Elements of Magic Weekend Workshop

Saturday, July 20 & Sunday, July 21
Private Residence, Los Angeles, CA

$250 – $120 (sliding scale)

Taught by Laurie Lovekraft and Caduceus

Come learn the art (and science) of magic! In this class taught in the Reclaiming Tradition, we begin the practice of Magic, Witchcraft, and Goddess spirituality by working with the elements of magic: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. Learn how to deepen your vision and focus your Will – empowering yourself to act in the world!

The workshop is structured as a participatory ritual focusing on practical tips and magical tools. You will learn ritual technologies used in Reclaiming to create sacred space, honor divinity, and wield magical tools, such as the sword, the wand, the cone of power, the chalice, the pentacle, the cauldron, and our own bodies and breath.

We’ll explore and learn techniques including dance, drumming, chanting, trance, visualization, sensing & projecting energy, working boundaries and Will, spellcraft, and creating and structuring rituals. Elements of Magic allows us to explore these skills in a supportive group setting.

This class is a great way to connect with other people exploring Reclaiming Tradition magic and witchcraft. Group experience follows feminist consensus process. We aim to provide a fair and nurturing environment for all participants.

Prerequisite: Please read the first six chapters of The Spiral Dance by Starhawk.

(Elements of Magic is a prerequisite for other Reclaiming classes and Reclaiming LA’s Ritual Planning Cell.)

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Lammas / Lughnasadh Ritual

Lammas, also called Lughnasadh, marks the beginning of the harvest season. We harvest bright summer days (soon coming to an end) and begin reaping what we’ve sown from the past few months. The Celtic god Lugh was a solar deity and a festival was held in his honor in August, his sacred month. Join us to connect with the excitement and magic of this special season when the first grains are ready to be harvested and threshed, and apples and grapes are ripe for the plucking. Let’s give thanks and welcome abundance in our lives.

Sunday, August 4
4:30 pm Doors Open
5:00 pm Ritual

Green Man Store
5712 Lankershim Blvd,
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 985-2010

$10 – $20 suggested donation

Men & women welcome. Children welcome with adult accompaniment. Please remember to bring food and drink to share for the post-ritual potluck as well as a plate, cup and utensils. To support those in recovery, this ritual is “clean and sober”.

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Redwood Magic Family Camp

August 11 – 15, 2013
Mendocino Woodlands, Campsite 3

Share in four days of games, fun, magic, and community in the redwoods! Join us in the forest at Mendocino Woodlands as we weave a web that crosses the generations. Organized by and for families, Redwood Magic Camp is open to Pagan-friendly families and their invited guests, as well as a few teachers and organizers. Folks new to Reclaiming are welcome.

Redwood Magic Camp is dedicated to creating an environment where children & teens are surrounded by magic, community, and sacred space. It is a place for families to come together and honor the unique needs and gifts of children in our tradition so they can feel safe to step into their own magical power. It is also an opportunity for Pagan parents to build community resources and make a connection with each other. The camp is set among a mature Redwood/Douglas Fir forest, creating a beautiful, peaceful setting. A small creek runs alongside the camp.

Redwood Magic grew out of Witchlets in the Woods, and carries on that tradition. This is a community retreat, not a festival or a drop-in camp. Please plan to attend the entire event (unless advance arrangements are made). This camp is sure to fill up, so register today!

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Rites of Passage Workshop

Save the Date! September, 2013

In this Reclaiming core class, we embrace the unseen realms where dreams and myth live and where changing one world affects all the worlds. In Rites of Passage we focus on the mythopoetic truths of story that help us honor our personal and global rites of passage. Explore realms of dream, trance and myth, and acquire tools for coping (and thriving) in these times of change. Join us to drum, dance, and move between the worlds and initiate your own transformation!

 

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Iron Pentacle Weekend Workshop

Save the Date! November 9 & 10, 2013

Join us for an Iron Pentacle weekend workshop! The Iron Pentacle is one Reclaiming’s core tools for self-transformation, inherited from the Anderson Feri Tradition.

Using our magical skills, along with moving and shaping energy, we’ll transform ourselves through trance and other tools to explore the five points of our inner pentacle: Sex, Self, Passion, Pride and Power. These points are our birthright as free human beings. With the Iron Pentacle we can learn to reclaim these points and integrate them into our lives.  We’ll also work on areas where growth and balance are required, and learn tools to take this work out into our daily lives. Although the Iron Pentacle can be challenging, it is a powerful tool for personal transformation, which is the work of a lifetime

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Starhawk in L.A. ~ Workshop & Spiral Dance

**SAVE THE DATE!** Join us to embark on a winter’s dream for ourselves & the planet at the 3rd annual workshop & Spiral Dance with Starhawk.

Saturday, December 14
Los Angeles, CA (location TBD)

12:30 pm Workshop
3:30 pm Community Meal
4:30 pm Doors Open for Ritual
5:00 pm Winter’s Dream ~ Spiral Dance Ritual

Starhawk is one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality. She is also well-known as a global justice activist and organizer, whose work and writings have inspired many to action. Star is the author or coauthor of eleven books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, long considered the essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement. Starhawk is also co-founder of the Reclaiming Tradition.

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Reclaiming’s Core Classes

Elements of Magic

With the art of magic, we deepen our vision and focus our will, empowering ourselves to act in the world. In this class we begin the practice of Magic, Witchcraft, and Goddess spirituality by working with the Elements of Magic: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. Techniques include: visualization, sensing and projecting energy, chanting, trance, creating magical space, spellcraft, and structuring rituals. Group experience follows feminist consensus process. We hope to provide a fair and nurturing environment for all participants.

Each class is structured as a ritual, and includes practical ritual and magical skills. Elements of Magic allows us to explore these skills in a supportive group setting. This class is a great way to connect with other people exploring Reclaiming-tradition magic and witchcraft.

We welcome both beginning students, and advanced students who want to deepen their experience of the sacred elements.

Prerequisite: Reading of the first six chapters of The Spiral Dance by Starhawk.

Iron Pentacle

Using our magical skills, moving and shaping energy, transforming ourselves through trance to explore the five points of our inner pentacle: Sex (primal energy), Self, Passion, Pride (self-esteem), and Power (effectiveness in the worlds). Six classes (or weekend intensive), culminating with a ritual created by the students. Learn more about the Iron Pentacle in the Reclaiming Quarterly.

Prerequisite: Elements of Magic class or equivalent.

Pearl Pentacle

We will work with the deep, healing energies of the Pentacle of Pearl, moving through the five points: Love, Law, Wisdom, Power and Knowledge. Learn more about the Pearl Pentacle in the Reclaiming Quarterly.

Prerequisite: Elements of Magic class or equivalent.

Rites of Passage

Rites of Passage focuses on dreams, myths, and language, using traditional and non-traditional tales and techniques to create a personal rite of passage. Through storytelling, trance, release work and dreams we receive our challenge(s), meet our helpers, work through our blocks and emerge renewed, reborn. Six classes (or weekend intensive), culminating with a ritual created by the students.

Prerequisite: Elements of Magic class or equivalent.