GREENWOOD MAGIC with Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Grimassi

Witches have long been associated with herbs and other plants. But do you know the spiritual tradition behind witches as the “plant people” of Old Europe? Included in this talk is the realm of plant spirits and methods of working with them in spells and rituals. These topics are discussed in Old World Witchcraft along with methods of using the mortar & pestle for magic, interfacing with Nature, and preparing mystical formulas and are part of the focus of this workshop.

The workshop also includes the concept of Shadow, which is the organic memory of the earth that can be tapped through the roots of the traditional plants of witchcraft. You will be introduced to teachings about plant spirits such as “She of the Thorn-Blooded Rose” and the master spirit of the mandrake plant. A guided imagery journey into the Green Realm is included, and all attendees receive a special connective token to take home.

DEVELOPING A MAGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS with Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Grimassi

Create and work with the “magical persona” as a means of empowering your magical and ritual abilities. This workshop focuses on the development of a magical consciousness that can be invoked for a variety of purposes. The two primary intentions are to empower or enhance the practitioners magical abilities, and for protection against negative energies or entities.

Participants will want to bring a ring, necklace, bracelet or other personal item to be magically charged and dedicated for their “magical persona” for this workshop.

ANIMAL TOTEM WORKSHOP with Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Grimassi

Do certain animals and creatures of Nature call to you in some mystical way? Why do spirit animals appear in old myths and legends?

Raven facilitates an interactive guided mental imagery meditation designed to contact one's power animal. This Otherworld journey is designed for those desiring to work with a 'familiar' or power animal. Once the meditation has concluded, there is a sharing circle (not mandatory) and Raven further discusses symbolism of the animal totem and techniques on how to work with them. Questions are encouraged.

Part One: The Basics of Hypnosis with Donald Michael Kraig

In this workshop you'll learn two basic things: the nature of hypnosis and how to hypnotize. Covered will be the basics of hypnosis history, the myths and truths about hypnosis and how it works. Then you'll learn a quick method of hypnosis as well as deepeners and fun tests to assure yourself that the person is hypnotized. Also covered is how to deal with common problems. People under 18 may attend with at least one parent. You will have the chance to hypnotize another person and be hypnotized. At the end of this workshop each person will receive a token, allowing him or her to attend part two.

Part Two: Using Hypnosis to Heal with Donald Michael Kraig

Prerequisite having a token from instructor. Either earn it by taking part one or talk to instructor before workshop starts. In this workshop you'll learn what you can do with hypnosis and what you can't do. You'll learn how to give suggestions that will help people permanently change behaviors. Nothing here will replace any licensed medical or therapeutic treatment, but may complement such treatments.

Mudra Magick—The Power in Your Hands with Donald Michael Kraig

The energy flows of the body can be directed through the hands. Each of the fingers is associated with different energies, and the positions of your hands can be used from everything from calming you down and finding spiritual peace to healing your physical ailments. In this workshop you’ll learn several of these mudras or hand positions and how to use them.

Yoga for Every Body with Holly Allender Kraig

Increase the flexibility and strength of your body, mind and spirit with Hatha Yoga. Holly will show you how Asanas and Vinyasas as well as meditation are powerful tools that can be used to affect change in your life. Take these techniques with you into your home, work and ritual practice. Please bring a mat or towel.

Mindless Meditation with Holly Allender Kraig

Meditation can relax your mind, body and spirit, but it can also connect you to things you want to release. Through simple techniques, Holly shows people how to relax the mind, ease into meditation and let go.

Bio: Holly Allender Kraig, CMT, certified NLP Practitioner, yoga instructor and Reiki Practitioner. She has taught Hatha Yoga across the nation for the last 11 years. Using the tools of yoga, NLP, Reiki and massage therapy, Holly has shown people how to affect change in their lives, removes blockages and with confidence move forward.

Working with the Power of place (Length 1.5 hours) with Orion Foxwood

Traditional folk magic grows organically over long periods of time out of a relationship between humanity and the weather, seasonal and energy patterns, land terrain and other aspects of a place over many years. Ceremonies, healing practices, sacred sanctuaries, and folklore reflect the inner life of the land where they evolve coupled with the cultural development of a group of people. The holy people and magic workers of a clan, tribe, ethnic group or indigenous people reflect a dynamic relationship designed to interpret and channel these subtle spiritual forces toward positive outcomes. In this workshop, Orion will discuss the concept of “genus loci” (local spirits), the inscape (inner landscape) and the Faery Tracks (interface points between the inner and outer worlds) and lead visionary processes designed to explore the inner world of the Florida Pagan Gathering and its land location.

Sailing on the Soul-Stream: From Past-Life Illusion to Continuous Soul-Life Reality with Orion Foxwood

Orion and his spirit wife, Brigh, have found that the concept of "past-life regression" may not be the best approach to humanity accessing the fullness of its soul-life. The use of such term suggests a series of starts and stops, aliveness and dead-ness, and does not reflect the continuity of life that sets in our soul's memory. In this workshop Orion will discuss the concept of "the soul-stream" as a continuity of life that sets at our center. He will lead us in visionary work to access this stream and to remove trauma that prevents the wholeness of our soul and the retrieval of our fullness.

Cultivating Your Spirit through Southern Conjure with Orion Foxwood

Too often, magic-workers invoke deities, angelic presences; encounter Faery, ancestral and other beings before having a direct, consistent and disciplined relationship with their own inner-spirit. In fact, many people overly “esotericize” their inner-spirit in such a way that it seems mystically unreachable. However, in southern conjure, we are taught to know, grow, heal and reveal our spirit as our first and primary spirit contact before working with any other being, beyond the Source itself. My mother always said “claim your spirit or something else will”. These workshops are about encountering and claiming our spirit and how to feed it, sense it, live with it as our primary directing force. In this workshop, Orion will teach powerful and simple ways to cultivate the most valuable asset we have…our souls influenced by the philosophy that the Conjurer conjures from the spirit, for the spirit, and through the spirit. No exceptions, ever!