Pp 23 Festival Schedule

Community Center

Wandering Spiral.  Create Your Own Oracle Deck.  Join Michelle Davidson and Rick de Yampert in creating a “community” oracle deck – in one hour! All participants will take home their own, unique deck at the conclusion of this workshop.   What’s an oracle deck? Akin to tarot cards, oracle cards are used by readers for divination, meditation and-or exploring the heart, mind and psyche of one’s self or others. While tarot decks typically have a 78-card structure and adhere, to various degrees, to other traditional concepts, oracle decks are more free-form in design, concept and approach.  The goal of an oracle deck is to quiet what the Buddhists call the “monkey mind” while – through the art and idea expressed on each card – gently stimulating and focusing one’s intuition, subconscious and “third eye.”  For this workshop, Michelle and Rick will guide participants in spontaneously creating cards with single words or short phrases, and simple drawings expressing your ideas and inspirations.   We’ll supply the index cards and colored pens, pencils and crayons. No art skills required! Geometric designs and even stick figures are fine. In fact, a Zen-like minimalist approach to your art designs is preferred, as such stark images tend to have a more direct, powerful impact on one’s intuition and psyche.

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After our creative session, we’ll mix up all the cards and every participant will blindly choose cards to have their own unique take-home deck. The workshop will close with Michelle and Rick leading each participant in a three-card reading from their own deck.

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Fire Tent

Diana Paxson.  Staving off Ragnarok.   Some say the world will end in fire, some, in ice. If you look at Norse mythology, it will be both, when those giants who wield the unbalanced elemental forces battle the gods at Ragnarok. Many cultures believe the earth has gone through many ages, but in cosmic terms, our Holocene Age, in which our current ecosystem and our civilization evolved, has barely begun. The gods call us to fight for the earth now, so that Ragnarok will not come before its destined time.

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Ritual Circle

Shadowhawk.  Flow Arts.  Fun, flow, and fellowship! All experience levels are welcome to learn flow Arts with Shadowhawk. Bring your props for some fun practice or to learn some new moves. No prop, no problem! There will be sock poi available as well as a number of other props you can try your hand at. 

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Youth Activity

Costume Parade.

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Teen Activity

Decorative Knotwork. Knots are a very special intersection of the practicality, aesthetic beauty, geometry, and spiritual force. This workshop will  teach two interesting and relatively easy decorative ties: the Carrick Bend and the Cobra Knot. Practice materials will be provided, bring your own cord if desired - the cobra knot can be used to make a bracelet if desired. Additional instruction and practice opportunities available throughout the festival.