We make our living by serving you, the spiritual community. That means that we're out and about, attending festivals, teaching workshops and classes, and putting ourselves out where you can reach us. In addition to our holistic healing practice, I teach classes on a wide range of spiritual and magickal topic. Chances are, you can find us out in the community, doing some sort of work and giving all that we can. If you're organizing an event, please feel free to contact me at jeffrey@oldways.com and I'll see if we can fit it into our calendar. If you're looking to find us out and about in the offline world, start with the calendar below.
August 16 - 17
Ocean Shores, Washington
Briana and I will be at the booth for Sage and Scribe (our product line that embraces our handmade holistic healing products, handcrafted wands and incense, and holistic healing services) .
August 14 @ 8:00 PM
Salem, Oregon
If we are truly spiritual beings, then why do we feel disconnected from the divine? How do we bridge this perceived gap? Can we experience the divine, whether we call it God, the Goddess, Spirit, first hand? And if so, how do we do this?
In this class we'll look at the reasons for our perceived division between ourselves and the sacred and learn techniques to cross that boundary. From prayer, to shamanic journeying, from dreamwork to intuitive navigation, we'll step out of our comfort zones and participate in exercises to experience the divine firsthand.
August 19 @ 7:00 PM
Salem, Oregon
Moving energy beyond what we can feel in order to influence the world around us is the focus of nearly all magickal work. The techniques that were learned in the previous three classes come together as we consider the concept of ritual work. From empowering your morning cup of coffee to working spells to attract money, interpret your dreams, or heal a sickness, you've learned all of the necessary techniques, it's just a matter of understanding how to weave them together. We'll work a simple blessing spell at the midpoint of the class, consider the implications of ritual work in a group and solitary environments, and touch briefly on magickal defense, other plane work, and candle magick. The last half of the class will involve working a group ritual with the intent of blessing those in attendance and opening the appropriate doors to facilitate future growth.
August 21 @ 8:00 PM
Salem, Oregon
We've lived before - and we'll live again. The concept isn't as crazy as it sounds. In fact, when looked at from a logical and open-minded perspective, reincarnation actually makes more sense than any other possible explanation for our current lives as human beings.
This class will introduce you to the concepts of reincarnation, it's acceptance in numerous world religions (including early Christianity), and how past and future lives can influence everything from your health to your spiritual path. We'll be doing two concrete exercises designed to help you remember your past lives with the goal of leaving the class with glimpses of at least two of your previous incarnations.
August 26 @ 7:00 PM
Salem, Oregon
Symbols are more than just images, more than colors, shapes, or even tools. For the magickal practitioner, each symbol is an energetic flashcard, granting immediate access to a particular “flavor” of energy. In this class you'll learn how to energetically access symbols, how to store energy for later use, and how to utilize everything from the clothes and jewelry you wear to your body language as a tool to access energy. Along the way we'll consider how to tap into a wide range of natural energy sources, how to shift energy with ease from one dynamic vibration to another, and how to remove the natural “filters” that we have that prejudice how we see, interact, and interpret the energy around us.
September 2 @ 7:00 PM
Salem, Oregon
Tools and constructs allow the magickal practitioner to set aside a reserve of specific energy and tap into as needed. The easiest way to understand this is to think of the wands in the movie Harry Potter. In that (fictitious) reality, the students were unable to work magick without access to their wand. In our reality, tools and constructs simply enhance, focus, or empower our natural ability to utilize magickal energy. In this class we'll learn to work with traditional magickal tools, we'll set up an altar and learn how its symbolism translates directly into ritual work, and we'll learn how to create our own tools and energy constructs to use in our own magickal practices.
September 9 @ 7:00 PM
Salem, Oregon
Moving energy beyond what we can feel in order to influence the world around us is the focus of nearly all magickal work. The techniques that were learned in the previous three classes come together as we consider the concept of ritual work. From empowering your morning cup of coffee to working spells to attract money, interpret your dreams, or heal a sickness, you've learned all of the necessary techniques, it's just a matter of understanding how to weave them together. We'll work a simple blessing spell at the midpoint of the class, consider the implications of ritual work in a group and solitary environments, and touch briefly on magickal defense, other plane work, and candle magick. The last half of the class will involve working a group ritual with the intent of blessing those in attendance and opening the appropriate doors to facilitate future growth.