Upcoming Classes, Camps & Presentations
October 27 (5 sessions) -- Writing Between the Worlds: Trusting Stories of Cycles -- w Marie -- ONLINE
October 30 -- The Beginner Witch -- a FREE event on Zoom
Nov 4 - Dec 9 -- Rites of Passage -- with Yule -- ONLINE
Nov 7 - Dec 19 (6 Saturdays, skip Nov 28) -- Magical Writing, a Creative Journey -- with George -- ONLINE
July 12 - 18 2021 -- Spiralheart Witchcamp -- Buffalo Gap Retreat
Click on the names above or scroll down to get to the class/camp details!
October 27 (5 sessions) -- Writing Between the Worlds: Trusting Stories of Cycles -- w Marie -- ONLINE
October 30 -- The Beginner Witch -- a FREE event on Zoom
Nov 4 - Dec 9 -- Rites of Passage -- with Yule -- ONLINE
Nov 7 - Dec 19 (6 Saturdays, skip Nov 28) -- Magical Writing, a Creative Journey -- with George -- ONLINE
July 12 - 18 2021 -- Spiralheart Witchcamp -- Buffalo Gap Retreat
Click on the names above or scroll down to get to the class/camp details!
ReOctober 27 (5 sessions) -- Writing Between the Worlds: Trusting Stories of Cycles -- w Marie -- ONLINE
“Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart and trust your story.” ― Neil Gaiman
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." — Anton Chekhov
Once upon a time, you arrived in this world as a spell, cast across a timeline, spread out like a dream – or a dare.
Under shared sky as an unfolding story, you may have remembered and forgotten yourself, again and again.
Cycles of knowing and unknowing.
Trust and worry.
Confusion and courage.
Like the way the moon travels across the sky, in shadow and shine.
Like the way the moon returns to fullness and back to rest.
Again and again.
The truth always returns. And so can we.
Together, we will travel with the wisdom of growth and decay, of shrinking and expanding – offering our words in sacred, holy space.
What stories do you tell of yourself? Of this world?
What stories are waxing and coming to fullness?
What stories are waning and returning to shadow?
What stories might find their way back to you?
What happens between the worlds changes all the worlds.
Location: Zoom; details with registration
Dates: October 27, November 10, 24, December 1, 8, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Pacific
Maximum number: 8 (waiting list will be created)
Cost - sliding scale ($150 - $250); some scholarships available, please inquire
Registration link: https://forms.gle/YrR8EShmUCDbHZSB9
Registration and payment:
*Canadians: e-transfer payments to Marie - marie@mariemaccagno.com or request invoice for credit card payment
*US - payment to Irisanya – PayPal to Irisanya.moon@gmail.com or Venmo @irisanya
Your Guides on the Journey:
Irisanya Moon (she/her) www.irisanya.com I live on the unceded land of the Southern Pomo, Wappo, and Graton Rancheria peoples in Santa Rosa, California, USA. I honor that stories are spells and our bodies hold the heartbeat of transformation. I have written books and blogs on magick and resilience, holding that storytelling can be an act of resistance. We do not do this work alone.
Marie Maccagno (she/her) (www.mariemaccagno.com) I live on unceded territory of the K’omoks Nation, on Vancouver Island, Canada. My life’s work is supporting others to tell the truth of their lives. I believe that healing and transformation happens when we write and share together within sacred space
October 30 -- The Beginner Witch -- a FREE event on Zoom
A fun and informative session for the young/beginner witch where you can chat with real witches, Pagan authors, and community leaders. Lots of Q&A and all are welcome. In the spirit of the season, costumes and wild makeup are encouraged! There is no cost for attendance, however, if you would like to make a donation to continue making events like this possible, you may do so at paypal.me/mortellus
Featuring Special Guests:
Author of Blackthorns Botanical Magic, Sacred Smoke, and Blackthorns Botanical Brews, Amy Blackthorn
Author of Badass Ancestors, the Daily Spellbook for the Good Witch, and more, Patti Wigington
Patheos Columnist and Moon Books Author of Reclaiming Witchcraft and Aphrodite, Irisanya Moon
Professional Tarot reader and Gardnerian High Priestess Heather Gaffney-Darnell of The Phoenix Nest
Ashley, host of Seeking Witchcraft Podcast
Patrick Duncan, Third Degree Gardnerian Priest and Elder
And more TBA!
Topics Include:
1. Choosing deities to work with and building your first altar (presented by Irisanya Moon)
2. Finding tools and materials in your own home (presented by Patti Wigington)
3. Choosing your first tarot deck (presented by Heather of The Phoenix Nest)
4. Low-key practice: Hiding your magic in plain sight (presented by Ashley of Seeking Witchcraft)
5. Magical ethics (presented by Patrick Duncan)
6. Identifying good sources for information
7. Being a good representative of the Pagan community
A fun and informative session for the young/beginner witch where you can chat with real witches, Pagan authors, and community leaders. Lots of Q&A and all are welcome. In the spirit of the season, costumes and wild makeup are encouraged! There is no cost for attendance, however, if you would like to make a donation to continue making events like this possible, you may do so at paypal.me/mortellus
Featuring Special Guests:
Author of Blackthorns Botanical Magic, Sacred Smoke, and Blackthorns Botanical Brews, Amy Blackthorn
Author of Badass Ancestors, the Daily Spellbook for the Good Witch, and more, Patti Wigington
Patheos Columnist and Moon Books Author of Reclaiming Witchcraft and Aphrodite, Irisanya Moon
Professional Tarot reader and Gardnerian High Priestess Heather Gaffney-Darnell of The Phoenix Nest
Ashley, host of Seeking Witchcraft Podcast
Patrick Duncan, Third Degree Gardnerian Priest and Elder
And more TBA!
Topics Include:
1. Choosing deities to work with and building your first altar (presented by Irisanya Moon)
2. Finding tools and materials in your own home (presented by Patti Wigington)
3. Choosing your first tarot deck (presented by Heather of The Phoenix Nest)
4. Low-key practice: Hiding your magic in plain sight (presented by Ashley of Seeking Witchcraft)
5. Magical ethics (presented by Patrick Duncan)
6. Identifying good sources for information
7. Being a good representative of the Pagan community
Nov 4 - Dec 9 -- Rites of Passage -- with Yule -- ONLINE
Rites of Passage focuses on dreams, myths, and language, using traditional and non-traditional tales and techniques.
Through storytelling, trance, release work and dreams we receive our challenge(s), meet our helpers, work through our blocks and emerge renewed, reborn.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
Teachers: Irisanya & Yule
Location: ZOOM
Times: 6 Wednesdays, 7 - 9:30pm
Cost: $90 to $240, some scholarships available
Pre-requisites: Elements of Magic (or equivalent experience)
Register: Please go to: https://forms.gle/XXVn68MJmEEAfMig7
Questions: Email Irisanya at irisanya.moon@gmail.com
Nov 7 - Dec 19 (6 Saturdays, skip Nov 28) -- Magical Writing, a Creative Journey -- with George -- ONLINE
Irisanya & George are offering a magical writing class via zoom, Saturdays from 12-2pm PDT, six weeks beginning Saturday May 23.
Using the tools of Reclaiming-style magic, we'll create sacred writing space and together magically invoke inspirations, allies, characters, voices - and words!.
Each week we'll share writing exercises and games, as well as taking a close-up look at various aspects of our craft. Tools and skills are useful for fiction, non-fiction, scripts, dissertations, blogging, and more.
Here's a downloadable booklet that shows some of the things we'll be doing. Every circle is different - let us know if you see things you'd like us to cover.
https://directaction.org/magicalwriter/
Timing/Tech: Six sessions, Saturdays 12-2pm PDT, beginning November 7, skipping November 28. Via zoom.
Teachers: Irisanya and George are Reclaiming teachers active in various NorCal camps and communities. George is a community organizer and author of several fiction and nonfiction works.
Irisanya (she/her) is an international teacher, blogger, and author of several non-fiction books. Details at www.irisanya.com.
Cost: Requested donation $99-299 sliding scale - please place yourself generously on the scale to support our diverse group. Some scholarship assistance available.
To register for the class, please PayPal to this address: MagicalWriterSF@gmail.com
Contact: George <georgefranklin1982@gmail.com>, or Irisanya <irisanya.moon@gmail.com>
Irisanya & George are offering a magical writing class via zoom, Saturdays from 12-2pm PDT, six weeks beginning Saturday May 23.
Using the tools of Reclaiming-style magic, we'll create sacred writing space and together magically invoke inspirations, allies, characters, voices - and words!.
Each week we'll share writing exercises and games, as well as taking a close-up look at various aspects of our craft. Tools and skills are useful for fiction, non-fiction, scripts, dissertations, blogging, and more.
Here's a downloadable booklet that shows some of the things we'll be doing. Every circle is different - let us know if you see things you'd like us to cover.
https://directaction.org/magicalwriter/
Timing/Tech: Six sessions, Saturdays 12-2pm PDT, beginning November 7, skipping November 28. Via zoom.
Teachers: Irisanya and George are Reclaiming teachers active in various NorCal camps and communities. George is a community organizer and author of several fiction and nonfiction works.
Irisanya (she/her) is an international teacher, blogger, and author of several non-fiction books. Details at www.irisanya.com.
Cost: Requested donation $99-299 sliding scale - please place yourself generously on the scale to support our diverse group. Some scholarship assistance available.
To register for the class, please PayPal to this address: MagicalWriterSF@gmail.com
Contact: George <georgefranklin1982@gmail.com>, or Irisanya <irisanya.moon@gmail.com>
More coming in 2021....