Wavy Gravy, the magical Court Jester of the Counter Culture, still quests to make “doing good” fashionable in the new millennium. In the words of Ram Dass, “This wise clown of compassion is a genuine mahatma of the Cosmic Giggle.” He has an uncanny ability to connect with people, and has combined clowning and service into fine art. Founding father of the still-thriving Hog Farm Commune and a Merry Prankster (one of the stars of the Electric Kool Aid Acid Test), he was master of ceremonies at Woodstock, where he ended up running the medical tent. (Wavy is the only star to appear at all three Woodstock Festivals.) Now Wavy organizes FUNdraisers for the visionary SEVA foundation, which is dedicated to ending preventable blindness and to other good works. He is founder and director of Camp Winnarainbow, author of Something Good For A Change, and mastermind of the “Nobody for President” political campaign. Comic satirist Paul Krassner calls Wavy Gravy “the illegitimate son of Harpo Marx and Mother Teresa.”

Phyllis Curott has been an attorney and Wiccan priestess for almost 20 years, and is the author of the recently published and highly praised Book of Shadows: A Modern Woman’s Journey into the Wisdom of Witchcraft and the Magic of the Goddess. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Brown University and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law. She is President Emerita of the Covenant of the Goddess (the oldest and largest international Wiccan organization), a member of the United Nations’ NGO Committee on the Status of Women, and was a keynote speaker at the Parliament of the World's Religions (a centennial Interfaith gathering of 7,000 religious leaders held in 1993). High Priestess of the Circle of Ara, Phyllis Curott continues to practice law in NYC, and as a religious rights activist has won the rights for Wiccan clergy to perform legal marriages in New York and perform a public Goddess ritual in Chicago. Jane Magazine listed her, along with Hillary Clinton, as one of the Ten Gutsiest Women of 1998, and she has appeared on The Roseanne Show, The View, Hard Copy, Extra, The O’Reilly Factor, and The Today Show.

Rev. Ivan Stang co-sub-founded The SubGenius Foundation in 1980, and has authored 4 books about The Church of the SubGenius and fringe beliefs, including The Book of the SubGenius, Revelation X, and High Weirdness by Mail. Since 1985 he has produced the syndicated “Hour of Slack” radio show, and has preached the word of J.R. “Bob” Dobbs at hundreds of stage shows. Recent projects include a role playing SubGenius game with Steve Jackson Games, and a new documentary video, “X-Day 1998” (a follow-up to the award winning SubGenius video, “ARISE”). The Church of the SubGenius carved out a niche for itself on the Internet, where Stang now resides <www.subgenius.com>

Priestess Miriam is the Mombo (Mother/Priestess) of the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple. The Temple is located next to Congo Square and the its rituals are directly connected to those performed on Congo Square by Marie Laveau and Doctor John. Mombo Miriam has been in numerous documentries and articles, including a New York Times article on Voodoo in New Orleans. Miriam carries on the work of her husband, Belizean herbalist and VooDoo Priest Oswan Chamani, touching the souls of all peoples regardless of race or belief.

Louis Martinié is an Elder and Bokor (magickan) in service to the New Orleans VooDoo Spiritual Temple, and drums with the Mombo Muslima, Cabal Tambour Dan-i, and for the itual shows of the VooDoo Museum. He has written Waters of Return: Aeonic VooDoo, the text for the New Orleans VooDoo Tarot, and is the editor for Black Moon Publishing and Moonweb. Louis has been associated with the anarchistic grouping of ritual magicians known as Bate Cabal. (The tape Festival and Ritual Drumming co-performed with Mishlen Linden, is available through ACE.)

Marty Laubach is one of the founders of the Crystal Serpent (a Bloomington, IN 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 organized major rituals at ELF Fests and (with Bate Cabal) at past WinterStar Symposiums. 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 at Indiana University on the sociology of altered states of consciousness.

Linda Clemons has taught and performed Middle Eastern dance since 1985. She is currently a trance dancer, using the dance form to explore western ceremonial and VooDoo spirituality, choreographing and performing ritual dance and teaching trance through movement.

Ian Corrigan is a Chameleon, ACE organizer, a former Archdruid and Director of ADF (a Druid Fellowship), a founding member and Elder of Stone Creed Grove, and author of four books on Celtic Paganism: The Portal Book, The Book of the Dragon, Grammary, and Druidheachd. He is also one of the finest bards of the modern Pagan movement, having performed songs of the British Isles and Neo-Paganism for over 20 years.

Liafal is a Chameleon, ACE organizer, and a founder and Senior Druid of Stone Creed Grove (ADF). She is a professional educator and a Priestess of the Traditional Craft, National Members’ Advocate 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.

Nema has been practicing and writing about Magick for twenty-six years, with articles in The Cincinnati Journal of Ceremonial Magick, Aeon Magazine, Starfire, and other publications. She is an Elder (former HPS) of the Circle of the Sacred Grove, Church of Pantheist Wicca, and an initiate of Adi Nath Tantra. She is the author of Maat Magick: a Guide to Self-Initiation, and is a contributor to Donald Michael Kraig’s new book Modern Sex Magick.

Lyrus Landholder is an Elder and past High Priest of the Circle of the Sacred Grove (Church of Pantheist Wicca) and a founding Chameleon Club member. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Baldwin-Wallace College, and has been a professional musician for 30 years; performing, arranging and composing music for orchestras, chamber groups, and jazz, folk and rock bands. Lyrus has offered workshops on Basic Yoga at ACE events for many years, based on his training with The Light of Yoga Society and his 23 years of experience.

Catherine Cartwright Jones holds a B.F.A. from U.C.L.A., has 26 years experience as a professional artist and craftsperson, and is an instructor at Kent State University (OH). She has a special interest in batik, bodypainting, and sacred and secular henna body art including its use in Tantra, Moroccan sex magic, ancient Minoan and Greek Goddess cults, and Sudanese healing rituals.

Joseph Rothenberg is a Registered Nurse, an Ohio licensed professional counselor, and a bio-feedback technician. He holds degrees in Psychology and Political Science from Case Western Reserve University. A Co-Director and founder of ACE (and the Chameleon Club), Joseph offers workshops on a variety of light/sound and electrical stimulation devices capable of inducing altered states of consciousness as a tool for art and communication.

Bruce Fields is a 4th degree initiate and High Priest of the Circle of Ara, one of America’s oldest Wiccan Circles, which utilizes a Shamanic approach in its values and practices. A professional photographer and a long-time student of “Type A Taoism”, Bruce has been an A.A. member since his first 12-Step Program twelve years ago. He shares his expertise in his participatory workshop on 12-Step as a Shamanic Journey.

And Special Musical Guests

RoguesCross is a five-piece, original folk-rock ensemble playing the field from trance to dance, ballad to rhumba. Hailing from Cincinnati, OH, RoguesCross prides itself on songs which reach through the spectrum of human emotions against a backdrop of rich, acoustic tone and melodic harmony. 12-string guitars, mandolins, fiddles, acoustic bass and tumba form the canvas against which Bree Chapman’s haunting and powerful voice weaves tales of ancient lore, unrequited love, friendship and war. Visit them online at www.roguescross.com

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