presents need help? the 2002 starwood festival - july 23-28, 2002 - brushwood folklore center

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Philip H. Farber is the author of FUTURERITUAL: Magick for the 21st Century, a manual of neurological exploration, and a new novel entitled BREAKS: The Adventures of Richard Nixon in the 21st Century. His articles on Magick and popular culture have appeared in Green Egg Magazine, Mondo 2000, High Times, Paradigm Shift, The Journal of Hypnotism, Psychedelics ReImagined, and other unique publications and web sites. Phil is also a hypnotherapist (with a private practice in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley), cohost of America Online's "Ceremonial Magick Chat," and a cofounder of New York's Thelemic Arts Center.

Workshops:
Instant Evocation
Evocation is the art of "summoning forth entities" into external form for the purpose of communicating with them. Traditionally, evocation of demons, angels, and entities of all types has been considered a difficult and dangerous practice (as opposed to the more commonly practiced art of invocation). As Phil will demonstrate, this belief stems largely from the confusion and obscurity of the ancient methods. In fact, a basic form of evocation can be practiced easily and safely - often in just a matter of minutes! This new technique, developed from hypnotic and neuro-linguistic methods, can yield powerfully useful results - and can form the basis of more complex and rewarding forms of evocation.

Hedonic Engineering
Back in the dawn of time, the owner's manual for human consciousness was somehow lost. Consider this workshop as the restoration of a couple of pages from that mythical text. Did you know that the human brain is able to create lasting change in itself quickly and easy? Did you know that it's a very simple matter to feel good - whenever you want? Techniques to create powerful and positive states of consciousness will be demonstrated, so get ready to enjoy yourself - now!


Barbara Fisher is a personal chef, culinary instructor, freelance author and Witch. She has been active in the Neo-Pagan community in various capacities for twenty years, and worked in the restaurant industry for several years. She grew up spending summers on her grandparent's farm, and has first hand knowledge of how good food is produced from the ground to the kitchen, to the table. She has a BSS in Professional Writing from Ohio University, and she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Johnson & Wales Culinary College, where she received an ASAS degree. She had a short story published in the Spring 02 PanGaia magazine, and an article on food and sensuality in the Summer 02 SageWoman magazine, and another article coming up in the Fall 02 issue of PanGaia. She is also working on a cookbook, a novel and a book on NeoPaganism.

Workshops:
Camp Cookery for Everyone, or How Not to Starve at Starwood
How to cook and eat well (and cheaply) at Starwood. Barbara will demonstrate the workings of a Coleman stove and a portable gas grill, and will show how to cook some tasty, easy entrees and side dishes out of easily transported ingredients. She will also discuss how to pack food for maximum freshness, handling food safely to avoid bacterial growth, and how to plan ahead for more advanced recipes such as jerked beef or Thai red curry by using your freezer at home to maximum advantage. A discussion of nutrition, vegetarian options, and using leftovers will be included. Questions on all sorts of culinary issues will follow, time permitting.

Eating Spiritually: How Our Food Choices Affect Ourselves and the Earth
A discussion of alternatives to processed foods from the grocery store or corporate fast food emporiums. This isn't just a vegetarian vs. meatatarian vs. omnivore debate; serious, thoughtful alternatives to traditional supermarket consumerism are to be presented. Emphasis will be placed on using local, seasonal foods whenever possible for the greatest health and nutritional benefits, as well as the benefit to the local economy and to the Earth. Farming techniques and their impact on the Earth will be discussed, and information on farmer's markets, community supported agriculture, and food co-ops will be presented. The spiritual aspects of eating, cooking and fellowship from a cross-cultural perspective will also be discussed.


Renea C. Frey holds a Bachelor's Degree with a major in English Literature, a minor in Psychology, and with areas of concentration in Creative Writing and British Literature. She has won numerous writing awards and contests in both prose and poetry, as well as the prestigious Thaddeus P. Lindsey Award. She has been published in newspapers and national periodicals, has performed in several cities with Full Contact Poetry (a group which she co-founded), has had her work taught in university literature classes, and has been invited to present lectures at women's writing conferences.

Workshops:
Sacred Ink I -- Writing as Spiritual Practice
This workshop explores the idea of writing as a means for discovering the voice of higher consciousness and manifesting its wisdom in our daily lives. Through the use of archetypes and guided free-writing, participants will be encouraged to "step out of the way" and allow the infinite mind to express itself in the finite world.

Sacred Ink II -- Nature Writing Interactive
From the tallest tree to the finest blade of grass, every part of nature has a story to tell and a lesson to teach. Participants in this workshop will explore writing as a tool for interacting and connecting with the natural world.

Finding and Maintaining a Daily Practice
Most spiritual traditions stress the importance of daily and mindful interaction with the divine, but how many of us have found a way to do this on a regular basis? This is a practical workshop designed to help people find their own rituals and meaningful traditions to interface with the divine on a daily basis, and addresses such issues as time management, will power and gentle self-discipline.

which way is up?

Rowan the Spinster (AKA Maggie Fry-Manross) has been spinning yarns, both magical and functional, for twelve years. She lives on a small farm with her partner and two daughters where they grow and raise organic vegetables. The owner and proprietor of Snow Water Wool Works, Rowan creates and sells yarns for knitwear designers and hand knitters as well as knitting and selling hats, mittens, socks, vests, and sweaters. Rowan sells her hand-spun yarns and woolen garments at craft shows, in boutiques and over the web. She is of Celtic Wiccan persuasion and is a member of the local CUUPS chapter, CUUPS of Mead.

Workshops:
Creating Magical Yarns
We will explore methods for creating yarns and charging them with energy and magical intentions. We will discuss colors appropriate to different needs and use oils, herbs and other materials to create a whishing knot.

Pocket Wishing Dolls
We will use yarn, felt and cloth scraps to create tiny dolls to be used for healing, attracting love or money and other uses. We will discuss ways to charge the dolls with energy and magical intentions. We will also create small fabric pouches to carry the dolls in. Donations will be accepted to cover materials.


Sirona Gibson
(see Green Crown under 2002>Program>Pufferdome)

Workshop (with Ingrid Eyen Breitbach):
The Power of Dance
What motivates, inspires or moves you from the inside out? A Spirit Guide? An Animal Totem? Ethereal elemental energies? Come try on one or more as the music moves you. We will encourage participants to come prepared to bring out the hidden aspects of their "larger selves" through the medium of creative dance. We will have a drum jam there to accompany our "escapes into our primal parts," with a variety of rhythms to invoke a multiplicity of responses. Wear loose, comfortable clothing (or none!), and bring water, sunblock and a towel if you like.


gnomefatty kollektiv is a Pagan-based techno tribe of promoters, DJs, drummers and artists, with deep connections to Noise Laboratories. The kollektiv has presented a weekly dance event in the Boston area called Circle for three years, and continues to create a variety of dance-oriented, spiritually-aware, community-building events. Based in New England, gnomefatty kollektiv includes several of the DJs that have played the PufferDome Rave Parties at past Starwood festivals. Come hear the sounds of psy-trance (goa trance), techno, house music, and other sounds that defy categorization, and feel the spirit of our open-hearted, celebratory DJs.
Members performing this year are:

- DJ djeremy plays surrealist games and experiments with dada trance-mission in the wireless imaginary on WZBC 90.3 Newton, MA (Boston) and ZBConline.com.
- DJ Mathwin is a wizard of the avant garde electronic music scene in the area of psychedelic trance. Mathwin is a DJ, an event/music producer, appears on GREEN/WZBC-FM Newton/Boston.
- DJ Greenman is a talented maestro of the psychedelic trance sound, based in Northampton, Mass.
- Benjamin Garton (a/k/a DJ Shwilly B, a/k/a Blawki) is a vegetarian gourmet techno hippy DJ/dancer gnome extraordinaire, communicating with the ontological pep-o-mint TAZ known as GREEN broadcast through the mycelial pleiadian netwerk on an abstract art/technomusic quest (WZBC-FM 90.3 Newton/Boston). Ben is a founding artist of the gnomefatty kollektiv/Circle events, and is a lifelong practicing Buddhist. He has brought his "mystic devotion to the law of cause and effect through sound" to countless happy dancers and listeners as a DJ, and his outreach as a leader of the New England Branch of the Buddhist group Soka Gakkai International (SGI) has introduced hundreds of people to the benefits of a chanting practice. SGI is an international lay Buddhist organization dedicated to world peace through human revolution.
- Christa "purpalion" Briggs (glittery elf princess) is an accomplished visual artist, practicing Buddhist, dream maker, author, and member of gnomefatty kollective/Circle and Vice President of the non-profit Chelsea Waterfront Gallery. Christa is a leader in the New England Branch of Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organization dedicated to world peace through human revolution. Christa is an experienced and enthusiastic teacher. Together with Benjamin Garton, she has led weekly small chanting sessions as well as large groups of hundreds of people. Currently writing a memoir, she also works teaching art to children and elderly people. You may find some of Christa's artwork at chelseawaterfrontgallery.org.

Workshops:
Harmonizing Your Voice Through Chant
Tune your soul to the pitch of the universe. The intent of chanting is to harmonize with others and hear your own voice. Using the Lotus Sutra from Shakyamuni Buddhism we will chant Nam Myo Ho Kenge Kyo, which has been chanted for over 700 years. These words mean, literally, "mystic devotion the law of cause and effect through sound." This workshop, led by gnomefatty kollektiv members Christa Briggs and Ben Garton (AKA Shwilly B), will explore the meaning and benefits of chanting, the traditional sutras, and the potential all beings have to become enlightened. However this will be mainly a practical Buddhist chanting session. No experience required...bring your voice!

Sprouting Workshop
Learn the basics of sprouting and the advantages of a raw food lifestyle. Participants will infuse Starwood-inspired energy into a healthful superfood. The benefits of sprouting include pennies-a-day sustenance, naturally transforming seeds into high energy food in just a few days. This hands-on workshop, led by gnomefatty kollektiv members Christa Briggs and Ben Garton, will provide cheesecloth, containers, seeds, and early sprouts. Enjoy tasty sprouted recipes and dishes, and take home a free starter sprouting kit!

Sprouting Dreams Party
gnomefatty kollektiv will present a Sprouting/Rave Party at the PufferDome on Wednesday Night at midnight: growing new green things yourself and bringing that new green energy into your life! Over the last ten years, techno/rave parties have been the closest thing to church and communion that many young people have experienced. The DJs and artists of the gnomefatty kollektiv, building on years of experience creating uplifting community dance events, will present a night of dance music, sprouts, art, and high energy. Boston and Northampton DJs Mathwin, Shwilly B, Djeremy and Greenman will make your feet move to the sounds of their techno and psychedelic trance. "Psy-trance" as a genre seeks to create a safe space for dancers to move for long periods of time. Art supplies for people to draw and paint with will be provided, as will tasty sprouts from the earlier Sprouting Workshop. Come participate in bringing our collective high-energy dreams to life!

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Stephanie Gooch has been knotworking (not-working?) for over 14 years. She has been active with Stone Creed Grove ADF (a predominantly Celtic grove) for four years.

Workshop:
Celtic Knotwork
A hands-on workshop teaching historical techniques for creating Celtic knotwork patterns without requiring pencil & eraser. Handouts and pens will be provided. Some background information and annotated bibliography for further research will also be included.


Jesse Wolf Hardin (AKA Lone Wolf Circles) is an acclaimed presenter, and the author of numerous books including Full Circle: A Song of Earthen Spirituality and Kindred Spirits. His two decades worth of public appearances and published works have helped define "Deep Ecology" in this country, while influencing the formation of a new ecological ethic. Wolf is well known among the environmental, communitarian, pagan and social activist communities, and is in the process of broadening his message to reach the widest possible audience. His hundreds of magazine articles have united the principals of primal mindfulness, Earthen Spirituality and personal activism like no one before, in publications like Talking Leaves, EarthLight, Green Egg and Sowell Review. Most of each year Wolf is home on his enchanted New Mexico wildlife sanctuary, instructing students and resident interns in wilderness restoration and Earth-centered spiritual practice.

Workshops:
Coming Home: An Evolutionary Journey
There's no original sin, only original separation, which Wolf sees as the cause of all personal, social and ecological imbalance. Here he describes techniques and practices for the conscious reinhabitation of sacred body and sacred place, in the always decisive present moment. No matter what our spiritual traditions, the powers that inform us arise through the portal of the living Earth. No star exerts a greater pull on our persons and purpose than this planet we are an integral agent and extension of. Wolf will tell the story of his 20-year reinhabitation of a sacred place of power in the Gila Wildlands, the importance of making promises and commitments to the land, and what it means for people of every color to feel native and indigenous again. Join in this journey to self, the enchanted voyage back home.

Feel the Spirit: An Old Fashioned Gaian Revival
Come hither Pagans, Goddess lovers and tree huggers, for a Pantheist wilderness revival, a radical ecology rave, a sensual Chautauqua under a sparkling tent of sky! For over a decade Wolf helped to bring magic and Earth-centered spirituality to the radical environmental community, and his Deep Ecology Medicine Show concerts inspired not only environmental actions and civil disobedience, but personal re-wilding and group ecstasy. In the Gaian Revival, Wolf weaves together the insights of our living planet and the imperatives of the ancient heart. He beckons us to experience the world ever more intensely, and thus to affect it in the deepest way possible. We're called forward to the dance, making our practices more real with movement and touch. Together we open to the Gaian canticles and melodic manna, gifted to the would-be heroes of an ever wilder and more magical Earth.


Francesca Hedrick is from a matriarchy that is highly influenced in natural energy and herbal use. As an associate of an Earth-based, eclectic Celtic Pagan group, she been a member of the Pagan community for over 25 years. She is an active member of ADF since March of 1999 and currently a member of Cedar Light Grove (Baltimore, MD) holding a position on the Grove Witan. She is Chief of the ADF Artisan's Guild and Assistant Preceptor (mystic core) for the ADF Naturalist Guild. Francesca started her own herb business, Chesapeake Herbs & Crafts, in 1987. A member of numerous herb associations and an herb activist, she has appeared on local TV, radio and newspapers. She has written local herb columns, taught herb classes, and spoken widely on the herb field, and holds a Competent Toastmaster (CTM) recognition from Toastmasters International. Many people recognize her by her email address.

Workshops:
The World of the Middle Kingdom
We have the religious tales of the gods and goddesses and the historic tales of bravery and cunning of our ancestors. But we also have the realm in which we live in and share with the nature spirits. The middle kingdom is made up of creatures of the nature world, both in the realm that we live in and the unseen one. Come find out who some of these inhabitants are that pass time in ways that we rarely have seen but only as a glimpse in the shadows. Forget Walt Disney, Tinkerbell and Sugar Plum Fairies, we will look at what a fairy really is. What other cultures call these creatures and how they co-exist with us.

Living in the Middle Kingdom
The realm above is the world of our gods and goddesses, the realm below is the world of our ancestors. We share the middle realm or 'kingdom' with many different spirits. There are the nature spirits that are visible to us and there are also the invisible spirits that touch our lives. Do you find things missing and suddenly appear right where you already have looked? Come learn who these creatures are. Explore ways to contact those that live in the green world and make them a part of your life.

Basic Kitchen Herbs
For those new to herbs and clueless, everything you wanted to know about them but where afraid to ask! I will go over a list of some basic herbs found and used in the kitchen. Including how to grow, harvest and store them. I will also talk about some of the traditional uses in the home of these same herbs. From folk tales to modern chemistry, herbs have been used for food, for medicine and for magic. Come learn about what is sitting in the pantry and how to use them.

Joshua Johnson graduated summa cum laude from Kent State University with a BA in Theatre Studies in May of 2002, where he studied Linklater voice training (with a foundation in Donna Farhi's breathing technique) and Suzuki movement style (as well as others). He served as artistic director for three years in the Mephisto Theatrics' summer theatre program, has directed eighteen plays, and has acted in numerous productions.

Workshops:
Freeing the Inner Human Pt. I
Using breathing and other physical techniques, this workshop will first teach awareness of the body, and its unconscious tensions. We will explore this awareness and methods of releasing these tensions in the ways we move, and how to connect to our natural voice, one which uses the whole body to make sound. We will then connect our new awareness to the acts of speaking and moving in a more everyday context. Approaching these goals through an acting framework establishes tools which will be useful to anyone in everyday situations, achieving a greater awareness of the physical and vocal tools to liberate our bodies and make movement and speech easier, more natural, and healthier.

Freeing the Inner Human Pt. II
To put the tools introduced in the first part of this workshop into a practical context, we will work with the vocalization and physicalization of a few short texts. These will be performances of a few 5-10 minute plays using any and all interested people who attend the workshop, just as a fun conclusion for people who wish to go farther into the work, and they will be open to be viewed by any interested Starwood attendees.


Rick Johnson spent more than two decades of his life involved with high-energy physics research, and other classified technologies, at U.S. government facilities. Born on Bailey Hill Road (in Sherman, NY), and raised working on his family's farms, he has been a practicing Pagan for longer. He currently works as a journalist, artist, and freelance technology consultant. The remainder of his time is spent as a "technoguy" with Green Crown and on his soon-to-be-released book, "Losing Faith", which shares his personal epiphanies concerning the present and future role of science and technology.

Workshops:
Physics and Metaphysics: What IS real?
Modern scientists generally agree that the underlying structure of the universe is a complex wave phenomena. This workshop will present that concept, and others from modern cosmology and physics, in simple language, and discuss their relationship to consciousness and the practice of Magick. A guided meditation or practical exercise may be conducted if there is sufficient interest by workshop participants.

Thaumaturgic Toasters and The TechnoMage
The Gnostic path is one through which wisdom may be gained from the study of the natural world. In earlier centuries this path involved primarily biology, astronomy, geometry, metallurgy, and perhaps alchemy. However, today following the Gnostic path means embracing quantum physics, cosmology, chaos theory, computer engineering, and all the technology of the West, as integral facets of the "modern" natural world. This workshop focuses on how to walk that path without getting caught in its traps.

Losing Faith
Despite the claims of many faiths, science has become the predominant religion of our small planet. Unfortunately, nothing in the precepts of science compels its adherents to hold or maintain any level of ethics, morality, or even the most minimal concern for their fellows. The result is that the physicist-priests of this new age faith have handed the masters of our warrior culture the means for our ultimate subjugation. While this happened, (and particularly in the wake of 9/11) most of us watched, slept, and even cheered them on. This workshop focuses on increasing our collective and individual ability to see through the technological and corporate illusions which are now used to manipulate and control us; how to see the Matrix for what it is, and how to make a CONSCIOUS choice about whether to Resist or Serve.


Catherine Cartwright Jones has 30 years experience as a professional craftsperson, illustrator and artisan, and holds a BFA from UCLA. She is a talented teacher, both at Kent State University and within the Magical community. She has several books published, including Henna: The Joyous Body Art, TapDancing Lizard, and Enchanted Knitting, and is currently preparing The Encyclopedia of Henna for publication, detailing the 9000 year history and tradition of henna, it's related arts and belief system. She is currently working on a PhD in Henna at Kent State University. She will be assisted in her classes this year by Gwyn Thomas.

Gwyn Thomas was born Otherkin, has been Pagan all her life, and is smooth and deadly. She has co-run the salt-dyed silk, batik silk and prayer flag workshops at Starwood for the last three years. Gwyn is a member of Otherkin and Pagan groups, though if you tell her how wonderful her parents, Catherine Cartwright Jones and Roy Jones are, she swears she may hit you. She can define Gryphoemia.

The Rangoli
Rangoli (pronounced Ran-go-li) is a traditional women's devotional art from India. A Rangoli is a physical prayer, drawn on the ground to create a sacred space for the presence of a deity. Rangoli are created in the morning with rice flour, spices and flowers on clean swept ground. Traditionally the senior woman of the house creates this sacred space each morning for the household puja (prayer) room and threshold, though on special occasions it can extend through the courtyard and around the house. At the end of the day, the rangoli is swept away, so ants and small creatures can consume the flour and thus return the prayers back to the infinite. Catherine Cartwright Jones will create Rangoli in the roundhouse twice during Starwood. Please come to the roundhouse in the morning to help sweep the ground clear, or stop by during the day to help make the pattern. It can take many hours to make a large rangoli, but you can stop by for a little while and help! In the evening, Catherine will light the central fire for the Rangoli ... and everyone can dance the prayers into the dust You are welcome to photograph the process of this undertaking! An instructional booklet on Rangoli will be available for anyone who would like to learn more about this ancient art! For more info, see sphosting.com/reverndbunny/rangoli.html

Workshops:
The History of Henna: The Traditions of Sexuality
This lecture details the 9000 year old henna tradition as used by women for fertility, beauty, luck, and averting evil. It will detail the Pagan fertility cult origin of henna, the deities depicted as hennaed, and the spread of the traditions across 40 countries and 6 major religions. It will discuss social and magical importance of henna in the lives of women, and the meaning of the patterns. This henna lecture is followed by a "hands-on" presentation of henna technique. (There is a $5 materials fee for henna and pattern sheets, optional, payable at workshop site.)

The History of Henna: the Traditions of Sacrifice
This lecture covers the 9000 year old traditions of henna as used for sacrifice, circumcision, battle and averting evil. It will detail the Pagan fertility cult origin of henna, the deities depicted as hennaed, and its absorption into Judaism, Islam and Christianity. It will discuss the social and ecological importance of the sacrifice traditions of henna in the lives of people, and the meaning of khamsa patterns. This henna lecture is followed by a "hands-on" presentation of henna technique. (There is a $5 materials fee for henna and pattern sheets, optional, payable at workshop site.)

Salt-Dyed Silk
Create dance scarves, altar cloths and tarot card wrappers with pure silk and the spectacular, simple technique of salt effect dyeing. All instructions and materials for this class are provided on site. (There is a materials fee, $5 and up, payable at the workshop, depending on how much silk you use.)

Batik Silk
Create dance scarves, altar cloths and tarot card wrappers with pure silk and the colorful, simple technique of direct batik. All instructions and materials for this class are provided on site. There is a materials fee, $5 and up, payable at the workshop, depending on how much silk you use.

Batik Cotton
Create camp banners, prayer flags, and altar cloths with cotton and the colorful, simple technique of direct batik. All instructions and materials for this class are provided on site. There is a materials fee, $5 and up, payable at the workshop, depending on how much cotton you use.

Richard Kaczynski PhD is a psychologist specializing in the psychology of non-mainstream religious beliefs and practices. He's been a student of magic and mysticism for 25 years, and has taught at Starwood since 1990. A Master of Blue Equinox Oasis O.T.O., he operates southwest Michigan's official Ordo Templi Orientis body, and was the founder of the nonprofit group MAGIC, which operated a pagan/occult BBS for many years. His works have appeared numerous books and magazines, and his Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley will be out later this year. Other recent works include co-editing "The Revival of Magick and Other Essays", providing editorial support for books like Magick, The Aleister Crowley Desk Reference and Eight Lectures on Yoga, and contributing a chapter in the revised edition of Rebels and Devils. He also plays keyboards with the progressive rock groups "House of Usher" and "Page".

Taboo and Transformation in the Works of Aleister Crowley
Based on his paper in the 2000 edition of "Rebels and Devils," Dr. Kaczynski will explore the various ways in which Aleister Crowley's rituals and practices often tread upon taboos in order to shock one out of mundane states of consciousness and thereby affect a transformation in consciousness. Parallels will also be drawn with other traditions, including the Tantric and Aghori sects of India.

Introduction to Grounding and Banishing Rituals
This practical workshop will examine various mini-rituals from the ceremonial magic tradition which are geared toward either grounding the practitioner or clearing the ritual area. Both procedures are commonly used prior to beginning larger-scale rituals. Specific rites presented will include the Middle Pillar, Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, and Star Ruby.


Jim Klar is a Chameleon, an ACE organizer, and a representative of Cleveland Aikikai. A second degree Black Belt, Jim has studied the Japanese martial art of Aikido for eleven years, including two years in Japan, and taught for seven. He currently teaches at Cleveland Aikikai and Oberlin College.

Sword and Staff in Aikido
Based on the ancient Samurai arts of Japan, Aikido training employs practice with Jo (short staff) and Bokken (wooden practice sword) as well as open-hand training. This workshop features a demonstration and explanation of Jo-dori (unarmed defender facing an attacker with staff) and Tachi-dori (unarmed defender facing an attacker with sword), various sword and bokken Kata (paired practice forms), plus instruction in a form for practice on your own.

Aikido Workshop: see Cleveland Aikikai


Daveed Korup is the co-creator of DrumFest!: a hands-on, multi-cultural drumming experience for people of all ages. A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Daveed has worked with musician and mentor Billy Woods, performing the "Music of the Urban Gypsy" all across the country, and they co-founded LIGHTS-ON PRODUCTIONS to promote percussion performance and instructional projects. Through school assembly programs, artist-in-residency projects, concerts and workshops, Daveed introduces participants to the exciting world of percussion and rhythm. Since it's inception, DrumFest! has reached more than 45,000 people from Wilmington, NC to San Diego, CA. His unique sound reflects a synthesis of styles from many of the world's dynamic percussion traditions and Western Jazz. In 1994, Daveed and Billy created the percussion ensemble, SEEDS OF TIME and released two CDs: Eyes Behind the Veil and Seeds of Time: an Invitation to Drum. Daveed has produced three instructional tapes for North African/Middle Eastern drumming, The World of Dumbek and a new instructional project that focuses on a more comprehensive approach to Middle Eastern hand drumming, Rhythm Rides for Dumbek. He is the author of a hand-drumming book entitled, Tao Te Drum and is currently in production of a companion video due for release in summer 2002. Korup is the lead percussionist for the Eurasian folk ensemble, TURKU, which traveled to Samarkand, Uzbekstan in the fall of 2001 to participate in the third annual Sharq Taronalari Festival, sponsored by UNESCO and the Uzbeki government. The world is a giant drum just waiting to be played. SO PLAY IT !!!

Workshops:
Tao Te Drum: A Way of the Drum
Even the most complicated rhythms are made from the simplest patterns. The most skilled drummers are not only those who make it look simple, but also for whom drumming is simple. Drumming on purpose is more than just an expression; it is way to approach life. As an exploration of drumming from the inside out, participants will work on warm up exercises, the mind/body connection, practice skills, new rhythms, drumsongs, creating an ensemble piece, and much more. This workshop is appropriate for beginners and advanced players. Participants will need to provide their own drum. Ashiko, Djembe, Dumbek and Conga drums are welcome.

Soundscapes
Whale songs, thunderstorms, rainforests teaming with life, and cosmically-organic soundscapes are all on the menu for this guided play session. Whether playing with percussion toys of wood, metal, plastic, or paper, it is amazing the kind of sounds people can create if they are open to the possibilities.

Stanley Krippner has spent the last several decades investigating the field of human consciousness, conducting research in such areas as dreams, hypnosis, shamanism, and disassociation, often from a cross-cultural perspective, with an emphasis on anomalous phenomena that seem to question mainstream paradigms. By "pushing the envelope" of orthodox models of actuality, he believes he and his colleagues have provided room to move for individuals and groups whose experiences, often classified as pathological, actually represent different belief systems, different ways of being, and different mythologies. He is an executive faculty member of The Saybrook Institute, where his personal commitment to teaching has been honored by the establishment of an interdisciplinary chair for the study of consciousness. He is an author and a contributor to several books on altered states of consciousness, dream states, and parapsychology.

Workshops:
The Sacremental Use of Ayahuasca in Brazil
This presentation will review the historical use of Ayahuasca, a psychoactive plant of power found in South America, among the peoples of the Amazon and in the 20th century churches that consider it to be a sacrament. A new measure, The Casto Scale, developed for identifying spiritual content in dreams, visions, and other altered states of consciousness will be used to demonstrate the many forms in which spiritual imagery occurs in Ayahuasca experience. These churches, and their utilization of ayahuasca, have legal status in Brazil. In the meantime, Shamans in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, continue to use the brew in their own sacred rituals. Jeremy Norby's speculation on DNA-imagery in shamanic ayahuasca art will be discussed, as well as Norby's expedition to the Amazon with three scientists. Each of them brought a technical problem, and each claimed to have had new insights during their ayahuasca session.


Lyrus Landholder has studied and practiced many paths of Magick for over twenty years, from Wicca to Thelema, Tantra to Kabbalah. He is an Elder and past High Priest of the Circle of the Sacred Grove (Church of Pantheist Wicca), and a founding member of the Chameleon Club. He is a fine cellist, composer and arranger, with a B.A. in Music. Lyrus was trained in Yoga at the Light of Yoga Society in Cleveland, and has been practicing Yoga for 22 years. He has been presenting Morning Attunements at Starwood and WinterStar for over ten years.

Workshops:
Yoga for Beginners
Lyrus will lead us in an easy morning session of Yoga, demonstrating basic stretches, postures (asanas), breathing exercises and meditation. Great flexibility is not required, only the willingness to push and pull the body in a few new directions. The emphasis is on gentleness! You may wish to bring a small mat, a towel, or a blanket to put on the ground. Wear loose clothing.


Marty Laubach is one of the founders of the Crystal Serpent (a Bloomington ritual Magick group) and the Bloomington CUUPs chapter. He was an elder of the ELF Lore Family from 1985 to 1992 and editor of the Elven Chronicles newsletter, and has co-organized major rituals (with Bete Cabal) at past WinterStar Symposiums and ELF Fests. He has practiced and taught Tai Chi since 1976, using William Chen's adoption of Cheng Man-Ch'ing long and short forms. He currently works with Black Moon Publications, and is writing his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Sociology at Indiana University on the Sociology of Altered States of Consciousness.

Workshops:
Tai Chi Workshop
Tai Chi Chuan is an exercise, moving meditation, and a martial art form that has been practiced in China since the 11th century. It uses Taoist principles of the soft overcoming the hard, emphasizing yielding and turning an opponent's own strength against themselves. The Tai Chi workshop will start with a demonstration of William Chen's short form; then we will explore "push hands": an exercise in awareness of the dynamics of balance in the self and in a partner.

Building Public Beliefs from Private Experiences (or How We Judge Spiritual Claims)
Neopagans are unique as a religious movement, in that we build our beliefs around direct connections with the spirit world through altered states experiences. We practice a kind of democratization of revelation, where anyone can have an experience and build a group around it. But we don't just take someone's claim to spiritual authority, so how do we decide? While there is no standard or accepted way of dealing with claims, this workshop uses materials from Marty's research to show how we make our decisions informally and in everyday practice. It turns out that we are not so different from science after all - at least in its early development.

Martin A. Lee is the author of the cult classic ACID DREAMS: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion, His articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Spin, Village Voice, the Nation, and many other publications. He's a contributing writer to the San Francisco Bay Guardian and a co-founder of the media watch group FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting). Lee is also the author of THE BEAST REAWAKENS, a book on resurgent racism and neofascism. Lee recommends: www.aciddreams.com; www.commondreams.org; www.fair.org.

Workshops:
Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD & the Sixties
An investigative journalist /social historian explores the clandestine netherworld of CIA and army drug tests and behavior modification programs initiated during the early years of the Cold War. Recounting some of the most bizarre episodes in the history of American intelligence, Lee tells the ironic story of the high-ranking U.S. spy who dropped acid and went native, becoming the first Johnny Appleseed of LSD in the 1950s. How did the CIA sorcerer-scientists respond when their psychedelic apprentice slipped away from the laboratories of the state and entered the cultural bloodstream? How successful was the CIA in using LSD - the hippie's sacrament - as a mind control weapon? Were CIA personnel ever involved in trafficking black market acid? What impact did "street drugs" have on the political protest movements and counter-cultural upheavals of the 1960s and beyond? What does it mean for us now?

Occult Fascism: Esoteric Nazism, Aryan Cults, and Pagan Identity Politics
A provocative excursion to the farther shores of politics, where New Age super-conspiracy subcultures overlap with volkish cults of white identity, anti-Semitic pagan sects, skewed variants of eastern mysticism, and devil-worshipping skinhead black metal cliques. This seminar will explore some of the quasi-spiritual and mythic elements that proliferate among contemporary neo-Nazi groups, which often behave like religious cults preparing for the final, armed showdown against a corrupt world. Socially and politically marginalized, present-day neofascist youth in North American and Europe are into Odinism, Gnostic doctrine, hallucinogenic drugs, yoga, Jungian psychology, UFOs, hermetic alchemy, the Cathars, Knights Templar, Rosicrucians and other secret societies? How do progressive pagans deal with all this?


Liafal, M. Ed, is a Chameleon, an ACE organizer, and a former Senior Druid of Stone Creed Grove. She is a professional educator and a Priestess of the Traditional Craft, current Vice Archdruid for ADF, a past officer of the Ohio local Covenant of the Goddess, and has been a major motivating force behind the Starwood Festival Kids Programming for many years.

Opening Circle
As we join our energies together, we invite the spirits to protect and guide us during Starwood. Join hundreds of people as we spiral dance to raise the power to envelope the festival in blessing.

Closing Circle
We thank those who have aided us during the festival and ask for protection as we return home.


Deborah Lipp was initiated into a traditional Gardnerian coven of Witches in 1981, became a High Priestess in 1986, and has been teaching Wicca and running Pagan circles ever since. She's been published in many Pagan publications, including The Llewellyn Magical Almanac, Pangaia, Green Egg, The Druid's Progress, Converging Paths, and The Hidden Path, as well as Mothering Magazine. 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 the Publications Director for a software company. More about her at deborahlipp.com .

Workshops
The Structure of Wiccan Ritual
A discussion of the underlying structure that permeates and creates the Wiccan circle. Each step of ritual - calling the quarters, casting the circle, cakes and wine - has a reason for being there, and for being before the next step and after the previous one! This talk is based on material in Deborah's book Elements of Ritual.

Demeter, Persephone and Hades
An in-depth analysis of one of the most important myths of the Classical world, containing the origins of Spring and insights into the nature of life, death, and rebirth. What are the psychological, archetypal and spiritual interpretations of this myth? Why did Hades abduct Persephone? What does it mean to be "raped" in a myth? Why did Persephone eat the pomegranate seeds? What does this story teach us today?

Laurie Lovekraft, MA, is a 15-year magical practitioner and popular San Francisco Bay Area performer, writer, and teacher. A former prom queen and star athlete Laurie has studied Wicca, Faery Tradition, Thelema, Buddhism, and New Age "Woo". She leads large group rituals for pagans and nonpagans and is a founding member of the Crescent Hellions, a Bay Area collective dedicated to creating transformative ceremonies. She is visiting poet to Sonoma County Schools and appears in the recently released book, Modern Pagans, by RE/Search Publications researchpubs.com.

She will be performing with Wynne Paris at Noon on Saturday.

Workshop:
Spellcraft for the Savvy Sorcerer/ess
This introduction to the art & science of magic is open to all levels and abilities. We will examine basic & advanced Spellcraft for goal-oriented Magick. Topics will include: folk spells, herbal charms, sigils, and psychic mock-ups to manifest your heart's desire. Come learn to craft your will into love, art, and abundance! Open to all genders and levels.


Daniel Lupinski has practiced Shamanic healing for over 20 years. He has studied with Michael Harner, author of The Way of the Shaman and Director for The Foundation for
Shamanic Studies, and has completed Harner's 3 year advanced program. He has studied with Shamans/Healers from the Navajo Reservation (where he lived for 5 years), Central America, Buryat in Siberia, and the Amazon and Andes of Ecuador. But more importantly, he has learned the ways of the Shaman by performing many healing rituals/ceremonies merged with his power animals and a South American Shaman spirit. His wife Jenni, who joined up with him over 5 years ago, works with an African woman Shaman. Together they create ritual/ceremony and healing that reflects the work of traditional Shamans that have been documented throughout time.

Workshops:
Introduction To Spirit & Healing: A Shaman's Journey
This introductory lecture on Shamanic healing will focus on the traditional concepts and methods of the Shamans which have existed throughout humanity, serving the community in maintaining the spiritual and physical well being of the people. Shamans, in most cases, didn't inherit their position as the healer, but went through personal transformations and hardships that connected them with the Spirit World. They earned their position by being successful in curing their people, or by explaining what needed to happen for healing to take place. They were very intelligent individuals with strong personalities, the technical experts of the spirit realms, who were driven to continue this path relentlessly to satisfy the spirits that worked with them and guided them in creating the ceremony and ultimate healing. They learn to connect new circuits in the patient that would transform their thinking and view of life. This lecture will discuss this in detail, drawing on 20 years of the presenters' real life experiences.

Awakening To Spirit: A Shaman's Journey

This introductory workshop on Shamanic healing will discuss in more detail the real life experiences the workshop presenters have acquired over the past 20 years doing shaman work, focusing on the traditional concepts and methods of the Shamans which have always existed throughout humanity. At the core of healing is finding one's spirit and purpose in life, to heal past traumas which have created soul loss. Illness intrusions and the common occurrence of possession and its effects on one's life will also be discussed. There will be experiential journeys into the lower and middle world to connect with one's power (totem) animals and spirit teachers/guides. The workshop will conclude with a group power Animal Dance. Please bring drums and rattles (if you have them, but not required) and a blanket/cushion. Please use no drugs or alcohol for 24 hours prior to the workshop, as it will interfere with your ability to journey and do this work.

Creating Ritual, Ceremony, & Healing: A Shaman's Journey
Ritual as a significant aspect of healing has been lost in our society, but can still be found in some of the more traditional tribal societies. To uncover your power and find healing from the past traumas of life you must awaken to your own spirit, then awaken to the Spirit of Life that surrounds us all. This intensive workshop will teach you how to journey into the Shamanic realms to discover your power (totem) animal and spirit teachers/guides, who can assist in the self-healing process and in the creation of ceremony & ritual for the healing of self and others. Discover your true power to heal and to connect to your spirit and life's purpose. When we totally learn how to be in the moment, to act on all we see and trust our vision, then we begin the Shaman's Journey. In this way, we connect to our dreams and find bliss in our every day life, work, and relationships. We truly then become a human "be-ing" and learn the ways of the Shaman; a natural process of our own unique spiritual path. This workshop will give you the tools to start your Shamanic Journey, and to understand that physical illness is just a reflection of the state of one's spirit. There will be experiential journeys into the lower, middle, and upper worlds using the drum/rattle in the traditional shaman fashion. Illness extraction, soul retrieval, and possession will be discussed on an introductory level, as well as the processes needed to integrate them into ritual. Please bring drums and rattles (if you have them, but not required) and a blanket/cushion. Please use no drugs or alcohol for 24 hours prior to this workshop, as it will interfere with your ability to journey and do this work.

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