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Elspeth of Haven
Author of the beloved poem "The Challenge,"Elspeth of Haven is a healer, teacher, pastoral Counselor, irrepressible storyteller and member of the Echota Cherokee Tribe. Elspeth is an honored Elder in the Pagan community. She is co-founder of The Haven Way: an eco-spiritual path of personal and planetary transformation. Her workshops reflect her primary concerns: healing as a multi-dimensional spiritual path, the unrecognized value of the older woman, the integral relationship between humans and other beings.
Jenna Greene/Douglas Greene
Jenna Greene is a singer-songwriter inspired by hope and healing, following bliss, nature mythology, the law of attraction and the little miracles in everyday life. She believes that music, nature and ritual are an empowering combination and a life-changing force. Her debut Celtic CD, Crossroads, was released in 2008 and she is currently working on her second album.
You can listen to samples of her songs at: www.myspace.com/greeneladymusic or www.greeneladymusic.com
Douglas Greene is a sound healer and a true Aquarian, ever questing for deeper knowledge. He has intensively studied the works of Dr. Mitch Gaynor and mythologist Joseph Campbell. He brings together the wisdom of these two teachers in a refreshing and thought-provoking way. His recent studies have led him to explore the world of cellular biology and how our minds and music effect our bodies in profound ways. For over 30 years, he has been involved in ritual arts and performance arts including theater, sound and lighting design, orchestra and co-producing Jenna's album Crossroads.
Caroline Kenner
Caroline Kenner is a professional shamanic healer who began
journeying in 1989. She graduated in 2001 from the Foundation for
Shamanic Studies' Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism and Shamanic
Healing, taught by Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman. Caroline has
also completed Sandra Ingerman's Two Year Shamanic Teacher Training,
Medicine for the Earth Teacher Training and Healing with Spiritual
Light. Caroline laughingly calls herself a Washington Witchdoctor and
considers herself a specialist in extraction and depossession. Her
other shamanic teachers include Larry Peters, Myron Eshowsky, and Nan
Moss & David Corbin.Learn more about Caroline's shamanic healing
practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, at www.mythkenner.com
Jason Miller
Jason Miller (Inominandum) has been studying and practicing magick
for over 17 years. His studies have brought him all over the world: from
the American South, to Europe, to the Himalayas. He is a member of
several magickal orders and craft traditions as well as being an
initiate of the Nyingma and Bon lineages of Tibet. He is a writer,
teacher, buddhist, and occultist. His published works include
"Protection and Reversal Magick, a Witch's Defense Guide" and the
upcomming release "The Sorcerer's Secret, Strategies in Practical
Magick" as well as numerous articles in "Behutet" magazine and "The Cauldron".
Ivo Dominguez, Jr.
Ivo Domínguez, Jr. is a writer, an artist, a visionary, and a practitioner of a variety of esoteric disciplines. He has been active in Wicca and the Neo-Pagan community since 1978, and has been giving workshops since 1982 on Chakras, Divination, the Qabala, Ritual, Astrology, Herbalism, and other topics. Ivo was a founding member, and a past High Priest, of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first coven of The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel a Wiccan Tradition (www.sacredwheel.org). ASW Wicca is a blending of Wicca and the Western Mystery Tradition. He now serves as one of the Elders to the six covens of the Assembly. His techniques are rooted in a synthesis of traditional metaphysical teachings, modern science, and memories from past lives. He has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of Castings: The Creation of Sacred Space, Of Spirits: The Book Of Rowan, Beneath The Skins, and the forthcoming Spirits Of Earth And Faerie: The Book Of Ash. He is also one of the creative forces behind "A Dream Whose Time Is Coming" a chant CD that is a fundraiser for the New Alexandrian Library Project.
Jim Welch
Jim Welch, RN HNC was formerly High Priest of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the founding coven of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He has been active in the Wiccan/Pagan community since 1981. He was the chair of the committee that wrote the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel's code of ethics. He teaches a variety of workshops that focus on ethics. He is a Waterpourer and conducts Sweat ceremonies using Wiccan protocols. Jim practices a variety of forms of healing touch and healing ritual and is certified in Holistic Nursing. One of his great loves is music and he has taught many chant workshops and directed the music for the chant CD “A Dream Whose Time Is Coming”. Jim is one of the stewards of Seelie Court, 102 acres of wooded land in Southern Delaware that is also the future home of the New Alexandrian Library:
www.sacredwheel.org/nal.htm
Blyth
Traditionally trained in Celtic Craft, Blyth opened her first
pagan store, Foxcraft, in 1989 in Frederick, MD. Now living in
Delaware, Blyth co-owns Gossamer Hawk, a full service metaphysical
store, with her husband Dave. She has given workshops since 1992 on a
variety of topics including meditation, magickal living, and techniques
for inner transformation. She has enjoyed appearances on television
channels WMDT and WBOC as a holistic expert and has served as guest
speaker for diverse audiences including Beebe Medical Center, the Jewish
Seaside Community, and Delaware Technical and Community College.
Keepers of the Holly Chalice
Keepers of the Holly Chalice is a Wiccan coven based primarily in
the northern portions of Delaware and Maryland. We draw from many
sources for our rituals, celebrations and magick, with a focus on Celtic
lore, Astrology and Qabala. We are members of the Assembly of the Sacred
Wheel (www.sacredwheel.org), which grew from our beginnings in 1984 to
eight covens ranging over the PA-DE-MD tri-state area. Our members span
the spectrum: new to the path to decades of experience. We serve the
community by hosting open rituals and celebrations and teaching
workshops like this one.
Kitty Bronson
Kitty Bronson is a Freyja's woman and daughter of Njordhr, a Witch,
a Fire Tender for Sweat Lodge and a worker of Runes and Seidhr. She is
high priestess of Guardians of the Windsword, a coven of the Assembly of
the Sacred Wheel. Her religious interests and her anthropology studies
have lead her into explorations of the Norse and Celtic worlds, their
history, folklore and magick.
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