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  • RITUALS
  • WORKSHOPS
  • INITIATIONS
  • EISTEDDFOD
  • Venue
  • POSTPONEMENT

Jason Drevenak - Primitive Skills

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MAGUS is extremely excited to welcome Jason Drevenak as a special guest and clinician for our 2020 event: Spirit of the Flame! Jason will be setting up camp and offering several workshops on primitive fire skills and the human experience. On top of his amazing knowledge of the practical skills of firecraft, Jason has a powerful perspective on spirit, directly tying in to the overall arc of the event.

Jason Drevenak is president of the North American Bushcraft School and began his relationship with the outdoors as a child on the same property where the North American Bushcraft School operates today. He spent over six years in the U.S. Army as an Airborne combat medical specialist, created and operated The Conch Republic Kayak Company, a sea kayak company and summer camp in Key West, Florida, and has worked at several ACA white water and ocean kayaking schools on the east and west coasts of North America. Jason was the Manager and Head Instructor for The Nantahala Outdoor Center’s Wilderness Survival & Primitive Skills School for several years. Jason is also the Lead Instructor for the Outdoor Leader Degree’s Primitive Living course offered at Southwestern Community College in Bryson City North Carolina. Some of Jason’s mentors include Dr. Erret Callahan, Nancy Basket, Eddie Starnater and Richard Cleveland. Jason regularly teaches and offeres demonstrations at the Earthskills Rendezvous in Georgia, Firefly and Piedmont Gatherings in North Carolina and the Mother Earth News Fair in PA. He currently holds an NC and WV EMT-Intermediate certification as well as being an AHA CPR BLS and AED Instructor, Jason also teaches wilderness medicine for Stone Hearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) and back-country firecraft at the annual Appalachian Wilderness Medical Conference and the WV School of Osteopathic Medicine. In 2015, Jason trekked the entire Serengeti National Park in Tanzania Africa with the National Geographic channel for a TV documentary called “Mygrations.”

Find more information about Jason and the North American Bushcraft School at:
www.northamericanbushcraftschool.com

Briel Driscoll - Phyteasana

We are elated to have Briel Driscoll joining us as both a resident yoga instructor, and a workshop clinician for MAGUS 2020.   Briel will be combining aspects of yoga, movement, herbalism, and energy work to awaken the ancient spirits within to prepare us for the Primal Fire Ritual. 

Briel, also a member of OBOD, is a Traditional Western Herbalist, Yoga Instructor, Dance Teacher, Movement Artist, and Reiki teacher offering private and group classes in State College, PA. All of these modalities offer support and self care tools for individuals of all walks of life.


 Briel holds a BFA in dance from Temple University and has been studying movement since she was a young child. Briel first started doing yoga while in college and felt particularly drawn to alignment based yoga styles such as Iyengar and Anusara. In the summer of 2017 she traveled to Rishikesh, India where she completed a 200 hour Astanga Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course at the International Society of Yoga and Meditation. 

 In 2015 she relocated to Ithaca, NY to do a 400 hour Community Herbalism Intensive The Northeast School of Botanical Medicine with herbalist/botanist 7Song. After the course was over she went on to apprentice with him through 2017. Previous to this move she studied with Herbalist Susan Hess near Philadelphia, PA. In herbalism her interests lie specifically in how to incorporate herbal medicines easily into peoples lives, immune support for families, educating individuals about the plants that grow around them, and in the realm of sexual health. 

 Reiki entered Briel's life early in 2009 when she began studying at the Reiki School and Clinic in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a Reiki Master Practitioner certificate from The Reiki School and got her Reiki Master Teacher certificate through Learn Reiki Philadelphia in 2012. Since then she has taught all levels of Usui Shiki Ryoho, certified new teachers and worked with private clients. She also host Yoga and Reiki classes and community Reiki clinics. 

To learn more about Briel and her work please visit:
www.phyteasana.com



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Derek Batz - Mead Maker Extrordinaire

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MAGUS is thrilled to have prolific mead maker Derek Batz joining us in 2020! Derek, with the assistance of Chris Cynefin, will be offering a workshop on at-home mead production with tips and tricks from a professional. We have some wonderful surprises planned for this workshop, and hope that all those interested in learning the sacred alchemy of mead making will attend! Derek will also be the Lead Adjudicator for our Fermentation Adjudication Contest.

Derek is the owner of Dragonfire Meadery and has been making mead professionally for four years. He has been practicing Druidry for 15 years and as is on a personal path of incorporating Druidry in to everyday life. Suited for rural living, he and his family have recently moved to the country to connect deeper to nature, and to bring the Dragonfire Meadery on-site.

Visit Dragonfire Meadery at:
www.dragonfiremeadery.com

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The mission of the Mid-Atlantic Gathering, U.S. (MAGUS) is to provide a safe, sophisticated, and welcoming environment for Druid and Druid-Adjacent members of our community to congregate and connect to spirit in all forms.

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