MISSIONARY INDEPENDENT SPIRITUAL CHURCH
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Missionary Independent Spiritual Church and Ms. Robin Present
2016 Hoodoo Heritage Festival For the ninth consecutive year, Missionary Independent Spiritual Church is sponsoring our annual Hoodoo Heritage Festival in Forestville, California. Join presenters Charles Porterfield, catherine yronwode, Deacon Millett, Candelo Kimbisa, Papa Michael, and other special guests for classes, hands-on workshops, and panel discussions in African-American folk magic, rootwork, and hoodoo. These classes 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 worldwide 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 Registration for classes begins during the month of December, 2015. Pre-payment is by Paypal. We encourage folks to sign up well ahead of the event - and offer price discounts for early registration. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW!
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Regular Ticket Prices!
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SATURDAY-ONLY 1-DAY TICKET: $160.00
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Saturday Presenter Banquet Tickets, Available Now
LIMITED TO Beverages Cash and Carry |
SATURDAY PRESENTER BANQUET TICKET: $55.00
This event allows an informal and social engagement There are 3 entrées from which to select:
A mixed green salad and dessert will be included with the entrée.
Please inform us of your selection when you confirm. |
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Regular Ticket Prices! |
SUNDAY-ONLY 1-DAY TICKET: $160.00
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Regular Weekend Ticket Prices! |
FULL WEEKEND 2-DAY TICKET: $300.00
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
Sunday, May 15, 2016 |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Continental Breakfast and Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. And Madame Pamita entrances us with voice and ukulele. Don't miss her amazing renditions of hoodoo songs! |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Continental Breakfast and Reading Tent Open |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Opening Ceremony: Voices of Hyatt II: A Tribute to Rootworkers of the Past This year's festival will open with a ritual performance by KAST EXCELSIOR, AMBROZINE LEGARE, and CHARLES PORTERFIELD, bringing together prayers, songs, and dances from throughout the African diaspora. These will be followed by dramatic presentations that bring to life the rootworker informants who interviewed by Harry Middleton Hyatt in the early part of the 20th century.
TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer describing the folkloric collections and interviews made by Harry M. Hyatt from the 1930s to the 1970s. |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Sunday, May 15, 2016 North Asian Magic: Spellcraft from Manchuria, Mongolia, and Siberia The folk magic of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Eastern Siberia is a vital and ongoing religio-magical practice by which people seek and obtain blessings, protection, luck, love, and health. David Shi, an American of Manchurian heritage, brings us authentic spells and methodologies from this remote corner of the world, and teaches us how to use the tools and techniques of North Asian magic. DAVID SHI will open your eyes to cultural customs and spell-casting methods that you may never have known existed, so an illustrated 96 page book will be provided for your home study. TAKE-HOME: David Shi's brand-new 96-page book North Asian Magic: Spellcraft from Manchuria, Mongolia, and Siberia. |
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Dem Dry Bones: Working with Osteocentric and Necromantic Curios Bones have been used in sacred and magical work in every culture and every age. In this workshop by KAST EXCELSIOR, you will explore the various ways to incorporate bones as active allies to enhance your own conjure work. Each student will participate in the consecration of a personally fixed bone to draw increased luck and empowerment upon your path. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer on the use of bones in folk magic, a portion of scripture, and an animal bone for making your own potent lucky piece. |
11:00 PM - 12:00 PM Sunday May 15, 2016 Teas and Tisanes: Making Magical Potions and Infusions Most rootworkers are comfortable putting a pinch of an herb in a mojo bag, but what you may not know is that there is a long history of conjure practitioners prescribing these same herbs as teas for their clients. MADAME PAMITA explains this ancient art and teaches you how to select appropriate edible magical herbs and roots to infuse into potent beverages for money, love, luck, protection, and health. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer on magical teas and tisanes, a teacup, muslin steeping-bag, and herbs for making your own Prosperity Tea. |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Buffet-Style Lunch and Madame Pamita Enjoy a buffet-style lunch included in the price of your registration. Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. And MADAME PAMITA with special guest KAST EXCELSIOR entrance us with voice and ukulele. Don't miss their amazing renditions of hoodoo songs! Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church. |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Buffet-Style Lunch and Reading Tent Open Another delicious buffet-style lunch (included in the price of your registration), plus appointment times available to meet with your favourite readers. Food provided by the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, under the direction of the Ladies Auxiliary of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church. |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Sew Much Hoodoo: Textiles and Needlework in the Domestic Conjure Arts Textiles and needlework have been used in hoodoo since its beginnings. In this workshop by GABRIELLE SWAIN, the domestic conjure arts of sewing, textiles, and needlework will be explored from mojo bags to knot spells and more. Students will participate in the creation of a sachet to draw love and happiness for their own homes as well as learn basics about sewing, scissor care, and other textile arts. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer describing the work, materials for your own project, and your own sewing kit (including a needle threader!). |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Our Hoodoo History: The Revival of the Occult Shop Pamphlet As a historian of folk magic, CATHERINE YRONWODE has made it her mission to keep the continuity of African-American hoodoo front and center in the 21st century. This year she introduces a new reprint line from Lucky Mojo, starting with the most popular -- and longest out-of-print -- classic of candle and conjure shop literature. Instruction manuals of this type, much loved and often consulted by rootworkers from the 1890s through the 1990s, are now so rare that most newcomers to our community have never had a chance to learn the wondrous and practical methods they teach. Learn the history of these books, and take a trip back in time to read the secrets they contain. TAKE-HOME: A brand-new 96-page restored and revised edition of "Legends of Incense, Herb and Oil Magic" by Lewis de Claremont from 1936, plus a sheet of Talismanic Seals from "The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses" as described in the book. |
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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday May 14, 2016 Blessing and Protecting Your Home Where you lay your head at the end of a day should be a place that is peaceful, a place that you call home. In this workshop, AMBROZINE LEGARE will be sharing practical conjure tips, tricks and spells to clean and bless your living space. TAKE-HOME: Herbs for making your own cleansing wash, plus a two-page set of instructions on home cleansing and protection. |
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Sunday May 15, 2016 Panel Discussion: Spells for Social Justice and Community Activism This year's panel discussion, led by BEVERLEY SMITH, MISS MICHAELE, CANDELO KIMBISA, ANGELA MARIE HORNER, and JAMILA JONES, presents practical and effective ways to meld your magic with local, national, and worldwide issues of racial, environmental, and gender justice. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer filled with spells you can use on your altar or when engaged in direct action. |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Amulets and Talismans: The Art of Consecrated Curios Many people carry lucky charms or wear protective talismans to bring in good fortune and keep evil at bay -- but to get the most out of them, you've got to know how! In this power-packed workshop, MS. ROBIN will help you select, prepare, and bless your own amulets. Each participant will receive 9 talismanic charms in a gift bag, designed to cover a wide variety of life situations such as luck, love, money, health, and power -- and then, under the helping hands of a true hoodoo mentor, will fix and prepare them for use. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer on talismanic magic, plus your own personal starter collection of 9 lucky amulets and charms in an organza bag. |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Bone Reading: Mastering Groupings and Configurations In this workshop MICHELE JACKSON will teach you how to interpret the bones when they fall into groups, rather than interpreting them each as individual pieces. Reading pieces in groups can enhance your reading skills by providing additional information about a particular bone. This allows the reader to describe people and actions in more detail, thus making the information more useful to the client. We will look at and interpret several sample groupings during the workshop. TAKE-HOME: A two-page flyer describing the work, a bottle of homemade cleansing spray for your divination tools, a miniature pair of handcuffs, and a Cougar bone. |
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Sunday, May 15, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Spells From the Sporting Life The Sporting Life has been a vital part of hoodoo history. From working girls to gamblers and all those in between, the world of the demi-monde has been an important and often overlooked realm in which hoodoo has played an important part. PROFESSOR PORTERFIELD continues his mission to help bring to light those parts of hoodoo often forgotten about or deemed controversial. This year he will be presenting his new book "The Sporting Life: How to Help Yourself with Hoodoo and Rootwork, from the Streets to the Sheets" with a workshop on the Sporting Life old and new and how it still plays an important part in hoodoo and conjure. Come and hear how the prostitute, pimp, gambler, madam, LGBT community, and more have left the indelible imprint of the Sporting Life on the work we do. TAKE-HOME: A brand-new 96-page book by Professor Porterfield -- "The Sporting Life: How to Help Yourself with Hoodoo From the Streets to the Sheets," plus a complimentary packet of Jezebel Bath Crystals. |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 The Four Branches of Crystal Magic: Scrying, Projection, Reception, and Transformation
JON SAINT GERMAIN, "The Voice of the Crystal Silence League" and host of the Crystal Silence League Hour on the LMC Radio Network, presents a practical introduction to the use of crystals and stones in the Four Branches of Crystal Magic: Divination or scrying with a crystal, Projection of prayers and spells through Silent Influence, Reception of blessings from the Divine and from friends, and Transformative healing and self-improvement work. Informed by the New Thought Movement of the early 20th century, during which time the Crystal Silence League was founded, and brought up to date by the use of a great array of magical minerals as allies and helpers, this workshop will provide you with the techniques and spells you need to become a practitioner of Crystal Magic. TAKE-HOME: A brand-new 96-page book by Jon Saint Germain on how to work with crystals and stones, "Crystal Magic: Divination, Healing, and Spellcraft with Gems and Minerals, plus 2 lucky tumbled gemstones. |
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6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Saturday, May 14, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader
Massage Tent Open |
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Sunday, May 15, 2016 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader.
Massage Tent Open |
7:00 pm, Saturday, May 14, 2016 Saturday Presenter Banquet, Tickets Available Now Until the event, $55.00 admission - Rain or shine! This event allows an informal and social engagement in which workshop attendees and presenters enjoy a banquet. There are 3 entrées from which to select:
A mixed green salad and dessert will be included with the entrée. Beverages other than water may be obtained, Cash and Carry, from Back Yard Restaurant, at which this special event is to take place.
Please inform us of your selection when you confirm.
(tickets required)
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6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Sunday, May 15, 2016 Closing Circle and Business Card Exchange
As all good things must come to an end, join the circle of new friends and old as we say goodbye and wish each other well! Hang out with our presenters, exchange business cards, share our specialties, and continue to reach out to one another! Until we meet again, we hold each and every person, being, and ancestor in our highest thoughts. BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARDS and we will show you how to dress them! |
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6:30 PM - Close, Saturday, May 14, 2016 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 15, 2016 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 14 - Sunday, May 15, 2016 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 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - Sunset, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 after 5:00 PM; one reading per evening only.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
The following professional massage therapists will be on-site during
the Workshop Weekend and will be offering personal massage in a
private tent setting. Take advantage of some great discount prices for
attendees only, and the opportunity to get a relaxing "time-out" from
our busy activities with someone you might not otherwise have a chance
to meet. All daytime massage appointments are scheduled at 20 minutes
each, to allow time for you and your masseuse to leave the workshops
and return to them. Hand-and-Foot massage is performed while the
client is clothed and seated in a chair; full body massage takes place
on a massage table, in exercise clothing or swimsuit. Please dress
appropriately for your massage session, as time spent dressing and
undressing is not part of your scheduled session and should not
interfere with your attendance of scheduled workshops. After the
workshops close for the evening, longer sessions may be accommodated
-- just ask your masseuse or our Massage Wrangler, Deacon Millett!
Availability: Will help find you an available masseuse.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: May 14 - 15 from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, except when attending workshops. |
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Deacon Millett: 
Apollo Dark: 
Candelo Kimbisa: 
Jamila Jones:
Jon Saint Germain: 
Kast Excelsior: 
Madame Pamita:
Mama E: 
Marin Graves:
Michele Jackson: 
Miss cat: 
Miss Elvyra: 
Miss Michaele: 
Miss Phoenix LeFae: 
Ms. Robin: 
Papa Newt: 
Professor Ames: 
Prof. Porterfield: 
Angela Marie Horner, CMT: 
Leslie Anne Forrester, CMP: 
Papa Lou: Host of the Blogtalk Radio show "Working With the Spirit",
citizen of the South, and longtime rootworker and reader. He will be a member
of the Discussion Panel on Spells for Social Justice and Community Activism.
David Shi:
By day, David is a financial services analyst who graduated from the
Stern School of Business at New York University. By night, David is
an Animistic worker and folk magician of Manchurian descent. Raised
in a household that incorporated both Siberian and North Chinese
practices, David has dedicated his spare time to the study of the
folklore and spiritual traditions of his ancestors and of greater
Eurasia. Through research on global folk magic, David was
introduced to hoodoo via apprenticeship with Khi Armand and later
graduated from cat yronwode's correspondence course. David
currently resides in Manhattan, New York where he occasionally
provides spiritual services, products, and workshops to his
immediate communities.
Beverley Smith:
Beverley Smith currently lives in Southern California and enjoys
her organic garden. She is a stained glass mosaics artist and a conjure
woman. Dr. E. introduced her to rootwork and her knowledge and skill
continues to grow. She is a natural empath and a gifted bone reader.
For the last 18 months, Beverley has hosted a weekly social justice
podcast that tackles current events in the news, as part of the LMC
Radio Network. A self-described pagan and a retired High Priestess
of the Druidic Craft of the Wise (the American Rite), she currently
describes her religious philosophy to be the pursuit of social
justice. She has a soft spot in her heart for the incarcerated and
hopes to develop a prison ministry for women in the near future.
Gabrielle Swain:
A studio quilt artist and award-winning quilt designer who has been
exhibited nationally and internationally. She became a quiltmaker
after a career in the performing arts and has lectured and taught
applique and quiltmaking nationally and internationally. Her work
is non-traditional, and applique is her favourite technique. She is
one of the founding members of North Texas Quilt Artists, a member
of the Studio Art Quilt Association, American Quilt Society, and
the Quilter's Guild of Dallas and former director of the National
Quilt Museum. She has worked as a professional Tarot reader and
radio host on esoteric magic and philosophy.
Ambrozine LeGare:
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Ambrozine is a film/tv actress,
as well as, a "closet" spoken word artist. Her desire and
drive to create vehicles for her work inspired her to
create Liquid Libations Radio in partnership with her
good friend Candelo Kimbisa to have a platform for
the spoken word artist or poetry lover. In addition
to her creative pursuits, Ambrozine is a gifted bone
and tarot card reader, as well as a root worker.
This year she will be sharing her knowledge of
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