THE MYSTERY SCHOOL PRESENTS
Sacred Tools Ceremonial Workshop
Altar Brooms
A ONE-DAY CEREMONIAL SPACE TO HONOR OUR SHARED LINEAGE
Saturday, June 27TH ✦ Outdoors Portland Or. ✦ All materials included
There’s something deeply human about creating the tools we live and practice with.
And in the process, something inside remembers how to slow down.
The noise in our mind softens.
The nervous system of our body settles.
Through touch, fiber, form, and intention.
For generations, people crafted the tools that blessed their homes, tended their altars, protected thresholds, and marked life’s transitions. The broom was one of them.
Not merely a household object — but a sacred instrument of clearing, preparation, protection, and care.
One of the oldest symbols of the sacred feminine
SHE REMAINS AN ICON:
THE WOMAN WITH THE BROOM
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But do we truly know what she is holding?
The power of it.
The history of it.
The broom is older than we realize. Older than the word ritual.
In ancient Rome, there was a goddess named Deverra — from the Latin deverro, “to sweep away.” She protected midwives and women in labor. Her symbol was the broom, used to purify temples before worship could begin.
Before the sacred could enter, the space had to be prepared.
THE BROOM WAS HER SACRED TOOL.
NOW, WE MAKE ONE TOGETHER.
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Across lineages, the broom has long symbolized the matriarch, the keeper of the home, the steward of wellbeing, and the tending of everything in it.
A BROOM IS USED:
To clear stagnant energy.
To bless a threshold.
To prepare for ritual.
To begin again.
AND YOUR BROOM, IT WILL HOLD ALL OF THIS
In folk traditions, brooms were placed near cradles to protect newborns.
Paths were swept outside of temples and ceremonial spaces.
Homes were cleared after illness, grief, conflict, and life transitions to restore balance and aliveness.
Everyone who has ever swept with intention was participating in something ancestral, something practiced.
This is lineage.
This is remembrance.
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Many people feel drawn toward sacred practice but haven't yet found the right doorway in.
Others have been walking a spiritual path for years and are longing to deepen it — to hold something meaningful in their hands that was made by their own hands.
This workshop was created for both.
No crafting or spiritual experience is needed. Only curiosity, presence, and a willingness to create.
THE EXPERIENCE
This is not a fast-paced craft class.
It is intentional creation.
An immersive day of ceremony, artistry, conversation, and ancestral remembering.
We gather outdoors in community.
We start with ceremony.
We call to our loving ancestors and set our intentions.
We create something beautiful and lasting together.
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There will be fibers and thread in your hands, quiet moments of focus, and natural exchange of shares and connection while creating side by side.
You may find yourself remembering something you just feel deep within — a familiarity, a sense that your hands already know this.
Because somewhere in your lineage, they did.
The day:
CEREMONY
Amber Jane opens the space. We arrive. Settle. Deepen.
Before a single fiber is bound, you will write the intention that will be imbued within your broom. Together we will connect with loving ancestors, the nature spirits that provided these materials, and the lineage of sacred makers you are stepping into.
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CRAFT
Cass guides the making process with expertise, warmth, and care. This is spacious, supported creation — not rushed production.
There will be breaks. Conversation. Beauty. The kind of connection that naturally happens when hands are busy, and hearts are open.
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We close in ceremony, and you leave with a finished altar broom in your hands.
Not only something beautiful — but something meaningful.
The Materials
You will create an altar broom from turkey tail fiber and tampico with a soft fan shape and no wooden handle.
Each broom will be unique and similar.
Some may live on an altar.
Some may hang beside a doorway.
Some may become part of rituals for years to come.
Either way, they carry the feeling of something timeless — as though they have always belonged to you.
All materials are included.
Please bring your own lunch or explore nearby options.
WHAT YOU MAY FIND LONG AFTER THE WORKSHOP
An altar object that reminds you of what you are capable of creating.
A ritual tool for clearing and blessing your space.
A companion for clearing, healing work, or seasonal transitions.
A meaningful object infused with intention, memory, and community.
Something beautiful enough to keep forever — and perhaps someday hand down.
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THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU IF…
✦ You feel drawn to sacred tools and ancestral crafts
✦ You long for spirituality that feels embodied and real
✦ You crave meaningful community and slower, sacred experiences that give you pause
✦ You are a healing practitioner deepening your ceremonial toolkit
✦ You feel called toward mystery school teachings and ancestral remembering
Investment
$166 for the day
Two financial spots available
Limit to 13 people
Your Teacher
Cass Estes
An intuitive coach, shamanic practitioner, and maker whose work lives at the intersection of healing and creation. She blends neuroscience with spiritual practice, bringing beauty and care to spaces where making becomes a pathway to presence and intuitive knowing. Through 1:1 sessions, gatherings and classes, she invites people into deeper connection with their bodies and inner wisdom.
Alongside her coaching and facilitation, Cass creates sacred tools and intentional garments, including snake-inspired pieces designed as symbolic allies for transformation, power and sensual self-expression. Through her work, she supports people in cultivating embodiment, creative expression, and trust in their own intuitive knowing. Her work is grounded in the belief that we are sensual beings who thrive through creativity, connection and joy. ✨ https://www.cassestes.com/
Your Ceremonialist
Amber Jane Arquette
Is a ceremonialist, healer, and founder of the Mystery School. For many years she has guided students and clients through ceremony, energy medicine, and ancestral reconnection. Her training includes Lakota traditions of song, honoring the Medicine Wheel, and working in relationship with helping spirits and ancestors.
Through her healing practice and teachings, Amber Jane helps people reconnect with their own spiritual authority and the deeper wisdom within their lineage. Her mission is to support sovereignty in humanity—offering practical and ceremonial pathways for those who feel called to bring more light, love, healing, and joy into the world. She is devoted to helping people step into their path with confidence, support, and empowered presence.
“I have a practice of sweeping after each healing session, clearing all that has been cleansed to renew my space for the next person.”
This workshop is offered only once each year.
Part of the Sacred Tools ceremonial workshop series offered through the Mystery School — each connected to a craft, a tradition, and a moment in the turning year.
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Reawaken the ritual power of the broom
Something still capable of shaping the way we tend space, energy, and threshold.
Come to invoke, come to create.
Come to keep an old practice from disappearing under modern life.
Spots are limited ✦ All materials included
SACRED Tools
ceremonial Workshop
There may be volunteer positions available for the price of supplies. Please reach out to hello@amberjanehealing.com
About the Mystery School
A school devoted to making spiritual power real — and lived.
Founded by Amber Jane Arquette, the Mystery School exists for those who feel called to walk a deeper path. Not just to study it — but to embody it.
Through self-mastery, energy mastery, and reconnection to ancient wisdom, these teachings offer practical, ethical, and embodied pathways for people who are ready to step into their own spiritual authority.
Sacred skills are taught here with reverence for lineage, relationship, and responsibility. Cass Estes has been invited to bring her wisdom, skills, and warmth to these sacred tool workshops, offered throughout the year.
This rattle workshop is one of many pathways into embodied remembering.
There is more coming. You are welcome here.
Coming up this year
Drum making ~ Feather fan making ~ Broom making ~ Smoking bundle
Workshop Refund & Cancellation Policy
Because our Sacred Tools workshops have limited seating and require advance preparation of materials and supplies, we maintain the following refund policy:
3 Weeks Before the Workshop
Full refunds are available up to 3 weeks prior to the start of the workshop, minus a 10% processing fee.
Within 7 Days of the Workshop
Cancellations made within 7 days of the workshop are eligible for a 50% refund, due to the limited number of available spots and preparation costs.
However, if we are able to fill your spot from the waitlist, we will gladly offer a full refund minus the 10% processing fee.
After 7 days prior to the event, all registrations are final. If you are unable to attend, no refunds will be issued, as your space and materials have already been prepared.
Your ticket may be transferred to another person or donated.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you.