Starwood Festival

[3] It featured entertainment, public ceremonies and rituals,[4] and classes on subjects such as sensory isolation, Kirlian photography, Neopaganism, shamanism, Wicca, holistic health, tarot divination, Thelema, and past life regression.

[5] The first Starwood was held July 24–26, 1981 at Coopers Lake Campground, the same site as the Society for Creative Anachronism's Pennsic War in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.

[3] Starwood offers approximately 150 workshops, on topics including alternative lifestyles, political & spiritual activism, spiritual traditions, consciousness-altering technologies and substances (such as biofeedback, sensory-isolation, mind machines, entheogenic and other mind-altering substances), martial arts & movement systems, history, magic, folklore, art & music, metaphysics and environmental issues.

[2][1] There are classes on the drumming and dancing styles of Africa, South America, Ireland, the Middle East and elsewhere.

According to the event organizers, the festival is designed for members of all spiritual paths to share their customs and beliefs.