2025 Class Descriptions

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Costumed officiant assumes a persona of deity at the altar, Stones Rising 2023.

Descritions Efective 5/19/25 - All schedule items are subject to change due to logistics, weather considerations, and as always – the whims of mischeivious Gods.
 

Wicca Protocol 101

Class Prospectus:

• By the end of this class, students should be able to move confidently in Circle, both deosil and widdershins.
• By the end of this class, students should be able to locate the 4 Cardinal directions.
• By the end of this class, students will be able to inscribe a simple invoking Pentagram with the tool of their choice-finger, athame, or wand
• By the end of this class, students will be able to cast a circle using any of the basic tools of Wicca.
• By the end of this class, students will be able to open and close a doorway in a cast circle
• By the end of this class, students will be able to invoke and devoke a Quarter, while turning in the correct direction

Summation:
So, this is the most basic “building block” class of Wicca. In essence, it teaches the mechanics of creating the Circle as sacred container. The class should also touch briefly on preparation for ceremony, and a rundown of the energetics involved in the skills we are building.

This class should not be confused with a class on correspondences. We won’t be teaching the symbolism and meanings of the Elements or Circle here, just the mechanics of how to not run into each other, and which way to turn, walk, and waggle our wands.

“Duality and Immanence: Taking Delight in the Dance”

Class Prospectus

• By the end of the class, students should have a good grasp of the principles of the “indwelling divinity” as expressed in the philosophy of immanence.
• By the end of the class, students should have a good grasp of the magical properties of masculine and feminine energies.
• By the end of the class, students should have a good grasp of why Wicca is, at its core, fundamentally, and inarguably a fertility religion.
• By the end of the class, students should be cognizant of the sexually charged relationship between the God and the Goddess, and how that relationship moves through the cycles and seasons of Nature.
• By the end of the class,  students should be familiar with both the mechanics and the energetics of the Great Rite
• By the end of this class students should be able to look within themselves and at least begin to find that manifestation of Divinity expressed in the words, “Thou Art God/Thou Art Goddess”
  

“Mythology of Wicca”

Class Prospectus

Come explore the legendary stories and beliefs that surround Wicca today. Dive into the mythology and romanticism of its origins, the inheritance from the Old Religion of Europe, perceptions both positive and negative, and everything in between. We’ll cover the cyclical mythological story arcs that comprise the Wheel of the Year to the belief in fairy bloodlines, healing powers of herbs and crystals, and varying views on deities. We’ll touch on the debate of whether one is born a Witch or made a Witch, and varying stances and assumptions on solitary Wiccans vs covens and self-initiated versus traditional lineages.Wicca and Witchcraft are rich in myths and folklore that range the spectrum from the mundane to the fantastical, even as they continue to evolve with modern times and new myths are born.

“Dark Aspects of the Divine”

Class Prospectus

Upon Completion of this course, students will…

• Explore Hecate as Crone, delving into her role as a goddess of death, shadow, and rebirth.
• Engage in guided shadow work to confront, honor, and integrate repressed or hidden aspects of the self.
• Work with symbols of Hecate’s fourth face—keys, torches, crossroads, Hecate’s Wheel, and the dark moon—as tools of spiritual transformation.
• Navigate the inner underworld through trance and ritual to uncover personal wisdom and reclaim lost parts of the soul.
• Understand the Crone archetype through a Wiccan lens, and apply that wisdom to real-life transitions, grief, aging, and endings.
• Cultivate a deeper relationship with darkness as sacred, seeing death and decay not as feared, but as vital forces of spiritual evolution.

Summation:
Blending myth, ritual, and psychological insight, students will explore the fourth phase of Hecate for use in personal transformation.

Correspondences

Class Prospectus

Objectives:

• To discover, discern, and discuss the Elements, Directions, Planets; their symbolism, and inter-relatedness and how they affect the Embodied Spirit.
• Create a welcoming space for practitioners, at any level, to discuss and share ideas in a safe, non-judgmental environment.
• Encourage students to expand their definition and understanding of the 4 elements and correspondences
• To introduce imagination/creativity as a tool of “knowing,” a direct connection between the soul and a higher power

Weaving the Craft: The Art of Group Ceremony

Class Prospectus:

Objectives:

• By the end of this class, students should be able to have basic skills for crafting both large and small group ceremonies.
• By the end of this class, students should be able to create symbolism, and understand the concepts of sympathetic and representational magic in ceremonial workings.
• By the end of this class, students will be able to understand the mechanics of crafting a large-group procession, and how to allot time for it.
• By the end of this class, students will be able to begin crafting ceremonies for private or public use.
• By the end of this class, students will be able to create a sense of intimacy and immediacy, no matter how large or small a group they are working with.
• By the end of this class, students will be able to develop their skills at crafting ritual, and learn how to avoid common pitfalls.

Summation:
This class is designed to be a hands-on experience in creating impactful ceremony for varying sizes of groups of people. It will address common questions of process and mechanics of ceremonial craftwork, as well as how to put in the “mojo” to keep the ritual relevant and engaging.

This class has a prerequisite of either having completed the Wicca 101 class, or having some degree of familiarity of basic Wiccan working and Circle manners and protocol. We will not be teaching the mechanics of basic Circle in this class.

“Majick, Mind, and Matrix”
Class Prospectus:

Objectives:

• Understand the natural mechanics of the universe and how it enables Majick
• Gain an understanding of the Hermetic Principles of Majick and how they relate to quantum physics
• Learn how to increase the probability matrix to enhance your Majick and spellwork
• Understand the role of resonance and frequency in Majick, meditation and healing

Summation:
The largest part of a tree is unseen, it is the extensive hidden network of roots and biochemical interactions that facilitate and communicate with the foundational components of soil and mycorrhizal connections. And so it is with you. The largest part of ourselves is the unseen, though sometimes sensed, point of connection to the energy fields of the universe that can be accessed and explored. It is the underlying quantum matrix of energy and frequencies that form our foundation and connect us to the universal matrix. In this workshop we will cover a range of topics such as our reality as vibrational beings, the observer effect on a quantum system and the work of Masaru Emoto, working with the Hermetic Principles, and why Witchcraft is an art, a science and a religion.

Arc of The Illuminated Stone Circle at Night, with luminaries.

“Magick does not allow you to do the impossible, to break the laws of physics, but you can bend the laws of probability in your favor” - Kurt Griffith

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