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Our staff are currently working hard to bring you an interesting, fun, information packed weekend featuring knowledgeable presenters from a wide range of paths. Stay tuned for our complete listing coming soon! If you would like to suggest a topic, or presenter you would like to see, please contact us. For over 20 years Amy has been a Pagan, Tea Leaf Reader, a Hedgewitch and a High Priestess. Active in the pagan community; she is the Fund Raising Coordinator for the Hamilton Pagan Harvest Festival (PPD), a founding member of the HammerTown Pagan Pub Moot, a Co-Founder for the Toronto Pagan Conference. She also has been a consultant, workshop presenter & is a supporter of other pagan events, causes & pub moots across Ontario. Amy has been interviewed on Paganism and aspects of Paganism for local newspapers, pagan podcasts and in 2006 did a piece for CBC radio on the show Tapestry which re-aired in 2009. Following her passion for all things tea, she is the sole proprietor of The Art of Tea and Tasseomancy & is an independent consultant with Steeped Tea selling fine loose teas, fair trade coffees & related accessories. Amy teaches various workshops about tea and tasseomancy (tea leaf reading) at Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, White Flame Company in Hamilton as well as festivals and events across Ontario. She also reads tea leaves professionally at White Flame Company and is available for special events. Amy is happily married and living in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband and 3 quirky cats. In her spare time she is writing a book about tea and tea reading, she studies & practices traditional herbalism and horticulture, maintains an environmentally viable home and is an avid organic gardener both in winter and summer. For more info please contact: Email, Weblink Weblink-Tea Parties Amy will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Tasseomancy, The 3 R's and Our Relationships with Mother Earth Brahma is an Ishaya Monk and a member of the Ishayas of the Bright path. He has been giving talks, facilitating workshops and teaching meditation in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada since 2004. He is married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Brahma will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Discovering Your Life's Purpose Coming Soon! Christine will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Aromatherapy: Magickal Blends Dalian is a Gardnerian High Priestess who has been actively involved in the greater pagan community for well over a decade. She has taught a number of workshops over the years focusing primarily in spiritual healing through hand drumming, astronomy for pagans as well as British Traditional Wicca. Dalian will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Experiencing the "Dark Night of the Soul" and Our Connection to Divinity Debbie started studying the dance in 1979 on a dare from a friend.
She has been studying and teaching ever since and continues to travel
to take workshops with well Debbie will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Beginner Bellydance I have been a Pagan mom for over 20 years, raising 3 children in a strictly Pagan home. I am also a Pagan chaplain, Children's area coordinator for Spirits of the Earth Festival and CEO of SpiralScouts International. Donna will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Raising Pagan Children Fox and Tameika have been practicing together for 15 years, and Tameika even longer. They are the founders and coordinators of Spirits of the Earth Festival, Founders of the “Mhorag” Coven founded in 1999, and a public face in the mystical community. Appearing in numerous media spots including newspapers, magazines, Radio shows, and Podcasts, Tameika & Fox strive to bring the local pagan community together to create unity, within peace and harmony. Tameika and Fox have made it a priority to include activity into their everyday lives. With years of experiences behind them involving both fitness, and nutrition, we are ready to help the community realize that it is easy to incorporate fun activity on a daily basis, to create a more balanced, happier YOU! Fox & Tameika will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Beginner Drumming: How to Slide Right In, Ecstatic Drumming & Dancing, Where is Your Community?, Opening Ceremony, Community Ritual, Closing Ceremony Franco is somewhat of a Renaissance man: a professional engineer, athlete, artist/musician. He has been involved in the study of various esoteric arts such as energy work, tarot, runes, astrology, numerology, herbs, crystals and magick for the past decade. Franco has notice that all is interrelated. He is the Vice President of Astrology Toronto an organization which promotes astrological knowledge in the Greater Toronto Area. Franco will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Yin-Yang: The Goddess & Man, Divination with Stuff Workshop designer/teacher, gentlemeander, is a practicing Alexandrian elder in Crochan Arian coven, tarot reader, organizer/facilitator/teacher for Wild Ginger Witchcamp, reiki practitioner, founder/ teacher of Hawthorne Mystery School and artist. She teaches original material she has discovered through personal practice at www.intotheheartofmagic.com. A former elementary school teacher, and formally educated artist gentlemeander has been teaching and designing classes all her life. She was on the teacher revision team for the popular X-Smokers Program. She currently teaches Perceiving Magic, Utilizing Magic and Experiential Tarot for Into the Heart of Magic. She also passes on her own tradition through a teaching coven Gossamer Web. Gentle Meander will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: The Bones of Magic Kate (Iris O.) has been an intuitional astrologer for over 20 years. She is a self-proclaimed eclectic ecstatic ritualist who believes in direct personal engagement with the world of spirit and the Gods. She shares her experiences with those curious to walk along a similar gnostic path. Iris O. will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Sitting at the Throne of the Gods Jason has been Goldsmithing since 1990. What started as a hobby soon developed into an apprenticeship under three different goldsmiths, nad he has developed many of his own personal metalsmithing techniques. Since 1995, Celtic Artifacts have been his passion. Their design and history serve as an exploration into his own heritage. Jason is very interested in rediscovering the ancient techniques, which the Celtic Metal-smiths and Artisians used to create their masterpieces. Jason will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Celtic Knotworking Jennifer Stan, BA, ATR Originally from the Kingston area, Jennifer has lived in London for over the last 25 years. Jennifer recieved training in Art Therapy in the 1980's and has a degree in Visual Arts from UWO. Jennifer works as an Art Therapist at a childrens agency in London for the last 20 years. Her particular passion is the experience, wisdom, and knowing that comes from Past Life Regression Work. She received training in this modality 13 years ago. Jennifer has two older sons who have creative and intuitive talents of their own. Jennifer will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Past Life Regressions: Meet Yourself; Past Life Regressions: Get to Know Your Other-Self. John Huculiak is a Romani Wayfarer, who is part of the Earth-based Spiritual movement in the Greater Toronto area. Wearing many hats - Sun King, Wedding & Ritual Officiant, Spiritual Care Visitor; John is currently delving into the mysteries of Fatherhood. He hopes to continue assisting others from all walks of Life in their own spiritual endeavours. Email John will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Meditative Tea Ceremony, Weaving One's Faith, Tree in the Mind's Eye, Uncrossing Rite Kimi has been studying the use of essential oils for 9 years. She uses them in every part of her daily life and is building a business so she can offer her specialty blends to others. Kimi will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Essential Oils for Everyday Use Matthew
Clooney Matt will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Paradigm Shifting Mhorag is a circle that was founded in 1999 by Tameika and Fox Oak, with it's main practice being green witchcraft and primal earth magick. They have many influences including spiritualism, esoteric, traditionalism, energetics and the paranormal, amoungst many others. Tameika and Fox with the assistance of two circle members, Mystic Oak and OakRayven will be facilitating our opening, main, and closing rituals....which will call you into the energies and create an experience, not just a ritual. Mhorag will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Opening Ritual, Community Ritual, Closing Ritual Mist is a practicing Ásatrú-ar living in Kitchener, Ontario. As the current Gyðja and founder of Kenaz Kindred, she has devoted her time to educating the community about the path of Ásatrú for the last 5 years, prior to that she ran an eclectic heathen group and has dedicated her life to the pursuit of knowledge, mythology, and lore. She has extensive experience with divination, specializing in Runic Divination. She has previous experience with Tarot as well, but has spent the last six years specializing in studying and practicing runic divination methods. She also teaches an extensive course on runes and provides both public and private rune readings to a diverse client base. Mist has presented at multiple festivals (Wic-Can Fest, Harvest Fest, Midgard, KW Pride Day, Spirits of the Earth as well as smaller presentations at the: KW Temple and local community groups (Guelph Pagan Society, The Circle). She also runs Kenaz Kindred, an Ásatrú kindred located in her home town. Mist will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Working With Undesirables, Finding, Working and Dealing with Patrons: MysticOak grew up in Northern ON, and has spent the last 10yrs in southwestern ON, with her two black cats Kali and Isis. It is here where she connected with fellow pagans. She loves nature, taking digital pictures, dabbling with charcoal sketches, poetry, working with stained glass and mosaics. Many of you may have seen her at Spirits of the Earth where she is our First Aid, and most recently Registration. In the early years at SOTEF you could find her in maintenance (a fancy word for toilet paper provider). MysticOak has been a practicing pagan for about twelve years, on a very eclectic mix of Wicca, Druidry and Shamanistic paganism. History has always been one of her interests, including tales of labyrinths. Living in an apartment makes it very hard to walk the labyrinth. After reading a book on creating a finger labyrinth, she immediately constructed her first labyrinth, which she continues to use when searching for answers, or simply letting her mind chose its path. This summer she aspires to provide a permanent labyrinth for Spirits of the Earth Festival. Mystic Oak will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Labyrinths: Connecting on the Path As initiated BTW High Priesthood, Oakwyndhr follows the traditional and structured path of spirituality. For over 20 years he has been lecturing and teaching various workshops around southern Ontario in energetic healing practices, energy work, and various related Wiccan subject matters; while also co-leading an active BTW coven in southern Ontario. Oakwyndhr holds a university degree in computer science and several college diplomas, as well as being licensed within the province of Ontario to officiate weddings and legal handfastings. Oakwyndhr is also a practicing Shaman in a Métis tradition, providing counselling and healing through traditional Native methods. He and his wife make their home in rural southern Ontario, on the outskirts of a small village. Oakwyndr will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Meet Your Shadow Self Ralph Lembcke Ralph will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Archangelic Energies Coming Soon! Ron, along with Utu will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: 13 Mountain Mystery Brews: Elixirs, Mixin' & Elixin' Shindig Coming Soon! Tiffany
Lazic Tiffany will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Divine Archetypes, Union and Partnerships: Exploring the Energies of Beltane, Meeting the Goddess Ursa Ursa will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Pagan Saints and Magickal Martyrs Witchdoctor Utu - Niagara Voodoo Shrine The Niagara based temple has carried on and shared the Carolinian forest magik akin to the freedom seeking slaves that made pilgrimage to Niagara, via the Underground Railroad led by Harriet Tubman. The Niagara Voodoo Shrine has traveled across international borders to share and bring awareness to the North American Voodoo traditions, with New Orleans at the epicenter. Email | MySpace Utu will be presenting the following workshops at Mystic Roots Conference 2010: Voodoo Ritual, 13 Mountain Mystery Brews: Elixirs, Mixin' & Elixin' Shindig
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