Awaken your dragon as we work through our personal rites of passage using the Major Arcana of the Thoth Tarot. Join us as we use the psychological and intuitional information we glean from the cards. We'll begin with a guidede meditation to burn through our roadblocks and come roaring out the top!
"But even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were finally struck down and left in terrified loneliness. 12&12, Step Five, p 57. I will invite participants let go of that terrified loneliness in an open discussion 12-Step meeting. I welcome the sober-curious, newcomers and old-timers. I will open the discussion with a reading from 12-Step Literature. My share will serve as an invitation for others to share their experience, strength, and hope in open discussion. The meeting format includes a Four Elements Prayer of Serenity and traditional readings from AA. At 45 minutes we will pause for a moment of divination. Attendees will be encouraged to share their experience with recovery and their personal spirituality, naming their ancestors, deities, etc, in prayer.
Gardener, Creative Mind, Studio Worker, Athens Area Pagans & Beth Thompson Photography.com
I love to grow plants, write about nature and the features of the landscape around me. In addition, I create with photography, digital media, and fiber-based art.
Modern Mayan Magic informs the audience on the diverse ancient and contemporary spiritualities of the indigenous Maya people of Mesoamerica. Solomon Pakal is a generational urban Maya Brujo---Ajitz Balam of Kaqchikel descent with over two decades as a practitioner and heir of this Neo-tradition. Let us dispel misconceptions and arm audiences with the fundamentals of this Mesoamerican cosmogenesis.
A lot of guided meditation focuses on visual imagery. Other senses, such as smells, touch and taste can deepen the meditation. Beyond the enhancing of meditation for all, it can help those with aphantasia be included and learn to mediate with these meditation styles. This will be an expanded version of the one from last year, including a couple of techniques to use to expand techniques for grounding, ways to use this at home by yourself, and for people you know. I will also be running an expanded and extended meditation.
Many who have an inclination towards magic may not have a dedicated space set aside for performing spellwork and ritual. However, most of us have a front door, and it is here that we are invited to engage with and perhaps re-enchant a part of our homes which is often taken for granted. In this talk we will explore the front doorway of our home as a locus for spirit work, practical charming, and magical workings. We will examine diverse perspectives, folklore, and approaches towards engaging with our doorway as a nexus of power and potentiality. This work is practical, effective, and at times incredibly illuminating and enriching. And may be seen as an extension of working with and relating to the home as both a spiritual entity and an ecosystem of spirits that we might better know and form closer relations with.
Matthew Venus is an artist, folk magician, and traditional witch based in Salem, Massachusetts whose craft is centered around a deep heart of animism and a dedication to ancestral and land-based traditions. His practice is further enriched by his role as Tata Ndenge in a lineage of... Read More →
Friday July 11, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT Ravinia A
Dive into one of the most important and useful building blocks of ceremonial magick: the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP). This ritual offers practitioners a powerful tool to cleanse and fortify themselves spiritually. Your magick and spiritual hygiene can be taken to the next level with proper use of this ritual. In this workshop you will learn all about this classic ritual and practical advice on how to do it. Different versions of this ritual will be explored so that you can personalize this practice to fit into your individual beliefs. The LBRP can be practiced alone or combined with other types of magick or ritual. It is a highly customizable and adaptable tool. Additionally, as part of this workshop, you will receive handouts with the basic ritual and diagrams of the pentagrams.
Erich Brown, Frater Anubis, has been studying Ritual Magic since he was a teenager. He started self training in the Golden Dawn tradition and was later initiated into the E.S.S.G. (The Order of the Gnostic Star) by its founder, Frater Barrabas, in his twenties. Erich currently coleads... Read More →
Rediscover your innate ability for connecting telepathically with the animal kingdom. In this enlightening workshop, you will explore the blocks that may be hindering your intuitive communication and explore practical techniques to awaken your third eye, reactivating your natural telepathic powers. Led by Bird Woman, a gifted Animal Communicator, this session will include insights from her personal journey of rediscovering the art of speaking soul-to-soul with animals. Whether you are a beginner or looking to deepen your connection, this workshop offers foundational tools to help you tune in and begin communicating with animals.
As a trained facilitator for the Robert Moss School of Active Dreaming, Nikki Wardwell Sleath will talk about an innovative way of working through dream material called the Lightning Dreamwork process. Participants will go through the steps of working a dream in this manner, working their own dream internally. Some dreams will be worked aloud with the group as time allows, and class will conclude with a fun synchronicity game using the dream material that will provide each participant an organic answer to the question "how can I connect more deeply to the earth at this time?"
For two years now a group has come together to celebrate our curves, lumps, and bumps and to fight a system that shames us via self-love and community. This process of creating our own sacred space, of community, love, sharing, support and healing, became a beautiful ritual once again in 2024. We want to create that sacred space again, to dive deeply into the love, healing, and revolution needed for body liberation in all spaces - from ritual to residential, classroom to coven! We will explore and celebrate shape with reflection, movement/music, and make time for everyone to share their feelings and experiences, as well as how these connect (or don't) with their ritual/spiritual experiences. And spend time talking about ways to advocate for accessibility for all bodies. Everyone is welcome, whether you were in previous circles or not!
An intro to Tantric Buddhist practices and their magical applications. We will look at core practices basic to all Buddhism such as Refuge, Bodhicitta, The Four Immeasurables, Mahamudra, and the Five Buddha Families. Making comparisons to basic magical practices, these will be viewed in light of the process of creating reality. The discussion will be followed by a short, guided meditation/awareness walking into the Pure Lands of the Buddha Fields.
Erich Brown, Frater Anubis, has been studying Ritual Magic since he was a teenager. He started self training in the Golden Dawn tradition and was later initiated into the E.S.S.G. (The Order of the Gnostic Star) by its founder, Frater Barrabas, in his twenties. Erich currently coleads... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT Ravinia A
The labyrinth is a powerful spiritual tool, a special type of maze with only one path leading surely to the center and safely back out again. It is especially connected with the ancient Minoans. As modern Pagans, we can reconnect with its potent symbolism via labyrinth-walking rituals. In this ritual, you'll meet Ariadne, the Lady of the Labyrinth; the Minotaur, the kindly Guardian of those who tread its winding paths; and the Serpent Mother, who is in a sense the Great Labyrinth itself. Discover the secrets of your own spiritual essence as you receive the gifts these deities have to offer you. Our floorcloth labyrinth has 30 inch wide paths to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers, and we will have finger labyrinths available for those who prefer to remain seated but still participate. Come join us as we create new paths in life by walking a very, very old one! PLEASE NOTE: We will gather outside the room before the ritual begins, then have a procession into the room as part of the ritual. Those of you who have attended my rituals before will be familiar with this aspect.
Laura Perry is an artist, writer, and the founder and Temple Mom of Ariadne’s Tribe. The Minoans of Bronze Age Crete have been a passion of hers since a fateful art history class introduced her to the colorful frescoes of ancient Knossos way back in high school. In addition to her... Read More →
Beloved friends at Mystic South, join us as we honor Sunna, radiant goddess of the Sun, and her brother, Mani, the luminous god of the Moon. Together, they guide the celestial dance of light and shadow, blessing our days and nights with their eternal gifts. Finish this day, spent in learning and fellowship, with us as we call upon the sacred presence of the Sun and the Moon to celebrate balance, renewal, and the rhythms of nature. Through offerings and prayers, we seek Sunna's warmth to illuminate our paths and Mani's calm to soothe our spirits. Come with open hearts to this sacred gathering, where we seek to weave bonds with the divine and forge fellowship with each other. Let us bask in the celestial grace of the Sun and Moon and honor the timeless cycle of day and night. All are welcome under their light.
Learn about energetic links we create between people, places and things. In this class author Sean Wilde explores links, cords and other ties that bind us together. Ethics of cord cutting will be discussed, and methods of removing links temporarily and permanently.
Highlights: * Learn how to sense energetic links * Learn how to protect yourself from energetic links * Learn how to block energetic links * Learn how to remove energetic links
Suitable for any level of practitioner, you will never look at links the same way again!
Join us to discuss what goes into creating Wiccan moon rituals for yourself, small groups, large groups and the public. Discussions will include a deep dive into creating sacred space for others, the special issues with creating online rituals, and mental visionary practices to working the energy in a ritual space. Workshop is based in British Traditional practices as well as on Lady Belladonna Laveau's WISE Wheel of the Year. The instructor coauthored the workbook of the same name with Lady Belladonna Laveau and currently teaches a year-long course at Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary (WSTS) on this topic.
Kara is the Dean of Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary and one of their faculty members. She is a 3rd Degree ordained minister of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church in the WISE Tradition. She holds a master's degree in education (M.Ed.), a Bachelor of Art in sociology, and a Bachelor... Read More →
Sunday July 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT Ravinia A
Are you celebrating "Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall," when you live in: "Rainy, Hurricane, Dry, and, Fire Seasons." Would you like to connect with the Magic of the Land you Live on, rather than the land your ancestors came from? Would you like to work with your Animal Spirits and Ancestors, more than the Gods/Goddesses? Do you like the way an Altar looks, when doing ceremony? Then, this Path is for you. Rev. Whale Maiden was inspired to create the Earthways Shamanic Path which combines Core Shamanic Journeying (Animism and Ancestors), with Native American Spirituality in 2000. Learn how she developed the Wheel of the Year for this Path, how she calls in the Directions, sets up the Altar, and, the reason for/intent of the celebrations (observances) of each of the Seasons. All of Whale Maiden's workshops/ presentations are accompanied by some singing and drumming and/ or the use of rattles, journey-work, and time for journaling. Please bring notebook/sketch book, and pens/pencils/crayons.
First, we will craft a wand using materials we will provide. Each participant will be given a package containing a bamboo shaft, a crystal and herbs to place in the hollow of the wand. Next will consecrate our wands to empower them, with a simple rite that creates holy water or Aqua Sancta. Then we will share simple techniques that you can perform with your new wand. We will invoke all four elements and two of spirit with our new wands by drawing the appropriate pentagrams in the air and visualizing and feeling the elemental energies. The wand and a tie dye warp for it will be yours to keep.
The first 25 people who attend will receive a free wand kit to assemble during the workshop. Each kit has a Bamboo wand, a Quartz Crystal Point, a bag of herbs to place inside the wand, and a Tie Die bandanna to wrap your wand in.
Erich Brown, Frater Anubis, has been studying Ritual Magic since he was a teenager. He started self training in the Golden Dawn tradition and was later initiated into the E.S.S.G. (The Order of the Gnostic Star) by its founder, Frater Barrabas, in his twenties. Erich currently coleads... Read More →
