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Wic-Can Fest is a family friendly event with
full dining, showers, and swimming facilities, as well as the
limited availability of indoor cabin accommodations. Wic-Can Fest
offers a full schedule of workshops, lectures, demonstrations,
concerts and rituals for you to choose from, or, alternatively,
you can just spend your time getting reacquainted with old friends
or making new ones. We also offer a full schedule of children's
activities.
Our event is ideal to connect, share learn
from and network with members and elders
in good standing of various magical paths.
We invite you to explore the traditions we
feature by taking part in a ritual or more. This year, you will
have the opportunity to attend rituals and workshops of the
following traditions: Asatru, Blue Star,
Céilí Sídhe, Eclectic Wicca, Druidism and more.
Our
list of presenters this year includes:
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Renowned author, Elder and Gardnerian High Priestess Deborah
Lipp will be offering a three part spell casting intensive.
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Donata Ahern, Gardnerian and Alexandian Elder, High Priestess,
Druid and Shaman will teach about Pendulum work, the Child Count
of the medicine wheel (Mayan teaching) and lead a Shamanic
journey to retrieve a lost piece of the Soul.
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Kenny Klein will offer lectures and lead a Blue Star ritual
accompanied by his wife Anna Coil and Willow of the Spiral Grove
in the U.S. They will present a dark moon ritual in the GreenCraft
tradition. Willow will also offer Sacred Dance and Coil, Magickal Baking and Cooking.
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Brian Walsh, a priest in the Céilí Sídhe tradition of Celtic
Paganism will join us with lectures and a Celtic Ritual
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Reynard Lohleit will instruct us in the ancient art of brewing
as well as take us on a mushroom discovery walk.
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Laurie Benson will be presenting a Yoga Sun Salutation workshop
to welcome the Summer Solstice, teaching hands on about plants
and herbs with two or three herb walks and an herb talk on "Magickal
and Power Herbs"
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Thornhaven
Grove, ADF is presenting a Ritual to honour Lugh, founder of
festivals.
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A
Firedance open jam will take place again this year.
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Jason
Mankey, presenter extraordinaire will join us with wild and
wonderful offering.
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Faunus Herbs is sponsoring special
presentations by Isis-Urannia High Priestess and Occultist
Lilith who will be teaching Psychic Self Defense, The Lesser
Banishing Pentagram of Earth ritual and the Middle Pillar
exercise. This presentation will be of particular interest to
practitioners of energetic healing techniques. Her partner
Gilbert will offer practical presentations in Spagyrics and
Alchemy. Come prepared with all your questions and notebooks.
Nick and Lilith will also offer advanced discussions in
Astrology and offer readings under the healers tent that
Faunus is graciously providing. Visit Faunus Herbs at
www.faunusherbs.com.
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Zsuzsa will be offering The Firewalk, a truly magical process
that will change profoundly the way you see and experience the
elements. This is one of the events we refer to as “Life
Transforming”! (at this time, 2 walks are scheduled)
please visit www.desiredresults.ca for info.
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Castalia,
Catherine Starr, Oakwyndhr, Bonnie Durtnall
, David Turner and Danielle, are also part of the program.as are
Morris Dancing,
Belly Dancing and drumming.
Other workshops include divination,
astrology, alchemy, drumming, belly dancing, yoga to name a few!
We will have a Bardic competition, Men's and Women’s rituals,
concerts, general merriment and the
occasional life transforming experience.
Drumming, magical cooking and baking, arts
and crafts are all part of the program
so come prepared to learn, share and celebrate with us.
Merry Meet !
On our new site, villages have formed such
as Booty Town, Ook Camp etc. Feel free to join or visit or create
as many as you wish, it’s all in good fun. This year we will have
a prize for the best decorated campsite/cabin. So bring
decorations (Earth friendly please or take home with you) your
Pagan regalia, drums and musical instruments,
positive cheerful attitude.
Also, you are encouraged to bring a mask
(animal, shamanic, nature) for the main ritual and 1 square yard
of natural canvas (cotton cloth) as we will revive our idea of the
magical tarp, a tapestry of magical artwork to benefit our whole
community, imbued with healing and communication energies.
If you are camping, remember that fires must
be above ground to preserve the land and minimize fire risk.
Let us all gather: pirates, fairies, sprites
and witches, vikings and shamans, pagans and heathens of all
traditions.
Come learn, celebrate and revel in the magic
of the Summer Solstice.
We look forward to
seeing all of you this June.
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