MISSIONARY INDEPENDENT SPIRITUAL CHURCH
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Missionary Independent Spiritual Church and Ms. Robin Present
2014 Hoodoo Heritage Festival For the seventh consecutive year, Missionary Independent Spiritual Church is sponsoring our annual Hoodoo Heritage Festival in Forestville, California. These classes in African American folk magic, root work, and hoodoo will teach you practical tricks and tips to take your conjure work to a new level of confidence and knowledge. In addition to spell casting, we also showcase the mystery and magic of world-wide folk religions. Make your travel plans now to attend this unique 2-Day Festival of Hoodoo Heritage, African American Folk Magic, and Spiritual Spell-Casting! REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES |
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WORKSHOPS BY YEAR
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SATURDAY-ONLY 1-DAY TICKET: $140.00
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SUNDAY-ONLY 1-DAY TICKET: $140.00
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FULL WEEKEND 2-DAY TICKET: $260.00
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Saturday, May 3, 2014 |
Sunday, May 4, 2014 |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Quimbanda Opening Ceremony for Exu Our Weekend opens with a QUIMBANDA OPENING CEREMONY FOR EXU led by CONJUREMAN ALI. All are welcome as we gather and open the weekend to blessings and happy fellowship. This inter-faith event opens the weekend, and all workshop attendees and presenters are cordially invited to be present. You will be blessed! TAKE HOME: An Exu amulet hand-made by ConjureMan Ali |
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Spiritualist Candle Service for Opening your Roads Join us as APOLLO DARK leads a Spiritualist Candle Service to clear away obstacles and open your roads to success. Learn the nature of spiritual obstacles, how to clear then away with Block Buster spells and how to open your roads to opportunities with Road Opener work. Apollo Dark will even demonstrate his favorite Road Opener moving candle spell for you to use in your own practice. TAKE HOME: A two-page handout on Road Opener and Block Buster spells, plus a candle, a packet of hand-blended herbs, and a dressing oil |
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Wildcrafting for Herbal Magic at Lucky Mojo Explore the world of wildcrafting in a backyard setting (growing and gathering herbs in your own neighbourhood) with CATHERINE YRONWODE and KAST EXCELSIOR. Learn how to identify, gather and dry herbs, as we walk the beautiful grounds of the Lucky Mojo Curio Company with miss cat. Then you'll prepare, dry and vacuum pack your own herbs under the guidance of PROF. PORTERFIELD, our helper of dehydration. This is a unique workshop that you won't want to miss! TAKE HOME: A two-page handout on wildcrafting, plus your own packet of herbs gathered while on the grounds |
11:30 PM - 12:30 PM Sunday May 4, 2014 Conjuring Love, Passion, and Glamour Love — isn't it what we all want? Whether you're seeking your perfect mate, or working to spice up an existing relationship, love and passion spells are for everyone! Learn sneaky tricks to feed your lover and stoke his libido. Discover hands-on ways to bewitch your mate for long-term satisfaction. Find out how to attract sex hook-ups at a club. Join MADAME PAMITA and MADAME NADIA as they demonstrate their favorite hoodoo spells for bewitching glamour and sexuality including secret bedroom rootwork techniques you would never expect! TAKE HOME: A two-page flyer on love and passion spells, a packet of Love Herbs blend, and a packet of Look Me Over Sachet Powder |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Buffet-Style Lunch and Madame Pamita Enjoy a buffet-style lunch including in the price of your registration. Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. And MADAME PAMITA entrances us with voice and ukelele. Don't miss her amazing renditions of hoodoo songs! Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of MOTHER KATRINA MEAD. |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Buffet-Style Lunch and Reading Tent Open Enjoy a buffet-style lunch including in the price of your registration, plus your FREE copy of our 96-page magical cook book, Hoodoo Food! The Best of the Conjure Cook-Off. Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of MOTHER KATRINA MEAD. |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Bathing and Cleansing Spells Bathing and cleansing are the fundamental cornerstones of Rootwork. Old conjure doctors will always tell you to try a bath or a spiritual house cleaning before you undertake any major working. Talented rootworkers MISS PHOENIX, LOU FLOREZ, and PROF. PORTERFIELD will show you powerful, traditional, effective, and easy-to-use cleansing and bathing techniques that you can incorporate into your own rootwork practice. TAKE HOME: A free copy of Aura Laforest's brand new 96-page book, Hoodoo Spiritual Baths, and a packet of House Blessing Bath Crystals |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Contemporary Bone Reading Throwing or casting the bones is a time-honored way of receiving the spiritual guidance you seek from the ancestors through the medium of bones, shells, nuts, and other natural curios. Led by MICHELE JACKSON, this workshop will guide you through her unique, contemporary method for reading the bones and teach you how to conduct a consultation for yourself or a client. TAKE HOME: A free copy of Michele Jackson's brand new 96-page book Bones, Shells and Curios: A Contemporary Bone Reading Method, and a small carved shell addition for your bone set |
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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday May 3, 2014 Panel Discussion: Favourite Money Spells This year's panel discussion, led by MISS ELVYRA, LOU FLOREZ, KAST EXCELSIOR, MISS PHOENIX LEFAE, MS. MELANIE and MS. ROBIN, explores spells for money, business and prosperity. Learn how to draw money into your life, keep money in your account and grow your finances in a dynamic roundtable discussion. Don't miss this presentation -- every year's panel discussion is a treat! TAKE HOME: A two-page handout on money drawing spells |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sunday May 4, 2014 Bible Magic: Blessing and Cursing with Holy Scripture MISS MICHAELE and PROF. PORTERFIELD will teach you how to pray from The Holy Bible using the Psalms to preach blessings upon your loved ones or heap scriptural curses upon your foes. You'll also learn how to utilize The Bible for divination and guidance through the art of bibliomancy. This is a cornerstone workshop that every conjurer should take! TAKE HOME: A free copy of Miss Michaele and Prof. Porterfield's brand new 96-page book Hoodoo Bible Magic: Sacred Secrets of Scriptural Sorcery, a 23rd Psalm prayer card, and a Missionary Independent Spiritual Church fan |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Beyond the Reading: Using Tarot, Lenormand, and Playing Cards in Rootwork Tarot Cards, the Lenormand Oracle, and Playing Cards can be used to divine someone's future -- but did you know that they play an integral part in assessing what spiritual work is called for in a case, determining how to build and conduct a rootwork spell, and that they can even be used in the spell itself? In this workshop, MADAME NADIA will teach you how to use Tarot, Lenormand, and Playing Cards to diagnose yourself or a client and decide which spell to use for any given situation, how to customize that spell for maximum effectiveness, and even how to incorporate your cards into hoodoo spells. MADAME NADIA will share with you conjure-specific meanings that are encoded in the images and symbols of the cards. This workshop will open your eyes to a whole new way to use cards in your hoodoo. TAKE HOME: A two-page guide to using cartomancy in hoodoo spell-casting, a packet of Psychic Vision sachet powder, and a deck of playing cards that will be ceremonially blessed at the event. |
4:30 AM - 5:30 PM Sunday, May 4, 2014 Defending Yourself Against the Dark Arts CONJUREMAN ALI shares his favorite techniques for countering curses, jinxes and other spells of a dark nature in this hands-on workshop exploring defensive and protective hoodoo spells. Learn how to protect yourself against curses, fend off the evil eye, rid yourself of dark spirits and counter almost any evil working. Knowing how to defend yourself with rootwork is one of the fundamentals no rootworker should go without! TAKE HOME: A two-page handout on defensive magic, plus your own personal protection guardian fetish |
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader |
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM, Sunday, May 4, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Saturday, May 3, 2014 Introduction to Scandinavian Trolldom Scandinavian Trolldom is traditional folk magic from Sweden, and shares many similarities with Rootwork. AIRR's own DR. JOHANNES will delve into the world of Scandinavian Trolldom and explain the traditional folk magical practices found in the tradition along with some parallels found in Hoodoo. As part of this one-of-a-kind workshop, you'll receive a free copy of Dr. Johannes' new book on Trolldom! TAKE HOME: An exclusive preview of Dr. Johannes' brand new book, Trolldom: Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition -- plus a free copy mailed to your home upon publication! |
Saturday and Sunday May 3-4, 2014 The Vacant Chair: This year, two of our dearest friends have passed into Spirit. In their honour, the members of Hoodoo Psychics are hosting two Vacant Chairs in the Reading Tent, as a tribute to the great influence these readers had upon the clients they served and the colleagues they inspired. Dr. E.: Among his many other talents as a rootworker and a priest of Shango, our late friend Eddy Gutierrez was a gifted diviner, reading both tarot cards and diloggun cowrie shells. Rev. Rukiah Shamon: A beloved hands-on healer, root doctor, Reiki-Master, herbalist, and pastor, Rukiah Shamon was a seer who read intuitively, with a crystal ball and by means of a black scrying mirror.
We shall meet, but we shall miss them PLEASE STOP BY: We encourage those who knew Eddy and Rukiah to write a few words in our Memory Books for presentation to their families. |
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6:30 PM - Close, Saturday, May 3, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. Stay as long as there are readers available for readings. |
6:00 PM - Close, Sunday, May 4, 2014 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. Stay as long as there are readers available for readings. |
| READINGS BY AIRR MEMBERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL READERS DURING The HOODOO FESTIVAL! | LEARN Conjure and FOLK MAGIC FROM Nationally Known Hoodoo Rootworkers! |
Saturday, May 3 - Sunday, May 4, 2014 The following members of The Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers (AIRR) and other professionals will be on site during the Apprenticeship Week and Workshop Weekend and will be offering readings. Take advantage of some great discount prices for attendees only, and the opportunity to get an in-person reading with someone you might not otherwise have a chance to meet. All daytime readings are scheduled at 20 minutes each, to allow time for you and your reader to leave the workshops and return to them. After the workshops close for the evening, longer readings may be accommodated -- just ask your reader or our Reading Wrangler, Deacon Millett!
Availability: Will help find you an available reader.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - Sunset, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - Sunset, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 4 - 5 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 1, 2, 3, 4, after 5:00 PM; one reading per evening only.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 3 - 4 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
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Deacon Millett: 
Apollo Dark: 
ConjureMan Ali: 
Dr. Johannes: 
Kast Excelsior: 
Lou Florez: 
Madame Nadia: 
Madame Pamita: Tarot and Lenormand Readings
Michele Jackson: 
Miss cat: 
Miss Elvyra: 
Miss Michaele: 
Miss Phoenix LeFae: 
Ms. Robin: 
Prof. Porterfield: 
Ms. Melanie:
Raised a Methodist in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Ms. Melanie
is a professional Spiritualist, Clairvoyant, and Hoodooist who works
with spirit guides, guardian angels, and the Holy Trinity. She is
member of AIRR (the Association of Independent Readers and
Rootworkers) and is the owner of the Curio and Candle Shop out of
Nashville, TN. She handcrafts oils, spells, specialized mojo bags,
and sets candles. Ms. Melanie will be participating in this year's
Money and Prosperity Spells panel discussion.DONATIONS
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