, and Brain Health, among other topics. I am passionate about empowering others to work with their own energies to reclaim wellness and vitality. MON, WED FRI North Pavilion – Energy Medicine for Women • Shifting Habits and Long-Standing Issues with Energy Medicine • Energy Medicine and Your Brain __________________________________ __________________________________ O’LEARY, LAUREN “MADAME ONCA” MACABRE NOIR and LITA D’VARGAS Award winning burlesque and side show madame, Macabre Noir is the embodiment of a true artistic soul as she brings a dark elegance and satire to the world of burlesque and sideshow. Dedicated to the art of stage, she performs routines based in traditional numbers but Macabre twists and turns them into creations of obscure splendor, bending the line of classic and neo burlesque. TUE, THU, SAT Main Pavilion – Burlesque Academy Lauren Onca O’Leary created the World Spirit Tarot deck and book, an instant classic, in 2000, with the Second Edition coming out in March 2016. The accompanying World Spirit Tarot Adult Coloring Book was released in 2015. An international entertainer, under her stage name of Madame Onca, she has been teaching Bellydance and stagecraft for fifteen years both locally and abroad. She also produces festivals, writes for magazines, is a torchsinger and a parent. TUE, THU, SAT North Pavilion – All about Tarot for the Kitchen Witch and other Pagany Types • Making your own Tarot Deck • Bellydance like a Beautiful Beast __________________________________ __________________________________ MARCUS, LISA “TIGERLILLY” Lisa (Tigerlilly) has a BFA in Fibers. For the last 25 years she has been supporting herself by teaching and traveling to shows. Lisa’s interest in Ancient cultures has led her to sculpt goddesses, mermaids and dragons on her pottery. Her passion for all animals has inspired her pots with felines prowling the surfaces. Recently, her old college love for making wearable art has re-surfaced in the feather/ flower headresses she will be teaching. TUE, THU, SAT Storytelling Pavilion – Clay Workshop for Teens • Fairie Wreaths & Goddess Headresses • Fairie Wreaths & Goddess Headresses __________________________________ MESSIER, CLAUDIA Current research shows that the more practice we have at bringing ourselves to a relaxed state, the better we become at putting ourselves into an intuitively and spiritually receptive state. I have been teaching crafts for over 50 years, starting with teaching younger neighborhood children how to make things with twigs, grass, leaves and acorns. I never looked back. I have never stopped creating, and bringing out the creativity and empowerment in others. MON, WED, FRI East Meadow – Identifying Your Genius Loci • Right Brain Faith, Left Brain Life • And Now For Something New And Different PAXSON, DIANA DIANA L. PAXSON is a well-known author, priestess and teacher, gythja of Hrafnar kindred. She is an Elder of the Troth, an international heathen organization whose journal, IDUNNA, she edits. Since 1990 she has pioneered the recovery of traditional Norse oracular practice, which she has taught in workshops all over North America and in Europe. In addition to the best-selling TAKING UP THE RUNES, she is the author of THE WAY OF THE ORACLE, ESSENTIAL ASATRU, TRANCE-PORTATION, and POSSESSION, DEPOSSESSION AND DIVINE RELATIONSHIPS, and writes a regular Goddess column for SAGEWOMAN magazine. She is currently working on a book about Odin. Paxson has also written numerous mythic short stories and novels featuring pagan religion, and took over the Avalon series from Marion Zimmer Bradley. LORRIE WOOD has many years of experience with the runes foracular seidh. She is the thul of Hrafnar kindred and assistant Editor of the Troth’s journal, IDUNNA. She has worked with Diana L. Paxson in presenting classes at Brushwood for ten years. MON Main Pavilion – Nerthus Procession MON, WED, FRI Runestead – Introduction to the Runes • Hearing • Application TUE, THU Runestead – Seeing • Interacting SAT Runestead – Oracular Seidh __________________________________ __________________________________ PEECHATT, GREGORY I am a master stone carver and have been carving stone for the past thirty years.I have carved both small precious stones and large sculpture / monument (Pan Am Soccer ball ) pieces. I have also been involved in one form of metaphysical work or another for over thirty years very often blending or working with the two in conjunction with one another. TUE, THU, SAT Storytelling Pavilion – Stone Carving in Place • Introduction To stones and Stone carving • Stones and Carving Intermediate (the Tools) Stones and Carving Advanced Dr. Greg holds a post graduate degree (DHM) in Homeopathic Medicine from the British Institute of Homeopathy in England. He is a homeopathic doctor originally from India and is practicing both classical and modern homeopathy for over 40 years. He has a PhD in clinical Psychology and is a Naturopath with extensive training and practice in Acupuncture Point Stimulation and Cold Laser Therapy. He has a busy private practice in Rochester, NY. MON, WED, FRI Studio – Homeopathy - Layman’s Medicine for the 21st Century • CHOLESTEROL : Myths, Facts, Delusions • LASER THERAPY for PAIN RELIEF MINAI, THISTA POTHIER, LAURA “SADIRA SARASWATI” METCALFE, JAMES “STONE CARVER” __________________________________ __________________________________ Thista Minai is a Priestess of Artemis, polytheist, spiritworker, Ordeal facilitator, Third Degree High Priestess in the Blue Star Tradition of 38 Sadira Saraswati currently dances in two troupes. She has danced several forms of Middle Eastern and Modern dance and performs all over western New York.She has studied under Zoe Jakes, Moira SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Chapelle and many others . She knows a dancer is never done learning, there is always more to learn. She has taught dance for 7 years and has learned astounding things from her students. Her favorite part of dance is dancing and forming a physical dialogue with musicians as improvisation unfolds in the moment. You can usually find her in the roundhouse or the didge dome shaking her shimmy. Feel free to ask her questions and ask for help with dance. MON, WED, FRI Storytelling Pavilion – Shimmy round the world • Fluid arms 101 • Tribal fusion intensive. Part 1, 2, 3 __________________________________ POTTER, MAIA “MAIA ALEXANDRA” Maia Alexandra is a professional Bellydancer and Fire Entertainer based in Buffalo, New York. A veteran performer, her musicality, sass, and enchanting unusual style is beloved by audiences everywhere she entertains. Teaching dance since 1995, Maia understands that every student learns differently. She uses multiple techniques in effort to teach you as completely as possible! Maia Alexandra is a big believer in the power of breath and love in the creation of outstanding soulful dancing. TUE, THU, SAT North Stage – Ride the Rhythm • Whack and Roll • Flying fingers: Cymbal techniques __________________________________ RIGGIOLA, MARIANNE “RIANNONLIA” My family tradition is very old (at least 300 years). My coven has nine members and five of them are Sicilian Stregas. I have been practicing for over 35 years. I am also an interfaith minister and spiritual counselor (ordained in 2006). I have mentored at least two who come to Brushwood in ministry. They are now ordained. I am an expert in Italian folklre and love my culture. TUE, THU, SAT East Shire – Stregheria • Stregheria Part Two • Analyzing Relationships Using the Pentacle __________________________________ SCHORK, GRETCHEN Since 1980, she has studied Magical Qabalah, Runes, Ritual Magic, Labyrinths, and Calligraphy, and has been teaching Art since 1971. She was ordained in service to All The Powers in 1989, and is an experienced Scribe. Author of several books on these topics, she has been presenting workshops since 1997. Her approach to teaching includes laughter, facts, experience and respect for the diversity of experiences the attendees bring to the session. MON, WED, FRI North Pavilion – Ritual Analysis: the LBRP • Who Is God? • A Teacher/Student Ritual __________________________________ SEEKER Over 30 years experience with Native American culture has prepared Seeker to share his knowledge of the Indians, both historically and spiritually with adults and children at festivals, libraries, museums and community events. __________________________________ SHEFFIELD, ANN GROA Ann Groa Sheffield has been an amateur student of Germanic culture since the 1970’s and a practicing Heathen since the 1990’s. She is currently a member of the Troth, an inclusive, national Heathen organization that focuses on both historic research and modern practice. Groa is the author of two books on Heathen subjects: “Frey, God of the World” and “Long Branches: Runes of the Younger Futhark.” MON, WED, FRI Runestead – Dimensions of Paganism • Write Like a Viking (or Anglo-Saxon, or...) • Frey, God of the World __________________________________ WEDMEDYK, ALEX Alex Wedmedyk is a facilitator of self-healing and spiritual growth workshops, using the power of rhythm. He is a Master Drummaker, Drummer, Workshop Facilitator, and Craftsman, who relates to a wide range of human experience. He connects with compassion and deep understanding to the struggles and challenges of everyday life with a proactive, simple solution oriented methodology. In his workshop he integrates the powerful methods of shamanism, with ecstatic trance rhythms as well as rhythms TUE, THU, SAT North Stage – Invoking the Rhythm god Ba-Ku-Ba Going Deeper into Rhythm • Drum Check up & repair __________________________________ WEDMEDYK, JOY Joy Wedmedyk (Iyalocha Omi Lasa) is an initiated Yemaya priestess in Lucumi Orisha worship, a Kontoumble Shaman (Burkina Fasa, Africa), and a Ganji initiate of the Wolf Clan of the Seneca Nation. For over 40 years she has presented workshops on Spirit Communication, Spiritual Healing, Ancestor reverence and Shamanism, She is a contributing author for the anthologies “Walking the Path of the Ancient Ways” (Corvis Nocturnum) and “Calling to our Ancestors” (Sarenth Odinsson). MON, FRI East Shire – Mexican Folk Healing • Spiritual Evolution through the Ancestors __________________________________ WINSLADE, JASON Jason L. Winslade, PhD is a scholar and musician active in the alternative art and spirituality communities in Chicago, where he teaches courses on writing, ritual, popular culture, and gender studies. His publications have included essays on television, social media, theatre, comic books, and festival culture. He is a long standing member of the Brushwood community and at other festivals have played with the bands Mayan Ruins, Faebotica and Secrets of the Beehive. THU, FRI, SAT East Shire – Bowie and the Occult • Interrupting the Hero’s Journey • Pagan Consent Culture __________________________________ WOODS, BILLY Billy Woods, national drummer and abbot of Shen-men Gaun (spirit gate temple), has been teaching Qi Gung, since 1984, and is known of late for his peace, love and light concerts, where he hopes to encourage his audiences to have hope that together we can save the world. TUE, THU, SAT North Stage – qi gung, intro to qi gang and tai chi • qi gung shen gung • Qi gang cloud hands aka as short power set __________________________________ YEAGER, ALYSSA Aaron and Alyssa have enjoyed learning, playing, and teaching strategy games for over 25 years each. Alyssa owns a company called “Dice Witch” where she creates fantasy and metaphysical accessories for gamers. Aaron has initiated “learn to play” at his company, where he teaches employees a variety of games as a form of relaxation and employee relation-building. FRI Teen Space – Board Games, instruction available SAT Kid Village/Main Pavilion – Performance TUE, THU, Studio – Board Games, instruction available __________________________________ __________________________________ ZIMRA Zimra (Anne Delekta) has been performing and teaching dance and THREEFEATHERS, LILLITH Lillith ThreeFeathers has studied dreamwork, alternative healing and shamanic practices for more than 40 years. Her training spans North and South America, Europe, and Africa. In addition to shamanic initiations in the Ute, Tewa, Toltec, and Q’ero traditions, she is an initiated priestess of Yemoya. She works as a shamanic healer, a medium, author, and visionary. Quoted in “Drawing Down the Spirits” by Filan and Kaldera, her publishing credits include hundreds of articles. TUE, SAT Studio – The Bare Bones of Worshipping Lilith • Personal DreamWeaving THU Studio – The Spirit Mass movement arts for more than 25 years. She has performed with various groups and musicians across the eastern United States. She is a certified flow arts fire safety instructor through the Flow Arts Institute. __________________________________ WANT TO PRESENT A WORKSHOP NEXT YEAR? Go to www.brushwood.com Sankofa and Sirius Rising pages to apply on line. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2017. 39 1 East Shire 2 East Meadow 3 North Stage 4 North Pavilion & Sacred Circle 5 Main Pavilion & Stone Circle 6Nemeton 7Runestead 8 Kid Village 9Studio 10 Ritual Field 11 Story Telling Pavilion 12 Rowan Clan 13 Didge Dome 14 Labyrinth & Ancestor Shrine 15 Upper Pond 16 BWD Radio 17 Henna Tree 18Roundhouse 19 Fairy Garden Earth Shrine Air Shrine Ancestor Mound Spirit Shrine Water Shrine Teen Space Fire Shrine 40