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Tim Hartridge is a contributing author for
an Australian book on the experiences
of contemporary Witches entitled
Practising the Witch's Craft.
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He is also the book's cover designer.

 

 
 
 

Casting the Witch's Circle workshop
SYDNEY + MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA


Exploring Wicca, Ritual and Magick

An introduction to the core practices used by our local Sydney Coven is the focus of this workshop. Learn how to use the Witch's Circle to transform your life and restore a connection with the psychic reality. The workshop is usually run over 4 consecutive weekly sessions.
I also run these for private groups occasionally. Held over two Saturdays as a weekend intensive workshop.

Workshop facilitator: Tim Hartridge
Tim is currently on a sabbatical from running workshops and circle, but you can meet him at the monthly Witches Meet-up. See L'Esbat

Next workshop: email for updates
Expressions of interest >info@witchesworkshop.com

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CASTING THE WITCH'S CIRCLE WORKSHOP
SUMMARY

The workshop overall is broken into 4 parts, with each week including a theory session followed by a practicum in the form of several rituals. Included is a 60 page reference manual. The workshop leader is published author Tim Hartridge.

WEEK 1
Theory session: Brief intro and how to get started; Wicca verses Witchcraft and the contemporary expressions of the Craft; The influence of Alchemy and Ceremonial magick in the Witch's Circle work; How our Coven functions and an introduction our core method and approach to Circle ritual. (Any questions are encouraged throughout.)
Ritual practicum: An introduction to the Middle Pillar (Chakra) practice; The use of Chi or psychic energy in ritual; a method of Circle casting and using the Enochian tablet of Union; An Hermetic magickal primer exercise; Applying the 'alchemy' of the Witch's Cauldron; Condensing thought-forms for improvised Spell-casting. Feedback time.
Reference works from Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente, Franz Bardon, Margaret A Murray.

WEEK 2
Theory session: Jung, Alchemy and Magick; Hermetic magick as internal Alchemy and applied to the Witch's circle; What is really happening when the Pentagram is used in ritual; Rosaleen Norton's practice of Witchcraft and method of work; Primal tools of trance, dance and drum. Viewing a Coven ritual - 7 minute video documentary, an archive of our old Coven in ritual; What is the Witches' Cone of Power. Questions.
Ritual practicum: Using dance for power raising; 3rd part to Middle Pillar (Chakra) practice; the Circle casting; Attempting power raising with dance; Applying trance techniques. Feedback time.
Reference : Rosaleen Norton, Aleister Crowley, Carl Jung, Michael Harner

WEEK 3
Theory session: Using Alchemy as an analyzing tool; Principles of Spellcraft using techniques of Sympathetic magick; Fundamentals of Sigil Magick and constructing a Sigil; the Witch's use of alchemical processes in spells. Questions.
Ritual practicum: Reinforcing the rituals - Middle Pillar (Chakra) practice; the Circle casting; Using the Sigils in a practical Spell-casting combined with raising the witches' Cone of Power with dance; Alchemical incubation of the spell. Feedback time.
Reference : Austin Osman Spare and Mrs Patterson, James Frazer, Phyllis Curott, Paul Huson, Dion Fortune.

WEEK 4
Theory session: Witchcraft and the ancient Mystery Cults; Pompeii and Dionysus; Aradia and the Goddess of the Strega; A central sacred Myth of contemporary Witches; Inner meaning to the Initiation rite and the Pentagram; Decoding sacred time and space in Wicca. Questions.
Ritual practicum: the middle pillar and Circle casting rite; Techniques for deepening trance and connecting to psychic energy in the Circle; Using the Tarot oracle to divine a path ahead. Feedback time.
Reference : Joseph Campbell, Robert A Johnson, Ginette Paris, Virgina Beane Rutter.

ANATOMY OF A WITCHES' COVEN WORKSHOP>

Expressions of interest - email Tim Hartridge

Witch's Whispers - testimony from past students.
Gallery: Circle photos

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