ELEMENTS OF MAGIC

Dates: Tuesdays, January 6 thru February 10, 2009
6 - 930pm

Co-facilitated by Sarah Campbell & Beth Weaver-Kreider

This is the first of the core classes in the Reclaiming Tradition, and is a prerequisite for all other core classes. It is a wonderful class for beginners, and for those who already have a developed practice and want to focus on the Elements and grow within that practice.

Deepen your vision and focus your will, empowering yourself to act in the world. Practice magic by working with the Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. Techniques include drumming, singing, sacred dance, breath work, visualization, sensing, projecting and raising energy, chanting, trance work, creating magical space, spell crafting, and structuring meaningful ritual. We hope to provide a nurturing environment for all participants.

Prerequisite: Read the first six chapters of The Spiral Dance by Starhawk. The book is available on this web site, or at Radiance, 9 W Grant St.

Please be committed to attending all 6 classes. Cost is on a sliding scale of $175 to $125, & includes a copy of the book. For more information or a registration flyer, email me.

I try to offer this class at least once each year. If these dates don't work for you & you would like to organize a class for a small group of your friends, contact me to discuss arrangements. This class can be taught once a week for 6 weeks, or as a weekend retreat.

Any of the following classes can be offered to your group. Keep in mind that I'm in Lancaster, PA, and am willing to travel about an hour each way to facilitate a presentation. Contact me to make arrangements.

Let’s Make Herbal Beads!

Learn to use the fragrant herbs and flowers in your garden to make lovely natural beads. We'll discuss the way rose beads have been made for generations, and then show you a simple method using herb powders. Each participant will make several beads to take home.

Tina Sams, editor of The Essential Herbal Magazine, will facilitate this fun class, which will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 from noon until 1:30ish

Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St (across from Central Market). Stop in, or call 290-1517 to register. $18 for the class includes all materials.

Let's Make Brighid's Cross!

Using dried grasses, we will weave this ancient design, used to honor the Goddess Brighid, and to protect their homes and hearths from fire. We'll talk about Brighid & her many healing aspects, and ask her to bless our weavings. Each participant will make a Brighid's Cross to take home.

Class will be held on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, from noon to 1:30ish, at Radiance, 9 W Grant St, Lancaster, across the cobblestones from Central Market. Stop in, or call 717-290-1517 to register. $18 class fee includes materials.

Botanical Sketching in the Garden

Do you love plants? Do you want to draw them? Come to this class led by local artist, Elizabeth Weaver and learn how to view plants, how to portray their characteristics, style and spirit through drawing. Join her in our outdoor studio – the Herbs from the Labyrinth garden – over the course of several weeks. We will gather as a group to study plants and practice our drawing techniques. All levels are welcome.

This class will be held in the gardens of Herbs from the Labyrinth, 1053 Wheatland Avenue in Lancaster.

Dates TBA

$ 40.00 for the series of three classes, $15 for each individual class..

To register call Radiance, 290-1517, or stop by the shop at 9 W Grant St, in downtown Lancaster, right across the cobblestones from Central Market.

Eli (sabeth) Haskell Weaver is a visual artist, educator and community activist who has a green thumb for herbaceous medicinal perennials. When not busy with community projects, she enjoys printmaking, growing medicinals, perennials, painting, singing and riding her bike. Check out some of the work she has done on her soon-to-come web site www.eliweaver.org or on Radiance blog at http://radianceinlancaster.blogspot.com

In this class, Susan Hess will teach us to make fresh soft cheese with cow or goat milk and culture. We will go through the simple processes of making a fresh cheese like Chevre’ or Fromage Blanc. Unlike cheese that needs to be aged and carefully tended for months, fresh cheeses are ready to eat with a day and can be easily incorporated into any kitchen routine using basic kitchen equipment.

This class will be held in the home kitchen of Herbs from the Labyrinth, 1053 Wheatland Avenue in Lancaster. You will have a chance to explore the labyrinth garden during the wine & cheese-tasting at the end of the class.

Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 1 to 4pm

$ 50.00 fee includes a copy of Ricki Carroll’s book, Home Cheese Making.

Resource materials will be provided. Packets of culture and prepared cheeses will be available for purchase from the instructor.

To register call Radiance, 290-1517, or stop by the shop at 9 W Grant St, in downtown Lancaster, right across the cobblestones from Central Market.

Susan Hess is a therapeutic herbalist and educator who operates the Farm at Coventry, handcrafting a fine line of therapeutic herbal products. She sells her wares through her website www.FarmatCoventry.com. Susan teaches an informative 8-month course "Homestead Herbalism" as well as a full schedule of classes and workshops at her farm near Pottstown. In her spare time she is a hobby cheesemaker who makes a variety of cheeses for her family's enjoyment. Susan and her husband Michael enjoy growing medicinal and culinary herbs in the teaching gardens, as well as raising heirloom vegetables and seed saving. They are fully committed to using growing and harvesting methods that protect and replenish the earth.

This is the 4th annual Harvest festival at the site of the well-known Spoutwood Faerie Festival. The Mother Earth Harvest Faire celebrates the spirit of the Fall season and Autumnal Equinox, one of two points in the year where the length of day equals the length of night. The Fair celebrates healthy people working for and enjoying a healthy planet. Partly we pay tribute to the simple traditions and values of harvest festivals of the past where apples are pressed into cider, garden and farm bounty is proudly displayed, and the animals used to plow our fields or to clothe and nourish us are lavishly appreciated. In the spirit of good old-fashioned fun we'll have country dancing in the big barn, lots of other music and storytelling, harvest craft activities for kids, a Mother Earth Nature Poetry Marathon, good food for all tastes and natural and folk crafts to marvel and delight.

For more info go to www.spoutwood.com

Searching for the Goddess in Nature
Finding the Divine Within

I am honored to be leading this retreat Friday October 17 thru Sunday October 19, 2008

Deep inside each of us, an ancient wisdom lies sleeping. Our ancestors understood the divine nature of the Living Earth and how it is that we are woven into the sacred web of life. Our bodies still know.

During this experiential weekend, we will use song and movement, stillness and contemplation, storytelling, the labyrinth, altar-building and art-making to connect to and deepen this vision.

Held at the Murray Grove Conference Center in Lanoka harbor, NJ, and sponsored by Women & Religion of the Joseph Priestley District of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Dates TBA

Join my apprentice Jen Frey & me for this class! We will use several methods for infusing oils with herbs, and show you how to make salve from the infused oil. You will go home with recipes, ideas & a jar of the salve we will make together. Cost is $25. Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St in downtown Lancaster. Call 290-1517 or stop in to register.

In this fun class, I will show you how to make cordials using herbs & fresh fruit to create unique beverages that are beautiful to look at and wonderful to taste. Cost is $25. Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St in downtown Lancaster. Call 290-1517 or stop in to register. Must be at least 21 years of age to take this class.

Learn to make your own health-giving tinctures using a variety of herbs and menstruums, including vodka, brandy, cider vinegar & vegetable glycerine. Cost is $25. Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St in downtown Lancaster. Call 290-1517 or stop in to register.

Dates TBA

Fun to create, beautiful to see, delightful to cook with, and great to give as gifts - herbal vinegars! Cost is $25. Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St in downtown Lancaster. Call 290-1517 or stop in to register.

What goes into these beverages? How are they blended? Come to this delightful class and learn some tricks of the trade! Cost is $25. Class will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St in downtown Lancaster. Call 290-1517 or stop in to register.

Friday & Saturday, mid April 2009 (not certain of the dates yet)
York Expo Center, on the York Co Fairgrounds, in York, PA
For more information, visit their web site www.paherbfestival.com

Mother's Day weekend, Friday & Saturday, May, 2009
on the grounds of the Landis Valley Farm Museum, just outside Lancaster, PA

Garden enthusiasts flock to this annual faire like bees to flowers. You'll find everything you can imagine from and for the garden. This is one of the largest East Coast plant and garden sales, and is always held on the Friday and Saturday of Mother's Day Weekend. It's held on the grounds of the historical Landis Valley Farm Museum.

Hours are 9am to 5pm both days. Look for me at my usual spot in the Millstone Grove. For more information go to www.landisvalleymuseum.org

A fabulous range of herbs, garden gear, and herbal products are always available, as well as workshops & weed walks all day! Bring your shopping basket or a wagon! Come see us in Leakin Park in Baltimore, MD. For more info & directions, check their website http://www.baltimoreherbfestival.com

Join us as Linda shares techniques for traditional dyes, a skill going back at least 6000 years. From the realms of magic and tradition, she’ll fascinate us with lore about the dyers, who were considered skilled alchemists and keepers of secret knowledge. We'll also learn of the connection, through color and vibration, to the Chakras. In the hands-on portion of the workshop, each person will use the dye-pots we will set up together. Additional scarves, silk camisoles and other goodies will be available for purchase.

Cost for the workshop is $50, & includes two silk scarves or a small silk purse. Register at Radiance, or send your check & registration information to Herbs from the Labyrinth, LLC, 9 W Grant St, Lancaster, PA 17603, or register online. Space is limited to 8 people, so register early!

The workshop will be held at Radiance, 9 W Grant St, across from the Central Market in downtown Lancaster. Phone is 717-290-1517.