4th Annual Fairy & Human Relations Congress:
A Celebration with the Devic Realm
June 25th - 27th, 2004
Presenters and Workshops (as of 3/24/04)
~ DOROTHY MACLEAN is one of the original founders of the Findhorn Community in Scotland and known worldwide for her pioneering contact with the inner voice of the sacred and for her work with the Angels of nature and nations. Dorothy's book, To Hear the Angels Sing, contains many of her communications with not only the essences of plants, but with minerals, animals and groups of humans too. Dorothy has probably done more than any other single person in the 20th century to popularize the idea that humans can communicate with devas. Dorothy's 2004 workshop is: God, Humanity and Nature. This workshop explored our capacity to tune into inner divinity as a source of wisdom, love and power for contacting the essence of all life and the intelligences of nature. Website: www.lorian.org
~ DAVID SPANGLER is a philosopher, writer and educator in incarnational spirituality; the integration of spiritual values, energy and presence into everyday life. He is executive director of the Lorian Association and past co-director of the Findhorn Community. Since a child, he has had conscious awareness of and communication with supersensory worlds of spirit. David Spangler's 2004 workshop is on "Kinship With All Fairies". Human beings, fairies, devas and angels are all cousins. This workshop explored the kinship between ourselves and the Fairy Kingdom. The link between the fairy world within us and the larger fairy realm of the world. Website: www.lorian.org
*+~ R.J. STEWART is a Scottish author and composer of international acclaim. He has worked, researched and written extensively on the Underworld and Faery realms with 37 books in publication including: The Living World of Faery, and Earth Light: Rediscovering the Wisdom of Celtic and Faery Lore. RJ's workshop is The Well of Light, a group ceremony to open the way for Earth Healing through a mutual communion between Humans, Faery Races, Spiritual Go-Betweens, and the Shining Ones in the Heart of the Earth. RJ will perform in our concert. Visit his website: www.dreampower.com
*+~ MARY J. GETTEN is a telepathic animal communicator, naturalist and flower essence practitioner, including flower essences for animals. Her workshop is: Animal Spirituality and Consciousness. She will explore the three levels of consciousness in animals, the journey of an animal's spirit after death, and the high spiritual nature of whales and dolphins. Visit her website: www.MaryGetten.com
PAUL STAMETS is the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti. Stamets is one of the world's most knowledgeable mycologists, particularly in regard to medicinal mushrooms and using fungi in environmental restoration. His company, based near Olympia Washington, grows a wide range of medicinal and edible mushrooms. Stamets' workshop will be on "Re-connecting with nature: listening to the little people - our fungal allies". Visit his website: www.fungiperfecti.com
+~ EILEEN KILGREN BERGMAN. A Seattle native, Eileen Kilgren Bergman has been interacting with Nature Spirits and other unseen beings for the past 10 years. Her workshop is titled: Learning about Fairies and Faeries: A talk about my experiences with Nature Spirits and how they differ from beings of the Otherworld.
*+~ DIANA GAY PEPPER has been communicating with plants, devas and fairies for years and produces flower essences from plants on her land, Tree Frog Farm. Her workshop is: Flower Essences: Commune with Plant Spirits. Experience connecting with a plant deva/angel while we make a flower essence during class. Afterwards meet this Being again as the "deva ina bottle". You will also learn how to use the essences in your daily life. Website: www.treefrogfarm.com
*+~ LINDA QUINTANA is the proprieter of Wonderland Teas & Spice in Bellingham, Washington and Alpine Herb Farm. Workshops: Plants to attract Fairies into your garden; and Welcoming fairies to your yard: building homes for them. Linda's previous workshops on this topic were warmly received by all ages.
*+~ MARK S. MCNUTT & MARY GOLD-MCNUTT run the Yewwood Retreat Center in Deadwood, Oregon. Mark's Workshop: Devic communion and flower essences. Mark also teaches astrology. MaryGold will be sharing Very Silly Fairy Yoga and will be our head chef. Visit their website: www.aerious.org
*+~ NEIL LEONARD does shamanic journeywork to find guidance in land healing and landscape design as well as receiving direct information from trees and elementals. His 2004 workshops will be focused on music. Jamming together, playing music with the fairies and preparing to be the band for our Saturday night dance. Participants should bring musical instruments and drums.
~ SHEMMAHO J. SIOUX has been living in the forest for the last 36 years. A certified leader of the Dances of Universal Peace, she has been leading Circle Dances throughout the region for 20 years. As a sacred singer, her function is to awaken spirit. Her large repertoire of traditional and original chants is predominantly songs of healing. Workshop: Sacred Songs in Sacred Time: Chants to awaken the spirits of the land, chants to help heal broken hearts, and to comfort and sooth the spirits, in all dimensions. Shemmaho may also lead a Council of All Beings over two workshop periods.
~ OUAPITI ROBINTREE of Hummingbird Remedies in Nevada City, California offers over 500 vibrational remedies (flower essences, gem elixirs, and angelic essences). Her workshop is: Shamanic Communication with Nature for Environmental Restoration. How to work with nature beings to come up with methods to do environmental restoration and clean up toxics in the environment. Website: www.hummingbirdremedies.com
+ ORION FOXWOOD is founder of the Foxwood Temple and co-director of Moonridge, a land-based sanctuary and educational center for Faery and magical studies in Maryland, U.S.A. This area is located in the fringes of Appalachia, an area rife with simple but powerful magical and spiritual approaches comprised of European, African and Native American elements. For the last 20 years, Orion has studied and practiced Faery Seership and other folk magic and healing practices. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and is the author of the book entitled "The Faery Teachings" (Muse Press). His workshop will be on: Ancestors and Inner Allies, Traditional folk practices to connect with ancestral and nature spirits. Visit his website: www.foxwood-temple.net
GINGER CLOUD is the founder of Peace Puppets, a not for profit organization that offers community interactive Ceremonial Puppet Theater. This year Peace Puppets will be creating a Puppet Medicine Wheel at the Fairy Congress. Cloud will offer a workshop that will include Dialing the Puppet Medicine Wheel, methods of creating medicine wheels, dailing a wheel, wheel mediations and general information on medicine wheels.
CINDY MCGONAGLE teaches co-creative gardening classes in Portland, Oregon. Cindy is also an artist with her company "Botanic Reproductions". She is working on her 3rd book about fairies. We are happy to have a local presenter. McGonagle has been working closely with Queen Dee, the Fairy Queen of the Columbia Gorge; as well as with the Landscape Angel of Mt. Hood. Cindy's workshop will be on Gardening with Nature Spirits.
CATHERINE MORGAN has started the Tasaris Center for Elemental Healing and Ascension in Littleton, Colorado. Her work with the Faerie Realm centers on providing healing and ascension information for elementals from many different areas: tree spirits, faerie guardians, mountain masters, the dwarven realm, water sprites, rock spirits, lost elementals, and others. At the Congress Morgan will facilitate the Link-up of Humans, Fairys, and Angels to Provide a Healing and Elevation for the area and those involved. She will also share information about what members of the Faerie Realm humans might meet on a walk through the woods and what they might do to assist in providing healing for them. visit her website: www.tasaris.com
ADRIENNE ROAN BEAR is a native american raised in the old ways by her grandmother at Mt. Shasta. Now living in Snohomish, Washington, she teaches herbal healing and shamanic pathways. She will teach about Plant People and Connecting with Your Plant Allies.
*+~ LADY CYN DEFAY, D.D. High Priestess of the Faery Faith, an Irish earth-based religion practicing in SW Washington. She is a metaphysician, flower essence producer and therapist and the founder and educator of the Cluan-Feart, a Celtic women's mystery school. Lady Cyn faciltates new moon mysteries for Women monthly in Vancouver/Portland area. Her workshop is "Faery Cunning Arts of Healing, Herbcraft and Incantations". For more information email her at priestess_pan@yahoo.com
~ ANAHATA POMEROY returns to the Fairy Congress and will be offering SOUNDS throughout the weekend. She's known for her magical toning with tar drum. Her prayers and calls use words from many sacred traditions. Her workshop will be: Stories From the Unpublished Works of Daphne Charters-- learn the fairy process of blending and thought formations. Working with sound, color and movement, we'll practice what the fairies teach us. Anahata will continue to do sunrise toning, some group callings, and some tonings in the meditation space. She will also help facilitate the COLOR WAVE.
JIM BUTLER, PhD. is a professor at the University of Alberta, Canada and is the founder of The ELFEN Project, a survey and field study of individuals who have personally encountered one or more entities that might be described as elementals, nature spirits, little people, gnomes, fauns, good people, wood nymphs, sprites, fairies, elves, apiscinisak, or any other related forms. This is one of the few scientific studies that is being done around the world. Butler will present a Friday evening slide show and discussion as well as a workshop "Exploring North America's Hidden Landscape, American Elves, Gnomes, Fairies and Other Little People". Website: www.elfenproject.com
+ RAVEN is a channel for Spirit; including Fairies, Angels and Divine Mother. She offers monthly classes to connect with the Spirit Realm, private healings, and channeled sessions with your sprit guides. Her workshop is on Elemental Dragons - Connection to Earth's Wisdom. Website: www.ravenmedium.com
CAMILLA BLOSSOM is a GeoRomancer living and loving in the Columbia River Gorge. She has created the Columbia River Gorge Flower Essences as well as many intentional potions and lotions using flower essences and essential oils. Her workshop is : Flower Potions for Kids (of all ages). Website: www.3flowershealing.com
LILI OMA is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, founder of Temple of the Sacred Earth, and teaches many workshops on the subjects of Healing, Nature, and Spiritual studies. She lives on the coast of Northern California. She describes her session "Sacred Brewing for Offerings" as follows:
People have the unique ability to transform water into wine! In this session we will explore the sacred art of Brewing as a way to make offerings to the Faery Beings. Learn the "how-to's" and the "why's", as we all make a special wine to offer to the Faeries in a group ritual.
CHRISTAN HUMMEL of Earth Transitions who works with devas for earth healing, will present "Beyond Feng Shui" - how to work with the consciousness of nature to bring harmony and balance into your homes, and "Can Earth Changes be Changed?"
Website: www.earthtransitions.com.
GARY HOVDA will show his DVD "Silent Visitation". Based on a photograph of a deva taken at the 2003 Fairy Congress. Hovda will also discuss similar beingswhich have been depicted by other cultures through the ages.
ROBINA MCCURDY, an earth-healing and permaculture teacher from New Zealand, will be presenting the following: "Living on the Edge of Nature and Culture", "Landuse Design with and for Nature", and "Kaitiakitanga". Robina will also be offering a post-Congress workshop.
JENNIFER VYHNAK, an international workshop facilitator, teaches others how to communicate with the Devic, Angelic, and Human Kingdoms and how to work in cooperation with them for Earth Healing and manifestation of other beneficial works. She recently presented in Findhorn, Scotland, as part of the week long 'Restore the Earth! Conference in Mar-April, 2002. Her workshop is entitled: "Co-creating with the Devic, Angelic, and Human Realms: An Attunement Process for Manifesting Beneficial Works".
We honor everyone's contribution.
Each human, fairy and deva who attends brings their own special magic and knowledge to share. We are all students and we are all teachers and co-creators. Each participant is an important delegate to this convocation of many beings.
Visit our web site for updated details about presenters and workshops.
More Details
The Riversong Sanctuary is a beautiful site for the Congress. Riversong is bordered on one side by a wild stretch of Hood River, which drains the north slopes of Mt. Hood, the tallest mountain in Oregon at 11,240 feet. The town of Hood River is known as the wind-surfing capital of the world since it is located in the middle of the Columbia River gorge where it cuts its way through the Cascades. The wind whistles thru this lowest gap in the whole Cascades making for great wind surfing on the wide Columbia River. We will be in the territory of the Devas of the Columbia Gorge, the Columbia River, the Cascade Mountains, Mt. Hood and the Hood River. Riversong Sanctuary is situated in an old oak forest wherein we will hold this gathering. Located midway through the Cascades, Hood River valley has characteristics of the western maritime climate and the hotter-dryer interior climate. Elements of the floras of both climates live at Riversong. In June it will be lush, green and many flowers will be blooming.
Site facilities: Riversong's facilities include a beautiful, new 41-foot diameter sanctuary which will be our fairy art gallery and a workshop space. The Sky Lodge is a beautiful, winged structure, somewhat akin to a flattened out tipi. It is 54 feet across, 2200 square feet and can hold hundreds of people. We will have a large, roofed, outdoor kitchen to prepare our community meals. Many Congress activities take place outdoors.
Camping: This is a camp out event. So come prepared with tent, padding, bedding, flashlight and camping accoutrements. People can come in live-in vans, campers or RVs.
Motels: Let us know if you would like a list of local motels and bed & breakfasts.
Weather: Long-range weather forecasting for our mountainous location is unpredictable. Our 2001 Congress weather was dry and warm. The 2002 Congress weather was hotter and dryer until Sunday evening when we were treated to a spectacular lightning and thunder storm, high wind gusts (which send a number of tents flying) and some short spells of heavy rain. It was hot and dry in 2003. We advise coming ready for hot daytime temperatures and cool nights. Rain is possible, but since we are on the dry eastern side of the Cascades is seldom rains for long at this time of year. Bring appropriate clothing.
About Food: Participants are requested to bring food to donate to the common kitchen, which will then feed all of us. We especially appreciate people bringing food from their gardens, orchards and wildcrafting. Lots of fresh greens, vegetables, strawberries, cherries, fruit, seaweed, nuts, seeds, sprouts, other tasty and healthful foods. If you go shopping for your food contribution, organic food is preferred.
Water: There is a deep well at Riversong which will provide water for drinking, cooking, cleaning and showers. The Hood River runs adjacent to the congress site so we have a great place to cool off!
The Fairy Parade was one of the highlights of the 2003 congress. Almost every participant was there and most of them with costumes or dressed up. Hard to say who enjoyed it the most - the children, the adults or the fairies. So plan ahead. What would you like to be in the parade? Bring costume stuff to wear and share.
Music and dancing: Bring musical instruments and drums, your voices and songs to share. Music, singing and dancing happen at many planned and spontaneous times during the Congress. We will do some "Dances of Universal Peace".
The Fairy Concert follows after the parade. The most musically inclined and bravest of the participants play music and entertain us while the rest dance, sing along or listen.
Fairy Art Gallery: The fairy art gallery is a popular feature of the Congress. We turn Riversong's sanctuary lodge into a gallery of artwork relating to fairies, angels, devas, etc. The gallery includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewelry, wings, poems, photos, etc. Everyone is invited to bring something to display - your own or other artists. Bring your art supplies in case you are inspired during the gathering!
Cooperation and Volunteers: The Fairy Congress is a cooperative community. Most of the food prep and cleanup will be done by participants. We are requesting that everyone come prepared to help.
Healing Area: We set up a quiet retreat area for reiki, massage, and healing treatments. The space is open for people to give or receive treatments. Massage tables appreciated.
Kid's Fairy Realm: The children had a wonderful time last year. This year we wish to have even more emphasis on the children including workshops and puppetry.
Vending: If you are interested in vending fairy-related books or items please contact us about guidelines and fees.
Checklist of Things to Bring
Drinking Water
Water bottle
Food for kitchen
Decorations, flags,tapestries
Musical instruments
Costuming
Items for the fairy art gallery
Tent (if camping)
Adequate padding and bedding
Clothing for hot days and cold nights
Broad-brimmed hats and sunscreen
Items for fairy altar
Crystals
Cushion or chair (if desired)
Notepad (recycled paper preferably)
Things for kid village
Make lists, plan ahead and give yourself enough time. Enjoy the drive.
We are blessed.
Sponsored by:
Friends of the Trees Society
Riversong Sanctuary
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