Samhain Festival 2011 Workshop Descriptions
*Additional workshops are pending and will be added as they are received
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. Materials: 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.
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. Materials: Pen, Paper, Imagination, and a deck of Tarot cards
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.
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.
Palmistry with Rev. Vic Wright
Description coming…
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.
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.
Metal Forging: hands on class with Ken Beckett of Xavier Metal Art
Come and learn how to make your own fire poker handles and decorative twists and take it home. Classes are limited in space to 10 people (more if you are willing to wait), age 15 and up (don't want to roast the kidlets), and cost of materials is $10/person. No pre-registering for classes required. 2 classes are offered.
Ken Beckett was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He has a degree in massage therapy and has been an artist for over 15 years in a variety of mediums from glass to metal. Though he is a quiet man mostly, he does enjoy teaching others what knowledge he has and is always looking to see and encourage others to express their creativity.
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!
Bill is an ordained Minister, a Reiki Master/Teacher, a member of the Dinshah Health Society, a facilitator of Path to Wellness and a Medicine Man of the Oklevueha Native American Church of Ohio. He has been studying holistic health and education since before 2001 and enjoys allowing the body to heal on its own. He is a believer that the body has the capacity to heal from any sickness, dis-ease, or ailment and has a desire to heal the world, one person at a time. But sometimes, the body needs a nudge in the right direction to remember how to heal. He loves seeing the results of his endeavors in having people leaving him in better condition that when they came to him. Bill uses ear candles, essential oils, stones, herbs, energy work and many other tools to allow the body to heal on its own. Please visit Bill’s Online Store at www.earthcirclecreations.com where he sells herbs, herbal tinctures, ear candles, salves and is also a provider of far-infrared Amethyst BioMats and water purification systems.
Annual Samhain Ritual
In this years Ritual we will travel the Circle of life using the Labyrinth as a tool of transformation for this journey. This is an interactive Ritual. Participants are encouraged to attend the short Ritual preparation and meditation taking place before the community potluck Saturday evening.
Bring: A small candle in a glass jar, a chair or blanket if you need to sit, a picture or memento of a lost loved one - human or animal companion, an offering, and a flashlight.
Divination Readings
Saturday night post Samhain Ritual full divination readings will be given to participants. Types of readings available will include: Tarot, Tea-leaf, Runes, and others.
Fire Scrying
Guided Scrying of the Ritual Bonfire will take place Saturday night after the Ritual. Those who wish to participate are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket to sit on.
