HSA 2013 HPF Festival Handbook and Newsletter

The Twenty-Eighth Annual

Heartland Pagan Festival May 23 to 27, 2013

Festival Handbook and Newsletter

Gaea Retreat Center and Heartland Pagan Festival Rules HSA expects everyone who attends this festival to act in a responsible manner and obey all local, state and federal laws, thereby protecting Camp Gaea and all in attendance here. Please use your common sense and help us ensure that everyone in attendance has a safe and enjoyable time.                  

Respect the land, yourself, and others.

Absolutely no photographs are to be taken of any person on the festival grounds without a written consent form signed by them, or their parent or legal guardian if a minor. This is a non-negotiable issue.

No person under the age of 18 will be allowed on festival grounds without a parent or legal guardian. Children 12 and under must be in the direct presence and supervision of their parent or guardian.

Swimmers 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

No person who has been permanently banned from the festival will be allowed on festival grounds.

Everyone must register upon arrival and wear their band on the WRIST the entire time they are on property.

No bass drums are allowed at the festival except the one owned by Earth Rising.

Absolutely NO firearms will be allowed into the festival.

Absolutely NO illegal or controlled substances will be tolerated at the festival.

No smoking or alcohol is allowed in the sand area around the Main Fire Circle.

Keep all vehicles on the roads, except in designated parking areas. Speed limit is 5 mph. Absolutely no driving after unloading your car and parking it until Festival is over. Please use the shuttle.

Visitors can only drive across the dam to unload. If it is wet, permission from the caretakers is required to drive across the dam for any reason.

Pets must be in animal carriers or on leashes at all times. You must clean up after your animal each time. See page 6.

Use only existing fire rings– do not build any others; portable fireplaces are welcome. No cutting of trees.

Trash must be placed in the dumpster. Recycling must be sorted at recycling stations.

If you find yourself in a situation that you are uncomfortable with or offended by, remove yourself.

Cigarette butts are NOT biodegradable—please do not toss them on the ground. No smoking is allowed in any building or in the Pavilion or in the Shuttle.

Personal items left for over 7 days after the festival is over will become the property of Gaea.

There are several law enforcement officers at this festival who are required by law to arrest anyone they observe violating local, state or federal laws and ordinances. Violation of laws and rules are grounds for dismissal and removal from festival.

Meals At the Dining Hall Meals will be served in the Dining Hall all day long by Food on Wheels Limited a la carte service will be available in the dining hall from 8am-8pm.For the meal plan, Brunch is 910am and dinner is 5-7pm. A la carte service in the dining hall will stop between 9:30am and 11:30am and again from 4:00pm to 6:30pm to serve our Pre-paid, Meal Plan Guests.

Meal plans can be purchased and menus can be found on their website: foodonwheelsmn.com/heartlandmenu/

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Wristbands Upon arrival, you will receive a wristband that must remain on your wrist for the duration of the festival. If it breaks, come to Registration so we can issue a replacement. Wearing your wristband at all times is absolutely mandatory. Day Pass Wristbands are "paper" and are to designate attendees that have paid to be at HPF for a 24 hour period. Day Passes are good from 9am through 9am the following day. Our Security Staff must be able to quickly and easi-

ly locate your wristband, therefore, all wristbands are to be worn on the wrist. All pets must be registered and wear wristbands on the collar.

Festival Wristbands: Silver - HSA/HPF Staff, Purple - HSA Member, Blue - Fire Horde Staff, Orange - Honored Guest, Green - HPF Attendee age 21+, Yellow - HPF Attendee age 18-20, White - HPF Attendee age 0-17 OR Pet, Red - Shuttle Priority Day Pass Wristbands: Neon Green – Thursday, Neon Yellow – Friday, Neon Pink – Saturday, Neon Orange – Sunday, Red - Shuttle Priority

Parking and Shuttle Attendees must park in the designated parking area after unloading for the duration of the festival. Parking staff will help direct vehicles to the parking area.

Please park so as not to block in anyone else in case they need to leave for an emergency. Please be careful to not tear up the land. There is NO Driving during the Festival.

The following are absolutely NO PARKING ZONES: the Lake, Grover's Glen, the Dining Hall/Bathhouse, the Pavilion, the Merchants’ Circle, and lot outside the Merchants’ Circle. If your vehicle is parked in a No Parking Zone, it may be subject to towing. You are responsible for all fees associated with towing.

There is one Shuttle vehicle for those with mobility concerns throughout the Festival. The Shuttle can take 7 people at a time with priority given to those wearing Red Wristbands. Able-bodied riders will be asked give up their seats to those with red wristbands. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult to ride. If you are in need of a shuttle go to or call dispatch (located in Security next to the Pavilion) or to any parking station to request a pick-up. If you need to take the Shuttle, please allow extra time to get where you are going.

The Shuttle will have regular stops but can take you where you need to go. The stops will be at Phoenix Hall, the Dining Hall, Coyote Run, Road to First Field, the Pavilion, and the Merchant Parking area. The Shuttle will run from 9am to 9pm Thursday through Sunday.

The Shuttle will have hourly runs from the PAVILION on Friday, 9pm to 2am, Saturday, 9pm to1am, and Sunday 9pm to 2am.

If you need the Shuttle at any time, HSA Staff Members have radios or have Dispatch (south side of the Pavilion) contact the Shuttle for you.

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IMPORTANT FESTIVAL INFORMATION!!!

Information Locations Whenever you need help for any reason or need information, you can go to one of three locations: Phoenix Hall (Registration), the HSA booth in the Mystical Merchants’ Circle, or at Security (next to the Pavilion). For general festival questions, we prefer you go to Registration or the H.S.A Public Relations booth. At these two locations you can: see a large map of camp, see notices of schedule changes, announcements, lost & found, as well as other useful information.

Message Boards Looking for friend or want to leave a message for someone you’re camping with who’s arriving at a different time? We have message boards set up in Registration and in the Pavilion. Please use the boards responsibly and remember this is a family festival.

Gate Hours The gate is open 9am-9pm. There is no admittance before or after these times. Please contact Security (next to the Pavilion) for any emergencies, questions or concerns.

Please do not arrive before the festival opens and expect to be allowed entry unless you are Staff or a Merchant.

Arrival Registration hours are: Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 9pm, and on Sunday from 9am to 6pm. NO exceptions. The Festival opens at 9am Thursday. Only Staff and Merchants will be allowed in prior to 9am Thursday when the Festival opens.

Departure If you are leaving the property prior to Monday, and do not plan to return, please check out at Registration. If an emergency situation occurs, we do not want to have to search for people who are no longer on property. Thank you for helping us use our resources appropriately. You should plan on having your area cleaned up, bagging and taking all trash to designated areas, and leaving by 5pm on Monday. If you plan on camping Monday evening, you will be subject to the Gaea Retreat Center camping fees.

Community Service This service will not only help the Festival run more smoothly, but introduce you to many new people at the same time. Attendees from the ages of 18+ are required to put in 2 hours of community service while at the Festival. We do offer the ability for you to bribe out of your community service requirement by paying $10 at registration in exchange for your service. Sign up for a 2 hour block in Registration. Report to Security (next to the Pavilion) a few minutes before the time you signed up.

Camping Camping is allowed in all areas except: Grover’s Glen, on the Dam, the Parking Area on the south side of the Pavilion, Leather Lane (it is closed for this season), and in any Ritual Areas marked on the map on page 14 of this publication.

Quiet and Family Area Coyote Run has been designated as a quiet and family area for the Festival. Please do not camp in this area unless you intend to respect the quiet family area. Please see map page 14 of this publication for location.

Water and Ice Running water is available at the top of the staircase on the ridge and from a spout on the exterior of the Dining Hall. Bags of ice are available on the south side of the pavilion 911am & 1-6 pm. 7 lb bag - $1.50

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Security/First Aid/Dispatch The Security / First Aid staff are here to help ensure you have a relaxed and spiritually rewarding holiday weekend. The Security Center is next to the Pavilion (on the south side) and staffed 24 hours a day. For emergencies at Camp, Security can be reached on channel 21 through anyone with a radio. In the event of an emergency outside of Camp where someone would need to contact HSA staff during the festival, please have them call the Heartland cell phone at 816-743-4045. Heartland Spiritual Alliance does not assume responsibility for individual personal routine health care needs or medications, which must be met daily by festival attendees. Festival attendees remain solely responsible for their own health and safe behavior during the festival. If you need the Shuttle, contact Dispatch.

FRS/GMRS Radios Please DO NOT use Channels 10 through 21 for chatting or tracking down your children. These are for use by specific HSA committees ONLY. If you choose to monitor one of these stations, please be kind and DO NOT TRANSMIT. It is important for your safety and the safety of others around you. Our staff needs to be able to communicate effectively with each other in emergency situations.

Disabled Attendees Heartland Pagan Festival makes reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities.

A red wristband will be given to those people with physical limitations or health problems.

Those people will receive priority on the shuttle. Wheelchair accessible showers and restrooms are located on site within the bathhouse. There is also an interpreter available for people with hearing disabilities. Please contact Dispatch if you need an interpreter.

Community Fires and Firewood Campfires are permitted only in designated, previously existing fire pits. Under no circumstances may you dig your own fire pit in any other location. However, you may use your own grill. You may not cut down any living trees or portions of living trees for firewood. Please supply your own firewood, as all firewood supplied by Heartland Spiritual Alliance is only for the use of Heartland Spiritual Alliance-operated fires and the Bardic Circle in Mystical Merchants area.

Recycling and Trash Trash Pirates will be collecting aluminum, plastic, and glass during festival. For safety reasons, we collect glass separately. You may burn your cardboard or leave it for us.

Trash barrels are also provided so please be courteous to our Trash Pirates and place only proper items in the recycling barrels! Barrels are placed throughout camp and labeled for your convenience. Please have all trash bagged and closed. We usually collect trash twice daily so when you hear us coming be sure to bring out your trash and recycling to reduce the mounds of trash we’ll be wading through at the end of festival. We will, again, be collecting all gently used camping items (resalable items only please!) that would normally be thrown away and donating them to a local nonprofit that helps homeless youth! We would also encourage all guests to pick up scattered MOOP (Matter Out Of Place). Though it is the Trash Pirates responsibility to pick up trash and recycling during festival, it is everyone’s responsibility to help keep our land clean. Special MOOP bags available at the Gaea Youth Tent, Jr. Pirate Doubloon Shoppe, or from Pirates while on runs. Remember Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and “Leave No Trace”!

Cover Artwork Every year artists submit artwork in coordination with the festival theme. Congratulations to our 2013 H.P.F. art winner, Dylan Byram whose artwork was chosen as the winning design to help promote the 28th Heartland Pagan Festival.

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Toilets and Bathhouse Port-A-Potties and hand washing stations are located throughout the camping and merchant areas. The shower house is unisex. There is a small, private, handicapped accessible changing and shower area. The shower house will be cleaned daily from 9-10am.

Please be patient and courteous to the crew.

Pets All animals must be in an animal carrier or on a leash at all times. If your animal is found not on a leash, you will be instructed to leash it. If the problem happens again, you will be asked to remove the animal from the festival. Clean up after your pet, and dispose of waste in the trash cans. If your pet becomes a problem you may be asked to remove the animal from the festival.

Silent Auction Your generous donations to the silent auction raise money for Heartland Spiritual Alliance. The Silent Auction, located in Merchant Circle, will be open: 12am-5pm, Thursday and Friday, and 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday. Winners of action items should pay for and pick up their items at the Silent Auction tent between 4 and 6pm Sunday.

Swimming Gaea includes a 12 acre lake with a sand beach for swimming access. HSA does not provide lifeguards, so swimming is at “your own risk”. NO ONE under the age of 14 may swim without the supervision of an adult. Please be extremely cautious around the lake area. There must also be an adult in all boats going out on the lake.

Charging Stations Charging stations have been set up at the Pavilion and Dining Hall. Please keep an eye on your electronics. HSA/Gaea are not responsible for devices left unattended.

Teahouse Sanctuary A retreat from the activity and drama of festival life. The HSA Sacred Experience team is offering this teahouse as a place to stop, have a relaxing cup of tea, and gather your thoughts when you need a quiet moment to center or when the festival experience becomes overwhelming. In the Mystical Merchants’ Circle - # 47 on the merchants map.

Dance and Drum Etiquette The Dancers’ Circle around the nightly community fire is for moving dancers only. There are benches around the perimeter of the dance circle for observers. The drummers’ area is located on the south side of the dance circle, and is reserved for drummers only. A lead drummer “on duty” will lead the heartbeat each night, so please be respectful while everyone shares their sacred heartbeat in this area.

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To protect our dancers from burns and broken glass, please do not bring anything made of glass or anything on fire including lit cigarettes into the main ritual circle during the bonfire.

To protect yourself and others, please do not approach, jump over, or make contact with the bonfire.

Please do not put anything into the bonfire including cigarette butts, trash, clothing, ritual objects, explosives, alcohol, spit, etc. without the express permission of the lead fire tender.

Persons behaving in a manner which could endanger themselves or others will be removed from the main ritual circle during bonfires.

Please cheerfully step back from the fire if asked to do so by the fire tenders.

Jessi HSA Community Fires Chair 2013

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Personal Security and Security Policies          

Drink responsibly.

Do not leave your valuables unattended in your camp. Lock them in your car.

Do not leave children unattended. Unattended children will be given a large dose of sugar, a red bull, and a puppy before we track you down. Ok, we are kidding but please see Gaea Retreat Center and Heartland Pagan Festival Rules on page 2.

After making your purchases in a merchant’s booth, do not put them down in the merchant area. The merchants are not responsible for your property, you are.

Lost and found is located in the Security tent which is next to the Pavilion. .

After unpacking your vehicle, it must be parked in the designated parking area.

There is no driving during festival except for HSA staff vehicles.

Park in designated parking areas only. Failure to do so will result in a warning. If your vehicle is not moved after the warning, your vehicle will be towed at your expense Repeated comments of an insulting, lewd, or disrespectful nature will not be tolerated; If this behavior persists, you will be asked to leave Camp Gaea for the duration of HPF 2013.

Fighting (do I really need to tell you what will happen)?

We on the security crew are committed to helping our attendees have a safe and enjoyable festival. If you need help or information feel free to visit the Security tent anytime or flag one of us down. We’ll be wearing bright yellow lanyards with radio's on them, and we will be more than happy to assist you.

Dusty HSA Security Chair 2013

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Parents must bring children to each workshop and sign them in.

Children must be picked up by a parent or a guardian.

Children will not be accepted to the workshop if they are not signed in. There will be a new sign-in sheet for each workshop. Signing them in for one workshop does not allow them to attend all of them.

Unattended children who are not signed in or picked up in a timely manner will be taken to Security until picked up by parent or guardian Gaea Youth is not a babysitting service and bad behavior is not tolerated.

Parents are required to stay if a child is under the age of 6. Parents are always welcome.

Parents are responsible for their children between workshops and when away from the Gaea Youth Tent.

A parent or guardian needs to sign-in each child, no child is allowed to sign themselves in.

Sign in requires Child’s name, Adult’s name, and where you will be (name of workshop, Merchants’, etc.).

Any child who is removed for disruptive behavior will be excluded from the rest of the Gaea Youth activities.

Please see the schedule or Gaea Youth Booth for a full list of activity times T-shirt Art - Please bring your own T-shirt, white works best. Gaea Youth has some shirts available but cannot guarantee the correct size.

Spiral Quest – A Vision Quest for the young or those who are not able to walk the entire distance of the adult Vision Quest (pregnant, handicapped, etc.).

Power Hour - For Jr. Trash Pirates and anyone else who would like to help, this is the end of the festival so let’s help clean it up a bit. This will help you earn a few last minute pirate coins.

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Govannan, a great man, a great friend, a great loss to the community ...

As many of you know Govannan-The Knife Maker (Quentin Rasmussen) crossed over on March 30, 2013. There will be a Rite of Passage Ritual performed by family and close friends at 7:00 pm on Saturday night, May 25th, in the Bardic Circle. The family is inviting all who knew him to come pay their love and respect to him and assist the Lord and Lady in his crossing over into the Summerland.

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Finding Family

by Ruairi MacRae This year I traveled to Springfield, IL for a genealogy conference. My mother has been working on our family lines since I was in high school; yes for a very long time. I have recently begun working on my husband Patrick’s family and my children’s father’s family. I have found it fascinating to look back at the work that Mom has done, and see what a rich history we have. While we have no Native American blood, my family is about as pure bread American as you can get. Family members first came here as early as the Mayflower, although we aren’t able to prove that they were on the ship. We came from the Northern Europe area, the British Isles and Germany, predominantly, with a bit of French included. However, DNA testing found my father-in-law to be 77 percent Scandinavian which was a surprise. It seems that we have a good share of Viking blood.

From a fairly young age, though, I resonated to the Scottish/Irish part of my heritage. I was the first redhead since my great, great grandmother, even if it wasn’t nearly as red as hers...mine browned up as I got older. When I choose a Magical name, I knew it had to be a Gaelic one. Later, when I legally changed my name, I choose a Scottish name from my father’s maternal line. I felt that I was finally coming into being my own self. I no longer just resonated with my heritage - I was part of it now.

Realizing that, I looked more at my connection with my immediate family. I love my family, and we are always there for each other, but there are only a few that I feel that deep connection to. As a single mother, my kids didn’t get a lot of the advantages that my sister’s kids had. Hers was the house that all the kids flocked to. Ours was too small and I was gone too often attending school and working full time. Our beliefs, both political and religious, increased the gap in our lives.

When we face this kind of disconnect in our birth family, we reach out to others. Our spouse/partner, or friends and community fill the void. We build a new family by choosing people who feel or believe the same things we do. The lack of blood relation makes no difference in the closeness of an extended family.

Family can come in so many forms - multiple spouses (be that through polyamory or just former relationships), stepchildren, foster children, adopted children, brothers and sisters from another mother - we choose who we want to consider to be family. A loving family isn’t created by blood alone; it is what we feel that makes us family.

We come together every year at the Heartland Pagan Festival, and every year something goes wrong in our journey to get here. We do our best to prevent these travails, but still it may not go smoothly. While we may not like having those bumps in the road, we have to deal with them. It is still important enough for us to be together that we deal with those bumps as they come along. We have chosen to be family and we fight to keep that family whole. I look forward to the embraces of family who understand what is important to me, because it is also important to them. Unlike Blood Family gatherings, we don’t have to wear a mask to cover who we are. We are able to throw the mask aside and show off our true selves. We need this time every year so we can face the “muggles” when we go back to the not so real world.

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HSA Sacred Experience Main Ritual Arch Blessings of the Dragon: Offering Opening Ritual, 6:30 pm, Thursday In ancient Chinese lore, when the full moon rose and the dragon constellation was at its highest point in the sky, the moon's bright beams would shine with a special magical light.

This was the Dragon Moon. People would come out during that singular night and bathe themselves in the moonlight. It is said that the old become younger; the infirm find new health; the weary grow energized; and despair turns to joy. The legend says that stories told under the Dragon Moon will never be forgotten. We invite you to share your needs, desires, hopes, and intents for this year, as we open the festival and commit to seeking and creating those experiences for ourselves and each other.

Blessings of the Dragon: Accepting Main Ritual, 10:00 pm, Sunday As we come together one last time as a single festival community, we celebrate the stories that we have created both in our lives and at the festival, and we take a moment to honor the way that we have been transformed by our experiences, and the gifts that we have each personally offered to the land and community, the things that will never be forgotten. Join us for this experience, to receive the blessings of the dragon, and to take something physical away from this year's festival with you to remember your experiences and bring them back into your everyday life.

Community Sand Mandala Let your creative energy intermingle with the rest of the festival community. From 12pm Thursday, throughout the festival weekend, add your individual expression to the community sand mandala (located in the Main Hall). Take part in creating a unique piece of community art. Pictures will be taken of the mandala throughout its creation. On the final day of festival at 12 pm, the mandala will be ritually destroyed and returned to nature for the blessing to be dispersed outwards to the land and the wider community.

Vision Quest 8:00pm-Midnight Saturday. (Enter by the South Cabins) Our Vision Quest will take you through the wild places of Gaea for an encounter with heroes and villains of story and legend. The Vision Quest will begin at the trail entrance by the South Cabins (please see your camp map). As always, the trail is a challenging hike, even in the daylight, so be prepared with good walking/hiking shoes and a flashlight (both are required). Also, for safety reasons, only those 18 years of age or older will be allowed into the Vision Quest, and any visibly intoxicated people will be turned away.

Spiral Quest 1:30pm-2:30pm Saturday A Vision Quest for the young or those who are not able to walk the entire distance of the adult Vision Quest (pregnant, handicapped, etc.).

Workshops Community Child Blessing 10:00-11:00am,Saturday, Flora’s Garden This introduction to the pagan gods and community is open to any parents wishing to participate with their child in this joyous rite of passage. All assistance will be provided.

No preparation of participants is required.

Tea With the Crones 2:45-3:45pm, Friday, Flora’s Garden Have a spot of tea and share the wisdom of some of the elder women of the Pagan Community. Expect a bit of cackling!

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Honored Guest Speakers and Musical Performers JANET FARRAR AND GAVIN BONE A native Londoner, Janet was initiated by Alex and Maxine Sanders in 1970. It is here she met her husband to be and co-author, Stewart Farrar, who initially became involved with Alex Sanders as a reporter for the Reveille, and was then asked to write What Witches Do. With her late husband she has written over a dozen books on the Craft to date. Included titles are Eight Sabbats For Witches’, The Witches’ Way, The Witches’ Goddess, The Witches God, Spells and How They Work. Janet has had one book published jointly with Virginia Russel, The Magical History of the Horse, and with Gavin Bone, three books: The Pagan Path, The Healing Craft, The Dictionary of European Gods and Goddesses, and The Inner Mysteries.

Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in England, Gavin Bone was originally initiated into Seax-Wicca in 1986. He trained as a Registered Nurse, is a practicing Spiritual (naturally empathic) Healer and a trained Reflexologist. He developed a fascination with the theory that Wicca’s roots are in tribal shamanistic healing traditions rather than medieval ritual magic and their related secret societies. He has studied shamanism in a Northern European context, with particular focus on the Runes. He met Janet and Stewart Farrar in 1989 at the Pagan Link conference in Leicester and moved to Ireland in 1992 after accompanying them on a tour of the United States Both Janet and Gavin tour regularly doing intensive workshops in the United States and Europe, as well as past tours in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They have study groups in the US and Italy. They believe strongly in the idea of Wicca being both progressive and dynamic in nature, while remaining a clergy of those dedicated to serving the Gods and Goddesses. Their recent most radical work, The Inner Mysteries, emphasizes the non-dogmatic creativity of Wicca, and was re-released as a second edition in 2013. Their major area of work at present, is teaching deity connection and TranceProphesy. They are responsible for creating The Alliance of Progressive Covens (APeCs) a network of like-minded covens with groups in the US and Europe. www.callaighe.com

ED ‘THE PAGAN’ HUBBARD Ed ‘The Pagan’ Hubbard is a Pagan futurist serving Gaia. Currently, he is host and co-manager of Pagans Tonight Radio Network including Pagan Science Radio. In 2013, Ed founded Paganics, a Green Tech start-up, becoming part of the Urban Farming movement. As a Pagan Activist, Ed has been active in creating communication and providing leadership opportunities on a global basis, including the founding of Witch School and Magick TV, providing a Pagan Education to anyone who asks, with people accepting in 204 countries. In 2012, Rev. Hubbard retired from the Office of First Elder of the Correllian Tradition, after more than 20 years of service as an active priest and minister to an emerging global tradition. As a communicator, Ed has been interviewed on all six continents in every type of media including Radio, Newspapers, and Television generating over 500 news stories since 1991. The most important thing Ed does is encourage and coach Pagans who seek to become leaders in the world, encouraging them to build a stronger Pagan future. www.Paganics.com www.PagansTonight.com

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Honored Guest Speakers and Musical Performers MIKE NICHOLS Mike Nichols is the celebrated author of The Witches’ Sabbats and www.WitchesSabbats.com—the ultimate resources on Pagan holidays and related writings—and a contributing author to Creating Circles & Ceremonies. Mike has been a featured speaker on National Public Radio, Spiral Dance Radio, and Eclectic Pagan Podcast (episodes 16 and 22) on iTunes. He does extensive online teaching and writing, occasionally guest lectures at Pagan festivals, and performs in a Pagan band called Spellbound. A pioneer in the American neo-Pagan movement, Nichols taught classes in Witchcraft for 20 years continuously, from 1970 to 1989, in Columbia and Kansas City, Missouri, through Communiversity and at his bookstore, The Magick Lantern. He was also the editor of The Lantern's Light, the store's in-house publication. A founding member of the Coven of New Gwynedd, Nichols was the first Wiccan representative on the Kansas City Interfaith Council. Nichols is a lifelong student of the Craft and, after years of research, writing, and teaching, he still considers himself a student. He received his BA from the University of Missouri, with a double major in communications and psychology (specializing in parapsychology). He has done graduate work in the field of Library and Information Science.

BRIAN HENKE As much musical shaman as musician, performing on both acoustic 6string and 28 string harp guitar, virtuoso, multi award-winning guitarist Brian Henke plays his music with the passion and grace that comes from his deeply held belief that music is indeed magic and the world needs magic…Brian delivers GREAT magic…sweeping, moving, grand magic with a flourish of just downright amazing guitar wizardry. His seventh solo album “Seven Magic Spells” was released in May of 2012. www.brianhenkeguitarist.com/

JOSHUA MESSICK National Hammered Dulcimer Champion Joshua Messick is one of a handful of virtuoso hammered dulcimer players. He will take you on a journey sharing his love for world music that ranges from Irish, Japanese, Indian, Appalachian Folk, New Age, Classical, Hymns, and many other genres. Known for pioneering unique playing techniques, his skill on the instrument doesn’t begin and end with his technical proficiency. Joshua has an amazing sense for composition and improvisation that highlights the unique strengths of the hammered dulcimer. His playing is often observed to be cinematic as he transforms a solo piece into a symphonic experience. Joshua will be Joining Brian in concert on Friday evening. www.joshuamessick.com/

BARDIC CIRCLE A place for music, song, and poetry will be hosted each night by a special guest. The revelry will begin around 8-ish and run for several hours. Feel free to stop in for a bit throughout the evening.    

Thursday~ Nyx/Rhavyn Redfeather Friday ~ Joe Credit, Jr of The Vine Brothers Saturday ~ Beltana Spellsinger of Viridis Sunday ~ Sede of Viridis

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Honored Guest Speakers and Musical Performers TUATHA DEA Tuatha Dea, hailing from Gatlinburg, TN, is PURE PRIMAL ENERGY with an Eclectic twist that includes Celtic melodies, African drums, Tribal rhythm, and a smooth Americana edge producing an awesome unique sound that proves time and time again to make anyone listening move to the groove. The band’s eclectic sound blends the tribal vibe of primitive drums with conventional and non-conventional instruments such as guitar, bass, didgeridoo, modern and Native American flutes as well as a myriad of vocal styles to create a truly unique sound. Born of a family drum circle, the group delivers an authentic tribal and clannish feel that not only draws the audience into the music but into the moment and family as well. Their rhythmic groove naturally inspires audience participation which has become a staple of their performances.

Feel the music. Embrace the rhythm. Experience the family of Tuatha Dea.

www.tuathadea.com THE VINE BROTHERS The Vine Brothers, a collaboration between mandolinist, Joe Credit III and guitarist, Greg Bucking, play soulful Americana and gypsy swing. Each had been active in various local music scenes in New York, Kansas City, and Fayetteville, AR before teaming up to create the Vine Brothers. After touring the club and festival circuit for the past two and a half years from New York to Minneapolis to Mississippi and everywhere in between, in 2012 the band released its debut album "Low Rent", which has garnered airplay on over 100 stations in the US and Canada, and has charted on six of them, including a #1 spot on KRZA in Alamosa, CO. www.thevinebrothers.com

VIRIDIS On May Day 2004 Beltana Spellsinger and Sede met under a gorgeous blue sky and neither of their lives would ever be the same again. Beltana, steward of the land sanctuary Wovenwold and former singer of the band Sona, had heard Sede’s first mini album “A Guy, a Guitar, and a Room” and had invited him to her Beltane celebration to perform; the two quickly grew to be fast friends and confidants. Over the years Beltana and Sede engaged in various independent projects and collaborated on various musical undertakings together but only fleetingly discussed attempting a full project together. Still, Beltana and Sede remained ever present in one another’s lives and there grew to be a deep bond between the two.

Today, as Viridis, Beltana and Sede combine acoustic, middle-eastern, and gothic influences to create a savage exploration of the heart. www.soundclick.com/beltana www.soundclick.com/sede

Special Thanks to Marsha for her interpreting services during concerts and rituals.

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MAP LOCATIONS 1) Sweat Lodge 2) Parking 3) Bardic Circle 4) Merchants / Workshop Area 5) Mystical Merchants Circle 6) Staff Parking Only 7) Main Ritual Circle 8) Handicapped Accessible Camping 9) Security Center

Special thanks to ERI for use of the original map.

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Guest Presenters Workshops Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone Progressive Magic: The Evolution of Witchcraft in the 21st Century Friday, 12:15-2:15pm, Bardic Circle A talk by Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone on the development of Witchcraft since the 1960's, and how it is an evolving tradition. They started running their first 'progressive coven' in 2001 and have since been responsible for 'seeding' similar covens in the United States, the UK, Belgium, and Italy, based on the principle that all traditions must evolve to suit their natural and social environments.

Part of this has included the integration of native trance practices, including trance-prophesy and deity-connection. This talk includes discussions on traditions, solitary practise, initiation (self and into covens), and the degree system, and the movement towards 'deity-centred witchcraft'.

Magical Energy Primer Workshop Saturday, 12:15-2:15pm, Bardic Circle An experiential primer workshop exploring the use of energy in ritual and magic.

For several years Janet and Gavin have been creating a system for teaching how ritual is related to energy, and how 'the magical car' works. This is a workshop on ritual mechanics and how understanding energy can enhance your practise. This workshop includes:  Understanding how the Chakras and the Auras work in ritual and magic.  Creating 'Sacred Space' (i.e. circle casting) using energy and it's purpose.  Raising magical energy - understanding and creating the 'Cone of Power'.  Understanding 'Consecration' as being at the root of all magical practise.  Magical Energy and how its behaviour creates the Magical Laws.

Ed ‘The Pagan’ Hubbard Pagan Leadership Track ( a progressive series) How Pagan are You? Friday, 10:00-11:00am, Bardic Circle This is not a question of your faith. In this workshop we see how deeply your Pagan values have entered your daily life and thoughts. Ed will lead you to see how and why your Paganism is important to your world view. By understanding how your faith practices impacts your life, it will guide you to understanding how to make better decision and creating a more sustainable life.

The Path to Pagan Prosperity Friday, 2:45-3:45pm, Bardic Circle As individuals, we all need to have prosperity in our lives to be able to meet the basic needs we have. When we are prosperous we are able to build our future, seeking our higher selves. Yet, prosperity is elusive and often misunderstood.

In this class, we will explore what it means to be living in abundance and how to use the multiple flows of resources in order to fuel your Pagan lifestyle and to become a active participant in building our Pagan community.

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Guest Presenters Workshops Ed ‘The Pagan’ Hubbard (con’t) Growing a Pagan Village Saturday, 10:00am-12:00pm, Bardic Circle Pagans after several generations of independent and small families practitioners who were building a multitude of covens, clans, circles, hearths, temples, churches, networks, and most importantly, community, are beginning to settle down. In becoming a Pagan culture, we have evolved to the state of creating ‘Villages’ for our needs. In this exploratory class, we will discuss what a village is in the 21st century, how they work, why they are needed, and how to begin recognizing yours.

Pagan Leadership Training Raw Sunday, 10:00am-12:pm, Bardic Circle This is not your typical Pagan leadership class. Ed is an activist and challenges leaders to identify themselves, and recognize the skills that you have that are so desperately needed. With a deficit of executive and management skill in the community and unlimited need for vision and leadership to take the Pagan world into the 22nd century, leadership is the greatest need of the Pagan community. Discover your inner leader in a real and personal way.

Conquering Your World Sunday, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Bardic Circle So you want to master your world, have a happy life, and basically conquer your world. In this class, you can gain some ideas and tools to begin conquering your world, from someone who has conquered his. Ed will explain how he became Ed ‘The Pagan’ and began a journey that has helped him conquer the world to allow an anytime/anywhere Pagan education, and has reached 204 countries so far. He will share how he has been a Pagan entrepreneur, activist and spokesman through the media, and through organizations worldwide. In twenty-two years, Ed has grown from a simple Pagan priest in Chicago, to a retired founder of a Global Pagan Education system known as Witch School. In this, he has helped others begin conquering their world, living lives they desire successfully and with great efficiency.

Mike Nichols Wicca's Backcloth: The Occult in American History Saturday, 2:45pm-4:45pm, Bardic Circle When Neo-Pagan Witchcraft erupted onto the scene in America in the 1960s, it was only the latest in a long and fascinating series of occult and mystical movements that had been sweeping our country from its beginnings. From Spiritualism to Theosophy, from Freemasonry to Transcendentalism, it would be no exaggeration to say that all these cultural wellsprings turned into the tributaries that fed the rising tide of modern American Wicca. This presentation will also cover the many historical personalities who founded these movements, giving rise to both communes (utopias) and international organizations that would influence our nation's history, from Johannes Kelpius to Madame Blavatsky, and from Edgar Cayce to Jeane Dixon. If you love exploring our roots, this session is for you!

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Guest Presenters Workshops Tuatha Dea Teen Team Building for Unity Saturday, 11:30am-12:30pm, Pavilion Interactive Rhythm Event structured around the use of rhythm as a developmental tool and catalysis for building community through the power of the drum.

Its purpose is to enhance individual creativity and foster community through the interlacing of rhythm and non-verbal communication. This is an interactive activity aimed at developing cooperative and communicative skills. It will include introduction to the djembe and it's capability and the concepts of the basic drum circle and drumming etiquette. Ideally the goal will be to create a drum symphony from the individual rhythms provided by participants and provide a catalysis for independent thought within a unified group. Now forget the big words and come prepared to have fun. No experience required. If you have an instrument you wish to bring, do so, if not, we provide drums.

Child's Play Saturday, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Pavilion Interactive Rhythm Event structured around the use of rhythm as a developmental tool and fun children's activity. It's purpose is to foster creativity, assist in the development of motor skills, provide a catalysis for independent thought within a unified group, promote self esteem, and help develop community in a safe and fun, non-threatening environment. This particular rhythm event is geared for children 12 and under only. Parents are welcome and encouraged to support their children. All percussion instruments are provided, but please feel free to bring your own instruments if desired. Lastly, remember this acronym ... AWSNFD (Adults who support noise for development) LOL!

Brian Henke Connecting Nature and Music Friday, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Flora’s Garden A 60 minute workshop on connecting the human spirit, nature and music together in an easy and natural way. All instruments, including voice and percussion, are welcome.

Speaker’s Panel Sunday, 2:45pm-4:45pm, Pavilion The topic for the panel will be, “Where do you envision Paganism, Wicca, etc. going from here?” Will it follow the trend of no religion occurring among today's youth? What do we need to do for it to grow or at least remain as the bulk of our population seems to be aging?

Barbara Criswell will be "moderating" the discussion.

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Workshops Magical Gardening (Friday, 10:00-11:30am, Flora’s Garden) What is Magical Gardening? How is it different from ordinary gardening? It's all magical; the difference is your awareness and intent. We will discuss how to approach gardening as a magical/spiritual endeavor. We also will discuss any questions that you have about magical gardening, from the practical to the ethereal. If I can't personally answer your questions, someone else may be able to answer them, or we can offer you resources to find your answers. I've been digging in the dirt for decades, and I am always learning something new, so I hope to learn from you, too. Bring something to takes notes with.

Galadrial Starfire has lived in Kansas for most of her life and has had gardens of various sizes for much of that time. She now has large vegetable gardens, as well as fruit trees and berries. She has written a gardening column for small newspapers for more than 20 years, under a different name and recently completed a book called "Through the Magic Garden: Earth" that will soon be available in print and as a digital version. Copies might be available by Heartland.

Spiritual Sensuality (Friday, 12:15-1:15pm, Flora’s Garden) Bringing a sense of sensuality to all our relationship(s) helps to strengthen the bond of intimacy between everyone involved. In this workshop, we will experiment with a wide variety of items to enhance our contact with one another. We’ll also discuss the need to let our partner(s) know what we like and what we don't care for, as well as learning to "listen" to our partner's body messages.

Aislinn A Firehawk has been offering healing and bodywork for more than 30 years. During that time, she has learned that "Sensuality" is every bit as important as the physical manipulation of having a massage or other "hands-on" bodywork.

Celtic Myth (Friday, 1:30-2:30pm, Pavilion) The mythology of the 4 great holidays & Pan-Celtic deities with some mention of the Welsh, Cornish & Breton, as well as Irish mythos.

Fiona loves storytelling & mythology; she gets a chance to do both this way! She’s been doing these classes since 1992 and they are different every time!

Gestalt Dream Work (Friday, 1:30-2:30pm, Flora’s Garden) This workshop uses the Gestalt dream therapy model of dream interpretation. It is used for the purposes of self-exploration and soul-searching. After learning these techniques, you can take them and try them with friends and family as well. Please bring something to write with/on. If you have a dream you would be willing to share with the group, bring that too!

Dawn Baldwin (Ra) is a licensed counselor with a MS in Education and a BA in Clinical Psychology. She has studied and worked with Gestalt Dream therapy and relaxation techniques for over 15 years.

Tea with the Crones (Friday, 2:45-3:45pm, Flora’s Garden) H.S.A. Sacred Experience Team

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Workshops If you're new to Paganism you may be both excited and apprehensive. We'll discuss ideas for learning, practicing, and finding teachers and like-minded others. A happy repeat of the first workshop taught at the first Heartland Pagan Festival.

Marilyn Evans (She-Wolf) was one of the original fools who got Heartland Pagan Festival off the ground in 1985. She was editor of the Pagan magazine, The Rune, for too long, taught beginning Wicca during some years of insanity, and still commits Paganism, though less flagrantly than before.

Connecting Nature and Music, (Friday, 4:00-5:00pm, Flora’s Garden) Brian Henke

Child Blessing (Saturday, 10:00-11:00am, Flora’s Garden) HSA Sacred Experience Team

Teen Team Building for Unity (Saturday, 11:30am-12:30pm, Pavilion) Tuatha Dea

The Agony And The Ecstasy Of The Priesthood (Saturday, 12:151:45pm, Flora’s Garden) If you now or have ever led coven, grove or other, or taught fledgling Pagans, come share your trials and triumphs, complain, brag, or seek and offer advice.

Have fun comparing notes, scars and stars.

Marilyn Evans (She-Wolf) was one of the original fools who got Heartland Pagan Festival off the ground in 1985. She was editor of the Pagan magazine, The Rune, for too long, taught beginning Wicca during some years of insanity, and still commits Paganism, though less flagrantly than before

Shamanism: An Overview (Saturday, 2:45-3:45pm, Pavilion) What is shamanism and how is it practiced? This workshop will cover the basics of shamanic work, including essential techniques, a discussion of trance states, a comparison of "neo” vs. traditional shamanism, and a few commonalities amongst global shamanistic beliefs.

Monique has been a member of the Wiccan community and a practitioner of shamanic trance since the mid-1990s. She completed the Harner Basic Workshop in 1997, and has done extensive academic research on the subject in recent years.

The Mankind Project (Saturday, 2:45-3:45pm, Flora’s Garden) A frank and honest discussion of the state of men in the 21 st century. This world needs compassionate, powerful, emotionally literate, male role models. Let’s talk about how men show up and when they choose not to. This workshop is for both men and women to support the efforts of creating the male role models we want for generations to come.

Dan Baldwin (Maven Mustang) Is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has 20 years experience as a psychotherapist, community developer, business consultant, and public speaker. His mission is to create caring communities through teaching, healing, acts of service and inspiring others to embrace their authentic power.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 Rituals, Workshops, and Special Events *****Community Dinner On Thursday Night***** Our Community Dinner will be a Chili feast provided by Food on Wheels after Opening Ritual @ 745 in the Pavilion. The dinner is free but a love offering to cover the cost will be gratefully accepted. There will be both vegetarian and omnivore chill.

Be Green and bring your own plates and utensils!

Got a Talent? Sign up for the HPF Talent Show Our host and emcee ,John Mitchell, will take your information during the Community Dinner

Time

Pavilion

9 am

Flora's Garden

Merhants/ Bardic Circle

Main Ritual Circle

Other

Gaea Youth

*****Gate Opens - Festival Begins****** Sand Mandala Opens Main Hall

12 pm

4 pm 5 pm

Fire Build

7 pm 745 pm

Opening Ritual

745 pm - Community 830 pm Dinner 830 pm 10 pm 10 pm

Talent show

Bardic Circle Host: Nyx/ Rhavyn Redfeather Main Fire

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Friday, May 24, 2013 Rituals, Workshops, and Special Events

Time

Pavilion

10 am 11 am

The Vine Brothers Sound Check

11 am

HSA Staff Meeting

Lunch Concert 1130 am -1215

The Vine Brothers Concert

Flora's Garden

Merchants/ Bardic Circle

Main Ritual Circle

Mini Catapults

Reception for Ed Hubbard Aquarius #26 12-1

10pm

Sharpie Tie-Dyed Shirts

Connecting Nature and Music

Slime

Fire Build Brian Henke Concert

Dragon Scratch

Beaded Mandalas

Ed 'the Pagan' Hubbard The Path to Pagan Prosperity

5 pm 7 pm 8 pm 10 pm

(All activities subject to change)

Brunch Dining Hall 9-12

Brian Henke 245 pm Tea With the Sound 345 pm Crones Check The First Steps on the Pagan Path

Other

Ed 'the Pagan' Hubbard Magical How Pagan Gardening are You? 10-1130

Janet Farrar / Gavin Bone 1215 pm Spiritual Progressive - 115 pm Sensuality Magic: The Evolution of Witchcraft in the 21st 130 pm Gestalt Century Celtic Myth 230 pm Dream Work 1215-215

4 pm 5 pm

Gaea Youth

Bardic Circle Host: Joe Credit, Jr.

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Main Fire

Dinner Dining Hall 5-7

Saturday, May 25, 2013 Rituals, Workshops, and Special Events

Time

Pavilion

10 am 11 am

Child Blessing

11 am

HSA Staff Meeting

Lunch

Teen Team Building for Unity 1130-1230

1215 pm - 115 pm

130 pm 230 pm

Flora's Garden

The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Priesthood 1215-145

Merchants/ Bardic Main Ritual Circle Circle Ed 'The Pagan' Hubbard Growing a Pagan Village 10-12

Other

Gaea Youth (All activities subject to change) Scavenger Hunt

Brunch Dining Hall 9-12

Janet Farrar / Gavin Bone Magical Energy Primer Workshop 1215-215

Reception for Find Your Janet and Inner Gavin Goddess! Aquarius #26 Mike Nichols 3-4 Wicca's Backcloth Been 245-445 Reception for Wondering Brian Henke Child's Play about the Aquarius #26 Gluten 4-5p Hype?

Dinner Fire Build Dining Hall 5-7 Govannan Rite of Passage Ritual Bardic Circle Host: Vision Quest Beltana Main Fire Spellsinger

Campfire Cones

Spiral Quest

Shaman245 pm The Mankind ism: An 345 pm Project Overview

Masks

4 pm 5 pm

Masks

5 pm 7 pm 7 pm 8 pm 8 pm 10 pm 10 pm

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Sunday, May 26, 2013 Rituals, Workshops, and Special Events Time 10 am 11 am 11am

Pavilion Viridis Sound Check HSA Staff Meeting

Flora's Garden Multiple/ Dual Religion Relationships 10-1130

Lunch Concert Viridis 1130am - Concert 1215pm

1215 pm - 115 pm

Norse Myth

Spirit Guides: Many Forms/ Voices

Merchants/ Bardic Main Ritual Circle Circle

4 pm 5 pm 5 pm 7 pm

Brunch Dining Hall 9-12

Each of Us Has a 'Sacred Flame Within'!

Women's Mysteries Venus Sanctuary 1215-215

Wands

Reception for Mike Nichols Aquarius #26 1-2

Mobiles

Campfire Brownies

HSA Speaker Panel 245-445

Make what you want

Tuatha Dea Sound Check

10 pm 1030 pm

Tuatha Dea Concert

subject to change)

Mask Painting

Dinner Dining Hall 5-7 Fire Build

6 pm

8 pm 10 pm

Other

Ed 'the Pagan' Hubbard Pagan Leadership Training Raw 10-12

Ed 'the Pagan' 130 pm - Panel set Progressive Hubbard 230 pm up Relaxation Conquering Your World 245 pm 345 pm

Gaea Youth (All activities

Bardic Circle Host: Sede Main Ritual Main Fire

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Shop at the Mystical Merchants Circle #46 Aeldaritch Smoke - All the usual Eby stuff. (940) 395-9147 #26 Aquarius - Sterling silver jewelry, books, tarot, altar supplies. www.aquariusbooks.com #37 Aries Rising: Keepers of the Sacred Flame - Massage & Bodywork, jewelry, woodwork items & other miscellaneous items all priced to sell! aislinnfirehawk@gmail.com 816/231-1919 & tami.macias3@gmail.com #50 Avalon Oddiments - Pagan Garage Sale, gently used books, garb, cards & other magical items. Dragon this year, goddess crown & some knitted goods (kilt hose). fimortain@hotmail.com #30 Bee Soft & Natural - Natural cosmetics and other products. cbwade1@windstream.net #38 Bits ~N~ Baubles - Jewelry, soaps, salves, make-n-take jewelry, lathed wood wands, zombie tamers, candle holders. gryphyn_wytch@yahoo.com 785/643-6700 #22 Black Wolf Designs -Specializing in one of a kind wire wrapped pendants.

We have some very nice, hard to find stones, as well as the always popular stones. Limited number of wooden Tarot & jewelry boxes & much more! morrigan65@gmail.com #11 Cinda Hughes - Lovely tie-dyed & Batiked clothing. #16 Enchanted Willow - Hand-crafted incense in stick & powder form, essential oils & other miscellanea including music CD’s & don’t forget the live harp music! jim@harperbear.com 785/224-3108 #28 Fae Fantasies - Clothing & jewelry. shaggyman@fairpoint.net #12 Food on Wheels - This year’s Festival Meal Provider. Relish will be offering delicious hot & cold sandwiches, soups, ice cream, baked treats, coffee, iced tea & other soft drinks. We’ll also have a selection of healthy packaged treats to solve those cravings! #24 GEM Enterprises - Tie-dyed sarongs, dresses, tops, wrap-pants, hippie bags, leather jewelry, natural stone jewelry, and shell jewelry. Tapestries, wall hangings & much more. Always at Pagan-Friendly prices. Happy Festival! #20 Govannan, Knifemaker - Sold my first knife in 1978 & have been offering knives to the Pagan world since then. My knives are all made, forged by hand in my own shop, without the use of any automated, "production line" methods. My designs are unique, especially suited for the Craft & Pagan communities.

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#35 Grandma Dragon’s Attic - Discover all the things you can find in “Grandma’s Attic”. #15 Hawkdancing Studio - Drums, accessories, Deity sculpture, pottery, jewelry, costuming. Check out our Esty Store for One of a Kind Items http:// www.etsy.com/shop/artifactorium. Website: http://www.hawkdancing.com #44 HSA Bardic Circle Fire - This is the location of our nightly Bardic Circle where everyone is welcome to share tour talents with the community. #47 HSA Tea Sanctuary and Centering Dome - A gentle place where you can calm and ground yourself. #4 HSA Fundraising - Open 12-5pm Thursday and Friday, 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday. We will have dozens of fabulous items for auction so please visit us often and place your bids. The auction will close Sunday at 4pm and we ask that the winning bidders pay for and pick up their items between 4 and 6pm.

If you have items to donate please bring them to the Fundraising tent as soon as you are able. fundraising@kchsa.org #7 HSA Gaea Youth - Children’s Realm for fun and activities. See schedule for activities and times. gaeayouth@kchsa.org #5 HSA Merchandising - Open 12 - 5pm Thursday and Friday, 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday Come see our merchandising booth!! We've got things and stuff! Things like shirts! Shirts with sleeves, shirts without sleeves, even shirts with little spaghetti straps for sleeves. Stuff like bottle openers, because you forgot to bring one, again. merchandising@kchsa.org #2 HSA Merchant Check-In #5 HSA Public Relations - Next door to the Silent Auction you will find the Public Relations Welcome tent. Open 12-5pm Thursday and Friday, 11am-6pm Saturday and Sunday. Here you can find answers to your questions about the Festival, Camp Gaea, and the surrounding areas so this would be a good place to start if you are new to HPF. You can catch up on any last minute changes to the schedule and, since many cell phones have trouble getting a signal at Gaea, this is where you can leave an old-fashioned written note. #3 HSA Shuttle Stop - Here and at various locations ( see page 3). #6 HSA Speakers & Bands - Throughout the day a place to find our Guests Speakers and Musicians to chat, answer questions and check out what they have to sell! #33 HSA Trash Pirates & Jr. Doubloon Shoppe - We will have info on 'MOOP', recycling, our used camp item donations, our youth program, and MOOP bags. Plenty of room for doubloons!! #1 HSA Trash & Recycling - Where all the BEST people deposit their trash & recycling. #45 HSA Workshops - This area is used as a place for our featured guests, members and attendees to give a workshop. Please refer to the workshop section of the brochure for more information about the specific workshops provided

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Mystical Merchants (con’t) in this space brochures@kchsa.org #36 Hippy Village - Don’t go to town, come see us! Propane, personal hygiene, first aide. Beautiful art, shiny things, eco-friendly laundry soap, good smelling things & more! gilbert.melanie5@gmail.com 816/804-6733 #8 Illumination - Features a wide variety of local Pagan artists & craftsmen.

Everything from healing teas to handmade cloaks. A little something for everyone. Step into the light & let your Spirit Shine! Illumination_2013@yahoo.com 816/527-6135 #40 Intuitive Portraits - Your Intuitive Portrait, which is your aura colors, animal totems & guardian angels, surrounding a drawing of your face. Individuals $50/45 minutes & Couples $100/90 minutes. michelle@intuitiveportraits.com 913/268-0131 #48 Kind Heart Creations - Crocheted, sewn & embroidered items. kricketts8@hotmail.com 816/510-9910 #34 Moonstone - Stones, jewelry, and other pagan stuff. moonstone@moonstoneus.com #17 Ooooo… Shiny! - Our name says it all! Come in & browse our selection of clothing, tapestries, incense & SHINY stuff! Medean_seawind@yahoo.com 816/984-3187 #25 Rain Dove Creations - Featuring “Starborn Creations” Sterling Silver & natural stone pendants, earrings, & rings. #32 RT's Place - Unusual pottery from the late Marge Fleming, medicine bags, handmade jewelry, dream catchers. rtcroston@aol.com 816/726-3482 #21 Soulwinds Flutes - Features Native American Style Flutes handcrafted from several domestic & exotic woods. soulwindsflutes@gmail.com. #18/#19 Spiralware - Your favorite tie-dyed clothing featuring drummer’s pants, dresses, tops, tapestries, sarongs, pewter jewelry, rope sandals & a whole lot of fun things for Festival! #29 Starrcat Imports, LLC - Gift items, jewelry, clothing, musical items & more.

Visa, MasterCard & Discover accepted for purchases of $20 or more. starrcat@earthlink.net 303/328-1378 #49 Twisted Wire Creations - handmade linked jewelry & clothing of many types & designs. michaelflippin@hotmail.com 417/599-8271 #23 Whole Body, Whole Food, Whole Health - Healing, wellness & wonderful things for you & your home. Reiki session by a Seichim & Karuna Master/ Teacher, supplement information, & herbal products for your personal wellness & beautiful creations for your home. www.SherreeRoss.com 816/808-6606

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#13 Urban Crone - Pyrographic & mixed medium artwork, wall pieces, boxes, spirit boards, pendulums, bags & what not out of reclaimed fabric, plus Tarot readings. urbancrone@gmail.com 816/304-2289 #27 Vulcan's Forge - Sterling Silver jewelry, custom work & repairs in Sterling Silver, Gold, & Platinum. www.vulcans-forge.com #42 Wolf Treasures - Books, tarot, jewelry, tapestries, rocks, minerals & metaphysical tools, plus unique items. whitewolfgene@yahoo.com

Monday, May 27, 2013 Rituals, Workshops, and Special Events Time

12 pm

Pavilion

Flora's Garden

Merchants/ Bardic Circle

Main Ritual Circle

Other Brunch Dining Hall 9-12

Gaea Youth

Festival Concludes **Merry Meet** Sand Mandala Dispersed

5pm

Final Departure time

In Honor of our American Veterans, We Remember You On April 4, 1818 President Monroe signed the bill establishing that the Flag of the United States of America would consist of 13 alternating red and white stripes that would remain unchanged, and that the field of blue would contain 20 stars to represent the current number of states in the union.

The "Grand Star Flag" displayed the 20 stars in the shape of one large star.

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Workshops (con’t from page 19) Find Your Inner Goddess! (Saturday, 2:45-3:45pm, Main Ritual Circle) Description: There's a goddess in us all. For centuries belly dance has allowed women to connect to the earth and themselves. It’s good for the mind and the body. Find your inner deity! When in doubt shake it out! Everyone welcome!

Morena has performed and instructed for many years in both the Midwest and Florida.

She specializes in cabaret and tribal fusion belly dancing and performs other styles. She currently offers lessons

Child’s Play (Saturday, 4:00-5:00pm, Pavilion) Tuatha Dea

Been Wondering About the Gluten Hype? (Saturday, 4:00-5:00pm, Flora’s Garden) Considering going gluten-free or live with someone who is a Celiac or gluten intolerant? We’ll explore what gluten can do to your health, hidden sources of gluten and why you might want to get it out of your diet. Also some tips on eating out and gluten-free products that are worth the expense.

Sherree Ross, AADP, EFT-ADV is an emotional eating, food allergy avoidance, and going gluten and dairy free expert. She is a board certified Health Coach, a Reiki Seichim and Karuna Reiki® Master/Teacher, an EFT-ADV Practitioner, a trained herbalist, and an ordained minister, Sherree offers personalized individual nutrition and lifestyle coaching programs, group coaching programs, corporate wellness consulting, phone consults, group seminars/workshops, grocery store tours, and cooking/’;uncooking’ classes. www.SherreeRoss.com

Govannan Memorial Ritual (Saturday, 7-8pm, Bardic Circle) Multiple/Dual Religion Relationships (Sunday, 10-11am, Flora’s Garden) This open discussion will cover the tips for loving someone who worships the divine differently than you and how to get beyond the veil of differences and see the similarities of your faiths.

J. Adam Scott, ‘Adam’, was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints until the age of 14. He is a Navy submarine veteran, attended seminary, has a degree in business administration and studied multiple religions over the last 20+ years. Jami Dawn Scott (Mather) aka Aurora, ‘Jami’ was raised in the Presbyterian Church, USA. At 19 she left the church and began identifying as Pagan. She is an Army veteran and former police officer, has multiple years working with the mentally disabled and soon will be degreed in human services management.

Norse Myth (Sunday, 12:15-1:15pm, Pavilion) Learn about those tragic & mighty Norse gods who gave us days of the week and words like “weird” and “brag” or “berserk”.

Fiona loves storytelling & mythology; she gets a chance to do both this way! She’s been doing these classes since 1992 and they are different every time!

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Workshops Most pagans are familiar with the term "power animal," but spirit guides can come in many forms. This workshop will explore less well-known types of spirit as how different traditions employ different techniques for navigating the relationship between shaman and spirit.

Monique has been a member of the Wiccan community and a practitioner of shamanic trance since the mid-1990's. She completed the Harner Basic Workshop in 1997, and has done extensive academic research on the subject in recent years.

Each Of Us Has A "Sacred Flame Within"! (Sunday, 12:15-1:15pm, Bardic Circle) It's there whether we realize or recognize it. It has a rhythm, and we will be learning to feel it, hear it and acknowledge its presence. This is key to dancing your ‘lifewalk’ with courage and purpose. It's also a fabulous way to release any unwanted or unnecessary energies stored within your Body, Mind and Spirit.

We will begin with a short guided meditation introducing us to our Sacred Flame; then begin dancing with our Flame.

Aislinn A Firehawk has been offering healing and bodywork for more than 30 years. During that time, She has learned that "Sensuality" is every bit as important as the physical manipulation of having a massage or other "hands-on" bodywork.

Women’s Mysteries (Sunday, 12:15-2:15pm, Venus Sanctuary) The Mysterious Women of Heartland will gather once again at Venus Sanctuary for ritual, talk and play. Please join us. (If you need transportation to the site, please contact the HSA Shuttle in plenty of time to arrive by 1215).

Galadrial, Gwyneth and Lark love creating sacred space with the wonderful women of Heartland. We also make magic and mischief with the Web of Oz.

Progressive Relaxation (Sunday, 1:30-2:30pm, Flora’s Garden) This workshop focuses on bringing you into your calmest center. We will discuss uses for progressive relaxation and then take you through a guided experience. There will be some healing energy work available for those who have an interest. We will be open for discussion for those who wish to stay afterward to discuss the experience. Please bring a mat Dawn Baldwin (Ra) is a licensed counselor with a MS in Education and a BA in Clinical Psychology. She has studied and worked with Gestalt Dream therapy and relaxation techniques for over 15 years. Dan Baldwin (Maven Mustang),is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has 20 years’ experience as a psychotherapist, community developer, business consultant, and public speaker. His mission is to create caring communities through teaching, healing, acts of service and inspiring others to embrace their authentic power.

Speaker’s Panel (Sunday, 2:45-4:45pm, Pavilion) Memorial Day Ritual (Sunday, 6:00-6:15pm, Memorial Grove) A Pagan religious service to honor those who have died in war for the USA. The ceremony is brief -- about 5 minutes -- but very emotional.

Gary Stanfield has been Pagan since the late 1980's, mostly into English reconstruction, and is a military veteran and a UU.

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Guest Performers Concerts The Vine Brothers Friday, 11:30am-12:15pm, Pavilion Brian Henke and Joshua Messick Friday 8:00-10:00pm Pavilion Viridis Sunday, 11:30am-12:15pm, Pavilion Tuatha Dea Sunday, 8:00-10:00pm, Pavilion

Making Your Own Cleaning Products

by Nancy McGee About a year ago I discovered that I was paying way too much for cleaning products. Not only was I paying all this money, but I was buying all kinds of chemicals to put in our clothes, on our dishes and on every single surface of our house. So I did a little research and was glad to find there are a large number of recipes for cleaning products available on the internet.

These recipes work well, don’t contain the same toxic chemicals as their store-bought counterparts. The best place to start is laundry detergent. How much do you pay for laundry detergent? It is outrageous. I can make enough laundry detergent for at least six months -- and I have a three-year-old and live on a farm -- for under $20.

It all starts with a bar of soap. Put it on a paper plate in the microwave for 2 minutes until it expands so much you can’t read most of the letters on the bar and allow it to cool for at least TWO HOURS. It might cool on the outside fast, but the inside can be hotter than the surface of the sun. Many recipes you find on the internet will tell you to grate a bar of soap, but I find that this works much better and helps the soap dissolve better in water.

Once cooled, the bar of soap will disintegrate in your hands into a powder. Add 1 cup of Borax and 1 cup of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda -- both available in the laundry aisle at most supermarkets.

I usually do 4 bars of soap at once and I store my mix in an old plastic ice cream bucket.

We use a tablespoon per load (2 tablespoons if it’s clothes covered in mud). The bucket lasts for months.

What about fabric softener you say? White vinegar. It’s significantly less expensive than any other kind of fabric softener and does the job just fine. The vinegar actually takes the buildup commercial detergents leave on your clothes out, making them soft. It’s also much better for towels because regular fabric softener will make your towels less absorbent. If

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you have to have that fabric softener smell, just mix the vinegar half and half with cheap hair conditioner. No joke.

For furniture polish I fill a quart jar with orange peels and pour white vinegar over it and let it sit under the counter for weeks. Pour the vinegar mix into a spray bottle -- you end up with the cleaning power of vinegar and the orange oil from the peels. Smells kind of funny at first, but the vinegar smell disappears pretty quickly and you’re left with the smell of fresh oranges.

You can also place a few sprigs of mint in a bottle (I use a big old wine bottle) and cover with vinegar. It makes a great mint-scented window cleaner. It’s kind of funny, you can freak your friends out by spraying some in your salad, after all, it’s just minty vinegar!

Remember that using old newspapers to clean windows works better than paper towels.

One of my favorite concoctions is a “soft scrub” substitute. I use half baking soda and half Dr. Bronner’s Castille Soap (which comes in a large number of scents). And I put it in an old condiment squirt bottle. Actually, if you use Dr. Bronner’s peppermint, it’s also great for brushing your teeth. Again, I’m serious, but I think it’d use quite a bit less soap if I was going to use it for toothpaste. Or you could just look up a toothpaste recipe.

My all purpose cleaner is really the best one of all. I love the way it smells. I make this by the gallon and use it all the time, on everything. It is my go-to favorite for every mess.

12 cups rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl) 3/4 gallon of water mix together first, than add 1/2 cup ammonia 1 tsp Dawn dish detergent top with water until you have 1 gallon I started out putting some lavender essential oil in the mix, but I found I really don’t need it. You can’t smell the ammonia and it just really smells fresh and clean. And kills germs and is super cheap to make.

I also started making my own dishwasher powder. Here’s the recipe: 1 cup borax 1 cup washing soda 1/2 cup citric acid 1/2 cup kosher salt (for scrubbing action) Use 1 Tbsp per load.

Each batch yields 24 ounces of detergent. For a rinse agent, simply fill the compartment with white vinegar.

We have really hard water and get powder on the dishes when we use regular dish washing detergents, so I double the amount of citric acid in the recipe and it fixes the problem.

The only things I have in my cupboard are borax, washing soda, Dawn, castille soap, vinegar, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, citric acid and baking soda. You can clean everything in your house with just those ingredients for hundreds less over the course of a year than you would spend on all the cleaning products they replace.

And it doesn’t stop here. Check out the internet for hundreds of recipes for homemade products. You can find everything from salt scrub and bath salts to mineral makeup and cold remedies.

Making homemade cleaning and beauty products will significantly reduce the chemicals your family would be exposed to in your home and save you hundreds over the course of a year.

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Time of Brightness

by Lark On Midsummer Day the sun dances at dawn, stands still in the heavens at noon and lingers into the night. Light fills the world. Light, “Litha,” is one of the names of the summer solstice. This is the Time of Brightness, the Moon of Light. Light fills our dreams and lingers behind our eyelids as we sleep.

At dawn on Midsummer Day look for three rays of light shining over water. They are the Awen of Cerridwen, in Druid tradition the source of magic power and poetic inspiration.

Druids celebrate the Summer Solstice as Alban Heruin, "Light of the Shore." The liquid light of Midsummer fills Cerridwen's cauldron of inspiration and rebirth. Look into her cauldron to see yourself in her mirror. Wear vervain, the Druids' Midsummer herb, in your hair for the Midsummer dancing.

In the British Isles Midsummer bonfires were built on hilltops on St. John's Eve, June 23rd. Straw giants were burned. Families carried torches three times sun wise around standing stones. In 1929 the Old Cornwall Society revived the British custom of lighting a chain of fires in sequence. The first fire overlooks Land's End. As the light from each fire is sighted, the next is lit, until a fiery chain runs 80 miles through Cornwall to the Devon border. A woman called the Lady of the Flowers casts garlands of herbs and flowers into the fire and speaks a Cornish invocation to bless the crops and wither the weeds.

This is the time of the faeries. From Midsummer Day until St. Peter's Day, June 29, the faery folk travel abroad making mischief and giving gifts. Robin Goodfellow lights the Midsummer fires in England. In Ireland Aine, Queen of the Sidhe in Munster, is a Midsummer Goddess. A recent tale says she gave the flowers of meadowsweet their scent to confuse hounds hunting the faery folk. Cuchulain, the Ulster hero, is sometimes honored with her as a Green Man. Midsummer is the season to gather and dry herbs and to work magic with them. On Midsummer's Eve, gather St. John's wort, mugwort, plantain, corn marigold, dwarf elder, yarrow, lily, vervain and orpins to make garlands. At midnight on St. John's Eve, walk seven times sun wise around a church sowing hempseed and say, "Hempseed I sow.

Hempseed I mow. Let the one that is my true love come after me and mow." When you've completed the circuits, look over your left shoulder to see your lover. (This is not recommended where hemp is illegal. Substitute seeds of the dream-inducing mugwort for hempseed.)

This is the season when dragons wake from dreaming. Snap, the dragon of Norwich, England, was part of the mayor's inaugural parade every St. John's Day until 1835. St. Martha of Tarascon, France, had a reputation as a dragon-tamer. Her domesticated dragon, La Tarasque, paraded through Tarascon on June 28.

In San Pedro Manrique, Spain, fire walking on St. John's Eve is the pagan center of a Christian ritual. The firewalkers attribute their success to faith in Mary of la Peña. Three girls called Móndidas, "Pure Ones," carry baskets of bread on their heads to church for Mary's blessing. Horse races and dancing go on all day.

Vesta, the Roman Goddess of the hearth fire, was celebrated just before the solstice. On the seventh of June her sanctuary was thrown open, and matrons walked barefoot through the streets to offer her mola salsa, salted grain meal mixed by her priestesses.

On the fifteenth her fires were lit using a burning glass or mirror, and her sanctuary was closed to guard her flame.

Athena was honored as a sun Goddess on the solstice. The Greek year began at the first new moon after the solstice with the six-day Panathenaia festival. The birth of Athena, Goddess of Athens, was celebrated on the fifth day. Two girls between seven and eleven years old served as kanephóroi, basket bearers, carrying offerings on their heads to a

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grotto by the Temple of Aphrodite. Two girls called arrhephóroi made Athena's new peplos or cloak. A ship with the cloak as its sail led a procession to the temple to dress the Goddess in her new clothes.

The Kachina home dances begin just before the solstice with Eagle and Spruce ceremonies to ripen the corn. Ix Chel, the Mayan Mother of Stars, a Goddess of childbirth, is honored at the solstice. In Peru the solstice is Inti Raymi, the Inca feast of the newborn sun and beginning of the southern winter.

The fire of the heavens comes to earth at Midsummer. Crowned with shining rays, Helios the wild primordial Sun drives his chariot across the sky by day. By night he sleeps, carried back to the east across the dark sea in a winged golden chalice that Hephaistos crafted for him. His name means “visible.” He is the bright counterpart of Hades, the invisible.

His sisters are Eos, the Dawn, and Selene, the Moon. His son Phaethon drove his chariot to disaster, scorching the earth with drought. His daughters are the stars of the Hyades, whose rising brings rain. He is the flame of a new idea and the fire of creativity. His shining image in the harbor of Rhodes was a wonder of the ancient world. He is a cattle rancher and an ophthalmologist. He reveals what is hidden. He teaches driver’s education. The flower of Helios is the hibiscus, the Midsummer rose. He holds all oaths sacred.

Invoke him for clear vision and renewal. Each day he gives us a new beginning.

In Corinth the Goddess of the Midsummer sun was Golden Aphrodite. She and her consort, Helios, were worshipped on the acropolis at the solstice. The Hours dressed Aphrodite in golden jewelry until she shone like the sun for her festival. In Crete and Cyprus she was the Great Goddess, born of the sea, lady of wild creatures. Sappho of Lesbos invokes her as Kypris, the limb-loosener who catches us all in her net of desire. She is Urania, the Queen of Heaven, grandmother of the Muses and eldest of the Fates. She is Wolfish Aphrodite, whose mask turns her enemies to stone. She is the Queen Bee, the Queen of the Mountains, and the Queen among the Heather. She is Venus in Blue Jeans and the Bearded Lady. She renews her virginity in the sea at Paphos every spring. She wakes poets at night, whispering inspiration. Invoke her for love and children. Her shining net connects us all.

Sources Mary Barnard, Sappho, A New Translation, Willis Barnstone, Greek Lyric Poetry,Charles Boer, The Homeric Hymns, Philip Carr-Gomm, The Elements of the Druid Tradition, Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, The Year of the Goddess: A Perpetual Calendar of Festivals, Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Hesiod, Works and Days

We’ve Got the Future in Our Hands

by Bronwynn Forrest Torgerson Verse 1: We’ve got the future of the forest in our hands. (3 X) We’ve got the future in our hands.”

Verse 2: We’ve got the mountains and the meadows in our hands. (3 X) We’ve got the future in our hands” Verse 3: We’ve got the air and the oceans in our hands. (3X) We’ve got the future in our hands.”

Verse 4: We’ve got the safety of all creatures in our hands. (3x) We’ve got the future in our hands.”

Verse 5: We’ve got the world we leave our children in our hands. (3X) We’ve got their future in our hands.” *Hum one more time, imagining Mother Earth, with yourself pouring out love and healing to her, and Her reaching out Her hands to cup the healing energy and using it where it is needed the most.

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Gaea Youth Recipes and Directions

by Raeny Fudgy brownie cakes baked inside an orange Ingredients 8 whole oranges Betty Crocker Turtle Supreme brownie mix (and ingredients called for on package) aluminum foil (optional) Frosted Toast Crunch cereal (optional) caramel sauce Directions 1. Starting 1-2 inches down on the orange, slice off the top and set aside. Using a knife cut around the edge of the flesh of the orange and hollow out the orange with a spoon. Use the orange flesh for some other use. Repeat with the other remaining oranges.

2. Prepare the brownie batter according to package directions.

3. Fill each orange with the brownie batter about an inch below the top of the orange and cover with the orange top. Wrap in heavy duty foil with at least 2 layers of foil.

4. Cook cakes in some campfire coals, rotating every once in a while for 30-50 minutes depending on how hot your fire is. Unwrap cake and top with crushed Frosted Toast Crunch. Drizzle with caramel sauce if desired.

Campfire Cones 1 ice cream cone (I prefer sugar cones) 1 piece of foil, big enough to wrap the cone And an assortment of the fillings of your choice.

Chocolate chips Butterscotch morsels White chocolate morsels Walnuts Peanuts Almonds Toffee pieces Mini marshmallows Brown sugar Coconut Cocoa nibs (raw chocolate) Banana pieces Dried Fruit Directions 1. Allow each camper to design their cone with the fillers of choice in layers.

2. Wrap securely with foil and place over heat near campfire or on grill to allow the chocolates to melt.

3. Unwrap and enjoy.

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T-Shirt Art Directions What you need: white t-shirt (in your size) sturdy plastic cups rubber bands bottled rubbing alcohol a (liquid) dropper sharpie permanent markers in colors Lay your t-shirt on the flat surface you are working on, front side up. Take the cups, and arrange them upright in different places inside the t-shirt, one at a time. As you do this, consider that where ever you have a cup, that’s where a design will be put on your shirt.

Secure each cup as you go, with a rubber band. (You can do more on the sleeves or backside of the shirt later.)

Using your colored Sharpie Permanent Markers, get creative and make some designs or simple line drawings on t-shirt fabric that is over the opening of the cups. It is a good idea to practice a design on scrap material to see how the colors run. Black can cover up an entire design if used to much.

Working on one design at a time, slowly drop drops of alcohol in the center* of the circle/ design. As you do, you will see the marker ink start to spread. You don’t want to drop too much alcohol though…..you need to do this slowly, and watch what is happening. The spreading will slow down, but if you watch carefully, it is often still spreading. If it does seem that it stopped, add more drops, one at a time, and keep watching. *TIP: It’s important, to only drop the alcohol drops in the center. Reason being, it pushes the ink from the center, outward, spreading it evenly and nicely, for the right effect. Also, if the fabric becomes too saturated with alcohol, the drops drip into the cup beneath, which pretty much evaporate. But that is why it’s important to keep the cups pretty upright, as to not spill any colored alcohol that may be sitting in the bottom of the cup,

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Heartland Pagan Festival 2014 Our theme for 2014 will be “Ride the Winds of Epona

In the Year of the Horse” Sarah Geimer, our winning artist will be provided one (1) free entry and a free shirt in exchange for the exclusive use of the art for the 2014 festival year. For questions please visit the HSA Public Relations booth in the Mystical Merchants’ area or after festival contact pr@kchsa.org.

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Festival Feedback Let us know about your festival experience. Please take a moment to write down your thoughts about the HPF 2013 festival. Tear out this page and place it in the Feedback Box conveniently located in the HSA Public Relations booth in the Merchant Circle.

You may also mail this form to: Heartland Spiritual Alliance, PO Box 300926 KCMO 64130 You may also complete the survey online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/73C6LTR We appreciate your comments. Safe Travels and Merry Meet!!!!

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Heartland Pagan Festival is brought to you by the

Heartland Spiritual Alliance HSA 2013 HPF Staff Officers

About Heartland Spiritual Alliance

President:

John Silversmith, Jr Vice President: Aislinn Firehawk Secretary

Kettryn Jones-Clark/Sarah Geimer Treasurer

Michelle Lindeman

Committee Chairs Brochures & Workshops

Heartland Spiritual Alliance (HSA) is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the appreciation and acceptance of a variety of alternative religions and philosophies. We are an all-volunteer, organization whose mission is to promote alternative spirituality through participation in educational activities that focus on similarities within all religions and the respectful, free exchange of spiritual beliefs.

Sherree Ross Community Fires

Jessi Hunter Fundraising/Merchandising:

Greg Meister First Aide

Robyn Hope Gaea Youth

Rachael Vest I.T

John Kramer Meals & Ice

Bill Price Membership

Sherree Ross Merchants

Aislinn Firehawk Newsletter:

Ruairi MacRae Public Relations

Rain Dove Recycling & Trash

Diana Arganbright

Heartland Spiritual Alliance has sought to fulfill its mission in numerous ways such as: Spirit Circle, a networking and educational group that meets in Kansas City; publishing The Heartland Spirit newsletter; and, of course, presenting the Heartland Pagan Festival.

Heartland Spiritual Alliance meets monthly on the second Sunday of each month from 2:00p to 5:00p at Aquarius in Kansas City. All meetings are open to the public. Membership is open to anyone 18 years of age or older.

To become a member of Heartland Spiritual Alliance: Applications are available online or you can write and ask for a hard copy to be mailed to you. With your completed application, send $20.00 by January 31st, for your annual membership (from July to June each year) to our P.O. Box. You must be 18 years of age or older.

Registration/Community Service

Michelle Lindeman Sacred Experience

Sarah Geimer

You must perform a minimum of 20 hours of HSA volunteer time working with a committee).

Security

John Silversmith Jr Speakers, Bands & Housing

Brenda Warren Site and Sanitation

Dana Locke

Board of Directors Dana Locke (Chairman) Kaleigh Jones-Clark, Sarah Geimer, Rachael Vest, Lane Locke, John Mitchell, Patrick Chambers

Vehicular Management

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Heartland Spiritual Alliance PO Box 300926 Kansas City, MO 64130 Phone: 816-743-4045 E-mail: info@kchsa.org Web: www.kchsa.org Like HSA on Facebook

In 1985, there were no Pagan festivals held near the Kansas City area. Interested folks meeting at The Rune picnic formed a group, The Council of the South Winds (CSW). Their first meeting mustered only three people, but the next assembled the first core group of eight, joined by a dozen or so later. These intrepid pioneers put together the first Heartland Pagan Festival (HPF), held June 27-29th, 1986. It was held at Camp Hammond, near Lawrence, KS as a three day event.

CSW repeated the Festival in 1987 at Camp Shawnee near Kansas City with a larger attendance and larger expenses. After much painful debate and deliberation it was decided that incorporation was needed to effectively manage the financial and liability aspects of the event, and The Heartland Spiritual Alliance (HSA) was incorporated September 19, 1988.

In 1991 we saw HPF move to the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation, near Osceola, Missouri. Featured guests were Stewart and Janet Farrar, on their first visit to the United States. There were over 60 workshops, several rituals, two concerts and the first “Merchants In The Round”.

The year we came home was 1992. Gaea Retreat Center, near Tonganoxie, Kansas, owned and operated by Earth Rising, Inc. was the site for the first HPF that did not have any restrictions on size or activities. HSA membership was instrumental in the rehabilitation of the camp, which had been neglected for many years. With considerable donated funds and hundreds of hours of labor contributed to repair and upgrade the camp’s infrastructure. We continue that support to this day.

Heartland Spiritual Alliance is perpetually working for the community through a variety of educational programs and activities consistent with our Mission Statement. Besides hosting the Heartland Pagan Festival, we also have a monthly networking and educational group, Spirit Circle, which meets on the third Thursday of every month at Aquarius-Vulcans Forge in Kansas City, MO. Managed by our Sacred Experience Committee, this gathering has free workshops on a variety of topics of Pagan interest.

Editor’s Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in articles within this publication are strictly those of the authors of each individual article and do not necessarily represent the positions of the Heartland Spiritual Alliance’s Board of Directors, Officers, or Membership

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