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Frater Barrabbas
Frater Barrabbas Tiresius (he/him) is a practicing ritual magician who has studied magic and the occult for over forty years. He believes that ritual magic is a discipline whose mystery is unlocked by continual practice and by occult experiences and revelations. Frater Barrabbas believes that traditional approaches should be balanced with creativity and experimentation, and that no occult or magical tradition is exempt from changes and revisions.
Over the years, he found that his practical magical discipline was the real source for all his creative efforts. That creative process helped him build and craft a unique and different kind of magical system, one that is quite unlike any other yet based on common Wiccan practices. So, despite its uniqueness this magical system is capable of being easily adapted and used by others.
Frater Barrabbas is also the founder of a magical order called the Order of the Gnostic Star the Egregore Sancta Stella Gnostica, and he is an elder and lineage holder in the Alexandrian tradition of Witchcraft.
Frater Barrabbas is the sponsor of The Temple of Limitless Light, a chapter of the ESSG which uses these systems of rituals.
Frater Barrabbas Tiresius – Author & Practitioner, Witchcraft & Ritual Magic
Talking About Ritual Magick (fraterbarrabbas.blogspot.com)
Frater Barrabbas — Crossed Crow Books
Josh Yates
With over 20 years as a consultant in software development, Josh (he/him) has explored a wide range of systems that has been developed from humanity and he has acquired an intensive skillset with technologies. But Josh has a primary focus with esoterism which involves the teachings of Ageless Wisdom and the mystical Qabalah.
He has explored many mystery schools of occultism along with the extensive study that includes prolific occultists such as Aleister Crowley, Alice Bailey, Dion Fortune, Helena Blavatsky, Eliphas Levi, Paul Foster Case, Jakob Böhme, and many more.
Josh has fine tuned his wide exploration of occultism to the idea that in order to obtain a high degree of liberation, then the principles of consciousness should be approached and understood with clarity.
He will present a practical approach of how the principles can be understood through Qabalah and Tarot which can be a path to expansion of our consciousness.
Check out what he has to say as well at this innovative website:
https://www.cosmicrepository.com/
And instead of a netflix tonight, maybe pop this into your earbuds and listen to a youtube on how the tarot keys are arranged in 3 stages mirroring a progressive spiritual development.
Emily Schumacher
Emily Schumacher is an educator, writer, and ritualist. She is an initiate of multiple traditions, is an officer of Alombrados OTO, a member of the Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride board, and oversees curriculum at Académie Gnostique, a school of magic and esotericism in New Orleans. Emily is also an artist working in textile and paper mediums creating tarot, book bindings, and talismanic art.
She will be speaking about the PGM, The Greek Magical Papyri, the classic text on Graeco-Egyptian Magic.
The Greek Magical Papyri: Papyri Graecae Magicae
Often referred to simply as The PGM, this refers to a collection of ancient Greek, Egyptian, Jewish, Roman magical practices from the late classical era, from about 100 BCE to the 400 CE. These papyrus manuscripts contained a curious assortment of both high and low magical spells, hymns, and rituals that were in common use.
The PGM draws the interest of mystics, magicians, hermetics, and scholars of antiquity as repositories of arcane knowledge and mystical secrets.
You can reach Emily here:
https://www.facebook.com/acadgnostic/about
Ulix VanBeber
Alex Van Beber, a New Orleans native, is a ritual magician and founder of Academie Gnostique, New Orleans' premier school for occult science and traditional mystical education.
“The goal,” says Alex, “is to provide people with access to clarity on the subjects and get them in a place where they can practice and fulfill their own desires and indulge their own purpose in this world.” The teachers of Academie Gnostique want to provide serious education in mysticism, magick, and occult ritual to those who are serious about practicing, but the school is also meant to serve as a sort of entry point for both the sincere beginner and the skeptic.
Alex believes that if more people can attain a certain attainment of spirituality, it will have a holistic benefit on society in general, as a matter of rising waters lifting all boats.
Alex will be speaking on historical exemplars and instances of the procedures, ceremonies, & interpretation of rune casts of many shapes and sizes. Analysis of various source texts & and contexts of runic cosmology and divinatory practices. Good (and bad!) techniques & approaches in developing personal relationships with runic mysteries.
You can reach Ulix here:
https://www.facebook.com/acadgnostic/about
https://www.facebook.com/botanicamacumba
Read more about Alex here:
Academie Gnostique: New Orleans’ school for occult science and traditional mystical education – Via Nola Vie
Raven Melissa Officinalis VanVan
Raven Melissa Officinalis VanVan (she/her/he/him) is a legendary performance artist, magickian, and Pope in Her Own Rite. She is the founder of Brouhaha art movement and religion which has hosted numerous Conjure Salons at Dixon Place in the Lower East Side and a few other unexpected places in NYC.
Raven has over thirty years of formal and informal study and practice of the curious arts including tarot, astrology, vedic yoga, green witchcraft, ritual drama, mythology, and various alchemical traditions. Among these studies was the completion of a post-graduate mentorship program in Alchemical Acupuncture.
Raven Melissa Officinalis VanVan is a child of all her ancestors and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. She is available for consultation and speaking engagements.
Bruce "Coral" Hampton"
Bruce “Coral” Harrington (he/him, they/them) is a Queer Witch living in Quincy, FL with their husband and three black cats. A practicing Pagan for nearly 40 years, they have taken an eclectic approach to their spirituality. In 1991 they co-founded Spiraling Heart, an eclectic feminist Coven of Witches that still exists today. They are also a member of Beachfyre Coven of Miami, and a Second Degree Initiate of the Georgian Tradition of Wicca. Coral is an apprentice Faery Seer in the House of Brigh, a member of the Covenant of the Goddess, a Lucumi aborisha, and they hold a keen interest in Southern folk magick.
In this workshop we will explore some of the core ideas behind the Faery Seership as taught in the House of Brigh. For us, Seership is a wholistic, co-creative and integrative path with a set of core beliefs, practices, restrictions, etc.. that seek to address the core human pain, the Illusion of Isolation, and to help us re-member the original vision of the Earth. In addition to exploring some of these key concepts, we will learn several breathing exercises and alignment visualizations that seek to attune our bodies and our spirit with the Seership concept of the Three Worlds. We will wrap it up with a short simple visualization to connect to the Genus Loci, the living spirit of the land. Seership as taught in the House of Brigh is not a religion in and of itself, and we have found that it works well alongside a variety of spiritual paths, so all are welcome!
Donia Bulloch Smith
After a near death experience from a cat scratch in 2015, Donia had a Kundalini, spiritual awakening, which furthered her sensory abilities. This shift in her life led her down the path of Divine Purpose, specializing in sound frequency and guided meditative shamanic healing.
Her specialty lies in her professional and intuitive skills that she has honed for close to a decade. As a master in Usui Reiki and a Cosmic Sound Alchemist, she offers a combination of Reiki and sound frequency that allows the mind, body and spirit to enter a trance like realm. She is a channel to the cosmic star systems and speaks an ancient earth language which grants the physical being’s spirit to anchor, connecting to the realm of the divine and spiritual, which allows the frequencies to permeate and heal trauma at a cellular level, which in turn allows the start of remembering their souls quest.
Donia is an eighth-generation pioneer Floridian and spent her formative years growing up on her ancestors’ turpentine and cattle farm just south of Tallahassee. This led her to have a keen stewardship for our natural resources, listening to the land and honoring its consciousness. Honoring her ancestors allows her to feel grounded in her own history and a part of the web of life. She is in the process of writing her life story.
The Sacred Sounds of Donia
Accompanied by Chelsey J. Venrick
Child of the Cosmos
We will ride the Cosmic Sound Wave connecting to the Egyptian Plane.
Through guided meditation and the sound frequencies of planetary gongs and pipes, crystal & Tibetan bowls, shamanic drum & ancient earth vocals, allowing for the harboring of knowledge within your soul to surrender.
Followed by a Sacred Water Sound Bath
Mobile Massage | Bodysoundspirit | Apalachicola
Crafting and Using A Magic Wand
First, we will craft a wand using materials we will provide. Then, Erich (he/him) will share simple techniques that you can perform with your new wand. These are Temple basics which are used to connect to your higher self and harmonize your microcosm or everyday life. These are easily learned meditations are used together to create a synergistic powerful resonant filed to manifest your intentions.
Erich Brown has been studying Hermeticism 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 co-leads the Temple of Limitless Light with his wife, a magical school dedicated to raising spiritual development in the community. His studies are currently focused on Elemental, Planetary, and Enochian Angel magic as well as the inner order teachings of the E.S.S.G.
Buddhist Magic
Alannah Brown (she/her) will be guiding you through the basics of Tibetan Meditation and Visualization. We will have a slow contemplative morning beginning with a purification ritual and guided practice designed to prepare you for a day.
Alannah Brown, MS., Ed.S., LMHC, has been studying Tibetan Tantric Buddhism since she was eight and holds a Bachelors degree in Religion and a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. She is an initiated Ngakma, a householder yogini, in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. She is certified in Herbology through Rosemary Gladstar and a Certified EMDR practitioner and member of EMDRIA. She has been in private practice for 25 years.
Reserve your spot now!
1 day pass includes snacks and dinner, all workshops, swimming and access to the grounds.
Early Bird Discount 125$
Scholarships available. An optional overnight primitive camping add on can be purchased and includes breakfast. 10$