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Category: Workshop
What to Bring: just yourself!
Price/Donation: $50
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Acct. Id: 419168
Event Id: 82362
Posted: Apr.22.2012
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HPS Tammy Overand announces...
Magick and Philosophy of Wicca introductory course
When: Available upon request
Where: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Magick and Philosophy of Wicca class
Event Details: This 10 week session class is designed to familiarize students with the history, philosophy, symbology, and practice of Wicca. One new lesson is taught each week. You will also want keep a journal to further develop your thinking and spirituality. The discussion and magic that we do in this course can serve as valuable contributions to this journal.
Required Reading: The Spiral Dance by Starhawk. The chapter references below refer to this book.
Fees are $50 total for the entire course. You can bring a check to your first class made out to Tammy Overand. Please e-mail circleofdianapgh@gmail.com with any questions.
Course outline:
I. Introduction; Discussion of Ethics: (Chapters 1 & 2)
What do we know about the Craft? How do we know it? What attracted you to take a class like this? What do you hope to do with the knowledge that you’ll take out of here?
Learn about the three-fold law. The Wiccan Rede. The ramifications of bindings, and hexings. Doing magick for good or bane. Understand the difference between black, white and gray magick.
II. Magickal Symbology: (Table of Correspondences)
Table of correspondence provided for all. Connections between the directions, elements, planets, sun and moon, herbs, astrology, goddesses, metals, times of day, etc.
Determining your own private symbologies for love, prosperity, spiritual or personal growth, etc.
Meditation—Flora’s guided visualization of the Four Quarters.
III. High Magick: Multidimensionality: (Chapters 3 & 4)
Considering the interconnectedness of all consciousness. Understanding the multiplicity which is our being. In meditations or pathworkings, an act of imaginations allows us to traverse the universe. We awaken the imagination when we do magick. Further ethical considerations.
Meditation-- Dear Little Cloud.
IV. Elemental and Natural Magick: (Chapters 5 & 8)
The Earth Goddess. Calling in the elemental energies. Reviewing the significance of the quarters. Working with air, fire, water and earth. Understanding the correspondences for particular workings.
Ritual. Keeping sacred space. Setting up your altar. Purification and anointment. Music for ritual: recorded and live. Drumming and bells. Dance and singing. Chanting. Raising energy. The cone of power. Grounding.
V. The Agrarian Mysteries: The Wheel of the Year: (Chapters 6 & 12)
Understand the nature of the sabbats or Wiccan seasonal holidays. Seasonal ritual magick. Forms of the Goddess. History of Wicca as an indigenous early European religion. Multiculturalism of the Goddess. Moving toward a new earth religion. Celebration. Cakes and ale.
VI. The Lunar Mysteries
The esbats or lunar celebrations. The moon as Goddess. Full Moon ritual. The moon’s effect on oceans and on magick. Drawing down the moon. The Charge of the Goddess. Lunations for particular workings. Dark moon ritual. Waxing moon ritual. Candle magick. Initiation.
VII. Practical Magick: (Chapter 7)
Understanding the witches’ tools: the athame, wand, pentacle and cup. Consecration of tools. Working hands-on with herbs, oils, candles and incense. Using intent to charge a charm. Candle and talismanic magick. Waxing and full moon workings.
IX. Scrying and Divination: (Chapter 9)
Some methods of divination. Elemental readings. Fire, water, and earth readings. Crystal, water, candle and mirror gazing. Tarot. Runes. Scrying to determine magickal working conditions. Trusting intuition, the higher self. Reading for others. Facing the shadow. Trance. Dark moon workings.
X. Closing Ritual
We all gather to create sacred space and participate in an Esbat together as a group.
Event Location: 2535 Mission Street, downstairs apt in Pittsburgh
Event TIME Details: select Wednesday evenings
Directions: My apartment looks like it is wooden from Mission Street, but if you look at the side of it, you will see it is made of brick. You can park at the binding company lot across the screen, as it is only open until 6PM, or anywhere on the street where there is space. To reach my place, walk down the wooden stairs from Mission Street. My door is down the stairs on the right, as soon as you reach the landing.
If you are coming from the South Side flats (East Carson St) , just turn up the hill onto 18th Street, and follow 18th street up the hill until you reach Mission Street bridge. Turn left onto Mission Street. My place is a few blocks down on the left.
If you are coming from the south or from Mt. Washington, it may be easier for you to go through Arlington instead of East Carston Street and the South Side flats. When you come out of the Liberty tunnel, make a right. You will then have to go down the hill to the left toward East Carson Street or up the hill to the right toward Arlington. If you go down to East Carson, make a right onto East Carson and continue on East Carson Street until you reach 18th Street. If you turn up toward Arlington, you will already be on Arlington Road. Just stay on it until you reach 18th Street, and turn left onto 18th street. Mission Street Bridge is a ways down the hill on the right. When you get to it, turn right onto it. My place is a few blocks down on the left.
If you are taking the bus, you can catch either the 51C from downtown or the 54 from Oakland. Take the stop at 18th and Mission street, then take Mission street to my place at 2535 Mission St.
Phone: (412) 412-352-3575
Website: http://circleofdiana.moonfruit.com
Website II: http://hillsandrivers.moonfruit.com
Mailing Address: 2535 Mission Street, BSMT Apartment, Pittsburgh, P
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