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We'recelebraling our 12th annual Winterstar Symposium with an exciting program ol aclivilies,featuring some new faces,new experiences, andplenty ollun lo go around. W N T R s I I R tll G H I $ Registrationopens Thursday at6 PMin the Hospitalily House (Cabin 17), lollowed at7:30 with 2 simultaneouspailies! At theLodge we'll hold a ChameleonPool-Party llixer, and no one gets more mixed lhan a Chameleon!Bring swimsuilsand bodies to swim, sauna and simmet in lhe hot lub at lhe Atwood pool atea. At Cabin 17 we'll be drummin' andjammin'at lhe Welcome Wagon Party with potluck lefreshments. Getan early slall meeling lhe lolks you'll be spendingWintetStar with. Friday'sclasses begin alter the Opening Chcle at 1:30pmand continue until dinner. In the svening C.C. Rosencomel willshow his animated shorts and IBUE SIOR Eq a uniqueleature lilm starting John Goodman, David Byrne (who is alsothe director), and the music ol TalkingHeadsin a sureallook at lhemagic behind the mundane, followed by lhe BardicCircle. Our traditional Eardic will include the talenls ol percussionistHalim El Dabh, guitar and vocals by Victotia Gangerand lan Corrigan, and all you brave people who'd like lo shareyour lalents and ioin in the fun. We especially welcomeoflerings that deal wilh this year's themes of theMagical Tool Chest and the prospects lor fteedom.(Please keepyour offering tono more than 5-6 minutes.) We hope you'll indicale your inlenl on your registration lotm and sign in atthe Registration Table. We won't be providing a PA system, but we will be tecording. A'cash bai'will be close at hand aswell. Classeswill run on Saturday lrom 9:30am until 6:l5pm, Saturday night's ttance-dimensional happening will be Chaos andCosmos: A Multi.Media MasqueRavel Come costumed and adolned tolhe Ballroom transfotmed bymusic, video, andunlamed eleclrons lor a psychedelicexperience even we will have lo seelo believe,fealuring our lalest eleclronic toys,lasers and proiectors. Sunday'sclasses will begin at 10:00amand conlinue till 12:45,lollowed allet lunch by our panel discussion: The ProspectsFor Freedom. '95 AtWintersta. you'lllind a uniqueblend of lascinaling and enlightening lopics, lo live up lo our reputation lordiversily oulhere on discovery's frontiers. One major theme running through our ploglam is the lools in ourMagical Toolchest. Thisbegins with the powerful componenls ol myth, tradition, communily and spirit: these alo the deep wellsprings lrom whichour life and power llow. Here, loo, are the inslruments oldand new lhrough wltich they are released, lrom dance, trance,drum and techniques ol mind and healing, all lhe rvay to power-objects,human politics, and the technological magicol mind.machinesandvirlual reality. A secgndtheme questions the prospects lot spiritualand lilestyle lreedom in Ametica today. With our righls so uncetlain, whatchallenges will we face to insurelhat we have the opporlunily to exercise our tighls, lo pursueout dreams and continueour quests? Will lhe new conservalive regime impede our progress, or inspire a new countet-culture? Thisis ourSunday panel discussion topic. Wewelcome for the lirst time at any A.C.E. evenl Stephen Gaskin, well-known leacher and counter' culturepersonalily, author ol severalbooks including Hatghl-Ashbury Flashbacks and Mind At Play, andlounder ol TheFarm: the largest and mosl successlul hippie community inthe world. His seminar, Livingin Communityas anAct of Revolution,will show how service is a revolutionaryact in an overcrowdedworld where people charge lor services thal used to begiven away lor loveol duty. Weare also pleased lo welcomeIna May Gaskin, whose lexls Spiritual Midwitery and Babies, Breast- Feedingand Bonding have become classics inlhe lield of birthingand pre- and post-nalal care. In her class,Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May shares 20 years of insighls,sloties and stategies for survival lrom herwork with lhe Midwilery Center, discussing birth enetgy, sexuality, sovereignty and telations belleenthe sexes. HatveyWasserman is an environmentalactivist, a historicalanti-Ievisionist, and author ol several booksincf uding The Energy War and Haruey Wassernan's History of lheU.S.. He will olfer insights on thebattle lor lhe environmenl alter the Republican Congtessional lakeovet, and give a seminaron the historyof religiousfreedom in America: a perfecl background lor Sunday'spanel discussion. E PrenatalDiscrelion is AdvisedlRev. lvan Stang will sermonize on lheSubGenius approach lo thedangers ol virtualrealily, especially lorthose whose only reality is virlual.What happens when everyonecan have his or herown tailormade cable channel \,/ired directly into the head, but'doesn'l havea lile"?Stang will address the need lor True Slack amid a billionTV. channels and Inlernet boardsol FalseSlack, and how lo maneuveraround lhe pile-ups on ths Information Superhighway. Hswill simullaneously berecording a new H0UR 0F SLACKradio show, with Winler$lat audience participalion.ffi "Whenthe great ombraco ol Earthand Sky was shaken, the Firsl Dance was created to bringback lheOneness". The First Dance was aided by the Ennead, lhe nine lotces ol life,merging nalute and humanslo manilestthe Great Balance. InThe Creation of theFirst Dance African Ethno'Musicolo- gistHalim El-Dabh hom Kent State Univetsity willblend dance, music, chant, dlums and the drama ol inleractionlo bring lhe experience to us all. [$ MichaelMarkus is a percussionistand drummer, currenlly studying djembe wilh sovslal maslor drummersin New York City. He holds a degreein PetcussionPerformance, andleaches drumming wo*shopsaround ths country. His workshop The Tao of Dtumming,will focus on spocilic drum rhythmslrom Guinea, West Alrica, along wilh meditative movemenl and rhythmical explolalion. JoyWedmedyk isan artist/craltsperson, sloryleller and licensed minister. She and Alex Wedmedyk havecrealed Earth Rhythm, an organization which plomotes the unity of all lhings through ceremony andcelebralion, empowering olhers to awaken lhe healer within and to calry the message ofoneness intolheir personal life walk. She ollers The Center ol theWheel, a presenlationol stories lrom variouscullures and guided medilalion to connect us lo oul innercteative lite and to undersland thoMaiden, Mother, Crone and the great mystery olthe Wheel ol Lile. AnnBoger holds a Master'sDegree in Historyand Criticism ol Artand has been an Exhibition Specialistand Assislant Curalor at theCleveland Museum of Art.Her slide lecture, The Tools ol Magicand Metaphysics, will explore the power objecls and rilual arlifacts 0l a widerange ol world- widecullures and lime periods that shamans, sorcerers, and healers have lound to be ideal, ilsomewhat lickle,mediators belween lhe human and the spitilual worlds. lanCorrigan has been a teacherol Magicand Paganism lormore lhan 1 7 years.lan is an elder o[ the CelticTraditional Cralt () and has spent the last 8 yearsresearching Celtic Magic and Religion.Lialal is a Prisstess,leacher, and spokesperson lol the Tladitional Ctaft lor ovet 20 yeals. Bothare A.C.E. organizers and Chameleons. Togelher lhey ollet The lnward Road: Techniques of PaganMedilation. This experiential workshop will explain and teach core methods ofmind magic in thecontext ofthe Earth Religions. E Gavinand Yvonne Frost are prominent Elders in lhe American Neopagan movemenl. They willoffer a slideleclure on Korean Creation Mythology and , including the Moun' tainSpirit, the Tiger and lhe Bear, and the Blue Dragon ol lheSea, They will also hold a workshopon How To Create Your Own Crealion Myth, which will compare common lhemes increalion mythology and anecdolal mylhs. KennethDeigh is aninlernalionally recognized lecturer, lhe crealive dilector of N'ChiEso' lericPublishing (publishers ol Meslin magazine) and lhe founder of lhe Sheya System of Magick.He brings us Magical Mudras: Physical Mantras For Use In Your Magical Work. Mudrasare classic poslures orgeslures ofDieties which call upon lheir energy These lorms canbe used fgr summoning, grounding, banishing, and similar magical tasks, Ken will lead us throughancient lorms and modern vatialions olmudras (wilh practice indesigning your own). "Skip" Dr.Challes Clark,prolessor ofhistory at St.Andrews College, has initiated extensive researchand insiruclion onThe Burning Times, lhe witch hunls of the lale medieval period. Hisseminar, witchcraft and women, will consider lhe degree to whichthese witch hunts wereactually an allack on women ingeneral, especially any woman empowered byher pro' fessionor lacking a controlling male in her life' ffi JosephRothenbelg isa RegisteredNurse, licensed prolessional counselor, A.C.E' and Cha' meleonClub co-lounder and a consullantin bio-leedback, mind-enlrainment devices and sensoryisolalion. Inlnterface: A Hands-On Experience With Eleclronic Meditation Tools, participantswillreceive inlormation, inslruction and experience wilh a varietyol electronic meditationaides, such as bio-feedback equipment and mind machines, which use pulses ol lighland sound lo helpyou attain the desired slale ol consciousnessforlun and benelicial mindtraining. Learn lo achievedeep relaxalion and awareness previously available only lhroughyears ol Yogaor other mind training methods. ffi DonnaBoswell, L,M,T., Presidenl ol the Ohio Slate MassotherapyAssn., A.C.E.organizer andChameleon, presenls Finding the Healer Within, Each ol ushas lhe inner ability for healing,whether for ourselves 0rfor olhers. Donna will leach shorl medilations andrituals for accessinglhat healing wellspring, andlor focusing lhat ability. Those who have already learned tofocus healing power are invited to share a favorilehealing technique oflheir own.

STIRW||||IINEWS (on d0n't let the num0nmlll gnlnd y0u downl) Thisyears Slarwood Feslival had a fewproblems, bul nowhere rBar whal the rumor mill wouldhave you believe. The young man who burned himself 0n Bonfire Nighl sufiered damageonly to his feet and calves. He is home from the hospital, walking and doing line. Hethanks everyone who senl him healing energy and credits you wilh his recovery As to olherrumors, we did have an unusual number 0f pettythefts. There was no involvemenl wilhlhe authorities regalding lhis or any olher olfense. A.C.E. and Brushwood aretaking slepslo improvegeneral securily and plomole a grealer sense of community Slarwoodis our magical child, about to be a greatbig 1S'year old, lesting ils limils' As Starwood'sparents we are the hosls of one of lhe greatest pailies going' and like any goodhosl we want lo be sure all our guests have a goodtime. \Ab need lo know aboul how manyare coming so we can have adequale supplies and facilities onhand, To accomplish thisand to simplilythe sign-in process we're making slarwood 1995 Pre-Regislration only.Our new policy will be highlighted inthe 1995 Slarwood mailing' ol course,bul we wanllo getthe word out ASAP! lf you'renol on our mailing list send your name in light awayso you'll get your Starwood flyer in plenlyol time.And by the way, Starwood will be atBrushwood July 18-23, 1995. :i::I i].{$.9ilxr; ${;:lilr+r1".! rt$$,+t*ru SSwi

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I; I [DUERII$EMETI HowTo Operate Your Brain - Dn Timothykary A humorousdiscussion of consciousnessas it relatesto quantum psychologyand the significanceofbreakthroughs in communicationfrom the printingpress to televisionto the empowering adventof computers.Learn how to ensurethat you rvill be the programmerof your brain.Includes descriptions of Leary's psychedelicmulti-media presentations. ConversationsAt The Edge Of Magic TerenceMcKenna Ecologist and explorer Terence McKenna is one of the foremost pioneersofethnopharmacology. He hasrvritten several books includingThe Archaic Revival andFood of the Gorls,and is engagedin cutting-edgeresearch in the realmsof the evolution mind andspirit.

A discussionof the irnportanceof psychedelicplants in theevolution of humanpsychology, with particularemphasis on the role Psilocybinmushrooms played in the originsof man's emerging culture from prehistory to current times. Throughout time the psychedelic experiencehas been the true magicat the heartof the evolutionof consciousness.

RapDancing Into TheThird Millenium- TerenceMcKennu An in-depthexamination of the pharmacology,preparation, effects, and significanceof the DMT-bearingplant "The 'ference kilvia Divinorwr, Wizard's Sage", through the personalexperiences of McKenna. A high praiseof the psychedelicilluminations available through this potentmind-expanding plant of power.

PackingFor The Long Strange Tlip - TerenceMcKenna A travelguide for the psychedelicexplorer. Terence gives explicit instructions and advice on the useof Psilocybin rnushrooms,its benefitsand pitfalls, and sharesamazing tales of his own travelsin the fantasticrealms of the expandedmind.

Magicin theCentral Empire - RobertShea RobertShea, rnagazinc rvriter, editor, and Zen Novclistexplores the universeof Chinese Paganism,fronr its politicaland historical origins to its divinities,principles, and its useof talisnansand otherpractical magic. Recorded live at the 1993Winterstar Symposium. Writingand Mysticism - Robert Shea "no-frills" Novelist RobertShea cxplores ways that thc study of a mysticismcan help "lust rvriterstap their creative potential and freethemselves from the inhibiting for result." Recordedlive at the 1992WinterStar Symposium. HighWeirdness By Mail - Rev.IvanStang A conrpaniontape to SubGeniusl-orv Pliestlvan Stang'shilarious book l/iglr Weirdnessby Mail; a collectionof reviervsand snidepul-downs of the plethoraof ploductsand propagandaavailable through the mail from Mad Prophets,Crackpots, and Kooks.Recorded live at the 1993Winterstar Symposium. WhatIs theConspiracy, Anyway? - A PanelDiscussion A fancifulronrp through the forestof conspiracytheorics by Jeff Rosenbaumof the Associationfor Consciousness Explolation,Anodea Judith of theChurch of All Worlds,Rer'. Ivan Stang of thc Churchof theSubGcnius, and the authorsof the epic conspilacyttilogy llluninutrr.rlRobert Anton Wilson and RobertShea. R M N SacredFire, Holy Well - Ian Corrigan This lectureis basedon two key symbolsof ancientCeltic Paganism:the Watersthat fill the Holy Wells andSprings, and the Sacred Fires that illuminate the Sacred Groves of the Druids.Beginning with core mythology,lan explainsthe esotericmeanings of thesenalural powers, their usein Spiritualcetemony, and gives practical tips for their usein Paganreligion.

TheBurning fimes - Dr.Charles Clnrk Professorof Historyat St. AndrcrvsCollege in Laurinburg,North Carolina,where he teachesa classin Witchcraft andWomen, Dr. Clarkhas researched extensively in MedievalMedical , and has taught in Chinaand Italy.

This Iecturefocuses on the reasonsfor the outbreakof persecutionsin the lTth ccnturyand why theystopped, the "witch" victims, their commoncharacteristics, and whereand rvhy the stereotypeof the arose.

TheGaia Conspiracy - Anodes Judith Membersof the variousNeopagan and Earlh-ccnteredreligions have a specialsensitivity to the interactionof our much-threatenedbiosphere with the well-beingof its inhabitants, andour needto helpothers understand. What is the GaiaConspiracy? Are we a partof it? Whatcan rvedo to help?A look at planetaryevolution through the lens ofeco-theology, eco- psychology,science, politics andcconomics. Includes discussion and ritual.

AcitivismAs Ritual: The Craft Of Protest'Darryl Cherney EarthFirst! troubadourDaryl Cherneyhas been entertaining activists in the front linesof timberwars in Northern Californiafor eightyears. Alongside Judi Bari, he lived througha car-bombingfor which the FBI unsuccessfully attemptedto franlethe two ofthem. Darrylcombines a Paganperspective rvilh theurgency to protcctMother Earth.

This rvorkshopbrings to focusthe ritualisticaspects of protestsand attemptsto breakdown the fearand barriers many Paganshave about becomingactivists and, likewise, the barriersactivists have in acknowledgingtheir Paganismin defendingour blessedMother Earth.

SongsOf Yggdrasil- Freya Aswynn Author of the book of Runic mtgic Leuvesof Yggdntsil, F'reyaAswynn is one of SONGSOF England'sforentost authoritics on the Runesand their history.A dedicatedpriestess YGGDRASIT of Wodan and the old religion of the North, she has experiencein , counseling,and healingrvilh the .

A porverfuland evocative recitation of Runicand Norse Pagan chants, this collection of poetryand incantationperformed by FreyaAsrvynn is combinedrvith elemental soundsand synthesized music to achievea profoundeffect on thespirit, linking the listcnerto a magicboth ancient and eternal. A nervaddition to The A.C.E./Llervellyn TRIYAASIYNN Collection.

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