Upcoming Classes & Workshops
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Saturday, October 3rd
3:30-5:30pm
Be Free Healing Center in Fort Collins
1006 Spring Creek Ln, B12
Sliding scale: $13-25 (find promo codes in the Be Free event description to apply sliding scale at check out)
Ancestors are about more than our DNA relations – they are also about our Chosen Family, including Chosen Family beyond the grave. Join Silen in a ritual-based workshop where we honor the Queer Ancestors – those who inspire us, those fore-parents and activists who led the way for our queer selves to shine today.
In this workshop we will:
Gently pull on the threads of our (potentially complex) relationship to ancestry
Practice a triple soul alignment as a way of feeling into Ancestors of Blood, Ancestors of Land, and Ancestors of Craft
Honor the Queer Ancestors through shared altar making, singing, and movement
Dance and meditate with Queer Ancestors and Queer Descendents (those yet to come) to listen to the messages they have for us
Explore the Queer Ancestors we want to become.
We welcome those who identify as LGBTQ2S+ and those questioning their sexuality or gender identity to join. If you’re wondering if you’re “queer” enough, you are welcome here!
You are invited to bring an item (or two or three) for a Queer Ancestor altar. This could be a photo of a queer ancestor who inspires you, an offering of food, something you find beautiful, or an item that represents the ancestor you want to become.
Introduction to Ritual Craft
Sunday October 4 - The Witch’s Circle & Crossroads
Sunday, November 22nd - Calling to the Divine
Saturday, December 3rd - The Heart of the Ritual
all 3:30-5:30pm at Ritual Cravt
7700 W 44th Avenue, #1
Wheat Ridge, CO
Come to all 3 or just one!
The Witch's Circle & Crossroads (10/4):
In the words of Victor Anderson, a witch’s circle is “a magnifying glass to the Gods.” Casting circles is an important first step to most rituals – it can serve as protection, cleansing, and focus. It can creates the “cauldron” of our ritual, into which we can add the ingredients of the magic we want to brew.
Though perhaps lesser known, crossroads are another traditional witch’s tool that we open in order to see between worlds and converse with spirits. In this workshop, we will dive deeply into each of these tools, finding creative and intentional ways to set up ritual space to best serve the magic we seek.
In this workshop we will:
Work with grounding & alignment to locate and build self-sovereignty
Play witchy games to practice feeling and sensing energy
Hone our ability to direct energy through multiple methods of circle casting
Invoke and dance with our divine selves
Learn some about the history of witch’s association with crossroads
Open the crossroads and listen for the spirits that arrive
All are welcome. You do not need to have magical experience or identify as a witch to join!
Calling to the Divine (11/22)
How do you talk to Gods, Ancestors, spiritual allies, or other beings? How might you invite them to your ritual? How do you get out of the “script” of ritual and invoke divine beings in ways that truly move you?
This workshop is a deep dive on invocations, an important tool used in ritual to work with those allies who aid and sponsor the magic you want to bring forth. We will explore invocations not as a command, but as a calling, an invitation, a seduction, a flirtation with the Gods, spirits, plants, and other beings who may want to join us.
In this workshop we will:
Create sacred space through grounding, circle casting & calling to the Elements
Trance to meet our allies in the spiritual realm
Explore what invocations are & why they’re important
Play with writing prompts to try on different ways of calling to the Elements, Gods, or other allies of our choosing
Get creative with sound and movement as channels of power and communication.
This workshop will help you develop a deeper capacity to communicate with the unseen, and a deeper relationship to the living animacy in all things. All are welcome. You do not need to have magical experience or identify as a witch to join!
The Heart of the Ritual (12/12)
So you’ve cast your circle, invoked your allies…and now what? How do you cast the spell? What do you do in ritual to really be moved by the magic you seek? Come to this workshop to develop tools for ecstatic ritual practice! This practice will help get you more comfortable designing your own rituals, stepping out of the script, and listening to the magic that wants to speak through you.
In this workshop we will:
Explore trancework as a tool for enchantment & spellcasting
Craft ritual intentions to guide our magic
Discuss different types of ritual technology and the basics of spellcraft
Work with movement, drumming, and song to practice improvisatory, emergent magic
All are welcome. You do not need to have magical experience or identify as a witch to join!
WorldWide WitchCamp
I am elated to teach at the 4th annual WorldWide WitchCamp! Join me November 13-16th (exact dates depend on your time zone) for round-the-clock ritual and magic!
WorldWide WitchCamp is an online magical intensive, held in the Reclaiming Witchcraft Tradition, that brings together witches from around the globe for rituals, classes, affinity groups, and more! Historically we’ve had over 15 countries represented, upwards of 4 languages spoken at ritual, and 10 different classes (called “Paths”) to choose from. Sliding scale & scholarships are options.
Registration is open NOW! And will close 72 hours before camp begins, somewhere around November 10th depending on your timezone.
Our story this year is Stone Soup, exploring what it looks like to bring together our myriad ingredients and create community together. On that theme, I will be teaching a Path at camp with the wonderful Jane Meredith. Read more below~
Brewing Stone Soup ~ Creating the Witch Community of Your Dreams
Do you long for a coven, a magical circle, a local WitchCamp, or people to celebrate the sabbats with? How do we start with just a stone and a cauldron and call in a community around us to brew the soup of our dreams?
WorldWide WitchCamp is a mystical three days a year between-the-worlds event where we create and experience Reclaiming community across the globe. How could we take some of that home with us? What is your cauldron? What is your ingredient? What are you calling out for?
In this path we will explore our personal needs and desires for magical community. We’ll aim to develop tools and create a map to move forward with our dreams. We’ll dive into the nuts and bolts of consensus, then use consensus in real time to decide what activities and content to explore the following day. For example: somatic embodiment tools, sharing our visions, exploring our sense of belonging, finding allies, working with Iron and Pearl, community Q & A, and moving from inspiration to a plan. On the third day we’ll work magic together and support each other to create plans of action as we get ready to serve the soup!
Let’s build resilience and skills so that we leave this camp inspired, encouraged and empowered to pursue our audacious wishes and bring our stone soup to the world.
Previous Classes
Here is a smattering of some of the previous classes I’ve offered. There are classes I’ve taught multiple cohorts of in the past, particularly Queering the Elements of Magic, and Iron Pentacle: the Queer, the Folk & the Fallen Ones.
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