New Renaissance Bookshop

Come with us to explore the wide array of inspiring events happening this week at New Renaissance Bookshop!

To learn more or sign up for any of our events visit us at NewRenBooms.com/events



In Store Event!
Fairy Hair by Jess

Sunday, September 20th from 1- 4PM

No Sing Up Required! Just drop in.

Jess will be at the bookstore offering Fairy Hair installation! Fairy hair is high quality silk blend tinsel tied into one strand of hair. It last as long at that strand of hair lasts, generally 2-6 months. And it works in curly hair! You can also wash style and use heat tool like normal!



In Person Event!
Systemic Family Constellation Circle: A Space for Healing-Centered Humans with Veronica Bañuelos

Sunday, September 20, 3:30-6PM
Representative Ticket Sliding Scale: $25-$50
Seeker Ticket Sliding Scale: $185 - $250

Learn More and Sing Up at: NewRenBooks.com/events

We know meaningful change begins within. This gathering introduces Systemic Constellations, a powerful method for revealing the hidden dynamics shaping our lives, relationships, leadership, and organizations. Together, we enter a shared field to make visible inherited loyalties, ancestral entanglements, and systemic forces that quietly influence how we belong, relate, and lead. Through guided grounding, a collective constellation, and selected individual constellations, participants will witness and engage in a process that brings insight, movement, and possibility. Whether you participate as a “seeker” or as a representative, the experience often creates unexpected clarity and shift. This work is especially meaningful for those navigating complex family or organizational dynamics, or anyone curious about healing at the intersection of personal and systemic change. No prior experience is necessary.

Veronica Bañuelos is a Chicana organizational development consultant, spiritual director, and systemic constellations facilitator. She supports leaders, organizations, and communities in navigating conflict and transformation through an approa

In Person Event!

Healing with the Angels with Mark Mezadourian

Saturday, September 19 from 5:30-6:30PM, $25

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Angels embody unconditional love.

Unconditional love means that no matter what has happened, or what has not happened, we are loved. While we often view our lives through the lens of worth and deserving, the angels see us only with unconditional love. They know us intimately and love us fully. The goal of this workshop is to create space for more good in our lives. We will engage with the angels and ask them to heal every aspect of our lives, such as anxiety, agitation and fear. We will do this by first clearing the energy of our encounters and environments with Archangel Michael, followed by connecting with healing angels, such as Archangel Raphael. We will use simple and repeatable techniques throughout. A fascinating aspect of working with angels is that our bodies respond instantly to their care, which strengthens our relationship with them. We then have more access to freedom, confidence and expansion. Come and connect deeply with the angels and be filled up with love.

Mark Mezadourian is an intuitive specializing in connecting with angels and guides. Accessing spirituality with heart-centered practicality is the goal of his work.

In Person Event!

Ancestral Roots Guided Meditation: Releasing What No Longer Belongs to You with Alexander Dmytruk

Friday, September 18, 3:30-5:00PM, $25

Sign up here: NewRenBooks.com/events
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Many of the beliefs, emotional patterns, fears, expectations, and family roles we carry may have roots extending beyond our own individual experiences.
In this guided meditation, participants explore inherited patterns within their ancestral tree and begin identifying what may have been carried through generations. The practice offers an opportunity to acknowledge these influences with compassion while consciously releasing what no longer supports personal growth and wellbeing.
The intention is to create greater emotional freedom, clarity, and a stronger connection to one’s authentic self.

Alexander is a Portland-based shamanic practitioner, astral healer, and Qigong teacher working under the ASCEND. He is the author of *Year’s Kaleidoscope*. His sessions blend guided meditation, energy work, and lineage-focused healing practice.

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Veronica Bañuelos and gained some wonderful insight on her upcoming event; Systemic Family Constellation Circle: A Space for Healing-Centered Humans.

During her event, which will be held in person at New Renaissance event center on September 20th from 3:30-6pm, participants will be introduced to “Systemic Constellations, a powerful method for revealing the hidden dynamics shaping our lives, relationships, leadership, and organizations.”

To learn more and sign up for the event visit our website at NewRenBooks.com/events

The full interview was included in yesterday’s newsletter, in which we share updates on upcoming events, readers, sales, and store news! While social media is a great place to keep up with the happenings at New Renaissance, our newsletter and website provide additional resources for information and participation. Head to NewRenBooks.com to sign up for our newsletter online, or stop by the shop and sign up in person!

The Crows Have come to New Renaissance!

Here at the store we are celebrating the beginning of autmn and the upcoming release of the Wildwood film with a crow themed window display! Our staff came together to create a beautifully whimsical fall wonderland in our front windows complete with wreathes, fairy nooks and, of course, crows.

In perpetuation for the October film release date, Laika Studios has teamed up with local and national artists to create a crow themed scavenger hunt across downtown Portland! Large crow sculptures have been created and hidden around town, which will be auctioned off to benefit the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at the end of October.

Whether you are participating in the scavenger hunt festivities, ringing in the fall, or simply taking a stroll down 23rd, we invite you to make New Renaissance a stop on your journey. Come check out our display and pickup your copy of Wildwood today!

The Crows Have Come to New Renaissance!

Here at the store we are celebrating the beginning of autmn and the upcoming release of the Wildwood film with a crow themed window display! Our staff came together to create a beautifully whimsical fall wonderland in our front windows complete with wreathes, fairy nooks and, of course, crows.

In perpetuation for the October film release date, Laika Studios has teamed up with local and national artists to create a crow themed scavenger hunt across downtown Portland! Large crow sculptures have been created and hidden around town, which will be auctioned off to benefit the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at the end of October.

Whether you are participating in the scavenger hunt festivities, ringing in the fall, or simply taking a stroll down 23rd, we invite you to make New Renaissance a stop on your journey. Come check out our display and pickup your copy of Wildwood today!

Free In Person Event!

To Be Here Is Immense, Author Reading with Clare Simons

Sunday, September 13, 3:30-4:30PM, Free!

Sign up here: NewRenBooks.com/events
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To Be Here Is Immense follows one woman’s quest for love through art, activism, and spiritual surrender, spanning continents, states of being, and the devastating cost of devotion. Shattering loss demands everything. How do we go on in a world where nothing—not even the sacred—can be held?

Clare Simons was the press person for the terminally ill patients who defended the Oregon Death With Dignity Act at the U.S. Supreme Court. She worked for the passage of medical-aid-in-dying laws in several states as an advocate for a lucid death. Clare’s essays about Amma, the Hugging Saint, have appeared in Parabola and Spirituality & Health Magazines, and her essay about boxing on the official Muhammad Ali website.

In Person Event!

7 Chakra Singing Meditation​ with Sydän Aquacielos & Temples of Sound Guest Player

Friday, September 11, 6:30-7:45PM, Tickets Sliding Scale: $20-$35

Sign up here: NewRenBooks.com/events
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Join Temples of Sound for an interactive singing meditation designed to calm the nervous system, deepen presence, and reconnect you with your own voice.
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Using drone instruments (such as shruti box, harmonium, tambura, didgeridoo, string and wind instruments, singing bowls, etc.), drums, breath, and simple vocal tones, we will move through the 7 chakra (energy centers) together.
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No singing experience is required. This is not about performance or sounding “good.” It is about feeling vibration in the body, releasing held energy, and allowing your authentic sound and self to emerge.
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You are welcome to sing, hum, tone, listen, rest, or participate in whatever way feels right for you. Bring your own instrument if you would like to add to the collective sound. We have 3 shruti boxes and 2 shamanic drums to share.
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Come as you are. Leave calm and connected.

About Sydän Aguacielos
Sydän is a Reiki certified Sound Healing Facilitator who has chosen to focus on the heart chakra. The heart is the first organ to develop as we become human and the heart chakra is the loving and healing bridge between the upper and lower main chakras. It is her belief and understanding that once we deeply connect to ourselves and each other through working with and developing this space, the healing energy that is created will reverberate throughout our communities and ultimately create a better life experience for all inhabitants of earth. It starts with knowing and loving ourselves.

Due to an unexpected illness, Moira Ryan will not be conducting our sound bath this evening. David Silvermoon will be here instead doing a Raven Medicine Shamanic Crystal Healing Soundbath.

To learn more or sign up visit NewRenBooks.com/Events