Teachers

2006 Teachers

All of the 2006 Workshops/Classes are not yet finalized. As we get responses from our teachers we will post more information.

Tentatively Scheduled Teachers:
Jane Sibley, Black Lotus, Erik Burch, Philip H. Farber, Rachel Ginther, Alexei Kondratiev, Marcia Pickands, Tchipakkan
With MORE Extraordinary teachers being added all the time!

Black Lotus (born Len Rosenberg), walks two spiritual paths. He is a Wiccan High Priest, of the Protean/ Gardnerian Tradition. And he is a Shakta (Hindu Goddess worshipper), and initiated devotee of Mata Amritananda-Mayi of Kerala, South India. He teaches Mantra meditation, Vedic magical uses of gemstones, and is an astrologer. Black Lotus wrote the introductory article for Green Egg's Hindu- Pagan issue (April '98). He performs both mirthful and reverent songs of his own devising. And he co-leads Mnemosynides Coven in New York City with his partner, Alexei Kondratiev.

Erik Burch is a member of Earthstar Circle,  a longtime student of esoteric trivia, and the creator of Juvenile Magick, a magickal system using the folklore of modern American children as its ritual base.

Philip H. Farber is the author of FUTURERITUAL: Magick for the 21st Century, a manual of neurological exploration. His articles on magick and popular culture have appeared in Green Egg Magazine, The Journal of Hypnotism, Hypnosis Today, Mondo 2000, High Times, Paradigm Shift, and other unique publications and web sites. Phil is a faculty member of Maybe Logic Academy, a Certified Hypnotherapist and a Licensed Trainer of Neuro-linguistic Programming, with a private practice in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley.

Rachel Ginther , Alchemist, FSE and Co-Creator of the Garden of One Vibrational Products, has been making Essences since 1994. She has traveled extensively worldwide and brings a background of Sacred Living to all she does though teaching/sharing wisdom, writing, consulting and production Garden of One Vibrational Products which activate the healing potential within each of us and create Oneness/Union in Self, Planet and Cosmos.

Alexei Kondratiev; Background in anthropology, linguistics, and comparative religion. Teaches Irish language, Celtic history at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan. Officer in Celtic League American Branch. Co-leads (with Black Lotus) eclectic Wiccan circle (Mnemosynides/Children of Memory) in New York.

Marcia L. Pickands is a Religious Leader, Ceremonial Magician, Psychic and Spiritual Counselor.  She is the Warden of the Sangreal Sodality.  Marcia is the author of The Psychic Self-Defense Personal Training Manual (Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1997) and Psychic Abilities:  How to Train and Use Them (Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1999).  Her next book will be on the topic of SPIRITUAL HEALING. Over the last 30+ years Marcia has taught classes and/or lectured on The Western Inner Mystical Tradition, Neo-Paganism and related mystical, metaphysical, psychic, and magical subjects at The Blue Moon Boutique, Albany, NY, Spring Eagle, Schenectady, NY, The Green Light, Albany, NY, Trinity Temple, Albany, NY , Craftwise , Connecticut, EtheraCon , Poughkeepsie, NY and The Retreat, Pennsylvania/ Massachusetts.

Jane T. Sibley, Jane T. Sibley, Ph.D. has taught at EtheraCon, Ecumenicon, Feast of Lights, Ritesof Spring, Twilight Covening, and many more gatherings over the years.  She is a specialist in runes, Norse folklore and mythology, and traditional Norwegian Wise Woman lore.  Her first book, "Norse Mythology...According to Uncle Einar", came out in December, 2000.  At present, she is working on a book dealing with traditional Norse "magic medicine" and a historical fantasy novel with the working title of "The Hammer of the Smith", which deals with smithcraft (and other) magic in the far North.