OPERATION OCTARINE
Chaos Magic and Eclectic Witchcraft-focused Camping Festival
Thursday, 9/24 - Sunday, 9/27/2026
@ Midian in Springville, IN
Operation Octarine is a camping festival for practitioners of chaos magic and other eclectic, creative, and non-dogmatic practices of magic, witchcraft, and the occult. It is an intentional space for doing, learning, sharing, and building community around the practice of magic.
Join us for an extended weekend of ritual presentations, interactive workshops, and engaging discussions with evening bonfires, performances, and shenanigans.
Make new friends and find a community of other like-minded practitioners in an open and accepting primitive camping environment.
Admission
Online Preregistration
Admission to Operation Octarine includes:
One adult admission (age 21+) to all festival events for 2026
Overnight camping from Thursday, 9/24 (morning at 11AM) to Sunday, 9/27 (until 2PM)
Free vending with prior confirmation (please visit our Vendors page for more information and to fill out a Vendor Application)
Early Bird Special - $100
For the first 60 registrations, take $50 off the regular preregistration fee!
Early Bird registrations ($100) offer all the same benefits as regular online preregistration
Regular preregistration - $150
At-Gate Admission - $180
Can’t dedicate to preregistering for the festival online? We’ll be accepting at-gate admissions at $180 for full weekend access until we hit capacity
Operation Octarine is a camping festival and intentional space for practitioners of chaos magic and other eclectic, creative, and non-dogmatic practices of magic, witchcraft, and the occult. O∴O∴ is organized dedicated community members who seek to foster the agency of all with mutual respect and consent-based governance.
You can learn more about the values of Operation Octarine by reading our Code of Conduct here.
What is O∴O∴?
What is Chaos Magic?
Chaos Magic is the intersection of postmodernism and occult practice. Rather than being a set of practices or beliefs, chaos magic emphasizes that the best approach emerges from imagination and adaptability. The chaos magician paradigm shifts, adopting different techniques and viewpoints based on personal preferences and whatever goal they wish to manifest.
Chaos magic may frame an approach to traditional systems of practice or new innovations and personal system building. It can range from techniques of raw communication with the unconscious mind to complex eclectic magical models adapted from popular culture.
What is Sociocracy?
Sociocracy is consent-based governance and it is how we have decided to organize Operation Octarine. It is about running things in a way where everyone is informed, heard, and has equal power in delegation and decision making. Sociocracy is direct democracy as it prevents the power of majority from overriding personal agency.
We believe the practice of magic should also promote and empower each individual’s agency. Our personal worlds include other people and so we are met a choice: whether magic should give us power over others or the power to create collaboratively with others. In adopting sociocracy, we have dedicated ourselves to the collaborative approach.
For more on sociocracy, we recommend checking out Sociocracy For All.
We are happy to announce that the following presenters will be sharing rituals, workshops, and lectures on multiple topics surrounding magical practice at this year’s festival
Presenters
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Yaramarud
A chaos magician with almost 30 years of experience in numerous paradigms, Yara has dedicated his life to the craft of magick and the occult. He is an active member of The Headless Society and former 3° Priest of Chaos of the Illuminates of Thanateros and has traveled the country providing lectures on a multitude of occult subjects.
Yara has co-hosted three podcasts relating to chaos magick: Faith Blind Council, Administrism, and most recently, Chaos Star Party. He currently focuses his energy on providing bespoke occult tools, co-organizing Operation Octarine, occult research, and teaching magickal practices to anyone who wants to learn, regardless of experience level.
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Nia Ain
Nia started practicing chaos and thelemic magick in Chicago's occult scene of the late 90's. They have taught chaos magick for over a decade including classes at The Occult Bookstore in Chicago, workshops at the Babalon Rising festival at Midian with their partner, Lachan, as well as mentoring independently and as a member of the Illuminates of Thanateros.
Nia's recent work is developing Emanant Void Magick, a narrative onotology and open framework for magical systems building, and contributing to build magical community as an organizer of the Operation Octarine festival and member of the Society of the Headless.
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Lara D.
Lara (they/them), also known as Lachan (לחן) in certain online and occult circles, is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, community organizer, and seasoned ritualist hailing from New England. Their magical practice is eclectic—drawing inspiration and technique from chaos and ceremonial magic, popular culture, and various folk traditions—and is inextricably linked to their identity as a queer anti-Zionist Jew. Lara has over a decade of experience leading chaos magic workshops and group rituals with their partner and co-organizer, Nia Ain, and has held memberships in the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) and the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT). Lara is a co-organizer of Operation Octarine and a member of the Society of the Headless; both are magical projects that utilize consent-based governance and distributed authority to foster diverse magical practices and individual agency.
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Skella
Skella has over 20 years of experience practicing magick and mysticism, and has been a member of numerous magickal groups and initiatory organizations including the Illuminates of Thanateros and The Society of the Headless.
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More To Come
Keep an eye on this page for more presenter bios!
Operation Octarine Will Be Held at Camp Midian
Thursday Sept 24 - Sunday Sept 27, 2026
Midian is an event venue that offers primitive camping with limited electricity, a sheltered stage, fresh drinking water, firewood, firepits, and hiking trails.
While we strive to make O:.O:. as accessible as possible, there are sections of Midian that may be difficult to traverse if you have mobility issues. Pathways around the camp will be clearly marked and illuminated at night for safer passage.
Operation Octarine will have all necessary sanitation solutions including port-o-lets and a roll-off dumpster.
Please note that Midian does not have shower facilities. Attendees should make plans for attending to their personal hygiene during the event in other ways. (The space does have rinse/cooling stations but use of soaps, shampoos, and other detergents is not permitted.) Do not bring a personal camp shower as you will be asked to disassemble and remove it, per county health regulation.
The campground is mostly shaded and has a maintained gravel track that is accessible to all motor vehicle types. The track loops for easy load in/out. If you plan to bring a camper or RV to Midian, please coordinate with the Front Gate staff where to park your vehicle.
Free public parking is available for all vehicles just outside of the Midian’s front gate, just a short walk from the campsites
Midian is located at:
4093 Boone Hollow Rd
Springville, IN 47462
Admission
Online Preregistration
Admission to Operation Octarine includes:
One adult admission (age 21+) to all festival events for 2026
Overnight camping from Thursday, 9/24 (morning at 11AM) to Sunday, 9/27 (until 2PM)
Free vending with prior confirmation (please visit our Vendors page for more information and to fill out a Vendor Application)
Early Bird Special - $100
For the first 60 registrations, take $50 off the regular preregistration fee!
Early Bird registrations ($100) offer all the same benefits as regular online preregistration
Regular preregistration - $150
At-Gate Admission - $180
Can’t commit to preregistering for the festival online? We’ll be accepting at-gate admissions at $180 for full weekend access until we hit capacity
Want to help in make Operation Octarine happen
and knock a few bucks off your attendance fee?
Great news! Operation Octarine offers barter opportunities to those who wish to provide a service to the event that will reduce your entry fee. That means you can attend for less so long as you don’t mind getting your hands a little dirty!
AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES
**BARTERS & PRESENTERS ~ Please use the links above and do NOT complete the form below**
Registration
To register to attend Operation Octarine, please submit this form and follow the instructions on the subsequent pages for payment. You will be directed to our partner, Skapandi Events, and their PayPal to finalize payment.
Please read our Code of Conduct and Midian’s Liability Waiver before submitting your registration.
You will be expected to present valid identification upon checking in with our Front Gate staff in order to confirm you are at least 21 years of age before entering the festival grounds.
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