The BUST Craftacular—N.Y.C.’s longest-running indie craft fair, now in its 14th year –is welcoming 200-women-owned brands to Brooklyn’s Industry City (Factory Floor, 220 36th St., Brooklyn, NY, 11232) on December 7th and 8th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for a shopping event unlike any other. And this year, attendees can also choose from over 60 lady-led classes, including 11 occult-inspired workshops perfect for woo-woo women who like to take a walk on the witchy side. Peruse these great options, all of which are available to attend for only $15 a ticket, and then gaze into your crystal ball to divine which of these skills you’ll be practicing in the future:
Practical Magic
Herbal Bundle Making with Cult Party
With Cult Party founder, Debbie Allen
We’ll go over historical uses of smoke cleansing, terminology and being a responsible witch, what different herbs we can use and what they are for, working with the seasons, and lastly create our own bundles!
Cult Party is a new Intersectional Feminist Witchy collectively run boutique, gallery, event space and community center in Bushwick Brooklyn.
Birth Chart Interpretation
With New York based and established astrologer, Lisa Stardust.
Our astrological birth charts are a map to our soul’s deepest desires. Understanding each house requires guidance and knowledge. This class is in depth look into unmasking the potential of each house in our birth charts.
Lunar Intention-Setting Circle
With third generation healer and Sex, Love & Relationship expert, Cara Kovacs
Join third generation healer Cara Kovacs with intention setting, ritual, and manifestation for the Full Moon in Capricorn. Full moons open a portal of transformation and self-revelation. This auspicious occasion begs us to reflect on how we work to achieve our visions and desires. Where can we tweak our practices to empower our dreams? We will meditate, manifest and make magic together. Bring a journal and an open mind.
Magical infused oil class for Self love: Lizzo edition!
With Cult Party founder, Debbie Allen
Self Love is the most potent love spell there is! In this class we will be using herbs, crystals, essential oils and a carrier oil to create our self love potion. Magical infused oils can be used for anointing candles or objects or yourself or you can add it to your bath or any other way you creative witches find!
Cult Party is a new Intersectional Feminist Witchy collectively run boutique, gallery, event space and community center in Bushwick Brooklyn.
Understanding Your Moon Sign
With New York based and established astrologer, Lisa Stardust.
Our Moon signs signify our innermost emotions and memories. This class provides an in depth look at the lunar sign in the birth chart, plus an overall scope of what each lunar sign means.
Color Magic for Creatives
With professional witch, experiential curator, art advisor, conjurer of color magic, and intuitive tarot reader, Sarah Potter
Color Magic for Creatives is an experiential workshop that gives attendees the opportunity to harness the intentional power if the rainbow to spark inspiration. Color Magic is a manifestation tool which uses the vibrational energy of a range colors to invoke change and emotional responses within ourselves and our environments. In this class, we will be working with specific hues to nurture our creativity and invoke inspiration. In a world that is more geared towards freelance work, how do we stay inspired when our livelihood depends on constant creative output? How do we tap into our creativity to feel nourished and productive? This class is not just for artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs! Creativity is part of being a human. We all get stuck, we all find ourselves in a rut of our daily routine and the mundane, but we need to shift our perspective and keep things exciting in order to lead inspired lives which keep us thriving and setting new goals in order to get psyched to get out of bed every morning to see our world in multidimensional technicolor! This class will include a ritual to invoke inspiration (which you can practice in your own home or creative space at any time you need a boost!) as well as the creation of a talisman to take home with you to provide inspiration moving forward.
Sex Magic
Sex Magick
With freelance writer based in Brooklyn, Sophie Saint Thomas
There is power in pleasure. Sex magick is harnessing sexual energy and orgasms to manifest a goal, which does not need to be sexual in nature. You can come for money. Both the desire for pleasure and power are stigmatized by institutions that would prefer us powerless. In this class, which does not require nudity or touching, we will learn what sex magick is, its controversial origins, and how to do it.
Holistic Practices for Sexual Empowerment
With third-generation healer and sex, love & relationship expert Cara Kovacs
Join sex and relationship coach Cara Kovacs on a journey to cultivate personal practices to empower your sex life. Where are old narratives and patterns from the past holding you back from sexually thriving? How can you incorporate empowerment and ritual into your love life to strengthen your partnership, attract a lover, or simply find sensual and sexual fulfillment in your own divine body? Bring a journal and an open mind.
Divination
Palmistry Basics
With modern palm reader and author Helene Saucedo
Learn the basics of palm reading with Helene Saucedo, the author of the Handful of Stars Palmistry Guidebook and Hand-printing Kit released this year from HarperCollins. Attendees will ink their palm print onto her trademarked purple paper from the kit, and be guided through a step by step palm reading analyzing the four major lines on the hand (heart line, head line, life line, and line of stability), mounts, as well as taking a look as the elemental shape of the hand and its tie into one’s astrological chart.
All supplies will be provided. It is not necessary for the attendees to buy the kit to attend, but it will be available for purchase.
Meet your Future Self
With N.Y.C. based professional Quantum Healing Hypnotherapist, Trish Burger
Ready to see who are 100 or 200 years into the future? Find out more about yourself during this future self experience. In this workshop we will be using the Dolores Cannon method of guided regression with light hypnosis. You will have a chance to see and experience who you could possibly be in the future. You will also have a chance to understand the lessons and the purpose of your future self. Patterns repeat in lifetimes until you learn the lessons and transcend your challenges. Incorporating the new information of who you become in your future life can add clarity to the current life you are living. This class uses light hypnosis. I find clients who meditate regularly can go deeper. A meditation practice is not a prerequisite but can be helpful. Try meditating for 10 minutes a day for a few days before the class for the best experience.
Past Life Regression
With NYC based professional Quantum Healing Hypnotherapist, Trish Burger
Ready to remember who you were in a past life? Are you drawn to a specific time in history and you are not sure why? Find out more about yourself during this past life regression experience. In this workshop we will be using the Dolores Cannon method of guided regression. You will have a chance to see and experience who you were in a past life. You will also have a chance to understand the lessons and purpose of your past life. Patterns repeat in lifetimes until you learn the lessons and transcend your challenges. Incorporating the new information of who you were in your past life can add clarity to the current life you are living. This is accomplished during the group regression by using simple visualization and imagery techniques. The group is regressed back in time to see one of their past lives using light hypnosis. You will be able to see important days in that lifetime and also remember if you have lived with people from your current life before.
Intrigued? Hurry up and grab a ticket for these amazing BUST Craftacular events before they’re gone! Classes are $15 and tickets are available at craftacular.bust.com.
