THE MYSTERY SCHOOL PRESENTS
Sacred Tools for a Sacred Life
Rattle Making
A 2-Day ceremonial workshop
APRIL 25TH & 26TH
Palmer House NE Portland, Oregon
CREATE A SACRED TOOL
CONNECT TO YOUR OWN ANCESTRAL REMEMBERING
Rattles are one of the oldest ceremonial instruments known to humanity.
Across cultures, sacred sound has accompanied prayer, healing, storytelling, initiation, and celebration.
From European earth-based traditions to the many Indigenous lineages of the Americas, Africa, and beyond — rhythm and rattle have helped people enter altered states, clear space, and call upon spiritual support.
Sacred tools are part of our shared lineages.
You feel the pull toward the sacred.
Now it’s your turn to bring something sacred into form.
In this two-day workshop, we gather in a ceremonial community setting to create.
We’ll honor the making of your rattle — in good relationship with the materials, the lineage of the craft, and your personal process.
Rhythm & Flow
Day Two — Completion
We gather again as community. You'll complete and adorn your rattle, refine its sound, listening and adjusting until the tone feels right. We’ll close together in ceremony, initiating our rattles.
Day One — Creation
We begin with opening ceremony and shared intention. From there, you will be guided through the first stages of creating your rattle. Your rattle will be formed and set to dry overnight.
You’ll set intentions, be guided through meditation, and call forth the wisdom of your ancestors. At completion, we will activate our rattles together.
The Nature of a Rattle
No two are alike.
Some carry a soft, soothing tone.
Some awaken the room the moment they are shaken.
The Materials
You'll be making an animal hide rattle with a wooden handle. All supplies and adornments are provided — hide, string, beads, paint, corn, and natural elements.
You are invited to bring a personal, special, or sacred object to place inside your rattle.
Please bring your own lunch, or food cart pods are just across the street. We may eat together, or you're welcome to walk the neighborhood or sit on the lawn.
Who This Is For
✨Beginning students ✨Healing practitioners ✨Ceremony leaders
This workshop is designed for those who feel a genuine call toward sacred sound, ancestral remembrance, and creating a tool that will live within their spiritual practice. This may not be for you if you prefer fast-paced workshops rather than slow, intentional creation.
What You Leave With
You will leave with:
A fully completed, handcrafted rattle
A sacred tool imbued with ceremony
Confidence in how to work with it
A deeper connection to community, spirit, and ancestry.
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.
Investment
$333 for both days
Two sliding scale spots available $222-$333
Limit to 16 people
SACRED RATTLE CLASS
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.