Free Spirit Gathering 2026 - 40th year

Rune readers of all experience levels once began by memorizing translated meanings and applying those meanings to answer questions. Each rune represents a specific concept during divination but as complex as those concepts can be in isolation, reading runes can sometimes feel like answering a question without using any verbs. Weaving those concepts into living energies is what brings momentum and clarity to readings. Storytelling is an ancient tradition that has supported learning, sharing, and deepening our understanding of the world since the earliest days of humanity. This class explores the runes of the Northumbrian futhark through the lens of a storyteller and breaths new life into runic divination. Learn a modern approach to working with runic energies and gain a deeper understanding of the way that these energies shape our lives.

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the weirdness

Divination using runes challenges the reader to find their own method for interpreting how each rune fits into a reading. There is no standard way to organize the runes or determine which is read first, which leads to a variety of unique styles and approaches. The variety and freedom of reading runes is a beautiful part of their use as a divinatory tool but can be energetically taxing for the reader or lead to answers feeling incomplete. The 8 Paths Method is a modern framework, developed based on channeled inspiration from Odin. The system involves casting runes onto the 8 Paths Rune Mat and interpreting each cluster of runes created. Join Oak the Nameless to discover how this new technique can enhance your readings and strengthen your relationships with the runes themselves. Participation in Class 1: The Runes as a Story is recommended but not required.

Most of us know that our Pagan roots lie in an animist worldview. Yet the Western lens most of us were born into conflicts and interferes with that animism in ways that we may not be aware of. Reclaiming and deepening our understanding of animist principles and cosmology can inform and transform our spiritual practice and our daily lives.

Times are dark for the LGBTQIA+ community. We face pressure and aggression from the government and, sadly, an upswing of division within our own community. Now, more than ever, we need to come together to celebrate our joys and support one another through our struggles and pain. Join us for a ritual of grief, hope, and empowerment. And remember to keep dancing and keep fighting

A ritual inspired by Heathen Sumbel concepts, boxing and Past, Present and Future. It will be done in three rounds using 1) A Guided meditation, 2) The use of boxing and hand wraps to set intent, 3) a Toast. Swear words and anger are expected.

Ritual is how we step out of ordinary time and into relationship with the deeper currents of existence. It is the way we consciously engage the life force — known across cultures as energy, chi, spirit, or the living dynamo that moves through all things. As part of the natural order, we are not separate from this power; ritual is how we remember our place within it.


In this workshop, we’ll explore how sacred space is created not by tools alone, but through intention, presence, and imagination — our most powerful and often overlooked ritual instrument. Together we’ll examine how ritual opens a shared field where connection, meaning, and transformation can arise.


Suitable for both beginners and ritual veterans, this session offers practical insight, hands-on exploration, and renewed perspective on why ritual works, how it binds us together, and how to consciously shape space that supports magic, devotion, and change.

Bring the planetary gods home.
In this culminating workshop, participants will move from embodiment and archetypal curation into placement and lived practice by exploring where the planetary powers dwell within the natal chart. Through guided reflection and experiential exercises, we will examine how signs shape the expression of each planetary force and how houses reveal the places in life where these energies seek embodiment.
Participants will create a mapping of their natal landscape to discover where their planetary gods seek expression, and how they support the unfolding path ahead. You need not have attended either of the earlier classes to take part and enjoy this one.
Leave with a deeper understanding of your chart as a personal cosmology and a practical framework for working intentionally with your planetary archetypes in daily life, vocation, and spiritual practice.
Please bring a printed copy of your natal chart, or a screen capture chart on your smartphone, along with a notebook and pen for reflection.