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WitchesWorkshop.com
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Casting the Witch's Circle workshop
Nuit's
Veil Coven - Dark Circle
New dates
Wicca
TV + Witches Weekend
Witchcraft
on the small screen.
Interview e xcerpts from Deborah Gray's
WitchCrafter DVD Episode 1 : 'Wish on a Spell'.
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TIM
HARTRIDGE has been a practicing Witch
since his early teens, and
became involved in coven-based Witchcraft in 1973. An active Pagan
advocate, he has appeared in TV, radio and print media interviews.
For
a number of years he ran an Adelaide radio program 'Broomstick
Corner' (1981-84) interviewing many alternate spiritual practitioners.
Later after moving to Sydney he independently published 'Dark Cycle
Magazine' (1986-89), 'Venifica' newsletter (1986-89) and 'OzPagan'
newsletter (1992-93). The OzPagan Internet site was also launched in
1992, making it the first Pagan Internet site in Australia.
He
was the driving force behind the annual Eostre gathering (1985-
1997), the first Pagan festival of its kind to be held in Australia and
has
been a major contributor to the annual Euphoria gathering (2000-2002)
held in Victoria.
He
was a founder-member of the Sydney-based Dark Circle Collective
(established in 1984) and continues to run it's local coven. He presents
regular workshops in Witchcraft and runs the very popular Aussie based
WitchesWorkshop E-group launched in 1999. It is currently the largest
Australian Pagan e-group with more than 1800 members. In 2002 he
launch the now well known companion website WitchesWorkshop.com.
In 2009 Tim was interviewed for the BBC documentary "Around the World
in 80 Faiths". Screened a huge national audience the documentary is planned
to be aired on the Australian ABC TV program"Compass" sometime in 2010.
He has also received a very positive response to the DVD and the YouTube
airing of an interview he appeared in, the "Witches Weekend", hosted by
pop Witch Deborah Gray.
In 2007 Tim founded Witch Camp Australia as teaching and retreat project
that helps to promote educational workshops and training weekends for
people interested in experiencing a practical application of pagan and psychic
development in the fields of witchcraft and magick.
Tim
is a contributing author to a new Australian book on Witchcraft (pub.2003
Allen and Unwin) "Practising the Witch's
Craft - real magic under a southern sky".
He regularly runs the "Casting the Witch's Circle" workshop
in Sydney.
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