ATKA White Arctic Gray Wolf Wolf Conservation Center, South Salem, NY Wolf Lecture

Atka is an Arctic gray wolf. At six years of age, Atka is the youngest ambassador at the Wolf Conservation Center. Atka is a unique ambassador as he travels to schools, museums, nature centers and libraries across the Northeast to help people learn about the importance of his wild brothers and sisters.  

Founded in 1999 the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) in South Salem, NY promotes wolf conservation by teaching about wolves, their relationship to the environment and the human role in protecting their future. The WCC accomplishes this mission through onsite and offsite education programs. These programs emphasize wolf biology, the ecological benefits of wolves and other large predators, and the current status of wolf recovery in the United States. The WCC also participates in the Species Survival Plan (SSP) and Recovery Plan for the critically endangered red wolf, and the Mexican gray wolf. For more information about the WCC visit the website at www.nywolf.org

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Z BUDAPEST Founder Dianic Feminist Wicca Keynote Speaker Lecture as Keynote Speaker Women's Ritual

Zsuzsanna Emese Budapest was born in Budapest, Hungary, during a big winter storm on January 30, 1940. Her mother, Masika Szilagyi, was a medium and a practicing witch who supported herself and her daughter with her art, as a sculptress. Masika's themes always celebrated the Triple Goddess and the Fates, and Zsuzsanna, "Z," grew up respecting and appreciating Mother Nature as a god. The poverty of postwar Europe and political oppression under the Russian occupation made Z fiercely political, so when the Hungarian Revolution broke out in 1956, she took her destiny into her own hands and became one of those sixty-five thousand political refugees who left the country, mostly young workers and students like herself. She finished high school in Innsbruck, graduated from a bilingual gymnasium, and won a scholarship to the University of Vienna where she studied languages.
     Z emigrated to the United States in 1959, became a student at the University of Chicago, married, and gave birth to two sons. In Chicago she studied with Second City, an improvisational theatrical school, the only one in the country at that time. Her family's spiritual tradition, however, started seeping back into her life, and she practiced solo worship of the Goddess at her home altar in her backyard. When she entered her Saturn cycle at the age of thirty, she became involved with the women's liberation movement in Los Angeles and became an activist herself, staffing the Women's Center there for many years.
     There she recognized a need for a spiritual dimension so far lacking in the feminist movement and started the Women's Spirituality Movement. She founded the Susan B. Anthony Coven Number l, the first feminist witches' coven, which became the role model for thousands of other spiritual groups being born and spreading across the nation. She wrote The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries (Weiser Publishers, 1989) which was originally published in 1975 as The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows. This book served as the first hands-on book to lead women into their own spiritual/Goddess heritage.
   Z was arrested in 1975 for reading Tarot cards to an undercover policewoman. She lost the trial but won the issue, and the law against psychics was struck down nine years later. (See WitchTrial.net) Z has led rituals, lectured, taught classes, given workshops, written articles tirelessly, and published in hundreds of women's newspapers across the country. She has powerfully influenced many of the future teachers and writers about the Goddess.
   Today Z lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, traveling a lot, giving workshops and lectures, but always making time to smell the roses. She is the star of her own cable TV show called 13th Heaven and acts as the director of the Women's Spirituality Forum, a nonprofit organization sponsoring a monthly lecture series in the Bay Area about the Goddess, spirituality retreats, and annual spiral dances on Halloween. Z founded and sponsors the Dianic University Online, a vagina-friendly online school for Dianic Wicca and Goddess studies for women. California Institute for Integral Studies recognized recently Z's contribution to Women's Spirituality Movement.

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MOCKING BIRD AND FRANCIS E. BRAUNLICH First Unitarian Universalist Society, New Haven The Lore of the Crooked Man The Wisdom of Mother Goose 3rd class TBA

Mocking Bird was born between the worlds some twenty years ago; his predecessor and outer-world partner Francis E Braunlich was born more conventionally in Buffalo, NY. Mocking Bird is a hedge-wizard, a scholar’s helper, and creator of somewhat less than explicit Pagan services for the First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven, where Francis likes to pound the drums of global justice and earth awareness. Mocking Bird is a lover of playful spontaneity and is less than enamored with repetitive ritual; Francis is an iconoclast, a distruster of authority, and a musicologist
http://members.iconn.net/~gedney1/fuus.htm

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Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian and West-African Drumming, Drum-making. Master percussionist and drum-maker. Student of Famadou (former lead drummer Les-Ballet Africans), Chief Bey (featured percussionist- World Saxophone Quartet) and Orlando Rios Puntilla (master Afro-Cuban percussionist). Lectures / demos: Harvard, Cleveland State U., Oberlin, others.

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ROBERTA BRODESSER Class TBA

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THE CONDUIT Chakra Balancing

The Conduit is a traveling showcase that provides a unique and wonderful experience to many individuals free of charge. With us we bring good vibrations, a desire to bring about positive social change, and a will to continue our mission, which is to gong the planet. Our showcase includes 10 Paiste planetary gongs, 24 Tibetan singing bowls, and a variety of other instruments including tingshas, bells, dorjes, a rain stick, and a rotosound. The gongs are placed around an individual who sits in our gravity chair with a special type of blindfold on. The instruments are played lightly and carefully for the optimal experience of the person in the chakra tuning chair. The experience lasts 3-5 minutes.

We greatly add to any scene we become a part of. The gongs themselves have a mysterious quality that intrigues most who come across them. They are beautiful and mystical both in sound and appearance. Many of those who choose to participate in the gong experience by sitting in our chakra tuning chair have very positive and often incredible experiences. We have heard from many that the experience was the best he or she has EVER had. This is not something we take lightly. Our showcase attracts a wide variety of individuals—and does so very well. We have performed at several music festivals, and each time the gongs attract large crowds of people from sunrise past sunset.

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Cindy Corriveau , published author, has a BA in Psychology. She is the Founder and President of the highly respected paranormal investigations group Interdimensional Investigations; investigating and educating on the seen and unseen world of Spirit. She is also freelance writer and photographer for the local newspaper, a Reiki Practitioner II, a Master Teacher of Magnified Healing, Practitioner of the Emotional Freedom Technique and a Signatory for the IETI Project. Cindy also finds time to participate in community service as the President of the Salem Historical Society, member of the Gungywamp Society (avocational archaeology) and a member of the Lions Club of Salem, CT. 
       Eclectic in beliefs Ms Corriveau has studied various religions, attended workshops at Pine Grove Spiritualist Camp and the Center of Light. Cindy has studied Wicca in an all female coven and embraces the traditions of pagan religions as well as participated in Fire ceremonies in the Incan Tradition of the Quero Indians of Peru. She has trained with the highly respected Spiritualist Mediums; the late Al Ferency and internationally known, Kerrie O Connor. Cindy has nearly a decade in active paranormal field investigations and has taught spirit photography/EVP classes in Niantic, Taftville and is a past presenter of the EVP Workshop at Belatine 2005 Pagan Odyssey. Please look for Cindy and Nancy in their new Cable Access show Ghost Chat New England! To contact Ms.Corriveau please e-mail her at ghostlady40@yahoo.com

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MARCY CURRIER Artist, Intuitive, Healer, Teacher The Fool & the Butterfly Tarot for Personal Healing All-Ages Beginner's Tarot

A gifted intuitive and healer as well as a dynamic and insightful facilitator, Marcy draws on an eclectic mix of ancient teachings and modern techniques that enrich her presentations with wisdom and warmth. She is a member of the Holistic Studies Faculty at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, and founder of Metamorphosis Healing & Intuitive Arts in Southeast CT. In her current practice, Marcy incorporates various energetic techniques, original Tarot layouts, and intuitive guidance as she assists clients of all ages in accessing their own inner wisdom. Marcy continues to be amazed by the power of dialogue, humor, and creative expression in healing and personal transformation.

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CHRYSTAL GARDEN Crystal Healing Children's class “Learning to feel and play with energy”

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SHARON CYBORON Artist, Puppeteer Two herbal Class called Beltane Herbs and Flowers

Sharon Cyboron is a second generation Connecticut Artist, trained by her mother in oil painting, sketching, and photography. Sharon later trained in pottery and sculpture and attended the University of Connecticut, where she attained a Batchelor of Arts in English Literature with related work in Puppetry.  After graduation she toured with the “Magic School Bus” puppet show performing all across the United States. She has been studying and using herbs for over twenty years and has taught a six week class on the medicinal properties of herbs. Her work can be found in stores around Connecticut or at www.Dragonkingdoms.com

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MORGAN DAIMLER Germanic Magic Traditional and Modern Seidhr Practices Oracular Spá Session  Animal Magic for Children and Adults

Morgan Daimler is the gythia of Stormlight Kindred in south east CT and is a dedicated priestess of Odin. She has been studying runes for over a decade and seidhr for several years, and also has a varied background in Wicca and Celtic Reconstructionist druidry. She co-runs a women’s spirituality discussion group out of Pandora’s Box in Norwich CT and teaches a variety of classes there throughout the year. Morgan has had poetry published in two books, the Pagan’s Muse and Voices of the Survivors, as well in the journal Idunna, the Wiccan Read, and has a collection of work online at Odinsgift.com.

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MARY D'ALBA Spiritual Astrology Past Life and Soul Groups

Mary D’Alba is a metaphysical practitioner and teacher. Mary brings years of corporate training and program development into the spiritual world. Her mission in this work is to help empower others to find what is important in their lives, tap into their passions and help her clients live their best life ever.
    Mary is a trained Psychic, Medium, and Intuitive Reader, Certified Hypnotist, Usui, Karuna & Shamballa Master/Teacher, Astrologer, Spiritual Life Coach and Ordained Minister.

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MAMA DONNA/DONNA HENES The Full Spirited Four-Fold Goddess A Woman’s Guide to Power A Royal Coronation Ceremony

Donna Henes is an internationally renowned urban shaman, ritual expert, award-winning author, popular speaker and workshop leader whose joyful celebrations of celestial events have introduced ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies to millions of people in more than 100 cities since 1972. She has published four books, a CD, an acclaimed Ezine and writes for The Huffington Post and UPI Religion and Spirituality Forum. Mama Donna, as she is affectionately called, maintains a ceremonial center, spirit shop, ritual practice and consultancy in Exotic Brooklyn, NY where she works with individuals, groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion.
www.DonnaHenes.net
www.TheQueenOfMySelf.com

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SHANDDARAMON DE ENOSDEVAL Sacred Listening Story Reading for Children

Shanddaramon is a published writer, composer, and poet and is the author of several books and articles on living and being a modern Pagan. He lives in the Boston, Massachusetts, area with his wife, daughter, dog, and 2 cats. When not writing, he is a Professor of Music and teaches classes at a local college. He has often sought ways in which to combine his interest in the arts with a growing interest in the mystical and, specifically, through Paganism. He applies these skills through his art and writing and through services such as divinatory advising, pastoral counseling and ritual work. Combining the arts with mysticism, he has created classes and workshops for others with similar interests and has led rituals for organizations and individuals.

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CHRISTOPHER LAFOND Ze Old Vays Are Ze Good Vays (or “Introduction to Medieval Astrology”) Time is on My Side (yes it is!) A Trip to the Fun House

Christopher LaFond is an astrologer who works, teaches, and lectures throughout Massachusetts. He is a certified professional astrologer and has lectured on astrological topics at both local and international conventions. He specializes in classical and medieval astrological methods, but also includes some modern methods in his work. He is available for private readings and for private or group classes. Chris is also a Professor of Spanish at Boston College, a beekeeper, and musician who performs mainly on the Celtic Harp. In 2009 his group the Pilgrim Celtic Harp Trio released their latest CD “Garden Concert.” www.lafond.us (astrology) www.celticharper.net (harp)

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LUMEINA Sunrise Movement Meditation

Lumeina, interfaith minister and witch has served the Pagan community for 30 years. Senior Priestess of an eclectic Goddess Temple, she co-founded the first and only legally, registered temple in Staten Island, New York offering open and individual rituals, spiritual counseling, reiki healing and courses, sacred ceremonies and the only pagan prison ministry in New York City. 
 http://www.hertraditions.org

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ZABEEBAH! Bellydance Performance Introduction to Bellydance

As Zabeebah!, Lulwa, BellaDonna and Sahabra perform Middle Eastern folk-fusion dance. Schooled in oriental, modern and folkloric traditions they bring great energy and enthusiasm to the dance. With mystery in their backgrounds and a dog or cat in their laps the rhythmic traditions of the Middle East flow through their well-kohled eyes, feet, fingers and souls for all to enjoy. Yallah!

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VERONICA 'RONNIE' ERDMANN Sacred Circle Dance

Veronica (Ronnie) Erdmann (aka: Lulwa) has followed her way through a path which has brought her to and through the learning and enjoyment of at least: ballet, ballroom, and middle eastern dance; skiing, fencing, and karate; playing music with woodwinds and various percussion instruments; and the making of hand crafts. About fifteen years ago Ronnie found by lucky chance the community of Sacred Circle Dance. Here was a place of balance to celebrate the seasons of the earth and of life with many wonderful people. Ronnie has shared he joy in the dance previously through New Haven Sacred Circle Dance, and has participated in several functions of the Panthean Temple and the NOMAD Festival of Traditional Music, Art, and Dance. Currently Ronnie facilitates Candlewood Sacred Circle Dance as well as Middle Eastern Percussion Circle in Danbury, CT.

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JOSEPH FIRECROW Concert Coffee with Joseph Firecrow

“The natural beauty of the flute evokes very powerful emotions. The traditional flute is social, not ceremonial, in nature and should always be treated with that in mind and spirit. " ~Joseph Fire Crow
   In 1992, Fire Crow recorded the album, The Mist. Two years later, in 1994, he released a second self-produced recording, Rising Bird. These recordings were sold only at concerts.
   In April of 1996, his self-titled release, Fire Crow, was one of the first recordings to be launched nationally on the Makoché label and is one of the label’s best sellers. Echodisc said in a review of Fire Crow, “Joseph Fire Crow is quite simply one of the most gifted players of the Native American flute, this is beautifully recorded.” Another reviewer described Fire Crow as a “national treasure.”
   Fire Crow’s follow-up, Cheyenne Nation, combined a soulful mixture of traditional flute and
contemporary instrumentation to earn a GRAMMYTM nomination at the 43rd Annual Awards.
   In November of 2003, Fire Crow’s Legend of the Warrior received top honors for both the Native American Music Awards “SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR,” as well as the Indian Summer Music Awards FLUTE CATEGORY WINNER.
   Fire Crow’s collaborative effort with Jim Cockey lead to the composition of “Parmly’s Dream,” from the CD Signature. This release won FireCrow the “BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING” Award at the 7th Annual Native American Music Awards.
   Red Beads, was released in late August of 2005. Red Beads comes full circle with a return to the traditional. This recording includes Fire Crow’s mother, Elva Stands In Timber. Joseph was honored to have her join him. This release won FireCrow the “FLUTIST OF THE YEAR” Award at the 8th Annual Native American Music Awards.
   Ken Burns also chose some of Fire Crow's music to be included on the soundtrack for his documentary "Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.” Most recently, Fire Crow’s music was featured on Public Broadcasting Service’s film, The War that Made America. 
   Fire Crow was also a guest artist on Peter Kater’s 2007 album, Faces of the Sun, which earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best New Age Music Album at the 50th Annual Awards. Face the Music , FireCrow’s latest release, brings the traditional together with modern stylings for a must have collection of contemporary Native American Music! FireCrow was also a guest artist on Prayer for Compassion, David Darling, NEW AGE GRAMMY WINNER 2010!! 

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REV. ALICIA LYON FOLBERTH Official Beltaine Festival cat herder, ringmaster, bottle washer  HPs. & Pres. Panthean Temple, Court Ceffylwen Odyssean & Celtic Tradition Kids Class (and for silly adults): Juggling for the Complete Klutz

            Rev. Alicia L. Folberth is the Priestess and President of the Panthean Temple, formerly known as the Pagan Community Church, which was founded in 1995. She is the founder of the inner court of the church, Ceffylwen.  
          Rev. Alicia came to the path over 20 years ago, after she was introduced to Wiccan religion through Zanoni Silverknife. For many years she has devoted herself to Celtic traditions as a votary of Rhiannon. She was introduced to Odyssean tradition twelve years ago, which is the tradition of the Wiccan Church of Canada, and has now resumed her studies with two wonderful teachers. Odyssean is now the core tradition of the Panthean Temple.
          She is also a Reiki Master and healer, with a strong interest in herbalism.  As a lover of all things spiritual, she has also pursued Afro-Carribean hand drumming under the guidance of Baba David Coleman.
          Her first 'official' published work, 'She Moves In Mysterious Ways,' appears in 'Cakes and Ale for the Pagan Soul' edited by Trish Telesco. Her writinghas been included in 'A Survivor's Heart,' soon to be released by Vanilla Heart Publishing She has also written for the Panthean Temple magazine Pantheon, the Door Opener, PaganPages.org and was a featured tarot columnist for Finer Things, a local print magazine. Rev. Alicia is a gifted reader, and has found it to be one of her callings in helping others on the path.

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TISHA HARRIS Essential Oils 101 Pagan Grimm

Alchemy is mostly housebroken and lives on a diet of eggs, beans, and cookies. When making contact with one of the pride members remember they are VERY shy. Members of the pride become irritable if there is stuf to be cleaned up, they run oyut of E6000 or miss a great fabric sale. Alchemy can be found skulking around SCA events, Pagan gatherings, and Ren Faires in New England and New York. They are known for their spectacular display of sterling silver jewelry, extensive herbal apothecary and whimsical handmade items. They will share their knowledge when not spooked too badly. To help tame them, follow along these places: http://www.magicalalchemy.com and http://www.magicalalchemy.etsy.com

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JEAN HISLOP Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury Two session workshop.  1st part, "Know you're rights, And USE them" 2nd part "Workshop/Discussion on Pagan Rights"

    Jean Hislop has been a Pagan for 13 years, although in the two and a half years she has made her spiritual home in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, where she conducts earth based wheel of the year pagan celebrations for the congregation and community with her friend and spiritual confidant, Veronica Swain, and also serves as the Congregations Social Action Committee Chair. 
    Jean has formerly been active in the now defunct Moonlight Circle, has taught previous classes at Pagan Odyssey. She has had articles published on Witchvox, and on various other Pagan websites. 
    Jean is a fierce Wiccan warrior for Social Justice, working across religious lines in an interfaith, interdenominational capacity for her primary cause, Immigrants Rights. Her current causes include Anti War activism, LGBT rights activism, and civil rights Activism, and environmental justice. She has been a presenter at “Sisters at the forefront” a women's union organizing conference, and is frequently featured in articles in the Danbury News Times, Comunidade News amongst others for issues pertaining to her activism.

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BOBBIE GRENNIER Assisting Z Budapest

 Editor of Goddess Magazine and host of the Goddess Magazine radio show on Blogtalk Radio.

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KATE HOLLY-CLARK Master Story Teller The Intuitive’s Guide To Stones Telling Your Own Story in Public Sacred Storytelling: When The Tale Tells the Storyteller Performance: Trickster stories from around the world

Kate Holly-Clark is a storyteller with over 20 years experience, telling tales at retirement homes, renaissance faires, pagan gatherings, and once, bizarrely, at a mall. She specializes in world literature and fairy tales, telling stories from the Odyssey to Beowulf, Why You Should Always Know A Story, folk tales from Korea to Native American trickster stories. 
   She has studied folk and fairy tales from many cultures to find connections between all kinds of persons, places, and times, an approach that ties in neatly with her ongoing practice of Eclectic Paganism and kitchen witchery She currently lives and occasionally teaches in Barnstead NH, where she also bases her wire jewelry and soap business, Antika Nueva.

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IMAKHU Concert Opening of the Way Ceremony Sacred Ritual Bellydance Water: The Way to Peace and Power

    Imakhu, the Renegade Wise Woman, is a career visual/performing/literary artist who openly lives her life as a Nubian witch out of the Broom Closet. Her uplifting Nu African pagan music blends eclectic and traditional folk, Goth, and soulful rock. Her vocals, storytelling, drumming, and folk guitar playing reflect her African and Native American roots.
    Imakhu is also known to the world for her metaphysical podcast, NUBIA GODDESS RISING (also found on iTunes), and as author of COWRIE BLESSINGS BOOK: NU AFRAKAN WORDS OF WISDOM. She is Queen Mother and Elder High Priestess of a Kemetic/Metaphysical shrine, Shona water priestess, a keeper of the sacred Wise Woman (Rehu-t) traditions. Imakhu teaches the ancient metaphysical mysteries of bellydance. 
   Imakhu uses her art and spirituality to build universal bridges of peace.  www.imakhu.com

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RICHARD JAMES H.P. Wiccan Church of Canada Odyssean Tradition Beltaine Ritual with the PTC TAMARRA JAMES H.Ps. Wiccan Church of Canada Etruscan Religion Chant Workshop Hecate Ritual Beltaine Ritual with the PTC

Tamarra was initiated as a witch on her 16th birthday, way back when people did that. But her big learning curve happened after she moved with her new husband Richard from Vancouver to Los Angeles. That city in 1977 was a hotbed of competing approaches and personalities; and it was there that R&T formed their first coven. Their wandering took them to New York, where competition among traditions was just as intense, and they learned all they could. Finally in 1979 they moved back to Canada, to Toronto.
    In 1979 they opened The Occult Shop on Queen St, with a temple space in the back, and on the night of their first ritual a brick smashed through the shop window. The resulting press attention helped the business succeed. Since then, many other Pagan retailers have come and gone, but The Occult Shop lives on. 
    People who came to the shop demanded a Church, where they could worship openly like people of other religions, so they formed the Wiccan Church of Canada with R&T as their first priest & priestess. Since then, R&T have watched the Canadian pagan community grow, being involved in the first prison ministry, the first Pagan festival, the first Pagan conference, introducing Ontario Pagans to Americans and vice versa.
   For 30 years, they have watched or been part of every aspect of the growth of the Ontario Pagan Community. Tamarra’s women’s group Sistrum is 26 years old. In the last few years, Richard has broadened the horizons to work for the Canadian National Pagan Conference. 
    Wiccan Church of Canada website: www.wcc.on.ca

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Rob Kelly has been a practicing martial artist for twenty years. His experience includes Tae Kwon Do, Ground Fighting and Filipino Martial Arts before coming to Western Martial Arts/ Historical European Martial Arts through the Selohaar Fechtschule. Rob has trained under the world-famous author and martial artist, Christian Henry Tobler, for the past six years.

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Reverend Nancy C. Krissoff, with a Doctorate of Metaphysics was born in 1960, in the State of New Jersey, location of the filming of the original “Amityville Horror”, and the Jersey Devil. As the team’s Chief Investigator, Nancy is responsible for focusing the group’s energy and talent while on-scene, as well as assisting Cindy in operational planning and post-mission review of all video and material evidence gathered from the site. Using her unique ability to sense paranormal activity through sensitive acoustic enhancers, she is able to sift through and decipher the existing energies, greatly enhancing the teams already considerable talents. She has spent years of self-directed study in the areas of extra-sensory perception, inter-dimensional contacts, and the existence of paranormal entities. She specializes in the extensive works detailing unusual encounters with un-explained energies in the New England Area, and has provided on-site analysis of numerous active site. She and her team-mate of Interdimensional Investigations, Cindy Corriveau, have provided valuable information during controlled experiments sponsored by the Connecticut Skeptics Society. 

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RAVEN LOCKWOOD Fire Dancer Fire Raising Ceremony Fire Dancing Show

Raven Lockwood's act is highly unique as she is one of three professional jugglers in New England that works with flaming Devil sticks, and to set her apart even further she is the only female in New England to perform with them on a professional level. Her show will further mesmerize you as she dances while juggling, keeping in rhythm to the music whether it be live or prerecorded. Her skills do not end there as Raven also does fire manipulations, transfers, eating, and breathing! Puns and torches both fly frequently during her act! With 8 years of juggling experience under her belt and more tricks coming every day, rest assured that you will be hypnotized and entertained at any of her performances. 

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MARTHA & NIGMA Spell Crafting – Getting started Spell Crafting – Candle dressing The Major Arcana

The ladies from The Witch’s Element have generations of experience to draw upon. They are full initiates of the Afro-Caribbean tradition and are no strangers to the Pagan Odyssey community. Martha and Nigma have served the community for over fifty years, teaching classes, consulting, or providing incense & occult products. Many a time an impromptu class has arisen while vending at their booth. Well versed in a variety of traditions, they always welcome a new idea or discussion as the ladies see themselves as the eternal students. In their eyes everyone has something to teach or learn.

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OGIN Dream Interpretation Workshops

Ogin has walked the Pagan path since 1994. She began studying Jungian dream analysis in 1999 and incorporates this continued study into her magikal workings as well as in her professional practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. A lifelong Connecticut resident, she enjoys spending time outside, relaxing with friends and family and chasing after her spirited 4 year old son, Smiling Wolf.

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ONE HEART COMMUNITY DRUMMERS Drum circle facilitators, teachers

One-Heart Community Drum began at the 1995 North East Regional Rainbow gathering in the summer of 1995, in the Finger Lakes National Forest, in Hector, NY. A group of people from the local area participated in some drum circles there, and had a blast. After the gathering ended, we began meeting in Stewart Park on Sundays, with families gathering, and sharing food, and drumming. At the end of the warm season, our drumming ended, until one of the members decided to have a meeting in their home to discuss finding an indoor location to drum during the winter. Steve Calkins worked at the Alternative Community School, and obtained the principal’s consented to use that space. In February of 1996 we began a weekly drum circle there that has existed since that time. Our tradition of drumming at Stewart Park during warm months continued. The drum circle has hand hundreds of members over the years with members coming and going, but some of the original members have remained, and helped keep group continuity. Over the years, we began being invited to play at various local events, and community festivals, and this has grown over time, to include many events even out of the immediate Ithaca Area. (Rochester, Syracuse, etc.) The group has always been family oriented, and having children present, and sharing food has always been a part of the group’s make-up. Over this period of time Steve Calkins collected a number of hand drums that he began to bring along, so that people could join in the activity that did not possess a drum. This has allowed people that are present in the park to merely walk up and participate, and has made for a great opportunity for people to connect with others in a positive way!

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MAMBO RACINE SANS BOUT Grand Bwa Ceremony

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GYPSY RAVISH  Temple of Nine Wells High Priestess of the Coven of Akhelarre Workshop/Ritual: TBA

Gypsy is a singer and songwriter whose work has been well received by the magickal community. In the early 70’s her life long interest in music and song brought her to the Boston area she where she performed with rock and jazz musicians and earned a BA in Music and Sociology from the University of Massachusetts. As far back as 1975 Gypsy was named “Best Pop Vocalist” in The Boston Globe’s yearly ‘Best of Boston’ listings. As her music evolved her spirituality did as well. Gypsy’s first contact with the Craft was in the late 70’s when she met HPs. Laurie Cabot and studied and worked closely with her for many years, assisting her to pioneer the Witches League for Public Awareness, The Temple of Nine Wells and other projects. Over the years she has been trained by HPs. Erinna Northwind, HP. Richard Ravish and HPs. Sally Taylor-Mapley GWQ and HP. David Mapley GM, as well as briefly meeting and corresponding with the late, great Alex Sanders.

First initiated into a local Wiccan family in 1981 and then reinitiated and elevated in Kent, England in 1986, Gypsy, as a High Priestess of the Wicca, has been helping to lead the open Sabbat rites and ceremonies of the Temple of Nine Wells - ATC for fifteen years. She also does occasional radio and tv interviews and workshop presentations. Under the auspices of the Coven of Akhelarre, her chartered Alexandrian/hereditary temple, Gypsy trains and initiates Wiccan priests and priestess and continues to be actively guided by the eldership of Sally Taylor-Mapley and David Mapley (originally based in Kent, England and now relocated in Scotland) for whom she acts as appointed representative of the Kentish line in the US. 

Gypsy is co-owner of both White Light Pentacles/Sacred Spirit Products, a wholesale/retail mail order business founded in 1981, and Nu Aeon, a lovely seaside boutique with its own temple space that has been open for 10 years. She devotes most of her time helping to design, promote and distribute authentic and powerful tools of Witchcraft and Magick to individual practitioners and stores nationwide. Recently her cd, ‘Enchantress’, was listed among the top 13 Pagan recordings in an article published by Pan Gaia Magazine and her song. ‘Magick’, was included in ‘Best of Pagan Song’, an anthology cd whose liner notes refer to this collection as “songs that have shaped the current resurgence of Pagan spirituality”. Her new CD Spirit Nation has been released. 
Gypsy has been living in the historic district of Salem, Massachusetts for 36 years and enjoys her antique house, her daughters, her husband and her garden. 

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RICHARD RAVISH (Magister Azaradel) Temple of Nine Wells High Priest of the Coven of Akhelarre Hierophant of Strength of Hadit Participatory Workshop/Ritual: TBA

Richard Ravish shares his personal experience of more than 40 years studying and practicing the arts of Witchcraft, Qabala, Hermetics, Angelics, Enochiana and Ceremonial Magick.  First initiated into the Wiccan priesthood in 1970 e.v., and then welcomed as an Elder into an Alexandrian & Hereditary lineaged family in Kent , England    in 1986 e.v.,  Richard has been one of the original "Witches of Salem " for decades.  Alex Sanders also was kind enough to contribute guidance and training, both in St. Leonards-on-Sea , Sussex  and in correspondence.   In addition to being an active Freemason and a Rosicrucian, Richard attained the grade of Adeptus Major in the Thelemic Golden Dawn before parting ways with its founder.  Richard is a member of the Knights Templar Oasis of the O.T.O, a novitiate priest in the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholicae, and operates as hierophant of Strength of Hadit, a private Thelemic temple.

As an ordained minister and Magus of The Temple of Nine Wells - ATC, a public Wiccan congregation in Salem, Richard has been writing and leading open circles for each of the Eight Sabbats of the Witches Wheel for 18 years.  He is also the High Priest of the Coven of Akhelarre, training and initiating suitable students and chartering covens of the Wicca.  As founder and co-owner of White Light Pentacles/Sacred Spirit Products Inc. and his store, Nu Aeon, Richard earns his livelihood providing the tools of magick to stores and individual practitioners alike. 

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RISTANDI Blot: The structure of sacrifice Oðinsblót: traditional offering rite to Oðin

Ristandi (Rune-Gild) has worked with the Northern Mysteries for over two decades. He became a member of the the Rune-Gild in ’93, and was named a Rune-Master in 2007. He is a member of the Woodharrow Institute and the Gild’s Seidhr Network.
   Ristandi holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology, and his writings on Northern European spiritual traditions appear a variety of journals and magazines like Leidstjarna, Rune-Kevels, Runa, and Symbel. He has presented talks, classes, and ritual workings at a variety of venues around the country, including the Starwood festival in Western New York, PantheaCon in San Jose, and the Feast of Ægir Heathen gathering in Central California. He has appeared on or served as a consultant for numerous television programs on the Folklore of the Supernatural that have aired on The Learning Channel, NBC, and HBO.
   Strongly oriented towards the pragmatic, operative aspects of traditional sorcery, Ristandi’s particular research interests include: archaic and latter-day traditions of Germanic folk magic in Europe and the U.S.; the ritual practices documented in Early Modern Scandinavian magical manuscripts or Galdrabækur; and the theory and practice of Germanic Necromancy.
   These days, he can be found lurking around Burlington, Vermont, keeping company with lake monsters, accordion players, and other disreputable folk. 

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REV. LLALLA SHAHAR Children’s Bardic Circle Sacred Music as Worship Guided Labyrinth “Walk”

Rev. Llalla Shahar was born Sabrina Blanchard in Hanover, NH. Raised between Bethel, VT and Savannah Georgia she has practiced Paganism on the beaches along the womb of the Great Mother and atop the rolling hills of her body since 1987. Ordained by the Universal Light Church in 1991, Rev. Shahar grew her ministry and her love of the Gods on children- based rituals and songs of worship and praise to the Gods. Receiving her 3rd Degree Initiation in May of 2000, she accepted the name Llalla Shahar and her role as High Priestess of Cold Birch Grove. Rev. Shahar has been a member of Laurelin Community, a broad based pagan community in Bethel, VT for over 15 years. She has performed duties as Gate Steward, Child Tent Coordinator,Children’s Bardic Circle Organizer, and is now looking forward to being the first Labyrinthe caretaker and future on-site facilitator.

Rev. Shahar has also completed her first album as the lead singer of ACAPAGANA. In BibliahOctavahSacradah Vol. 1 She invites the public to join in sacred space and sing along with her and her first guest, and son, Phoenix Bizon-Blanchard. Cheryl Weber of renoun group, Libana says of BOS Vol. 1 “Your music sounds perfect for use in rituals and personal work.”

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Jane T. Sibley, Ph.D., is a traditional Norse sp kone/trollkjerring, and is a specialist in 
Norse folklore and runes. She has taught at many Pagan events over the years.Her first book, "Norse Mythology...According to Uncle Einar", came out in 2000, and is available at her merchant tent. It's a humorous look at Odin & Co., where Thor drives a Harley and Balder is a male model who stars in Polar Springs commercials. Dr. Sibley has a second novel, "The Hammer of the Smith," at present in the final stage of consideration at Baen Books. This is a historical fantasy which takes place in Migration Period Norway and Denmark, with lots of magic, smithcraft lore, traditional "magic medicine," some interesting battles, and a tuxedo kitten who saves the day. Her third book, "The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods," will be published later this year. 
http://www.auntiearwenspices.com

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ARIEL MALACHI SIROCCO FIRE: Intellectual, Creative, Spiritual, Divine!  Understanding Magickal Energy and the Observer Created Reality

With an academic background in Biology and 15 years with the American Museum of Natural History, Ariel Malachi Sirocco has had the opportunity to evolve his understanding of science into a philosophical and spiritual pursuit. 
His esoteric background is with the Minoan Temple, Inc. of New York (ordained 1998) and The Temple of the Spiral Path-NYC (2003 to 2008). However, from 1995 to 2003, he has mainly stayed behind the scenes, serving on several pagan/wiccan board of directors seats and is well known to many of the tri-state community leaders.
In 2004, he began speaking at tri-state panel events where he has shared billing with the likes of Isaacs Bonewits and has brought a rich and hard-hitting message of nature-centered spirituality to groups as diverse as The Eulenspiegel Society (T.E.S.) and Wicked Faire ™.
He is a Master Mason with Union Lodge 5 (CT), a founding member of Sacred Circle (Stamford) Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (C.U.U.P.S.), a member of The Theosophical Society [current], a member of The American Society for Psychical Research (1988 - current). He is, also, a worship associate and frequent guest sermon speaker at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Stamford [current].
In addition to running two holistic centers in New York, he is leading Coven Quiddity with Dr. Claire Fitzpatrick, is in the process of growing The Akashic Temple ©, synthesizing a body of knowledge garnered from his years of interdisciplinary studies, and is currently courting publishers.

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C DAVIS SPRAGUE Reclaiming Tradition Waking Ourselves Up Introduction to Iron Pentacle

Davis was a spiritual wanderer, enjoying the fruits of Quakerism, Sufism, ceremonial magick, chaos magick, Kaballah, Wicca and many other paths, until in 2004 he came in contact with Reclaiming. Since that time he has identified as a Reclaiming Witch. A hippy by nature and healer by trade, davis is always learning something new. He declares himself a deep lover of
Goddess and a passionate defender of the wild and free.

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LORNA STEELE Wildlife Rehabilitator Injured and Orphaned Wildlife Care Shamanic Journeying

Lorna Steele is a High Priestess in the Wiccan tradition and is one of the founders of Gaia’s Hearth in Providence. She has taught classes in witchcraft , shamanism and wildlife care for eighteen years and practiced for more than thirty-five. Lorna coordinated RI Pagan Pride for two years, for 2006 and 2007. She is currently a solitary practitioner but also keeps contact with the community by acting as a resource through her website www.ripagans.org, and running the “rimagick” pagan meet-ups in Rhode Island. Professionally, Lorna is a state and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator and splits her time between the Mystic Aquarium Seal Rescue Clinic and Healing Paws Wildlife (of which she is the Director), the East Bay satellite of the Wildlife Clinic of RI, rehabilitating marine and terrestrial mammals. She holds one of the only two licenses in the state of RI for treating rabies vector species such as raccoons, skunks, woodchucks and foxes. Lorna is an officer on the board of the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of RI (www.riwildliferehab.org ), which was the recipient of the 2007 Chafee Award for Environmental Excellence.

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RICK STAR Stage Magician Mental Breakout Strolling Magic Kids shows To Be named Later

Rick Star is from Stratford, CT. He has had a love for magic since the age of two years old. Rick grew up watching magicians such as Doug Henning and David Copperfield on TV. As a former wrestling personality, Rick developed the skills to become a sucesssful showman and has now combined those skills with his passion for magic. In May Of 2008, Rick decided to start performing magic full time.

Rick frequents a website called Streetofcards.tv, the place where he met a variety of professional magicians such as Big Daddy Cool, Ron Jaxon, Kevin Ridgeway, Kipp Sherry and many others.. He also met his idol Jeff Mcbride. Rick has since taken a private class at Jeff McBride's Magic And Mystery School in Las Vegas. To this day Rick studies with Jeff Mcbride. RICK STAR recently performed Houdini's Mail Bag escape at the Magic Cabaret in Las Vegas. Rick has a variety of magic skills such as close-up, escapes, mentalism and he can even perform for kids! Any of these skills can be adapted for your function to help make it an event to remember.

Rick is also big on charity and helps out when he can he also carries a deck of cards he has his magic friends sign and when he finishes a deck it will go to an MS charity. You can also see Rick Star perform now and then for Power And Glory Wrestling bringing magic to the company. Also Rick is working on a project with Las Vegas Performer Bizzaro who was seen on America's Got Talent. Rick Is available for all event's contact him today to have the Rising Star of Magic part of your event. 

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TCHIPAKKAN Historical Magick The Happy Squirrel RunValdr Practice RunValdr (used to be called Runic Reiki)

Tchipakkan is an artist, writer, healer, and eclectic pagan-heathen-rustic. I have been worshipping the old gods openly since my teens (I had very open-minded parents). I have a small farm in NH aimed at self sufficiency and sustainability, which I share with 3 of my children, and a varying assortment of animals (sheep, goats, rabbits, chicken, ducks, geese, peafowl, and cats of course). Author of  Divine Cookies- a cookbook with recipes about gods and magic. I practice and teach RuneValdr and Reiki, herbalism, and soothsaying with runes, palmistry, tarot, numerology, and other systems. Over 30 years in the Society for Creative Anachronism have brought me many friends, and many historically oriented skills, as well as more knowledge of early Anglo-Saxon culture than is conceivably useful. I love to teach useful skills like from cooking, sewing, and herbalism, to divination and other more esoteric activities to participating in endless discussions of everything from healing to folklore. When we are living consciously- every act is a prayer.

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SIR CHRISTIAN OF SELOHAAR Co-founder of the Order of Selohaar,  Author of Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship Fighting with the Medieval Messer Introduction to Selohaar Ritual

    Christian Henry Tobler has been a longtime student of swordsmanship, chivalry, and mysticism. A passionate exponent of the German medieval 'Liechtenauer School', his work in translating and interpreting that fighting tradition's manuscripts has firmly established him as an important contributor to the growing community of Western martial artists. This work is encapsulated in three books he has authored: "Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship: Sigmund Ringeck's Commentaries on Johannes Liechtenauer's Verse", "Fighting with the German Longsword", and his most recent work, "In Service of the Duke: The 15th century Fighting Treatise of Paulus Kal."
     Mr. Tobler was born in 1963 in Paterson, New Jersey. A graduate of the University of Bridgeport's computer engineering program, Mr. Tobler has worked as a software developer, product manager, and marketing specialist in the analytical instrumentation and publishing fields. He is the Grand Master of the Order of Selohaar, an eclectic, mystic order of chivalry that he co-founded in 1979. A veteran of over 20 years of tournament fighting, he is also an avid collector of reproduction arms and armour. 
    He has been focused on the study of medieval Fechtbücher ('fight books') and related documents for the past decade and teaches a class twice a week on medieval combat, as well as seminars and symposia around the country. He has taught at the annual Schola St. George Swordplay Symposia, the annual Western Martial Arts Workshops, and at the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.selohaar.org

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MARISA TYGER Panthean Temple Children's Classes

 Marisa Tyger has a BA in humanities with a dance/music/fine arts concentration. Because of her love for teaching children, she taught children's dance classes and ran her own children's ballet company until she left to raise her own family. She currently home-schools her three children. 

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PAM MITCHELL Panthean Temple Digging for the Goddess Labyrinth Workshop

Pamela has been Wiccan since 1997 when she first discovered the religion existed. She was solitary up until attending Beltaine 2007, loved it, became a member of the Panthean Temple, and has been steadily taking classes with them ever since. 

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EILIDH/ELLEN WAFF Roots of the Arthurian Tradition, its surprising Scottish connection Techniques for Ritual Design and Construction Chant, Enchantment and Vibrational Healing

Eilidh is a folklorist, singer and herbalist in the ancient Druid tradition. She sings with Fol-de-Rol, a British folk trio, performing yearly at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. She lives in Middlefield, Connecticut in a very old house, built in the mid 1700’s. She has a particular interest in “enchantment” - the art of magical singing/poetry. Ellen is a writer, and has published pieces in the Baltimore Sun and in Midwifery Today magazine, among others. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for 18 years, Eilidh is currently the President of the Saint Andrews Society of Connecticut, a Scottish-American charitable organization. SASCT presents the Goshen Scottish Games and Festival each October in Goshen, CT. Eilidh first studied Wicca with the Keepers of the Ancient Mysteries in 1979, and is a third degree witch in both KAM/Greenstone, and in the Alexandrian-Gardnerian traditions. She is currently studying Druidry with OBOD, and is a member of the Order of the White Oak, Celtic Reconstuctionist Druids.

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RITA & DALE WALTERS Public Access TV Improving your Video Techniques

Dale and Rita Walters are officers of The Nor’Witch Production Group. They help create “Traveling The Well Worn Path”, an eclectic pagan variety show produced to the eight sabats in the wheel of the year. This show has been cablecasting over 5 years and is currently on Public Access TV in ten of the 24 cable systems in Connecticut. The purpose is to expand their vision of “Learning, Living, and Loving the Pagan Path” to others through this responsible, nurturing forum. The show features information about the specific sabat, book reviews, hands on crafts, magickal cooking, music videos, information on herbs, crystals, stones, and much, much more. If you’re interested in learning more, participating, sponsoring, or viewing the show please email: NORWITCHPG-INFO@YAHOO.COM for more information.

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SUSUN WEED Magical Plants Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way Talking with Plants

Susun S. Weed has no official diplomas of any kind; she left high school in her junior year to pursue studies in mathematics and artificial intelligence at UCLA and she left college in her junior year to pursue life. Susun began studying herbal medicine in 1965 when she was living in Manhattan while pregnant with her daughter, Justine Adelaide Swede.
  She wrote her first book -- Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year (now in its 29th printing)-- in 1985 and published it as the first title of Ash Tree Publishing in 1986.
   It was followed by Healing Wise (1989), New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way (1992 and revised in 2002), and Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way (1996).
   In addition to her writing, Ms Weed trains apprentices, oversees the work of more than 300 correspondence course students, coordinates the activities of the Wise Woman Center, and is a High Priestess of Dianic Wicca, a member of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and a Peace Elder.
   Susun Weed is a contributor to the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women's Studies, peer-reviewed journals, and popular magazines, including a regular column in Sagewoman.
   Her worldwide teaching schedule encompasses herbal medicine, ethnobotany, pharmacognosy, psychology of healing, ecoherbalism, nutrition, and women's health issues and her venues include medical schools, hospital wellness centers, breast cancer centers, midwifery schools, naturopathic colleges, and shamanic training centers, as well as many conferences. Susun appears on many television and radio shows, including National Public Radio and NBC News.

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PAULA WEST TBA

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KIRK WHITE Progress by Degrees: Theory and Mechanics of Initiation Witches Heal: A Witches Medical Model Masterful Living: The Elements of Life

Kirk White, M.A., L.Ac., is a healer, teacher and author. He has been a practicing Witch since 1973, a psychotherapist for 13 years, and a licensed oriental medical practitioner for 14 years. A past president of Covenant of the Goddess (North America’s oldest and largest association of Witches and Wiccans), and past director of the University of Vermont’s Parapsychology Program, he also founded Cherry Hill Seminary, a professional Pagan ministry program with faculty and students worldwide, and co-founded the National Association of Pagan Schools and Seminaries. In 2006, Wildhunt.org named him one of the “25 most influential modern living Pagans today”. In addition to working as a consultant with Pagan seminaries nationwide, he is a licensed acupuncturist/ Chinese herbalist, registered psychotherapist, and legal Pagan minister. His skills and interests include traditional healing modalities, various magickal and spiritual traditions, and models of Pagan leadership and ministry. A contributor to “Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders” (2005), he is also author of “Adept Circle Magick: a Guide for the Advanced Wiccan Practitioner” (Kensington Press 2006), and its companion volume “Advanced Circle Magick: Essential Spells and Rituals for Every Season” (Kensington Press, 2008).
www.revkirkwhite.com  www.myspace.com/revkirk

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Christopher Valli is a longtime student of martial arts. After ten years of training in Kung Fu under grandmaster Hu Jianqiang, Chris attended a seminar on the German medieval dagger and fell in love. He has been training for the last five years under Christian Henry Tobler of the Selohaar Fechtschule and is currently producing and directing the school's series of training DVDs. 

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LAURIE WOMBLE Children’s scavenger hunt Beltaine children’s arts and craft: mask making, and headwear.

Experienced teacher and crafter. Laurie has over 15 years experience working with children of all ages. Majority of her experience is with preschool children, However she has worked with school age children as well as special needs children. Laurie also has a very creative spirit and feels children should be given the opportunity to learn, grow, and express themselves through free creative methods rather than be given rigid directions on how to produce art!

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