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| 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. Workshop: |
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| 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, past 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. A talented singer, she performs in the group Awen. |
Billy Bardo is a master metalsmith, channeler of arcane weirdness, artist, musician, preacher, husband, and father. He is also an accomplished bovine scatologist and has been endorsed by countless questionable authorities. His first exposure to the bodhran was through his Uncle Jesse Winch of the acclaimed band Celtic Thunder |
consciousness.
He is the author of Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream
and co-author of Drumming at the Edge of Magic and Planet
Drum, with Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart. He lives
most of the year on a farm in Vermont, where he writes and continues
the alchemical family tradition of making maple syrup.
is
author of the book Out of the Shadows: An Exploration of Dark
Paganism and Magick and is Editor of the NYC Pagan Resource
Guide. He has been working within various aspects of "the
occult" and paganism since the early 1980's. Also associated
with the gothic subculture, John has developed a unique and personal
perspective on paganism and magic. Most of his projects are based
on the internet and include the Gothic and Pagan Personals,
Corporate Goth, Gothic Guide to Nail Care, and
his ongoing research into the history and evolution of Wiccan ethics.
More information on John Coughlin, his websites, and his work can
be found on 
is
currently and madly pursuing his PH.D degree in Literacy, Rhetoric,
and Social Practice. While doing that he is also writing and editing
full time. He has published numerous articles on the occult and
is still continuing to do so. He is also working on his third book
on the occult, Space/Time Magick, as well as a super hero novel
and a series of occult detective stories. His first co-written book
Creating Magickal Entities was published in September 2003.
His second book Pop Culture Magick will be published by
Immanion press in 2004. He is currently working on a third book
on space/time magick. Articles published include: "Enjoying
the Darkness" in 
was
seven years old when he received a small drum made of a recycled
coffee can from his grandmother and heard in it an eternal calling,
a path to the rest of his life. He devoted himself to walking its
terrain. The primitive howl he heard in that coffee can was evolving
into a divine whisper, one that sent him into the University of
Pittsburgh's classical music program and into the waiting arms of
those musicians with whom he would create Rusted Root.
has
been performing and teaching dances of the Middle East for more
than 10 years. Her studies include ethnic dance styles from North
and West Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Spain, India, Central Asia and the
Persian Gulf. As an anthropologist, her dancing is deeply grounded
in an awareness and sensitivity to the native cultures of each form
and style. She resides in Columbus, Ohio, where she teaches at her
private studio. She is a member of El Ritmo flamenco troupe, and
occasionally performs as a guest of Firelight: Middle Eastern Images.
is a Chameleon, ACE organizer, and has been a teacher, writer, singer
and ritualist in the Pagan movement for 25 years. Ian is a former
Archdruid and Director of ADF, and is presently it's national Preceptor.
A founding member and Elder of Stone Creed Grove, ADF's oldest congregation,
he is author of four books on Celtic Paganism: The Portal Book
, The Book of the Dragon , Grammary , and
Druidheachd: Rites and Symbols of Druidry . One of the
finest bards of the modern Pagan movement, Ian has been writing
and performing songs of the British Isles and Neo- Paganism for
over 20 years, and his music and poetry have delighted audiences
at A.C.E. events and Pagan festivals across the U.S.A. and Canada.
(Audio recordings and books by Ian are available from ACE.) 
holds
degrees in Psychology and Political Science from Case Western
Reserve University. A Co-Director and founder of ACE, The
Starwood Festival, and the Chameleon Club, he has created numerous
multi-media installations and manages the Starwood PufferDome.
is a veteran Magickian/Mystic who has written Maat Magick: a
Guide to Self-Initiation (Weiser), The Priesthood: Parameters
and Responsibilities (Black Moon), and The Way of Mystery: Magick,
Mysticism & Self-Transcendence (Llewellyn). She is an Elder
in the Circle of the Sacred Grove, Church of Pantheist Wicca, a
former member of the Typhonian OTO, and a Chaos mage. 
writing, arranging, and performing her own unique folk compositions
for many years, with styles ranging from chants and ballads to
blues, rock, and tangos. Leader of the all-woman band Revelry (with
several CDs released) and a founding member of the A.C.E. house-band
Chameleon, she is an award-winning Bard for the Society for Creative
Anachronism. She has co-designed main ritual and led workshops
at past WinterStars.
holds a Master's Degree in Music from Cleveland State
University, where his class "Roots of Rock, Soul and American
Pop Culture” is the largest-attendance class offered (over
300 per semester), and he's the author of the textbook From
Woodstock to the Moon: The Cultural Evolution of Rock Music. His studies
focus on composition, ethnomusic and electro-acoustics, and he's
been an avid proponent of alternative ideas in music therapy. He
directs and plays keyboards and bass for Einstein's Secret Orchestra
and Cobra Verde, and has programmed ESO Radio at WCSB 89.3 FM in
Cleveland since 1987.