A Witchy delight for you! A Samhain Course containing songs, poems, chants, recipes, myths, folklore, powerpoint lecture, meditation, craft ideas and a ritual to do yourself. Plus 21 days of activities to lead you to this sacred time marking the descent into winter, preparing for your celebration and integrating the knowledge. Let the broomsticks fly!
A Meditation for Imbolc A meditation to connect you with the Earth Mother as she begins to awaken from her winter slumber. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MavHywFuuks
Halloween 2023! Join me for a Witchy Evening at Treadwells Online Workshop on Witch’s Familiars! We shall explore the historical context and look at ways of acquiring one using various methods. This is part one of two, the second part , two weeks later, will explore how we develop the relationship, learn the language of…
From animist and pagan beginnings where people sought to understand the meaning of life through nature itself, through observation of patterns in the sky, the ebbing and flowing of the tides and the symbolism within nature. The intuitive was revered together with the search for knowledge, both being inseparable. Somewhere amongst the need for authority…
Short or Solitary Ceremony to Honour the Ancestors at Samhain On Samhain eve (31st October), set aside a small table to represent your ancestral shrine. Place a black cloth over it with some orange candles or tealights. If you prefer, this shrine can be created outdoors. Some bright autumn leaves can decorate. Place images or…
25 August 2021: Treadwells Online: Charles Leland’s 1899 classic Aradia, The Gospel of the Witches is an exuberant, alluring Italian text whose goddess passages have influenced modern Wiccan ideas. It also includes spells, incantations, myths and incovations allegedly from the Strega tradition and these certinly come from Italian folk magic practices of the time. Suzanne…
26 August 2021: online mini workshop at Treadwells online English belief in the pre-modern period featured the idea of witches’ familiars, spirits which took the form of animals which were domestic pets. The familiars would assist witches in their magic, doing their bidding. In this workshop, Suzanne Corbie explores the evidence in historical records which…
A two hour treasure of exploration into various manuscripts detailing anglo saxon magic and medicine. The Lacnunga manuscript in particular, offers several charms and incantations, including the famous Nine Herbs Charm, which we shall explore and see how we might adapt into our own magical practice. Starts Wednesday 19th May online from Treadwells events and…