Workshops
The Starwood Festival, as always, presents a diverse roster of speakers and workshop presenters. We acknowlege our origins as "more than just a Pagan Festival" and continually strive beyond anyones' expectations to provide quality education in a wide variety of topics to expand the frontiers of your consideration.
Here are some of the workshops that will be presented at the 28th Annual Starwood Festival.
New Frontiers
- Ascend!
- Bio-Medical Ethics and Religion: Beginnings and Endings of Life
- Entering the Silence
- How the GOP Stole the 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Elections, and How to Stop it in 2008
- Hypnosis - What is it really?
- Hypnotic Pranks & Tricks
- Intro to Biofeedback & Light & Sound Meditation
- Law and Order in Middle Earth
- Obama, McCain, Nader, Barr and the Greens: Making Sense of the Mess That Is the 2008 Campaign
- Pagan-Heathens and the Law
- Porn Soup
- Quantum Holographic Fractal Universe
- Reweaving the Web of the World
- Rolling Thunder and the Grateful Dead
- Shamans and Drugs
- The Allies Next Door: Pagans in Interfaith
- The BOB in B.Obama -- Conspiracy AND Coincidence?
- The Endless Horrors of the Failed Drug War
- The Politics of Healing: The Spiritual Obligation to be a Political Activist
- The Rise & Fall of the Yippie Empire
- The Solartopian Green-Powered NON-NUCLEAR Cheap-Fuel Eco-Revolution
- The Zen of Politics and the Transmission of Mind
Magic & Spirit
- An Opinionated History of Pagan Music
- Basic Heathen Ritual: Blot and Sumbel
- Bidding the Goddess Goodbye: Farewell to Nerthus Ritual
- Brewing Spicy Multi-Traditional Ritual
- Celtic Sorcery
- Celtic Thelema
- Chakra Magick
- Coming of Age and Life Rituals
- Commerce Magick in the Ancient World
- Drawing Down the Divine
- Earth at the Crossroads
- Experiential Faerie Working Pt.1 -Discussion
- Experiential Faerie Working Pt.2 - Ritual
- Greek Catharsis in Magic
- Hail Holy Earth: Nerthus Procession and Ritual
- Intent, Sigil Working and the Talisman
- Intro to Meta-Magick
- Introduction to Graeco-Egyptian Magick
- Luck Magic – Spellcraft for Harnessing Good Fortune
- Magickal Initiation in Ancient Egypt
- Masks in Ritual
- Necromancy in the Ancient World
- Ogham - The Secret Language of the Druids
- Pagan Thea/ology Panel: When We Call, Who Comes?
- Power Magic – Spellcraft for Success
- Prosperity: A Money Washing Ritual
- Proverbs and Orisha Folktales of the Yoruba
- Redefine God: Religion 2.0
- Shamanism 101
- Spirituality and Ecology, an Act of Faith
- The Art of Possession: Deity, Demon or Departed?
- The Evolution of Theodism
- The Fairy Races of the British Isles
- The Goddess from Catal Huyak to Rome
- The Grey School: Real Wizardry for the Harry Potter Generation
- The Horned God
- The Lost Secrets of Wicca
- The Myth of a Judeo - Christian Tradition
- The Practice of Baltic Paganism
- The Secrets Of the Menorah
- The True Origins of the Ancient Hebrews
- What is Baltic Paganism?
- Who Wants to Live Forever? The Elixir of Life and the Quest for Immortality
- You Cant Go Home Again (Can You?)
- Zen Paganism: or, Why Buddha Touched the Earth
Rhythm, Music & Movement
- The ManDrum: Interactive Electronic Music, Wearable Performance Interfaces, and the Myth of Intelligence
- Advanced Drumming Techniques
- African Dance
- Ancient Harmonic Instruments and Throat Singing/ Kirtan Chants from India
- Belly Dance: Beyond the Basics
- Drawing Down the Moon
- Fire Shimmies - Belly Dance moves for Bonfire Circles
- Introduction to Middle Eastern Dance
- Latin Rhythms for Drums and Melodic Instruments
- Path of the Drum - the Art of Drum as a Lifestyle
- Riding the Wave
- So Much More than Dance
- The Art of the Didjeridu
- The Rhythm Renewal
- The Yoga of Drum and Chant
- West African Drum Rhythms
- World Fusion Belly Dance I
- World Fusion Belly Dance II
Wellness & Healing
- A Journey into Healing
- ADD in the Spirit
- ADDults Only
- Breaking the Spell of Fear
- Changing to Meet Today’s Challenges
- Chi Kung Exercises Pt. I & Pt 2
- Feeling Good with Acupressure and Shiatsu
- Food is Magic
- Getting Real: Practicing Honesty in Relationships
- Gi Gong of the Natural School
- Healing and Magick with Reiki - A Level I (Beginner) Class Part 1
- Healing and Magick with Reiki - A Level I (Beginner) Class Part 2
- Holistic Health and Gaia Consciousness
- Intro to Tai Chi
- Pagan Speed Dating & Networking
- Partnered Stretching
- Picking a Winner in the Game of Love
- Psychic Faith Healer
- Psychic Skills 101
- Reiki Healing Circle
- Spiritual Midwifery
- Sunday Morning Starwood Healing Circle
- Touch of Thai Massage - Aloha Style
- Twelve Step / Sober Support
- Wilderness Survival
Craft & Creativity
- Beginning Poi
- Cartooning 101
- Contact Juggling as a Dynamic Meditation
- Designing and Drawing Mandalas
- Drum Building & Repair
- Drum Making: Shamans Peace Drum
- Fire Safety & Fire Dancing
- Grandmother Turtle’s Wisdom Stories
- Healing With Your Brews
- Heroes of the Silver Screen
- How Green Was Manhattan
- Improv play
- Intuitive Tarot
- Leadership Skills 101; To Lead Or Not To Lead
- Make your own Fused Glass Jewelry, Amulet and Altarpiece
- Pirate Tribe Initiation
- Rehead your own drum
- Starlab Planetarium
- Tarot Majors Conversations
