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We are currently taking suggestions for Workshops for next years WMPPD. If you are a workshop presenter and would like to lead a workshop next year, please contact Cassie at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
2009 Workshops 10 am Asatru 101 Asatru is a modern reconstruction of the indigenous religions of the pre-Christian peoples who lived throughout Scandinavia, Northern Europe, England, and western Russia from ~700-1000 AD. It is also known as Heathenry, Norse Paganism, Folkish Heathenry and Theodism and attempts to revive these ancient religious practices based on Norse myth, ancient culture, written lore, archeological evidence, and modern communal/personal practices. Come listen to Stephanie as she speaks about how our Gods and Goddesses, Ancestors, and Nature combine to create a modern religion with a foot in the past. 1 pm Pagan Parenting 1 pm Tarot as an instrument of Wisdom The Tarot’s symbolic teachings guide us toward greater insight into our own lives, and, as Tarot authority and innovator Rachel Pollack has explored, the cards can also be instruments of wisdom for questions about eternal mysteries and societal challenges. In this session, we will explore the idea of wisdom readings and do a reading to explore how collectively and individually we can better serve the Earth. Participants should have a basic knowledge of Tarot and while I will have decks to share, it would be great if at least some participants brought their own decks. For more nearly 15 years Carolyn Cushing has played with, meditated on, and explored the Tarot. She is currently teaching and co-facilitating a Tarot Play Group at Awen Tree in Easthampton, ma. For more information, please see Carolyn's blog at www.artofchangetarot.com 3pm The Nine Principles of Celtic Spirituality with Ellen Evert Hopman What are the basic principles of Celtic Spirituality? How do these principles apply to Celtic Christianity and Celtic Paganism? How is Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism different from more modern paths such as Wicca? In this class we will examine evidence from the historical Celts and their traditional practices, poetry, Celtic triads and aphorisms, and Brehon Law. Ellen Evert Hopman is a Master Herbalist, Druid and lay Homeopath with an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling. She teaches a six month Herbal Intensive in Belchertown, MA every fall and winter. Hopman is a founding member of The Order of the White Oak (Ord Na Darach Gile,www.whiteoakdruids.org) and its current Co-Chief, a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri, and a Druidess of the Druid Clan of Dana. She was Vice President of The Henge of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years. She has also been at times a member of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF). Hopman has been a teacher of Herbalism since 1983 and of Druidism since 1990. She is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. Hopman is a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages and has been a professor at the Grey School of Wizardry. http://www.celticheritage.co.uk/EllenEvertHopman/
4 pm Kitchen Witch Workshop with Dawn Hunt This workshop is an introduction to Kitchen Witchery. During this workshop we will be discussing what it means to be a kitchen witch, and how to use practical spell recipes to practice your craft in an everyday way. We will also cover creating a sacred space in in the kitchen including rooting, meditation, and decorating the kitchen to best please your spiritual self. We will then discuss foods, spices,and other ingredients and how to implement their innate magical properties. We will end by discussing what foods are in abundance and in season and what are the magical properties of them and how to use them in seasonal recipies. Dawn Hunt is the Founder of the Cucina Aroura Kitchen Witchery on Long Island, NY. She teaches classes on Kitchen Witchery and food magic locally on Long Island and tours giving workshops along the East Coast. Creating the sacred every day though simple recipes and food magic, Dawn has brought Food Magic into the the homes of many pagans and non-pagans alike though her line of infused olive oils and dips. She has been a Pagan for over 12 years and discoverd she was a Kitchen/Cottage witch about 9 years ago. She and her husband Justin plan to open a Kitchen Witch Cafe in Early 2010.
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