Reclaiming Pittsburgh’s Spring Ritual Saturday, May 12th, 2018 6:30PM – 9PM 2011 Noble Street Swissvale, PA 15218 Ritual Intention: “Like flowers, we unfold and nourish community.” Please bring: – Flowers for the altar – A water bottle – A snack for sharing (no peanut products… Read More
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October 20, 2017: Witch-Crafting – Tiny Altars Everywhere
Witch-Crafting: Tiny Altars Everywhere Date: October 20, 2017 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: 2011 Noble Street Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Join Briarheart for a night of crafting portable altars to carry the work of building community at the Reclaiming Pittsburgh Back to the Hive… Read More
October 6-7, 2017: Elements of Magic
Reclaiming Pittsburgh presents Elements of Magic Date: October 6 – 7, 2017 Location: 2011 Noble Street Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Join us for the first of the Reclaiming core classes as we explore the elements of magic-air, fire, water, earth, and spirit-using a variety of magical… Read More
October 21, 2017: Back to the Hive
Reclaiming Pittsburgh: Annual Ritual Community Meeting Date: October 21, 2017 Time: 1pm – 5pm Location: 2011 Noble Street Pittsburgh, PA 15218 What do we mean by ritual community meeting? We will be doing the sacred work of planning and decision making for the November 1,… Read More
Witches’ Tools for Artists: Elements of Magic
Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit…allies in living magically, allies in creating art, allies in enacting change in our living world.
TO REGISTER:
Please fill out our registration form: https://goo.gl/Ux088W
Send payment via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/witcharts-please include in the comments your name and “Elements of Magic”
Are you the magical sort, interested in learning more about Reclaiming Witchcraft?Do you create? Are you interested in exploring your craft by using the tools of the Witch?
The first of the Reclaiming Tradition core classes, this class will explore the Elements through the lens of the Reclaiming Tradition. Over 10 weeks, we will investigate the foundations of the practice of Witchcraft through intimate workings with Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. With Allies both magical and human, we will step into artistic practice as a magical and revolutionary act.
For more information about Reclaiming: http://reclaiming.org/about/
FACILITATORS:
Amoret BriarRose: I am a poet, witch, and synergist. I am an initiate in both Reclaiming and Anderson Feri traditions and have been working magic for 17 years. I seek the sacred in words and woods, in song and silence, and in the intimate magics of the everyday. I endeavor to look life in the eye and believe that surrender holds a key to grace. I am called to divination, gathering messages from tarot cards and runes, from the sounds of tree roots stretching and the drumming of heartbeats. I am called to community, knowing that many hands make light and interesting work. I come alive when our voices come together, calling to the Mysteries. Find out more about me at https://amoretbriarrose.com/
Laurie Dietrich: I am a performance artist, a ritualist and a deathworker. I was trained as a priestess at Diana’s Grove Mystery School, and continue that work with a team of Grove-trained collaborators as Expanding Inward (expandinginward.com). I am interested in coherence. Coincidence. Simplicity. Integrity. I call myself a Shaper, and I do that work with words and silence, motion and stillness, pageant and darkness. My great teachers are Paradox, Necessity and Change. My spiritual practice is Buddhism. One of my deep joys is sharing the ideas, values and practices that have transformed my own life with others.
CLASS INFORMATION:
PREREQUISITE: Participants should have already read the first six chapters of The Spiral Dance by Starhawk
WHERE: Class participation will take place online (Facebook group, audio files, Zoom conference calls)
WHEN: Class begins March 1, 2016 and runs through May 17, 2016
COST: $100-$250, sliding scale. In Reclaiming, we try to balance the need to be justly compensated for our labor with our commitment to make our work available to people of all economic levels. By using a sliding scale, we hope that those who can afford to do so will pay on the higher end. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
YOU WILL NEED: A reliable internet connection; an open mind; a desire to create; an artistic practice, either ongoing or new to you, that you can commit to for the duration of the class; a journal.
TO REGISTER:
Magic is Afoot
Magic is afoot, friends! November 4-6, 2016: Boneweaver and I will be teaching a new class – The Pentacle of Charisma: Invoking the Black Heart of Innocence in Community Leadership. May 2017: Planning is underway to teach a Community class (one of the Reclaiming Core… Read More
Classes, Workshops, Training
Lately there’s been a lot of interest in classes and workshops, which makes my Black Heart so happy! I will be working as part of the Ritual Arc Team for SpiralHeart’s annual witchcamp in July – this event would be a great opportunity to meet me… Read More
Spring Equinox 2016 with Reclaiming Pittsburgh
We had a fun and energetic time tonight at the Spring Equinox ritual!
Our intention: Life calls, we return with joy: I am here.
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Ritual Arc Creation: Altar Pictures
The Ritual Arc Team (RATS) for SpiralHeart’s 2016 Witchcamp met up this weekend to begin the creation of the energetic arc for camp – here are a few pictures of the the altars we co-created:
Medusa Images
Images invigorate my spiritual practice – I really love having visuals that are connected to the spiritual work I’m doing.
As I’m on the ritual arc team for SpiralHeart’s witchcamp this year, and we are working with Medusa, I’m on the hunt for fantastic serpentine images. Today, I reacquainted myself with Klimt’s Hygeia: