Familiars, Fetches and Power Animals

We will explore one system for understanding the differing roles of these animal spirits and how they can be used for deep personal and spiritual growth.

Lessons in Ritual Triage
-- or "How to Avoid the Ford Pinto Ritual"

This will be an anecdote-filled discussion on what makes a ritual a good or a bad one. Over the years, the presenter has been to some amazingly powerful rituals, some plain duds, and some downright dangerous ones. We'll talk about how each got that way and various techniques to make energy flow, get everyone involved, stir up some change for people, while keeping everyone safe and sane. We'll also explore the difference between ritual and ritual theater and how different size groups (10, 100, 1000 participants) need to be planned differently.

The Advanced Elemental Spellworking Series

Each two-day workshop explores the various associations and spellwork uses of one particular Each two-day workshop explores the various associations and spellwork uses of one particular element.

Taught in a very hands-on, experiential way, students leave the class with a host of spellworking skills (and often items made in class) from a variety of magickal traditions including witchcraft, Wicca, ceremonial magick, hoodoo and various folk traditions.

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Candles, Lights & Bonfires : Advanced Fire Working
This workshop covers Wiccan, witchcraft, hoodoo and other folk magic uses of candles, fires, lamps, and other sources of illumination. Dressing and setting lights, using dirts, dusts, powders and oils with your candles, herbs, colors, feeding your candles, carving, sculpting and implanting, reversals, tapers, pillars, jars and two-headed candles, bonfires, candle safety, traditional candle altars and more will be covered.

Sprays, Sprinkles & Baths: Advanced Water Working
This workshop covers the uses of ponds, potions, streams, rain, baths and other forms of water. Spiritual baths, healing washes, magickal sprays, water spells, scrying in various bodies of water, water dowsing, herbal extracts, potions, and other wet magicks will be covered.

Smokes, Smudges & Censing: Advanced Air Working
This workshop covers the uses of wind, sky, cloud, breath, smoke and other forms of air. Ritual smudging and “smoking“, incense and scents, magical uses of breath, scrying with the wind and clouds, air spells, communication with spirits, petition papers and prayers, and other magicks involving air will be covered.

Dirt, Rocks & Crystals: Advanced Earth Working
This workshop covers the uses of dirt, rocks, powders, crystals, bones and stones. Procuring and using Graveyard dirt, foot-track magick, magnets and lodestones, uses of crystals, metals and commons stones, geomancy, amulets and talismans, ancestor spirit work and other earth magicks will be covered.

OTHER TOPICS:

- Boundaries and Ethics in Pagan Pastoral Counseling

- The Witch as Shapeshifter

- Cauldron of Change: Magick and Personal Growth

- Beyond the Crystal Ball: Advanced Divination

- Terror & Transformation: Initiation and Spiritual Growth

- Deity Work & Divine Possession

- Introduction of Wicca and Witchcraft

- Introduction to Ceremonial Magick and the Western Mystery Traditions

- Covens, Churches & Chaplains: Changing Models of Pagan Clergy

- Elemental Stewardship Training: Air, Fire, Water & Earth

- Ritual Stewardship Training: Guardians, Gatekeepers, Listeners & Healers

The Elemental Healer Training Program

The Elemental Healer Training Program is composed of nine levels or modules. Each module takes a minimum of three months to complete. Graduates of the program leave with a deep philosophical and practical mastery of a variety of healing theories, approaches and modalities.

The primary focus of the program is to provide a strong underlying model of understanding of:

- how the body works according to various healing modalities (Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, etc.)

- how those various systems can be understood as one unified system

- how to diagnose based on a holistic, comprehensive, unified system of understanding the body and the person

- how to treat according to the diagnostic findings but using a full spectrum of techniques from a variety of schools of healing

- how to know which techniques are indicated for each problem and what/ when a particular technique is contraindicated.

Teaching methods are highly experiential, giving each student not only an intellectual understanding of the material, but also a visceral, personal connection and understanding.

Medical Theories
of the "Elemental" systems of Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Greek Humours and other healing modalities including:

- Basic Principles of Health and Healing

- Concepts of Energy, Blood and Fluids across cultures

- Meridians, Chakras, Marma and Acupoints

- Energetic Anatomy Diagnostics

- Pulse, tongue and hara diagnosis

- face, hand and body diagnosis

- energy dowsing, muscle testing and aura reading

- interviewing and other diagnostic techniques

Treatment Strategies and Methods

- Energy healing systems (Reiki, polarity, acupressure, homeopathy, etc.)

- Spirit healing (shamanic healing, magical healing, meditation, prayer)

- Physical healing (acupressure, auricular treatment, body work)

- Psychological healing (counseling, psychosynthesis, transpersonal, etc.)

- Diet and lifestyle

- Herbology (Eastern & Western)