Samhain Festival 2011
Schedule
note that this schedule is subject to change without notice
FRIDAY
11:00am: Open for arrivals & Merchant’s Square opens
Noon – 1:00pm: Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm: Chaos Magic with Terry Atwood
This workshop will consist of a lecture on the history and basics of Chaos Magick, as pioneered by A.O. Spare in the '30-'40s and defined by Peter Carroll in the late '70s. I will then lead the attendees through sigil creation, focusing on causing positive change in one's life, then compile a casting Ritual (plaster-hammer method).
3:15pm-4:45pm: Myths, cupcakes, and the underworld with Michelle Winchester
Covering the relevant fall myths and beliefs, the sacred mound (represented by cupcakes), and a look into the Sumerian underworld.
3:15pm-4:45pm: Metal Forging: hands on class with Ken Beckett of Xavier Metal Art
3:15pm-4:45pm: Children's Activity Center Opens - Meet and Greet
5:00-6:00pm Dinner
6:00pm -??: Children's Activity Center Open - bonfire and s'mores
6:00pm-8:00pm: Mead Making with Bill Schook of Earth Circle Creations
Join our resident mead maker as he shows us step by step how to make mead. Participants will have an opportunity to observe and assist in the creation of this tasty treat!
6:00pm-8:00pm: Palmistry with Rev. Vic Wright
8:00pm: Ordination of April Miller with SOTEC Community
All are welcome to join in the celebration as April Miller becomes an ordained Spirit of the Earth Church Minister. Blessings, well wishes, and gifting welcome! Immediately following April's ordination we will have our Opening Ritual.
9:00pm: Samhain Costume Party and Karaoke
Late Night: Bardic Circle at the Community Bonfire, and drumming…
SATURDAY
7am -9am: Breakfast
8am: Gate Opens
8:30am: Men's Ritual- Samhain Ritual prep at Tyr's Circle bring a small pumpkin or gourd and a small smooth stone
8 am: Merchant’s Square opens
9am – 10:30am: Picturesque Tarot: Making the Images Work for You with Tarot Lady Renata
This class will take you on a self-guided journey though the Tarot. Whether you bring your favorite Tarot or oracle deck or the one you just bought that you haven’t quite figured out yet, you will walk away with a new perspective additional insight. Whether you have never done a reading or whether you have been doing readings for years, this class will teach you some techniques that will allow you to get to know your cards very intimately and quite possibly yourself in the process. Imagery in readings can often be more relevant than the traditional meaning written in a book. This class will help you use your intuition to guide you towards the best interpretation based on the images in your cards, whether you are reading for yourself or others.
Bring: Pen, Paper, Imagination, & a picture based Tarot Deck or Oracle Cards. Extra decks may be available during the class if you do not have one.
9am – 10:30am: Children's Activity Center Open - TBA
11am-12:30pm: Who I Am! – Spiritual Healing Poetry Workshop with Donna Kiser
Who are you? Do you know? Are you young and wondering, are you middle-aged and questioning, or do you think you know positively? Using nature—plants, elements, planets, animals, colors, and language—Donna Kiser will lead participants through the exploration of the inner being to discover their true essence.
11am-12:30pm: Children's Activity Center Open - TBA
12:30pm-1:30pm: Lunch
2:00pm-3:00pm: Afternoon concert with WaterSprite
3:00-4:30pm: Sugar Skull Decorating with Patti Stephens (limit 15 people)
3:00-4:30pm: Healing and Transformation through Plant Allies with Temperance
3:00-4:30pm: Metal Forging: hands on class with Ken Beckett of Xavier Metal Art
3:00-5:00pm: Children's Activity Center Open - TBA
4:30pm-5:00pm: Pre-Ritual Preparation and Meditation with Rev. Nancie Clark
Prepare for the journey inward... If you plan on attending the Samhain Ritual, join us for details about the journey and pre-ritual meditative work.
5pm-6:30pm: Community Potluck
6:30pm- After the Ritual: Children's Activity Center Open - TBA
7:30pm: Samhain Ritual with SOTEC: Bring a biodegradable offering and a small candle in a glass container
After Ritual: Fire Scrying at the Ritual Bonfire and Divination Readings at the Dining Tent
10:00pm: Animal Totem Meditation workshop with Rev. Vic Wright
Rev. Vic will guide participants thorough this transformational journey as they find and communicate with their animal totem.
Late Night: Bardic Circle at the Community Bonfire, and drumming…
SUNDAY
7-9am: Breakfast
8am: Gate Opens
9am: Merchant’s Square opens
9am – 10:30am: How to Create Your Own Tarot Spreads with Tarot Lady Renata
Is The Celtic Cross too cryptic? Are the Tarot Spreads available in books too complicated to remember? Has Tarot lost some of its former excitement? Do you want to do something different with your cards? Then, this class is for you. It’s designed to help you think outside of the box. When it comes to reading the cards, there are fewer rules than the experts would like us to believe. This class will cover some of my original Tarot spreads as well as it will help guide you to come up with some original Tarot spreads of your own
Bring: Pen, Paper, Imagination, and a deck of Tarot cards
11am-12:30pm: A Poetry Portrait of Me! – Spiritual Healing Poetry Workshop with Donna Kiser
We are ‘constructed’ beings, effected and affected by our environment from birth. Through poetic samples and a tested formula, Donna Kiser will lead participants through the identification of their worldview and direct them through a systematic poetry portrait of their subconscious souls.
12:30pm-1:15pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Closing Ritual and Samhain Raffle Drawing
2pm-4pm: Clean-up and Departures
