For class on Sunday, be sure to dress in loose, comfortable clothes. Bring a notebook, a lunch & snacks, a pillow (for your head on the table) and whatever else you may need to be comfortable for the day. QUESTIONS? Ready to register? Call The Bead Angel @ 812-426-2323. CALL NOW!

First- and Second-Degree Students are strongly encouraged to attend the Reiki Share meetings held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at The Bead Angel to gain additional experience and knowledge.

Neva Hyde, RN, Reiki Master

A semi-solitary Wicca practitioner and a devotee of the Goddess in Her aspects of Kwan Yin, goddess of compassion, and Diana, Roman goddess of the Hunt and the Moon -- Neva works to empower women through her varied spiritual practices.  She completed her Wicca “Year and a Day” under an Illinois High Priestess before setting out to discover the Goddess within herself and within every woman.  Today, together with her husband, Lawrence, she invokes the Powers within the dedicated stone circle that graces their rural property.

Neva has experienced the struggle of self-doubt that can afflict the newcomer to any form of metaphysical practice.  Her natural skepticism warred with her intuition for years until she asked for - and received - an unmistakable sign that what she sensed and saw was, in fact, quite real. Since that time, her relationship with the Goddess has strengthened and deepened and has led her to guide a number of people onto the Wiccan path -- without, however, trying to decree the direction that path should take.  Her teachings in Wicca, Reiki and metaphysics are unquestionably inspired by the gentle but firm touch of the Goddess.

Neva is a highly experienced Registered Nurse who has brought her wisdom, compassion and healing skills to settings as diverse as hospital critical care areas, hospice care, home health care and her own part-time private healing practice.  As part of her healing practice, Neva frequently provides spiritual counsel -- and it’s during occasions like these, as well as during her ritual work, that her close connection with the Goddess can be seen, heard and felt.

If you’re looking for knowledge and wisdom without the fancy trappings -- and with a gentle leavening of humor -- you’re sure to both like and benefit from Neva’s straightforward, down-to-earth approach.

Lawrence Hyde, MA, Reiki Master

Lawrence blends the perspective and insight into human nature gained through his former life—20 years of providing psychotherapy and chemical dependency counseling—with some 35 years’ metaphysical experience, including 20 years as a Reiki practitioner.  His approach to teaching blends New Age and Pagan thought into a no-nonsense, practical manner of thinking, moving energies and living metaphysically.

Unimpressed with the trappings that accompany much metaphysical practice—but still awed by how cool it all can be—Lawrence favors an experiential, hands-on approach to learning, particularly for those who are relatively new to the esoteric.  Knowing that the universe and the Unseen are far more vast than any one person can comprehend, he firmly believes that people should be guided first and foremost by what they have actually seen, felt and heard -- rather than by someone else’s perceptions. He’s particularly good with those who are just “waking up” to the metaphysical, encouraging them to retain their skepticism as they open to the life within and discover their own paths and truths.  Knowing that the beginning steps onto the path can be challenging, he also specializes in teaching Psychic Self-Defense.

The author of two short chemical dependency self-help guides published in the 1990’s by Hazelden Educational Materials, Lawrence is currently writing “Ready for the Woo-Woo Stuff? A Down-to-Earth Look at a Metaphysical Life.”

If you’re in search of knowledge you can understand and techniques you can use, taught by someone
who blends compassion, insight and fun -- Lawrence is for you.