Unless specifically stated, all workshops and rituals are for all ages and abilities. We encourage kids to participate – in our youth area and in our all-ages activities! We assume kids will be present at everything and so all activities are cultivated with family-friendliness in mind.
Specific activities for the kids can be found on our youth schedule page.
friday
5 ish Potluck
Potluck is an opportunity to gather and meet your friends from past festivals and new friends, too! Bring a dish to share with ingredients listed. Hot dogs, buns, and fixings will be provided and we will have two fire rings available for cooking: one for animal protein and one for plant based foods.
7 Opening Ritual – facilitated by Kateri
Join us in opening our Mabon weekend as we step into sacred space and to begin writing our community story together. Through reflection, shared experience, and connection, we’ll explore what it means to arrive as our whole selves—carrying our own stories, experiences, and burdens—while becoming part of something larger. Together, we’ll consider what community can offer us, what we each bring to it, and how simply witnessing and supporting one another can lighten what we carry. Whether this is your first gathering or one of many, you are invited to find your place within the story we create together this weekend.
Drumming and Dancing – Led by Doug
Bring out your drums and your dancing feet and feel the rhythm of the season.
11 Quiet Time
Festivities end and everyone winds down into firelight conversation at their own campsites.
saturday
8 Coffee at Tree Frog
Roll out of your slumber into a hot cup of joe, tea, or just come for conversation. Please bring your own mug or we have disposable cups available with a variety of fixins’ like sugar, creamer, etc…
8 Meet and Greet – Led by Jessica at Tree Frog
Now that you are awake, meet some Green Bandanas and fellow event goers. Silly ice breaker games to get us all warmed up to spend relaxing intimate time together.
9 Community Barter – Led by Allison at Tent A
Do you have some beloved treasures that you want to give a new home? Bring your gently used magickal accoutrements to the Community Barter to help them find a new home. No money will be expected or exchanged. All objects will have a home at the end of the workshop time.
9 Quantum Flow – Led by Jessica at Tent B
Step into the balance of Mabon—where light meets shadow, the earth begins to exhale, and we gather inward what has grown within us.
As the wheel turns toward autumn, nature invites us to slow, soften, and return to center. The Eight Brocades is an ancient qigong practice that weaves gentle movement, breath, and intention together to cultivate balance and encourage the natural flow of energy through the body.
Together, we’ll move through eight flowing forms, opening and stretching the body while creating space for energy to move freely. Like gathering the harvest from a season of growth, this practice offers an opportunity to collect our scattered energy, nourish what we wish to carry forward, and gently release what no longer needs to travel with us.
Come breathe, move, and gather yourself home as we honor the turning of the wheel and the quiet magic of the Mabon.
Please wear comfortable clothing you can move freely in. All experience levels are welcome.
10 – How to Play Didgeridoo – Led by Doug at Tent A
Learn the history and the basics of playing one of the oldest instruments in the world: the Didgeridoo. This long, tubular instrument is often identified with the Aboriginal people of Australia. We start with the basic drone, then work our way up through various sounds and rhythms, and finally an introduction to the circular breathing techniques which are so characteristic of the Didgeridoo. Bring your own if you have one, or borrow one of the instructors’ instruments in this hands… er, “lips on” workshop!
10 Elder Futhark Runes Overview – Led by Burt Johns at Tent B
“The Elder Futhark is the oldest runic alphabet (in Northern Europe), used from the 2nd to the 8th century by Germanic peoples for writing, magic, and divination. Inscriptions are found on artifacts including jewelry, amulets, plateware, tools, and weapons, as well as runestones. The earliest known sequential listing of the alphabet dates to 400 AD and is found on the Kylver Rune Stone in Gotland, Sweden.
This is an introduction to the Elder Futhark runes. We will cover a brief history of the runes, their meanings, how to cast and read them.”
11 Mead – Led by Forest at Tent B
Come join community brewers as we discuss brewing and recipes on how we make wonderful concoctions! Please bring your homebrew to share with the community. This workshop is for those who are 21+ only and over-age wristband is required.
11 Tea – Led by Jessica at Tent A
Come join us while we brew some tea and exchange recipes, tips and tricks. Bring your favorite herbs, tea set, add-ins or snack! We will have plenty of hot water, honey, maple syrup, and an extra brewing pot. This workshop is for all ages!
12 Lunch
Eat at your campsite or bring your plate to Tree Frog and socialize!
1 Brewing for Beltane (Part 1)- Led by Matthew at Tent A
Come help me brew a batch of mead! Together over the fire, we’ll boil the honey, add the mead-spices, pitch the yeast, and wake the Bryggjamann! I’ll then take it home to ferment and bottle. If all goes as planned, we’ll uncork it and drink it together come spring at Beltane. Bring a comfortable chair.
1 Blackout Poetry & Bibliomancy – Led by Raven at Tent B
“What happens when we mix words, art, intuition, and a little bit of chance? In this hands-on workshop, we’ll experiment with blackout poetry through the lens of bibliomancy—the practice of opening a book to a random page and finding meaning in the words you discover there.
Starting with a question, intention, or simply an open mind, participants will work with found book pages, noticing words and phrases that catch their attention and experimenting with ways to connect them into something new. We’ll use drawing, mark-making, collage, and other creative approaches to transform the surrounding text and turn each page into a one-of-a-kind piece of visual poetry.Along the way, we’ll explore how creative constraints, chance, and intuition can spark insight and meaning-making.
Supplies will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own markers, pens, etc. No writing or art experience is needed—just a willingness to experiment, play, and see what emerges.”
2 Brewing for Beltane (Part 2) – Led by Matthew at Tent A
Come help me brew a batch of mead! Together over the fire, we’ll boil the honey, add the mead-spices, pitch the yeast, and wake the Bryggjamann! I’ll then take it home to ferment and bottle. If all goes as planned, we’ll uncork it and drink it together come spring at Beltane. Bring a comfortable chair.
2 Forming a Community Ritual – Led by Watching Wolf at Tent B
Please join us for a workshop where we will form our closing ritual for the festival, together as a community. If you would like to participate in closing ritual, or gain some experience collaborating to write a ritual, then this is the place for you. Please bring ritual ideas, a chair, and something to take notes with.
3 A 2-Part Foundation in Fire Tending Part I: Raising the Flame – Building – Led by Rev. Mother FireRose at Tent A
A lesson on building the flame.
3 Weaving Your Dreams with Spider Energy – Led by Windflower at Tent B
Embody your creative spider energy and weave your own dreamcatcher! We all have unique dreaming experiences… some don’t recall dreams at all, and others experience lucid dreaming. Dreams are manifestations of current or past life events, delivering messages to us in our unconscious state. Mindfully weaving a dreamcatcher with your own intentions is a powerful way to protect your energy while in dream state, as it sifts through what does and does not benefit your highest self. If you have a special crystal, feather, or anything you might want to integrate into their dreamcatcher, bring it with you!
4 A 2-Part Foundation in Fire Tending Part II: Keeping the Vigil – Tending – Led by Rev. Mother FireRose at Tent A
A lesson on tending the flame.
4 Drumming with Doug– Led by Doug at Tent B
Come join Doug, as he goes over drumming basics and rhythms. Drums will be provided from Doug’s personal collection, but you can bring your own drum if you would like to use it. A comfortable chair is recommended.
5 Dinner
Eat at your campsite or bring your plate to Tree Frog and socialize!
6 Mabon Main Ritual – Facilitated by Raven
The Fall Equinox (Mabon) is a time of equal day and equal night—a powerful symbol of balance that we can draw upon in our own personal and spiritual growth. In this ritual, we’ll tap into the rhythms of the Mabon season, reflecting on where we might invite greater balance into our lives as we enter the dark half of the year. Together, we’ll explore balance through reflection, intention, and rhythm, creating a simple percussion instrument to take home as a reminder of the intentions we’ve set and the rhythms we hope to carry with us into the season ahead.
7 Drumming and Dancing – Led by Doug
Bring out your drums and your dancing feet and feel the rhythm of the season.
11 Quiet Time
Festivities end and everyone winds down into firelight conversation at their own campsites.
sunday
8 Coffee at Tree Frog
Roll out of your slumber into a hot cup of joe, tea, or just come for conversation. Please bring your own mug or we have disposable cups available with a variety of fixins’ like sugar, creamer, etc…
9 Closing Ritual – Led by Watching Wolf and Community
Join us in circle a final time as we take a moment to reflect upon our festival experience and express gratitude for our time together. This ritual was built collaboratively by the community during Saturday’s 2pm “Forming a Community Ritual” workshop led by Watching Wolf!
Participants are invited to bring chair. The ritual lasts about 45 minutes.
11 Check out time
Be safe on your journey home and we hope to see you again next season!
All dates, times, and workshops are subject to change. Please check back often to see any updates. Any views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by the workshop host(s) are solely that of the workshop host(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, policies, or position of Mountain Mysteries. Participant discretion is advised.
Throughout the festival weekend, you will have the opportunity to learn about and, at times, engage in spiritual practices from a variety of different traditions and individuals’ lived experiences. Participation in any and all activities during festival is purely voluntary. All things at Mountain Mysteries are an invitation not an expectation. You are welcome to participate at the level that feels right for you and It is OK not to participate or to pass on any activity at any time.
While spirituality can be an important aspect of an individual’s wellness journey, spiritual practice is not a substitution for professional physical or mental health care and other social support services. If you or someone you know is struggling, seek professional help.
Resource cards from the organization Hope For The Day are available at the festival. These cards list important crisis-intervention/support hotline numbers as well as a QR code linked to HFTD’s resource compass which lists financial assistance, food pantries, medical care and other free or reduced-cost help searchable by zip code. Please feel free to take one or a few of these cards home with you or access their Find Help resource page here: https://www.hftd.org/find-help