Awakening our Earth Body: Folk Magic, Animism &amp; Trolldom Join us for a weekend of deep, embodied connection with place. Together, we will explore practices rooted in ancestral traditions to support ourselves, our communities, and the living Earth. Many of us were raised without a sense of cultural grounding or practices for cultivating relationship with place and its spirits. The legacy of colonization still impacts our communities and our bodies. Whether as communities of diaspora, grieving lost ancestral ways, or as first nations people, reclaiming culture from erasure, we gather to explore what it means to be people of place and reciprocity. Real folk magic has always been about what is actually needed to survive, heal, and thrive. Throughout our time together we will explore and build upon magic rooted in ancient traditions while also welcoming new and emergent impulses that result in practical and relevant spells for the times of crisis we live in now. This is more than just a program about the old ways, this is two days of intense magical exploration, embodiment of the elements, and active sorcery for our world. In these times, the longing for connection across difference feels urgent, and rooting back into the living earth becomes an even stronger imperative. As beings of the land, the basket that holds our magic is—and always has been—the earth-body, our body: the source of all magical and ceremonial protocols, stories, songs, and dreams. This invitation is less about scholarship of old cultures; it is about a living practice, as we heed the call of the all too used metaphor, “tend the flames, not worship the ashes.”&nbsp; We will be courting our embodied relationship with the more-than-human-world and walking away clearer in our unique style of listening, sensing and magic making. In this spirit, we invite you to a weekend of immersive practice with three deeply seasoned practitioners of magic, story, and ceremony. We will steep ourselves in the old lore, stories, and ceremonies in service to place, here on Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok land.&nbsp; What will you Learn:Traditional generational magic systems (K-I wonder about being more specific here as this is, of course, a vast and long study…)Wisdom encoded in storyHow to use perception of yourself, the elements, and spirits in healing and magicHow to build you own magical spell songSpadom, DivinationMagical HerbalismMethods for creating spells for healing, binding, and luck Create your own Trollpase (Spell bag):Every participant will implement workshop lessons to create their own spell bag and spell song/story using traditional techniques and magically harvested material from the land.&nbsp; Who: Kari StettlerErik OhlsenChaise Levy When: ~October 17th and 18th 2026 ~~ 10 AM to 4 PM Each Day~~6 PM to 9:30 PM Potluck and Ancestor Ritual on Saturday evening~ Location sent upon registration Registration: $325 regular price ticketREGISTER before 9/11 for $275 early bird price $500+ High Tier ticket for those with means that wish to support scholarship tickets.