Aidan Baird teaches yoga, Pilates mat, Shakespeare, acting and singing in the DC Metro Area, including a class of naked yoga for men. He is certified with the Yoga Alliance and the Physical Mind Institue (Pilates). He believes that yoga, in particular, is a powerful means to personal transformation, a belief which informs his teaching.
Pilates Mat Workout
Vinyasa Yoga
Alex with Earth Rhythm Drums is a facilitator of self-healing and spiritual growth workshops that use 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 workshops, he integrates the powerful methods of shamanism with ecstatic trance rhythms as well as rhythms for fun-fulfillment. In this process, which he calls "Rhythmical Attunement," Alex uses sound therapy (Cymatics) to help people shed their old patterns of ill health, dissatisfaction and dysfunction and realign their energy patterns to create a new healthy more complete self. "Our inner strengths and outer powers are directly related to how well we move through our lives in rhythm."
Cosmology of the Drum Circle
Instant Drumming
Magical Mystical Mead
Arakeane and Selene: Selene: Namasté. I'm Selene. I Became a High Priestess in 1980. I have been a Starwood Elder for the past 3 years. My husband Arakeane and I have taught at FSG since the mid 1990s. I am the mother of two rambunctious teenagers, and pagan mentor to several others. I hold a B.A. in Psychology, and an M.B.A. in Management Information Systems. I have been exploring weaving, macrame, knotwork, jewelry-making, gemlore and herbalism as long as I can remember. I have 20 years' experience enjoying the exploration of alternative lifestyles. Arakeane and I have been involved in several successful long-term polyamorous relationships. Arakeane exploits the diversity of his religious, sexual, and spiritual background to bring a unique mix of talent to the pagan community. His Baptist, Methodist, Evangelical, Thalamic, and Mormon background from his early years intermingles with his vast experience in sadomasochism, liberal sexuality, and avant-garde spirituality tempered by his various Wiccan experiences and practices for the past 20 years. A Naval Officer, Engineer, Physicist, Computer Scientist, and Dungeon Master by trade, Arakeane interleaves his professional training into his quest for spiritual awareness and comprehension. The thrice sworn soul-mate of the High Priestess Selene, Arakeane has been in the public Pagan forum since the late 1980s. Most noted for his open work entwining diverse pagan practices with Wicca, Arakeane has been an embarrassment to fundamentalists from many Pagan traditions for well over a decade. A Distinguished Toastmaster, off-Broadway New York actor, trained in NLP, holistic healing, and a diverse set of other spiritual disciplines, Arakeane's spontaneous entertaining presentation style typically delights his audience. Even if you've taken a previous year's workshop, you're sure to be delighted with the continuous changes introduced, and Arakeane's ability to spiritually immerse you in the subject matter.
21st Century Witch
Intuition and Blindsight
Reaching out with Intuition
Spiritual Anatomy: Seven Stages of Power and Healing
Warping Space and Time
Arcta Firebringer (aka Leanne Pemburn) is a 2nd degree initiate of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, Coven of Keepers of the Holly Chalice. She has been on a Wiccan path for 11 years, and continues on that path towards leadership and teaching. She is a trained water pourer, an artist and a perpetual seeker of knowledge.
Sharing Circle for Father's Day
The Basics: Grounding and Centering
Bill Seligman (Fàidh): William Seligman means 'strong-willed blessed man' in German, yet he is of Russian ancestry. He has a Ph.D. in high-energy particle physics from Columbia University, and he has been Wiccan since 1991. He works as a UNIX systems administrator at a physics research lab, and reads Tarot and Runes at the New York Renaissance Festival. Further apparent paradoxes are available upon request.
Hermes Council
The Night Sky
Star-gazing with a Telescope
Blue Star is a centuries-old tradition of Wicca founded in the 1970s. We are known for our use of song in ritual, excellent food and drink and our tolerant attitude towards children. There are now initiates spread across the US, in Canada, and in the UK.
Blue Star Litha
Bobbi & Kim: Bobbi Sheaffer has been pagan since she was introduced to the Greek pantheon in sixth grade. Festivals are relaxing and regenerative but she feels that it's also vital for people in recovery to have a structured 12-step meeting time and place. Bobbi makes her home at an old farmhouse in the beautiful mountains of Central PA, and she's been in the fields of psychotherapy and addictions for 16 years. Kim Waite-Williams is an eclectic Pagan and proud member of the Group W Bench. A festival-goer for many years, she's attended and facilitated sober space at gatherings for the past eight. She lives in Northern Virginia with her mate Chris, two dogs, parrot Sam and two snakes; and tries to live life on life's terms, and have fun doing it.
Recovery Meeting
Buffalo is a Wiccan priest/clergy person who pours sweats at FSG.
Cailín Chanoux is a Blue Star high priestess and a Reiki master who has been facilitating meditations, healing and Pagan circles since 1994. She has studied a broad spectrum of meditation techniques from both Eastern and Western traditions, including zazen, yoga, Shamanic journeys, and creative visualization.
StillPoint—Seeking the Stillness Within
Carly Lesser is a storyteller and spiritual guide of earth-based magickal Judaism. She is currently a student in Kohenet, the Hebrew Priestess Training Institute, which is reclaiming the priestess archetype and training a women in a new form of Jewish spiritual leadership. She is a founding member and current Steward of Becoming, a multi-faith pantheistic circle in Washington, DC, that affirms the 'Divine abounds everywhere and dwells in everything; the Many are One.' She has also been a member of Magick Belly #9, an eclectic working group, served as a Governor for the Open Hearth Foundation, and was featured in the book Magickal Judaism by Jennifer Hunter. You can learn more about her and her work on her website Peeling a Pomegranate.
Introduction to the Aleph-Bet
Kabbalat Shabbat Ritual
Working with The Aleph-Bet
Cayte Jablow: I am an urban witch from New York City and a practicing Tarot councelor. My approach to the Tarot is primarily spiritual with a background in the Qaballah. I've taught Tarot at gatherings along the East Coast for the past 15 years.
The Fool's Journey: Entering the Major Arcana
Cenn Ruadh is an artist and craftswomen who began collecting folk art while in her teens. She performed her first ritual in 1969 by 'Sharing Water' while plighting her troth to her son's father. At Mean Foghambar, 1992 she attended her first Mugwort Grove, ADF ritual. Cenn Ruadh was invested as Senior Druid at Samhain 2001 and served until Samhain 2005.
Mean Samradh High Day Celebration
A New View—Kaleidoscopes
A Pathworking to Meet Brighid
Preparing an ADF Druid Ritual
Wickerwork #101—Bridhid's Crosses
Cindy is the spiritual advisor to Meliora, a Fellowship for Esoteric and Practical Self-Improvement. She has been studying and teaching energy-work, healing and magickal philosophy for many years, and enjoys sharing her skills and experience with people starting on their own journey into the wonders of magick.
Continuing Education in Reiki & Japanese Reiki Techniques
Intro to Energy Work
Claire: I am a BA, Reiki Master Teacher, Spiritual Counselor and Interfaith Minister. I have been a practicing Witch for over 18 years, currently a First Degree Priestess within my coven. My Reiki practice in Manhattan specializes in working with Performing Artists, but is open to all seekers. Writer, Teacher, Performer, Healer, I believe in using the inherent connections between systems and people and traditions to create unity and understanding.
A Pagan Seder
Reiki and Pagans: Point / Counterpoint
Dan didn't send us a bio.
Rock-A-Glow Stick Dance
Daveed, a master percussionist, sparks the imagination with his evocative synthesis of North African and Turko-Persian traditions interwoven with contemporary Western percussion styles. Since 1983, Daveed has been on an ever-evolving rhythm journey. Through school programs, residency projects, summer drum camps, festivals and workshops, he shares his knowledge of world percussion via DrumFest!, a hands-on, multi-cultural drumming experience for people of all ages. Daveed is a true rhythm evangelist dedicated to the belief that "The world is a giant drum just waiting to be played... So Play It!!!" He is the percussionist for the Eurasian folk ensemble Turku and author of TAO TE DRUM: Eastern Drumming for Western Drummers.
Tao Te Drum: Middle-Eastern Drumming for Western Drummers
Deborah Lipp is the author of five books, including The Elements of Ritual, The Way of Four, and the forthcoming Study of Witchcraft. She is also a Gardnerian High Priestess, a Pagan blogger, and a James Bond expert. Deborah has been Wiccan since 1982, and has been teaching Wicca and running Pagan circles since 1986. She's been published in many Pagan publications, including newWitch, The Llewellyn Magical Almanac, Pangaia, Green Egg, and The Druid's Progress, as well as Mothering Magazine. She is also a lifetime member of Ár nDraíocht Féin (ADF) and was on the original Board of Directors of that organization. She has lectured at numerous Pagan festivals on a variety of topics. As an active 'out of the closet' member of the Pagan community, Deborah has appeared in various media discussing Wicca, most notably on the A&E documentary Ancient Mysteries: Witchcraft in America. She has also appeared on MSNBC, in the New York Times, and in many smaller TV and print sources. In 'real life,' Deborah is a technical writer. She lives in Rockland County, New York, with her son, Arthur, and their cats Mingo and Fanty (Fanty is prettier). Deborah reads and teaches Tarot, designs wire-and-bead jewelry, solves and designs puzzles, watches old movies, hand-paints furniture, and dabbles in numerous handcrafts.
Group Leader Conclave
Healing Circle for Orien Rose
Pain Management for Pagans
The Way of Four
Del: an author, priestess, spirit worker, trickster, and host of the Suburban Shaman podcast; proud member of Sacred Mark Sanctuary, bringing rituals that connect body, mind and spirit to community; presenter at events all over the East Coast. Del is more of an experience than a person. Recently seen in Dark Moon Rising, Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path published by Asphodel Press.
Are you 'Chronically God-Bothered?'
Rites Of Passage; Walking the Path of Ordeal
Spiritual Body Modification, or 'Ow, Did That Hurt?'
Del & Scott:
Morning Blóts
Eric is a 21 year old college student studying Special Education who enjoys drumming, hanging with my grove, and movies. I've been living the path for 6 years now, and have earned my 1st Degree in the Correllian Tradition. Currently I am studying Alexandrian through my grove, Swaying Pine Circle.
Young Magick—Techniques for High School and College Students
Firesong: Reverend Cathleen McGowan, aka Cat, aka Firesong, is a professional artist and singer and a certified art teacher. She has a master's degree in education and has been working with the Spirits of the African Diaspora and leading creative rituals for 15 years. She is a Sanba (traditional song mistress) and a root worker. Cathleen conducts regular chant sessions, Global Spirits services, rituals, and pours for the Starry Night Sweat Circle. She has put out several teaching CDs of Orisha, Lwa, and Hindu chants and writes regularly for Oshun magazine. Her art can be viewed online.
Songs of the Lwa
Firesong & LafingFrog: Cosette Blackmer, also known as LafingFrog, is a Reiki Master, Shamanic practitioner and eclectic Goddess worshipper. She has helped develop and lead rituals for over 10 years. She speaks to stones and performs crystal healings. She is currently active in her local Unitarian Universalist church where she leads worship services, teaches classes and holds monthly open circles. Firesong has her own bio.
Women's Summer Solstice
Greg Fink is a relative newcomer to FSG. Over the past 10 years, Greg has taken up a passion for the making (and drinking) of the finest beverage ever to be created: mead. In addition to creating brews he has hoped were suitable for libations to the Gods, Greg is also a hobbyist beekeeper. He enjoys the entire process of mead making; from flower to bottle. Greg has taught mead making to diverse groups that include pagan/heathen, agricultural, culinary, craft and others. Greg is a member of Vingolf Fellowship, and makes mead to share with Gods, Family, Kin, fellow Heathens and friends.
Magical Mystical Mead
Hillary Blue Moon: I am an artist, reiki master and women's full moon circle facilitator. I am also deeply involved and committed to the Deep Ecology work of Joanna Macy, who is a pioneer in the Deep Ecology Movement. It is my intention to share her work with the Pagan community so that we, as earth worshipping folks, can step up and do our part to help heal our mother earth.
What We Can Do As Pagans to Help Heal Our Mother Earth
Hobbit & Charlie: Hobbit has been spinning poi since fire was first brought down from the mountain that is FSG, over 6 years ago. Since then he has taught classes at FSG, spun like a maniac during festival, and helped out anyone who asked. Charlie is a long-time festival goer and all around nice guy. He has been spinning with Hobbit for a number of years now at FSG. They are bringing their questionable expertise to FSG once again, to help anyone learn the art of fire spinning.
Intro to the Intro to Fire Spinning: Fun with Fire
An Introduction to Fire Spinning
Revenge of the Intro to Fire Spinning: Intermediate
Son of Intermediate Fire Spinning: Advanced
Hugh: I'm a syncretic, polytheistic Pagan with some Vodou and Hoodoo elements in my practice. I have strong Celtic (and to a lesser degree Germanic) affinities, but am not a reconstructionist. I've been influenced by reading Crowley, Regardie and the like, but I'm not a ceremonialist. I'm also a 'book' occultist, with a wide-ranging interest in world magical traditions. I'm a member of WindRose, an eclectic Pagan circle in the DC area. I'm currently enrolled in the Public Ministry program at Cherry Hill Seminary. I've been a member of FSA since the year of its founding; I attended the first FSG and I've been at almost every one since. I've been on FSG staff (as 'Radio Boy') for the last several years.
The Four Treasures
Izolda Trakhtenberg: Born in Moldova in the former Soviet Union, Izolda grew up steeped in the rich heritage of Eastern Europe. She spent her first few years listening to her great-grandmother speak about subjects as diverse as plants, stones, the weather, people, and music. As Izolda progressed in her chosen fields of environmental education (she traveled the world for NASA teaching environmental education workshops), musical and tarot reading goals, she additionally began study of the energy workings of Reiki and Chi energy and yoga. She has been a Tai Chi practitioner and teacher for over 13 years, and she is a certified Reiki practitioner. She is also a yoga practitioner and facilitates yoga study groups at local Maryland community centers as well providing individual instruction. More recently, in her Healer's Arts business she has also incorporated Holistic Life Coaching and Therapeutic Creativity. She is also the founder of the Life Elements System - a process that helps people gain deep insights about their own lives and primary behaviors and then helps them take control of the their lives and live consciously and fully. After teaching privately for over eleven years, in Autumn 2001, she began teaching a series of 'Learn to Sing' classes and 'Workin' Harmony' corporate workshops and has incorporated an inquiry-based teaching style with traditional vocal technique, aesthetics and mechanics all accomplished in a fun, relaxed, and confidence-inspiring atmosphere. These classes are intended to help participants discover and develop their voices and find joy in singing. After the classes are over, the students then put their knowledge into practice by performing a class recital at a local cafe. This allows the students to apply the vocal techniques and to get a taste of performing. Now in its sixth year, the 'Learn to Sing' class series has garnered rave reviews and increasing success. You've seen her before as she has also performed at FSG (usually with members of Kiva) as part of Folk Nouveau.
Find Your Sacred Voice: Singing with Your Body, Mind, and Spirit
Life Elements: Change Your Life With Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Morning T'ai Chi
Janice Chalas has held membership in Keepers of the Holly Chalice since 1988 and is the current High Priestess and a Third Degree of 'Keepers.' She is a founding member of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel (ASW), a tradition which had its beginnings in Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first coven of the Assembly. She has taught classes at public events hosted by the ASW as well as at Free Spirit Gathering on subjects including pathworkings, incense, therapuetic touch, magickal candles, black mirrors and the witch's garden.
Pathworkings—Creative Exploration
Jaqui Macmillan found her passion for African drumming in the early 1980s. She has since studied with many Masters, including Babatunde Olatunji, Mamady Keita, Sam Turner and at the Tam Tam Mandingue School in Washington, DC. Having performed and recorded with some of the top names in the business, she began sharing her joy of drumming with others by teaching classes and facilitating community drum circles. Jaqui has taught privately and given workshops around the country for over 14 years through her Drum For Joy! program. She attended the 1999 Drum Circle Facilitators Playshop and the 2001 Drum Facilitators Mentor Training in Hawaii with Arthur Hull. Jaqui has facilitated drum circles for corporate team building events, conferences, elementary and high schools, hospitals, programs for at-risk children, juvenile detention centers and programs for homeless and battered women. She is a founding board member of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild (DCFG), a non-profit organization dedicated to professionalism in the field of drum circle facilitation throughout the world. The Washington Area Music Association awarded Jaqui the "World Music Instrumentalist Award" every year from 1995 through 2002 and she was featured in the November 2000 issue of DRUM! Magazine. You can visit her online at Drum for Joy.
Drum for Joy!
Jennifer Hunter started practicing Wicca at 16, in the days before it was cool to be a teen Witch. Fortunately, she found acceptance from the other freaks at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she founded the school's first Pagan student organization. Jen completed her BA in English at Montclair State University, which qualified her to work in bookstores for a few years. Then she became a writer and editor, and churned out quite a lot of porn, as well as four non-fiction books: 21st Century Wicca, Wicca for Lovers, Rites of Pleasure: Sexuality in Wicca and NeoPaganism, and Magickal Judaism: Connecting Jewish and Pagan Practice. She has appeared on The View, The Howard Stern Show, and The Daily Show. Now at age 35, she still writes and edits, but is giving her Virgo nature free rein by transitioning to a career as as a professional organizer. Although she is tribally Jewish, she identifies as Pagan with a dash of Wiccan flavoring. She lives in the Boston area with her six-year-old daughter.
The Horned God
Jewitch Havdalah Ritual
Joshua Tenpenny is a queer Pagan massage therapist who has been in service to Raven Kaldera, a nothern-tradition shaman, for over five years.
Men in Skirts
Kaitlin Creed Boyce brings over twenty years of study and experience to her work with the Temple of the Spiral Path in NYC. As a High Priestess in the Shadowfolk tradition of Witchcraft, much of her work is focused on using the creative arts in devotion to the God/desses. Kaitlin holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Rutgers University and is active in NYC theatre.
Approaching the Joyous Gard; a Pagan Grail Rite
The Goddess and the Grail
Sacred Stretch
The Urban Witch's guide to Psychic Self Defense
Kenaz & Kathy & Firesong:
Vodou Fet for the Ancestors
Kenaz Filan & Kathy Latzoni: Kenaz Filan is the author of The Haitian Vodou Handbook, managing editor of newWitch and a regular contributor to and columnist for Mysteries Magazine, and hir articles on Vodou have appeared in numerous other publications. Kathy Latzoni has been studying Haitian Vodou for the past 7 years, and was initiated as a mambo si pwen [a "second degree" priestess] in August 2004. She has facilitated workshops on Afro-Caribbean spirituality at a number of East Coast conferences and festivals. In addition, she moderates the forums Tristatevodou and the Vodou Tribe.
Ghede: Vodou's Clowns of Death
Initiation in Vodou and Other Traditions
Kenaz Filan, Raven Kaldera and Kathy Latzoni:
The Possession Experience
Kenny Klein is a well known musician, author, and lecturer in the Pagan community. Kenny has recorded many CDs geared toward Pagan and Renaissance Festival audiences. He is the author of The Flowering Rod, Men, Sex and Spirituality, (Delphi 1993), a book about men's Wicca, and has been a workshop presenter and musical performer at festivals that include PSG, Free Spirit Gathering, Heartland, Starwood, Ancient Ways, Florida Pagan Fest, Goddess Gathering, and many others. Kenny is a co-founder of the Blue Star tradition of Wicca, and has been a Wiccan priest and teacher for over twenty years. He is currently working on a book about Fairy lore. You can learn more at Kenny's website.
Fairy Lore in British Folk Music
The History of Modern Paganism
Totem Animals and Pagan Animal Lore
Lady Amber is founder and High Priestess of The Circle of Amber Rose, an eclectic Wiccan Coven. Since her initiation into Wicca in 1969, Amber's primary focus has been teaching the Old Ways to new Seekers.
Old Ways, Young Minds
Lord Fairy Bottom has been a practicing witch for about 20 years now with the majority of it being over the last twelve. He is the Clanhead of the Blue Ridge Mountain Clan in Enola, PA, which has been registered with WitchVox since 2004. He teaches a lot of Divinatory Art related classes—Tarot, Runes, Palmistry, Astrology, Mirror Scrying, Tea Leaf Reading, et cetera—anything that is Divinatory related. He also instructs his students on how to set up and devote a basic Altar, create Sacred Space, Cast Magic Circles and call the Quarters, et cetera. He also runs SweatLodges and Drum Circles at the Covenstead in PA.
Altars: Non-Magical vs Magical
Louis: I'm an amatuer microscope buff and an average person who is a true free spirit. I've been coming to FSG for 13 years and I love it.
What's in Ramblewood's Lake?
Mark & Del
Bereavement Workshop and Circle
Hospice / Care for the Dying Class and Roundtable
Mark Crewson is a Priest, Reiki Master, community builder and teacher with over twenty years of experience in providing leadership across a diverse array of groups. During his secondary school years, he was a leader with the Northeast Oklahoma Boy Scout Indian Nations Council serving as the Model Eagle Scout Representative and as Lodge Chief for its Order of the Arrow lodge, the Tulsa Judo Club serving as Junior Team Captain and various school organizations. In college, he brought his previously honed leadership skills to bear in the music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the social fraternity Kappa Sigma, the University of Cincinnati's Alliance of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People and the Log Cabin Club of Cincinnati. He graduated, Cum Laude, and as a Distinguished Honors Scholar from the University of Cincinnati in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. He has worked for Accenture, a leading global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, since 2000. Combining skills from professional consulting with the breadth of his volunteer leadership experience, he serves as a Governor on the Board of the Open Hearth Foundation, a Pagan Community Center Initiative in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, and is one of the core planners for the Washington-Baltimore Pagan Leadership Conference. He is the President of the Sacred Space Foundation and is the Metro Co-Coordinator for the 2007 Washington-Baltimore Pagan Pride Week. He recently retired as head of the DC-based Temple of the Sacred Arts, though he still serves as Advisor to the Board of Directors. This spring, he took Dedication with the Blue Star Tradition of Wicca. He is a Reiki volunteer with Capital Hospice, based in the Washington, DC Metro Area. He has taught at Free Spirit Gathering, Sacred Space Esoteric Conference and Healing the Spirit. He is leading the collaborative effort at this year's FSG for the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trangendered)-themed Rainbow Camp. In spite of the seriousness of this bio, he actually loves to laugh and has a wickedly playful side!
Evening Kir Royales
GLBT Meet and Greet
GLBT Midnight Ritual
Morning Mimosas
Michael Reeder, MS, LGPC is from the Baltimore/Washington area. His primary interests are Tarot, developing Neo-Pagan counseling methods, and the overlaps between magic and psychology. He holds a Masters degree in Clinical Community Counseling and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Spiritual and Existential Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Michael has presented workshops for the Mid-Atlantic Pagan Alliance Beltaine Festival, the Pagan Leadership Skills Conference, DragonWings Alliance, and Crescent Moon Coffee Klatch. Michael is the owner of Hygeia Counseling Services with offices in Baltimore and Washington DC.
Components of Spirituality & Spiritual Assessment
Existential Underpinnings of the Pagan Path
Expanding Your Appreciation of the God
Merging the Practical Mundane With Sacred Tarot
The Similarity of Therapeutic and Pagan Practices
Michelle Zee has presented workshops at Free Spirit's Beltane and Gathering, Loving More East, Dark Odyssey, Poly Living, Building Bridges conferences, and at the Community for Spiritual Living. She has studied both Brad Blanton's Radical Honesty and Susan Campbell's Getting Real. She runs a Getting Real honesty salon in Rockville Maryland. Michelle is also known as Michael when she changes genders and is active in the Washington DC area trans, pagan, poly and bi communities. She is out to friends, neighbors and co-workers. Telling people is not always easy (though the more people I have told my 'secret' to the easier it gets). Most people either don't care or are accepting. Let's face it if they don't like it then it is their problem—and do I what to be with that kind of person anyway? No!
Getting Real: Practicing Honesty in Relationships
Improv Play
Miki Tracey is president of Ice and Fire USA, a foundation started in the UK by Graham Butcher to forward the teachings of Hafskjold Stav. She is a certified Level 1 instructor for Ice and Fire. Her experiences range through several mind/body spirit systems and she integrates them into her Energy Rythms class.
Energy Rhythms and Meditation
Miki Tracey & Hank Kuhfeldt: Hank is a member of and certified level 1 instructor for Ice and Fire USA. His 'warrior' training began in the US Marine Corps and he furthered from LINE, to Shorin Ryu, and Jujitsu. Hank is also a member of the William Blake Lodge of the OTO in Baltimore. Miki has her own bio.
Stav Bindrunes
Stav Warrior Staff Training
Stav Warrior Training
molly: Molly is a Holistic Health Practioner(Tandem Healers) with a diverse background: BS in Spanish, RN with MSN in Mental Health Nursing, Usui Reiki Master, Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, Somaenergetics practioner, over 15 years practicing the Western Esoteric tradition. She has a passion for the Kabbalah and all things Jungian. Within the last year, she has experienced a humbling lesson in balance and brings this new insight to her healing partnerships. She strives to offer you a return to JOY. Tim is a fun-loving Gemini with a penchant for dichotomies. By day, an accountant in corporate America; by night, energy healer extraordinaire! At the ripe young age of 26, Tim has become a Usui Reiki Master, Karuna Reiki Master, certified SomaEnergetics (sound healing) instructor, and aura photographer (just to name a few things). Come visit Tim and Molly's vending location for a Tandem Healing session, couples' healing session, to peruse our varied assortment of wares, or just to say hello! We will be offering aura photography and analysis, alone or in conjunction with a healing session, weather permitting. Namaste.
Collectively Conscious Healing: Balancing WIDIMI
Trance and Self-Hypnosis: A Return to Health
molly and tim bshara: Molly is a Holistic Health Practioner(Tandem Healers) with a diverse background: BS in Spanish, RN with MSN in Mental Health Nursing, Usui Reiki Master, Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, Somaenergetics practioner, over 15 years practicing the Western Esoteric tradition. She has a passion for the Kabbalah and all things Jungian. Within the last year, she has experienced a humbling lesson in balance and brings this new insight to her healing partnerships. She strives to offer you a return to JOY. Tim is a fun-loving Gemini with a penchant for dichotomies. By day, an accountant in corporate America; by night, energy healer extraordinaire! At the ripe young age of 26, Tim has become a Usui Reiki Master, Karuna Reiki Master, certified SomaEnergetics (sound healing) instructor, and aura photographer (just to name a few things). Come visit Tim and Molly's vending location for a Tandem Healing session, couples' healing session, to peruse our varied assortment of wares, or just to say hello! We will be offering aura photography and analysis, alone or in conjunction with a healing session, weather permitting. Namaste.
Reiki Share
Tandem Healing
Mujetdebois (aka Karen Schlechter) is a 2nd degree initiate in the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, Coven of Oak and Willow. She has been on her path for 19 years and is continuing on the path of learning and service to the community. She is currently training as a fire tender, and is an avid photographer; recently having finished a series of photos relating Chakras to their Archetypes.
The Basics: Grounding and Centering
Pathweaver first started teaching herself to read tarot in 1980 using a found deck (and to this day would love to know how those cards got there!), and still learns new tips from people all the time. She's taught tarot workshops before, but these days mostly hangs out in the pool at FSG.
Open Tarot Practice and Sharing
Tarot For Everyone
Persipone is a student of Blue Star Wicca and she has just finished her second year of medical school.
Pagan Healers Roundtable
Raven & Joshua: Raven Kaldera is a northern-tradition shaman, homesteader, astrologer, intersex/transgender activist, and King of a very small pagan kingdom. He is the author of too many books to list here. You can visit Cauldron Farm online at http://www.cauldronfarm.com. "'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds."
Men in Skirts
Raven Kaldera: Raven Kaldera is a northern-tradition shaman, homesteader, astrologer, intersex/transgender activist, and King of a very small pagan kingdom. He is the author of too many books to list here. You can visit Cauldron Farm online at http://www.cauldronfarm.com. "'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds."
Pagan Homesteading
Psychic Vampires
Shamanic Astrology
Transgender Spirituality
Rev Dr Lynda Schlipf & Robert Moore: Lynda has a doctorate in Pastoral Counseling and has studied many different religions over the years, both for her doctorate and also for her personal growth. She is an almost-solitary Wiccan who studies many different religions but practices Wicca with Shaman undertones. Also, she is a sweatlodge water pourer for Sunbear and a Wiccan tradition. She has been in the jewelry business for the past 4 years, and, for the past 2 years, her jewelry has been displayed in a jewelry store in DE. Robert has 37 years in the retail jewelry industry, with an extensive background in design, fabrication, and repair in all phases of jewelry. He specializes in vintage restoration.
The Secrets of Bead Work
Rev. Marie Evans will be performing the handfasting. She is a mother of Four and has been an interfaith minister for several years. She is also a Reiki Master, and heals through the use of tuning fork vibration. Although she is not part of the Wiccan community, she has been a freind of the bride for over 10 years and the groom for the past 2 years.
The Handfasting of Bob & Lynda
Rev. Tannin Schwartzstein has studied diverse practices and paths such as Gi Gong, Shamanistic energy techniques, Gnostisism, Afro-Caribbean religions, and even a pinch of Ceremonial Magick. She has co-authored two books published through Llewelyn World Wide (Urban Primitive, October 2002 and Welcoming Hera's Blessing: Handfasting and Wedding Rituals, December 2003) with Raven Kaldera, as well as numerous articles for Llewellyn's various almanacs. She is also a founding member of The First Church of Asphodel in Hubbardston, MA. Her ten+ years of experience as an "occult consultant to the public" at her shop, Bones and Flowers, in Worcester, MA. have given her a unique perspective on the subject of witchcraft, occultism, and Murphy's Law.
Care and Feeding of Horses: Stewardship for the God-Possessed
Walking Wild: Pursuit of Power Animal Wisdom:
Richard Gates and Ariana Lightningstorm Richard Gates was trained in the Sun Bear Tradition by Diane Duggan and as part of that training learned several chants and songs in English that are both Native American and Ecclectic in origin. Ariana has been teaching chant workshops for 25 years and brings many traditions of chant to this workshop.
Elemental Chants and More
Richard Keenan PhD: In the mundane world, Richard is a college professor of Communication. He discovered group massage at Elysium Fields in California when he lived in Los Angeles. 22 years ago he combined Pagan ritual with group massage as a worship experience. The experience has pleased festival goers since then.
Magic, Music, and Sacred Massage
Rob Wandell made his first drum in 1986, in the very early days of the hand drum phenomenon in this country. His love for the spirit of percussion and people grew, and soon he was exploring the spiritual side of drum creation. The drum is his calling, and he gave up his job as an electrical engineer to focus on bringing percussion to the people. An eclectic pagan with roots in the Alexandrian Tradition, as well as a Sun Dancer and drummer, Rob mixes many elements in the energy he brings to creating and playing drums of many styles. Rob also works with other drum instructors to make the drum experience available to many, many people. He has provided drums for Baba Olatunji, The Hix, Nery Arevelo, Mz Imani, Abbi Spinner, Jim Donovan, and many other professionals. He also teaches, and has given workshops to adults and to children as young as 4 years old. "Open yourself to the pulse of the universe, and find what is truly possible."
You can visit him online, and pre-register for Build Your Own Drum at Imagicka.
Build Your Own Drum I
Build Your Own Drum II
Rowan Sterling has been a member of the Pagan community since 1985. Ms. Sterling served on the executive board of The Witch's Anti-Discrimination League (now know as AREN) from 1998-2003. She has been an active writer for small Pagan periodicals as well as online websites. For the last ten years she has been a featured presenter for the Pagan Community Council of Ohio, where her workshops have included such subjects as dreamology, past life regressions, Pagan infant loss and grieving, and many aspects of Greek mythology.
The Grieving Pagan Parent: Child, Infant, and Pregnancy Loss
Hera: The Misunderstood Goddess
Scott Mohnkern has been a practicing Asatruar for over a decade, and been teaching classes at FSG for the last four years. He is currently working on a book on the Nine Noble Virtues, and another book on Christian missionaries during the Boxer Rebellion.
Ecumenical Sumbel
Rune Reading 101
Stacia has been attending FSG and teaching craft classes for many years.
Constructing Talismans
Mask Making for Main Ritual
Pocket Shrines
Stephen Winick is a folklorist, writer, and traditional folksinger. He studied medieval literature and comparative mythology at Columbia University in New York before earning his PhD in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania. An expert on folksongs and ballads, he has taught many courses at all levels, from high school to graduate school. Steve is also a well-known writer on folk music, with articles in Dirty Linen, Sing Out, Music Hound, All Music Guide, and other leading publications. As a singer, he has appeared frequently as a guest vocalist with Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra, and has recently joined the Ship's Company Chanteymen. He also sings traditional ballads in the old, unaccompanied style. Steve has studied and written about ancient Celtic religion, and was introduced to modern paganism as a visitor to New York's Magickal Childe shop during the 1980s and 90s. He is currently exploring both pagan spirituality and the Tarot. Jennifer Cutting is an internationally known bandleader, composer, recording artist, performer, and record producer. A practical mystic, she is known for her visionary blending of tradition with innovation, and also for her ability to successfully launch her visions into the world. Jennifer first came to national attention as leader of British folk-rock band The New St. George, and then to international acclaim as founder and leader of Celtic rock band the Ocean Orchestra (featured artists at the Free Spirit Gathering in 2004 and 2005). Washington Area Music Association named her Musician of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, also awarding Album of the Year to her CD, OCEAN: Songs for the Night Sea Journey. She has produced and recorded with leading lights of folk and folk-rock such as Maddy Prior, Annie Haslam and Dave Mattacks.
Good Clean Fun with Dirty Folksongs.
Robin Hood, Lord of Summer
Scarborough Faerie: Courtship, Sex and Riddles in Folksongs
Summer is a-Comin' In! (Stephen & Jennifer)
Lady Satayana possesses 22 years experience as an energy healer, professional Usui & Karuna ReikiTM Practitioner/Teacher, psychic counselor/medium, and priestess, and is founder of The Reiki Center, located in Bloomsburg, PA.
Healing & Magick with Crystals & Gemstones
Reiki For Healing & Magick: Level I Class
Sylvia Brallier is the author of the award-winning book Dancing in the Eye of Transformation and the director of the Tantric Shamanism Institute. She has been teaching healing and tantric shamanism workshops nationally and internationally for 18 years. Her work is based on her own experiences with both ancient and new techniques for the evolution of consciousness. She has a deep commitment to creating safe space for the deepest of transformations.
Chakra Awakening
Grounding, Shielding and Clearing
Tantric Shamanism Breathwork Ceremony
Trance Dance: Unlocking the Door Between the Worlds
Tina & Paul: I have been a fused glass artist for 5 years, learning my craft at the Vitrum Studio in Beltsville, MD. This is my second year at FSG. I taught some informal glass jewelry classes last year at my merchant table - Profusions of Glass. I have enjoyed teaching both adults and children about the beauty and magic of fused glass for 2 years.
Make Your Own Fused Glass Jewelry
Tom Swiss Tom Swiss describes his spiritual path as 'Zen Pagan Taoist Atheist Discordian', which usually baffles questioners enough to leave him alone. He an NCCAOM Diplomate in Asian Bodywork Therapy and a karate student and teacher, holding the rank of yondan (fourth degree black belt). Tom is also a poet, a singer/songwriter, an amateur philosopher, and a professional computer geek. He is currently working on a book about 'Zen Paganism' and recently spent three months in Japan studying the relationship between Shinto and Buddhism in Japanese culture. Tom has previously presented various workshops at FSA Beltane, the Free Spirit Gathering, and the Starwood Festival.
Feeling Good with Acupressure and Shiatsu
Helping Friends Feel Good with Acupressure and Shiatsu
West is a neo-pagan druid (Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids & Ar nDraiocht Fein), with a background in Plains-Indian sweatlodges and Native American Church (Peyote Road). He is an active organic gardener, beekeeper, mead brewer, and wildcrafter. He is slowly taking a Victorian house off-grid.
Backyard Beekeeping
Introduction to Composting: Aerobic and Anaerobic
Whittney Matlock is a professional massage therapist, Pagan priest, healer and educator. Hearing the call of the Goddess in his teens, he has traveled an interesting path in his exploration of faith. In the early nineties he began a journey into the world of BDMS where he began to learn the power of the Ordeal After the death of a lover in the mid 90s, he poured himself into his current path of professional healer. He now uses all his experiences in magikal space to help others learn about healing through trust, touch and facing themselves in ordeal. A teacher in his local community for many year he works to inspire others to follow the calling of Spirit which they hear in their hearts. He has been the co-founder and spiritual leader for two covens focused on the Ordeal Path, first Circle of Dark Eros and more recently Kindlers of the Sacred Rhythms. With his coven mates he explores and teaches about the ordeal path and how to find Spirit in all parts of life and experience. He is also walking the path of fire worshiper, sharing the music of Spirit at the sacred fire with those who gather to dance, play and evolve. He and his lover are working on many projects to be of service to their community. From TV shows on alternative health for Fairfax Public Access, a podcast on meditation and the search for Spirit and, their ultimate goal, to create a fall healing retreat, Healing the Spirit, focusing on teaching people to use the healing power inside themselves to change their lives. When he presents, Whittney's classes are not for the faint of heart. He'll see to it that everyone gets involved. His charm and panache will captivate you, as he pulls you out of your chair and eggs you on to discover what's inside yourself. Take a chance, risk discovering parts of yourself that you lost track of, or, maybe, even find something in you which you never knew existed.
Gourmet Foot Massage—A Soleful Discussion on Feet
The Mysteries—Learning Through Experience
Trance: The Power of Consciousness
Yoga for Everyone
Yulecat, Allison and Brynn: Yulecat was born on the Winter Solstice and has a very strong association with felines—hence the name. He is a member of the Dragonvale community of Sacred Lands, as well as the administrator of the Polyamorous in Northern New England (PolyNNE) e-mail list. He is also quoted throughout the book Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts by Raven Kaldera. Brynn has been actively polyamorous and a member of the Boston poly community for nearly a decade. She finds it works well with her bi-pagan-biker-geek lifestyle and fulfills her wish to have frequent discussions regarding behavior and human interaction. Allison hasn't sent us any bio information.
Advanced Polyamory
Polyamory 101