Serpent Mound Star KNOWLEDGE Full Moon Fall Equinox Peace Summit
September 25,26,27,2026
Healers A Place for You to Heal.
On A Full Moon, Envision a profound convergence of ancient wisdom from across the universe, situated within a five-mile-wide meteor impact crater. Woodland Escape (our event site) is situated on the eastern side of the crater rim, and Serpent Mound is on the western side; they are united by a fault line. The Peace Summit is a sacred space where elders from all nations, races, and relations share wisdom, promoting a culture of compassion, love, and unity. Be inspired by celebrated thought leaders who ignite positive change. We feature live music, drumming, ceremony, and remarkable vendors.
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Woodland Escape is an Appalachian scenic retreat. It is nestled in the beautiful hills of Adams County, only 6 miles from The Great Serpent Mound. The land is on an Ancient Sea Bed Centered in a 320 million year old Meteor Impact Crater. Located 75 miles east of Cincinnati, 76 Miles Southeast of Dayton and 80 Miles South of Columbus. Located on 33200 State Route 41 Peebles, Ohio 45660.
Tom Johnson conducts workshops On the Serpent Mound Impact Crater, Many Universities use this service and he has taken hundreds of students and teachers into the crater over the years. He Studies the diverse geology, magnetics, faults, and minerals on the tour.
Recent work airs on the History Channel, Ancient Aliens segment on Serpent Mound and adjoining meteor crater Season 3 Episode 1 and Blind frog ranch.
Tom Johnson, owner of The House of Phacops, began researching the Isotelus Trilobite, Official State Fossil of Ohio, in 1985. The largest known example of the State fossil is on exhibit at his shop. Built on the foundation of a tannery that operated in Locust Grove around 1850, the building is clad with Ordovician flat rock quarried in Adams County. The Ordovician seabed, dating back 438 million years, attracted Johnson to Adams County because the ancient seabed contains the finest known examples of the Isotelus Trilobite.
Collected a lot around Sylvania, Ohio in an old 350 million year old sea bed 90 feet under ground through the 60's and 70's until the government stopped that activity with MSHA and OSHA 1979, He then moved to southern Ohio and began collecting an even older sea bed of 438 million. Many trips around the planet to collect and study fossils dating back to 2,7 billion years, recognized for his achievements in 1984 by the Smithsonian and National Geographic, he has written 3 books and lectured on the subject of trilobites.
THOMAS JOHNSON THUNDER ROCK OF THE STARS ROSWELL NEW MEXICO CONNECTION
As a Young man Thomas Johnsonand His family would Travel from Detroit to Roswell New Mexico at least once a year Thomas Johnson's Uncle Art Brosius would take him and Aunt Eva to the Bottomless Lakes,Ruidoso Cloud Croft, White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Leadville Colorado, Karnie Nebraska and many other places to fish or explore.The late Arthur Brosius, a Provost Sergeant with the 340th Military Police Escort Corps, was involved in getting the base operational, starting September 5, 1942. A interviewed Mr. Brosius about 25 years ago. Probably the definitive source on the history of the New Mexico camps Some 19 companies of guards were brought in to escort the prisoners in and out of camp. Brosius was at the camp the entire time it was in operation; he later was a WELL KNOWN SECURITY CHIEF at New Mexico Military Institute for many years And Yes during the Roswell crash.
Thomas Johnson Thunder Rock was later drafted and was Stationed at Fort Bliss El Paso, Air Defense Command as a fire control operator, they would do military exercises at McGregor range, White Sands as well as many places he went with uncle Art as a boy.
He then settled in Ohio, One year in the 80's Thomas was contacted by the Reagan administration to work on Star Wars because of his knowledge on the Phacops A trilobites ostensibly possessed a unique and highly advanced visual system. The eyes of vertebrates and human eyes have organic lenses using muscles to alter lens curvature and thus focal length. Though we have no knowledge of the soft-tissue components of the trilobite’s visual systems, we do know that the lenses of the eyes of living trilobites were unique, being comprised of inorganic calcite, or as Levi-Setti (1995) calls them, "Crystal Eyes". There is no other known occurrence of calcite eyes in the fossil record. This composition has also enabled the trilobite eyes to survive as exquisite fossils dating back to the earliest Cambrian. The earliest trilobite eyes were, like modern arthropods, compound eyes, comprised of repeating units, called ommatidia, each of which functioned as a separate visual receptor. If trilobite eyes were like modern arthropods, each ommatidium had a lens (the front surface of which makes up a single facet); a transparent crystalline cone; and light-sensitive visual cells. Each ommatidium was pointed at just a single area in space and contributed information only about that space. Typically, thousands of ommatidia in a compound eye are spread over most of a hemisphere, the composite of all responses of which is a mosaic image of dots, with more dots giving higher resolution of the image Needless to say he did not answer their call.
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Terri A Rivera or Sings With Ravens is a singer-songwriter and founder of Serpent Mound Star Knowledge Peace Summits, Terri has been recognized with a nomination for the Native American Music Awards and a runner-up in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Terri's workshops have spanned the U.S. and Mexico, where she has collaborated with global healers to facilitate spiritual retreats worldwide.
She grew up in Idaho along the Snake River and now lives just three miles from the Serpent Mound at the alternateuniverserockshop.com. Both her Home/Shop are on the southeastern edge of a five-mile wide impact crater and sit a top of a 17.5 km long fault line that is miles deep. That combination emits a constant flow of positive energy. Terri has presented at workshops throughout the U.S. and Mexico and has worked with healers from around the world to hold spiritual retreats in various global locations.
Terri works with her 33 lb Himalayan Crystal Skull named Divyanka
Patricia Morris Cardona, MS, APRN, BC, and Daniel J. Cardona, MD, are co-founders of the 501 (c) (3) charitable foundation, The Cosmic Mysteries School. They have been teaching ancient Shamanic Wisdom Teachings for spiritual, mental and physical transformation and healing since 1996, when the school was started, under the request and direction of Solar Mayan Elder Hunbatz Men. Patricia was gifted NAGAK’U Hunbatz Men’s Ancient Tibetan Crystal Skull and his Sastun after his death in September of 2016. NAGAK’U carries Hunbatz Men’s energy and legacy forward to this day.
Besides being a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, Daniel J. Cardona, M.D. has been a student and practitioner of the martial and energy arts for more than 25 years. Patricia Morris Cardona, MS, APRN is a board-certified advanced nurse practitioner and has performed energy healings in-person and remotely for more than 36 years. Daniel and Patricia help others learn to use energy movement, energy medicine, ceremony, meditation and sexual alchemy for healing and rejuvenating the body, and accelerating the frequency of the mind and spirit into Cosmic Consciousness. Patricia and Daniel have received the linage as Mayan Fire Priestess and Fire Priest. They have been trained by Mayan Elder Hunbatz Men, Miguel Vergara Angel, Mayan Fire Priestess, Ann Marie Vergara, and Peruvian Incan Elder Williru Hyuata and other Elders in Native American,
Leslie Mora Oropeza-(Black Elk) a Oglala/Sincangu Lakota.
Spiritual name Thunder Woman – One Who Helps Many (Wakinyan Winyan Wawokiyasa) She is the granddaughter of Wallace Black Elk, daughter of Jennifer Black Elk and sister to Kari Black Elk...all of whom are descendants of the iconic spiritual elder Nicholas Black Elk authored in Black Elk Speaks.
A dedicated and passionate individual who has devoted her life to advocating for justice, cultural awareness, and spiritual well being.
Born and raised in the Lakota traditional ways. Leslie quickly emerged as a prominent youth leader within the Urban Native American community and actively collaborated with the Chicano Natives in the area.
Leslie's journey started as a young activist began with her involvement with A.I.M. (American Indian Movement) Committed to addressing societal issues, she played a pivotal role in protests advocating for improved security measures, ensuring the safety of marginalized communities as an active member of her brother’s warrior society.
As her life unfolded, recognizing the importance of nurturing the next generation, it is evident she instills wisdom in her own children and others. Simultaneously, her commitment to community service led her to a decade-long career in hospice care. providing compassionate support to individuals in the delicate process of dying, offering comfort and solace during their final moments.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Leslie remains a beacon of inspiration committed to uplifting those around her. With a deep sense of spirituality, Leslie furthered her impact by assuming a leadership role as a spiritual advisor/sundance leader. Her unique blend of cultural understanding, activism, and spiritual insight has made her a respected figure in the community, leaving a great impression of molding a legacy in her own rite.
Baba Is a percussionist, drum maker, storyteller and teaching artist. My goal is to engage students and teachers in an artistic process that integrates the traditional arts with the core academic curriculum. During a recent Ohio Arts Council (OAC) Arts Learning residency at the Ohio School for the Blind, band and choir students in grades K-12 learned to play and sing African polyrhythms. History, geography, science, math and culinary arts were also integrated into their classroom curriculum. During another OAC residency at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, fifth-grade students made drums and learned to perform as an ensemble that included, piano, Orff xylophone, vocals and percussion. I am a pioneer of African Centered Arts integration in American schools and my methodology allows collaboration to develop experiences that meet the Ohio Fine Arts Academic Content Standards for music grades K-12.This multiple intelligence approach is holistic and supports student creativity and achievement. Above all, my love of life and joy of sharing my many creative talents inspires students to learn.
I am a socially responsible artist rooted in the realization that life is a precious gift to be enjoyed and shared with reverence and respect. I strive to reflect the beauty and simplicity of nature in my art and music. My approach is harmonic and holistic. I dramatize African folktales because they are entertaining and, most importantly, they impart wisdom. My musical style employs the instruments of the full African orchestra, the song of the lead singer and chorus, hand clapping and dance that recreates a dramatic and mystical ritual saga. I make drums that are traditional and contemporary in style and construction technique. They are functional works of art. I currently perform with internationally acclaimed Kora player Alhaji Papa Susso from The Gambia, West Africa. I also perform with my ensemble "One World Rhythm" which includes musicians from West Africa, the Caribbean and the United States.
Carla Poluha is the founder of Soul to Sole Integrative Healing. She has followed a healing path for most of her life, studying a variety of holistic therapies and philosophies. Her personal journey lead her to be completely immersed in the study of various yoga traditions, shamanic cultures and indigenous wisdom, including Star Knowledge.
Through her diagnosis of Celiac disease, she learned to empower herself through the healing power of natural foods. Carla is a certified practitioner of Donna Edens body of work: Energy Medicine . She is a certified Reiki Master/Teacher, Reflexologist, Private Yoga Instructor, also certified in Fascia Release and a recipient as well as a facilitator of the Munay-Ki rites, one of many, in this growing group of visionaries in the Pittsburgh area and connecting around the world. She is also certified in the healing art of Acupressure. For the past 8 years she has held women’s healing circles as a certified Red Tent Facilitator. Carla is also a Public Speaker who speaks on a variety of topics such as health and wellness, meditation and of course the importance of accessing ancient wisdom from our ancestors. Carla uses that knowledge to facilitate The Wisdom Circle, a gathering of her own creation that helps people infuse ancient wisdom to navigate the modern world.
Lawrence Rashad Greene is the founder of Ugata, drumming performance group in southern Ohio. He studied healing drumming at a behavioral health facility for youth in Georgia. He is the co founder of Rising Appalachian Warriors, a outdoor education camp. Currently Lawrence is an Artsbridge catalog artist offering drum and dance classes for schools in Marietta, Ohio and Parkersburg, WV. Lawrence became a member of the John Gee Black Historical Center in Gallipolis, Ohio where his group performs for the annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration. Lawrence learned from his grandmother that her grandmother was a plant healer. By this time he was already working on his spiritual philosophy, Teoyo, which is a combination of Teosinte, the original corn plant and Oyo, the original way of saying Ohio. He developed it over 30 years of spiritual earth training in the Appalachian foothills region and the Ohio river valley. As a naturalist at The Wilds, Highlands Nature Sanctuary and Woodland Altars he has gotten to share earth wisdom and have time to honor scared sites in the region. Almost 20 years ago he witnessed the "crop circle" across from the Great Serpent Mound and it brought him to an Afro Indigenous understanding of life.
Born in Honduras and rooted in a lifelong devotion to creativity, Gabriela Mejía is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, dancer, muralist, and creative guide whose work bridges culture, healing, and self-expression. Through her business GEMART, she weaves together bilingual education, visual storytelling, movement, and sound to inspire deeper connection within individuals and communities. Her murals and collaborations have impacted communities throughout Colorado and beyond through partnerships with organizations dedicated to cultural enrichment and collective healing. Gabriela’s creative path has also been shaped through ceremony and spiritual growth with Chief Golden Light Eagle. Through the principles of the Star Laws, she deepened her understanding of creativity as a sacred force connected to prayer, joy, and conscious living. These teachings continue to influence her work and remind others of the healing power of laughter, presence, artistic expression, and community connection. A dancer for over 27 years, Gabriela continues to share Polynesian culture with diverse audiences through performance, music, and storytelling. Her relationship with music and movement spans many genres and traditions, from ceremonial chanting to alternative rock, kirtan, and acoustic music. Whether leading vocal activations, painting murals, or teaching creative workshops, Gabriela’s work is rooted in helping others reconnect with their creativity, voice, and sense of belonging.
Tadashi will be teaching Yoga as well as doing a Fire Dance Performance. Tadashi is an interpretive dancer/performance artist who is a native of Japan. He studied Butoh (Japanese avant-garde dance) with Moe Yamamoto, Toru Iwashita, Kunisuke Kamiryo, Yoshito Ohno (son of Kazuo Ohno), Yukio Waguri, Seisaku & Yuri, Ko Muroboshi, and Kayo Mikami; a Butoh-inspired interpretive dance with Akira Kasai; Japanese sword dance with Kensei Namiki; traditional style swordsmanship with Ken Morita; Ballet at various dance schools including Morgantown Dance Studio, Modern Dance with Bill Evans, Kista Tucker, Don Halquis, Angela Dennis, Kristina Isabella, and Pilobolous Dance Company; Jazz Dance with Liz Rossi; Contact Improvisation with Jordan Fuchs and Contact Improvisation groups in Philladelphia; Break Dance at Harajuku Dance Academy; Central Asian Dance, Persian Dance, and Middle Eastern Dance with Narah Bint Durr; and West African Dance with Jonathan Burbank and Michael Vercelli. He was also trained in Mime, Laban Movements Analysis (Bill Evans and Kista Tucker), Bartenieff Fundamental (Bill Evans and Don Halquis), Alexander Technique (Suzanne Oliiver), Qigong, Tai Chi, and various other forms of martial arts. He has integrated the essences of all the movement-arts he has learned and performs originally choreographed interpretive dance repertories as well as dance-based performance art.
He will be preforming with Aurelia Piatt Wise
Leza Vivio is widely known as an inspirational speaker, a Practical Mystic, and a trusted guide in the realms of healing, transformation, and personal growth. She is the founder of Sacred Center You and co-founder of Sacred Soul School of Self, where she blends grounded psychological insight with intuitive wisdom to support others in their journey toward wholeness. Leza Vivio is an intuitive sound healer whose work with the crystal bowls and gong create a truly immersive and transformative experience. Tapping into the energy of the moment to guide others into deep states of healing and transcendence. Her sound healing mediations have been experienced in salt caves, sacred sites, and healing spaces across the country. As she becomes one with the bowls, listeners are carried into higher states of consciousness… a portal to deep restoration, presence, and transcendence. With over two decades of work in the healing arts field, Leza has dedicated her life to helping individuals find their unique path to wellness through greater awareness, emotional insight, and adaptability to change. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Certified Gestalt Couples Counselor, and a Certified Sound Healer. In addition to degrees in Philosophy and Counseling Psychology, she holds doctorates in both Divinity and Sacred Music. Leza is also specially trained in Mindfulness, Hypnotherapy, Yoga and Meditation, Integrative Medicine, Tai Chi and Qigong, Trauma-Informed Care, and is a Reiki Master. With a deep passion for both science and spirit, she skillfully builds bridges between the practical and the mystical—making them accessible and meaningful for seekers at every stage of the journey.
"Past Life and Soul Regression has been one of our most popular meditations since 2020. By Leza Vivio In her words, "We have witnessed some truly amazing experiences and can honestly say, that this meditation can defy all possible expectations.
In this meditation, we will take a walk into a space where you may explore a place where your soul has journeyed before. From this space, we can approach our journey in life differently and interact with our higher self and spiritual guides.
We access this through a form hypnotherapy and Akashic Records exploration. This modality offers an opportunity to explore a wide variety of issues without the interference of the thinking mind. This is where we access our deepest sense of knowing. During the session, you are fully conscious, and aware of what is going on.
Although each person comes to the space with a different intention, we ask each individual to be open to the variety of ways that the Soul may express itself to you experience offers a psycho-spiritual journey through time and space.
It is designed to assist you with:
* Answering questions about your life’s purpose and plan
* Alleviate anxieties and fears that are connected to other incarnations
* Explore your consciousness and dimensional awareness.
*Discover information about soul mates and soul agreements.
No prior meditation experience is needed. It is not an indicator of your ability to explore this meditation experience. This meditation is successful when your intention and heart are open, and you are ready to receive the message."
Zaughn (“Z”) is a multidimensional artist and harmonic architect whose life has been a symphony of sound, spirit, and service. Born into a lineage of musicians and fine artists spanning five generations, Zaughn began recording music at the age of five in her father’s studio. Her early mastery of classical and operatic vocals led her to perform alongside country legends like Jerry Reed and Bill Anderson by age 14, opening stages with her original album “Summer Dream.” Zaughn performed many years on stage with original bands and music groups as well as musical theater. She also sang backup vocals for a variety of celebrity artists in the pop/R&B, Rock, Blues, Jazz and hip-hop genres. Though her path diverted into motherhood, Zaughn never silenced her voice. She evolved into a force behind the scenes—an executive producer, radio host, and real estate entrepreneur—bridging artists and audiences while advocating for integrity in the entertainment industry. Her acclaimed Philadelphia radio show launched countless careers, fostering connections grounded in authenticity and artistic truth. In recent years, Zaughn has returned to the stage with renewed purpose, channeling ancient chants and harmonies tuned to sacred frequencies that heal, awaken, and clear energetic grids. Guided by elders like Grandmother Barbara Vitale, she now infuses her voice with Dragon energy, transmitting Codex harmonics to raise collective consciousness. Parallel to her musical evolution, Zaughn has pioneered innovations in environmental wellness, developing air-purifying paints that transform living spaces into sanctuaries of breath and resonance. Her work merges sound and science, proving that frequency is the foundation of all healing. As she takes the stage at Serpent Mound for the Fall Equinox, Zaughn stands as a living bridge—between past and future, art and technology, Earth and Cosmos—singing the resonance of remembrance and renewal.
Helen Stickney, She is a meditation guide, grief companion, and end-of-life doula with over 40 years of meditation practice. A founding member of Pittsburgh Community Deathcare, she also works in hospice administration and green burial. Helen holds a PhD in Theoretical Linguistics and is trained in mindfulness, integrative thanatology, and a range of somatic and contemplative healing arts. She supports individuals and families through illness, dying, death, and grief—offering reflection, ritual, and grounded presence each step of the way. When she's not working, Helen can usually be found in the woods.
Crater at Serpent Mound
BY THOMAS T. JOHSON
Ohio is an ancient sea bed dating back hundreds of millions of years, to a time when the earth was covered with a salt water sea. Its fossil-rich sediments extend more than 5000 feet deep. Located on the edge of the Appalachian Mountain Escarpment, the Serpent Mound Crater has unusual geology, which dates back about 600 million years to the pre-Cambrian period. Rocks exposed in the crater date from 438 million to 345 million years old.
At that time there was a "T" shaped fault in the sea floor just east of Serpent Mound, running north-south along the sea floor from Sinking Spring to Locust Grove, and east-west parallel to Parker Ridge Road. Over 300 million years ago an asteroid or meteor collided with the seabed, creating a crater 5 miles wide. This is the only place on earth where an object from space has collided with a rift or fault in the earth's surface.
The impact created magnetic anomalies across the crater. The faulting in the crater has a direct effect on the weather, causing severe storms to dissipate as they approach the rim. Local residents tell of the batteries on vehicles and cell phones being mysteriously drained.
Scientists have speculated since the 1830's about the Serpent Mound Disturbance. In 1838 John Locke termed it the "Sunken Mountain" due to the geology turned upside down. In 1925 Walter Bucher renamed the area a "Crypto-Volcanic" structure, theorizing that the area exploded from beneath the surface. This theory is still reflected in the bronze marker which overlooks the crater from Woodland Altars on State Route 41.
Moon rocks brought back by Apollo Astronauts finally unlocked the mystery. The moon is covered with impact craters, unaffected by time due to the lack of atmosphere. Most impact craters have Breccia, a rock that has been blasted apart and re-formed to resemble concrete. Comparing the moon rocks to Serpent Mound Breccia, NASA researchers found a tiny Quartz particle called a PDF, slightly larger than a human hair.
PDF stands for Planar Deformation, meaning that the micro-quartz is etched with tiny straight lines which can only be made by high velocity impact. You could call the PDF a "smoking gun". Breccia from the Serpent Mound crater also contains trace elements from the asteroid such as Cobalt, Chromium, Nickel, Iron, Zinc, and Iridium, a rare element usually associated with space rocks and impact craters.
The image below is of a shatter cone from the area. It is the shock wave as it travels through the bed rock. The impression on the rock fans out in the direction of the shock wave and makes a cone shaped pattern.