Summer Magick Festival 2025 workshops

Community Networking Lunch.  Bring your lunch and a 2 minute elevator pitch for what you have to offer or are looking to find.  Seeking a teacher?  Run a training group?  Are you a healer, life coach, card reader, massage therapist or have some other skill you would like to offer the community?  Let's join together to share the skills we have *in our own community* before we head back to mundania.

Ceil Thomas. Understanding and Practicing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBR) and Middle Pillar Exercise. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram is one of the prime rituals of Western Magick and has been with us since the early days of the Golden Dawn in the nineteenth century. It has also penetrated into many Golden Dawn spinoffs, including Neo-Paganism. Everyone has a slightly different version but they all strive to reach the same goal. The LBR is a powerful and simple way to connect to our higher-self and bring protection into our space (our personal temple). During the Middle Pillar colors are visualized and through vibration certain God names are activated. This practice connects us to the Divine, clears and recharges our personal energy field, and brings us peace and balance. We will learn about the mechanics and vocalization and end this workshop with everyone joining together to perform the LBR and Middle Pillar. Ceil Thomas was introduced to Wicca in the early 80’s and in 1985 the door opened to the Golden Dawn, a system that gave her answers and questions at the same time. The rituals and practices of the Golden Dawn that gave Ceil the self-awareness of what she was capable of achieving during this lifetime.

Frater Anubis/Erich Brown.   Rose Ankh Workshop and Ritual  The Rose Ankh Vortex rite is intended to contain, heal, and ground. It can also offer a powerful protection against magical attack and all forms of negative energy. It is used to contain and amplify invocations of angels and archetypal beings like gods and goddesses. In this rite we invoke 5 goddesses that represent the feminine archetypes of Maiden, Amazon, Mother, Crone and the All Goddess. The geometry created by this rite is shaped like an inverted pyramid, pointing downward. The energy generated by the goddesses radiates upward filling the space with healing protective energy. This is an experiential workshop, all will be invited to join in and to take parts if they wish. Erich Brown, Frater Anubis, has been studying Ritual Magic since he was a teenager. He started self-training in the Golden Dawn tradition and was later initiated into the E.S.S.G. (The Order of the Gnostic Star) by its founder, Frater Barrabas, in his twenties. Erich currently coleads the Temple of Limitless Light with his wife, a magical school dedicated to raising spiritual development in the community.

Jennifer Martinez – All Bodies Morning Flow.  Jennifer will cue this morning flow with multiple options to meet everybody wherever they are at in their body at that moment– whether that is on a mat or in a chair. Each posture will be introduced to accommodate variations for all the different body types and abilities. Jennifer encourages further understanding of yoga beyond the Asanas by introducing mythology and philosophy from the yoga tradition. Please bring a yoga mat and props if you have them.(not first thing in am)

Jennifer Martinez –Yin Yoga.  Yin Yoga is a slow and cool yoga practice that invites everyone to gently explore comfort and opening within their own body. All body types and abilities are welcome for this slow, meditative practice. Please bring a yoga mat and props if you have them.

Leni Hester. Three Waters:  the Sacred Cycles of Water with Yemaya, Ochun, and Oya. “No one is an enemy to Water.”Water is a sacred foundation of the material and spiritual world, in Yoruba cosmology, and these 3 feminine Orisas—Yemaya of the Ocean, Ochun of Fresh Water, and Oya of the Storm—are all associated with the living waters of our planet.  How this ashe expresses itself in ceremony and daily life, and how the blessings of these powerful spirits are carried via water, is what we will explore in this joyous workshop.  Open to all ages. Leni Hester is an Olosha, Palera and Witch residing in Colorado.  Her written work appears in various anthologies from Neos Alexandria, as well as Sagewoman and Witches and Pagans magazines.

Rayna Templebee. Folk Dances for Ritual.  Come learn simple folk dances that work for raising energy or connecting with the elements.  Folk dancing is suitable for everyone and can be adapted into more or less elaborate versions depending on your ritual purpose.  We will begin with gentle movements to warm up and tune into our bodies, then learn movements that help us tune into each of the four elements, and finally do some group dances and movements that you can incorporate into your spiritual practice.  Let’s have fun in our bodies!