Workshop: Witches’ Circle

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Mystical Dragon – click here to visit the Facebook event page.

A witches circle is a ritual circle that can be created in honour of your Sabbat celebrations, for Esbats, and more! When properly performed the Witches Circle is a powerfully protective space where one can not only perform spells, but also meditate, connect to the world of spirit and do any other sacred work required. Discover all the ‘elements’ to creating your own ritual; casting the circle, calling the corners, invoking Deity, the cone of power, cakes and ale, and the ritual focus. You will also experience a practical demonstration!

This workshop can be studied individually or as part of our Embracing Witchcraft program.

Topics Covered In The Witches Circle:
**The difference between spells and rituals
**Creating a sacred space for ritual
**Examining the five Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit in relation to a ritual
**Examining the parts contained in a ritual
**Exploring the tools required for a ritual
**How to put your own ritual together
**Ritual Etiquette
**Practical demonstration of how a ritual circle is performed.

Amanda says: “Casting circle and creating ritual are a very beautiful and powerful aspect of being a Witch. You can truly feel and embrace your connection with each of the Elements, Deity and the Universe through this very sacred act. Plus a well formed ritual circle can add immense energy to any spell work you may choose to do within it. More than just a tool for use in your spell work, the ritual circle is a sacred and protected space for the Witch to work and heal.”

About Your Facilitator:
Amanda Godfrey, the founder of Mystical Dragon, is a Witch and has had psychic experiences her whole life and has been conducting intuitive readings and healings professionally since 2002. She has also been studying and practicing witchcraft for over 20 years. Currently practicing as a solitary witch, Amanda has also been a High Priestess of a Coven and leads Mystical Dragons Open Circles held four times a year. Amanda has developed and taught many courses and workshops since 2003, covering topics including witchcraft, psychic development, crystals, meditation, tarot and more.

Only $60p/person to attend and bookings are essential. To book your place contact Mystical Dragon on 03 9782 5091 or for more information or to make your booking online click this link: https://mysticaldragon.com.au/events/witchcraft/other-witchcraft-trg/the-witches-circle

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

Workshop: Witches’ Tools

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Mystical Dragon – click here to visit the Facebook event page.

A witch’s tool adds power to the magickal work you do! Discover what tools witches use, the reasons behind using them and the correct ways to use them. Learn ways to cleanse the tools you have and charge them with your energy and intent to get the most out of them in the spells and ritual work that you will do. Explore the substitutes that can be used in place of traditional tools when you need them in a pinch!

Learn about the essential tools and the not so essential tools as well as the substitutes that can be used when you can’t lay your hands on the real thing!

Topics Covered in this Witches Tools workshop:
**The magickal home and garden
**Witches ‘tools of the trade’ including the Altar, Athame, Book of Shadows, Boline, Besom, Wand and more. Discuss, see and touch these magnificent tools and have the opportunity to ask questions!
**Cleansing and charging your tools
**Some basic symbols explained

About your facilitator:
Amanda Godfrey, the founder of Mystical Dragon, is a Witch and has had psychic experiences her whole life and has been conducting intuitive readings and healings professionally since 2002. She has also been studying and practicing witchcraft for over 20 years. Currently practicing as a solitary witch, Amanda has also been a High Priestess of a Coven and leads Mystical Dragons Open Circles held four times a year. Amanda has developed and taught many courses and workshops since 2003, covering topics including witchcraft, psychic development, crystals, meditation, tarot and more.

This workshop can be studied individually or as part of the Embracing Witchcraft Certificate Program.

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

Workshop: The Magic and Mysteries of Avalon with Lucy Cavendish

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Mystical Dragon – click here to visit the Facebook event page.

The Magick and Mysteries of Avalon workshop is for Anyone who has felt the call of the Priestess. The magickal isle of Celtic legend is no myth. There is a Lady of the Lake, great earth teachings and blessings which have been preserved for thousands of years, kept alive in order to be passed on today. If you feel the call of Avalon, this ancient magick and healing energy may be living in your heart, your blood, your ancestry. Now is the time for you to reactivate this unique knowledge and true wisdom of Avalon.

Join internationally acclaimed spiritual author and White Witch, Lucy Cavendish for a workshop overflowing with the teachings and the old ways of the Druids, Priestesses, Faery Folk, and Morgens of Avalon. You will be guided by Lucy through a series of rituals, journeys and meditations created to connect you with the timeless craft of the Holy Celtic isle.

Topics Covered In This Mysteries of Avalon Workshop:
**A trance journey to meet the Lady of the Lake, Merlin and Morgan le Fey
**Cerridwen’s cauldron: a ritual to release that which holds you back
**Discover the Avalonian Goddess energies and an opportunity to ask them questions
**Receive a powerful activation of Avalonian energy to awaken her power within you
**Discover of the sacred power animals of Avalon
**Experience the Dragons, the Unicorns, and other amazing elementals of Avalon

About Your Facilitator:
Lucy Cavendish is an internationally acclaimed spiritual author and intuition expert. She exhibited strong extra-sensory abilities as a child, and with no answers from school or mainstream religion, Lucy set out on a personal quest to understand and develop her magickal gifts. Lucy grew up in Sydney, Australia and has lived in Paris, London and the United States. When not writing or speaking, you’ll find Lucy surfing in the ocean, wandering deep within a faery forest, or dancing with the spirits in an ancient stone circle.

Only $220p/person to attend and BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL To book your place contact Mystical Dragon on 03 9782 5091 or for more information or to make your booking online click this link: https://mysticaldragon.com.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=809:mysteries-of-avalon-sc&Itemid=1600

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

Workshop: The Sabbat of Imbolc

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Mystical Dragon – click here to visit the Facebook event page.

Connect with this sabbat of Imbolc creatively and practically by making a Brigid’s cross, a sacred and highly protective amulet, plus connect in meditation with the Goddess Brigid and have her bless your cross. Use your Brigid’s Cross for your celebration and to add protection wherever you need it.

Topics Covered In The Sabbat of Imbolc Short workshop:
**What is the Wheel of the Year?
**What is the sabbat of Imbolc all about?
**Traditional associations/correspondences for the sabbat of Imbolc
**Be inspired for your own Imbolc altar
**Rituals, spells and customs for the sabbat of Imbolc
**Connect with Deity associated with Imbolc: the Goddess Brigid
**Connect with this sabbat creatively by making your own Brigid’s Cross

This short course can be studied individually or as part of the Embracing Witchcraft Certificate Program.

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

Workshop: Plant Magick

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Mystical Dragon – click here to visit the Facebook event page.

Discover the many different aspects of plant magick, how to perform this simple yet powerful form of magick, the steps used to create a magickal charm bag, and perform a spell with the group. Plant magick may well be the most ancient and yet the most practical form of magick.

Topics Covered In This Plant Magick Workshop:
**What is plant magick?
**A brief look at the many different types of plant magick—charm bags, burning herbs, decoctions, infusions, salves, essential oils, etc
**The tools needed for performing plant magick
**Precautions for working with plants and oils
**The steps in successful plant magick
**Magick energies associated with herbs
**Magick energies associated with trees
**The right timing of your spells
**Things to consider before you cast a spell
**Create a charm bag for yourself to take home
**The Celtic Tree Calender
**Some Plant magick spells to try at home

This workshop can be studied individually or as part of the Embracing Witchcraft Certificate Program.

Only $60p/person to attend and bookings are essential. To book your place contact Mystical Dragon on 03 9782 5091 or for more information or to make your booking online click this link: https://mysticaldragon.com.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=485:plant-magick

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

Workshop: Element of Earth

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Mystical Dragon – click here to visit the Facebook event page.

Be introduced to the element of Earth and meet Dryads and Gnomes, two of the Elemental beings connected to the solid realms. Empower your everyday life and open yourself to a whole new dimension of beings that work beyond our physical world by developing a strong emotional and spiritual connection with the Elements.
EARTH! The body of our Mother, the life support system we live on. The Earth reflects strength, growth, nature, sustenance, mountains, forests, groves, fields, rocks, wholeness and standing stones. It is the element of silence, birth and death. With Earth, the body temperature and movement slows down. We find ourselves going into hibernation and moving into a quiet space to ponder our thoughts, our feelings and our actions.

Topics Covered In This Earth Element Short Course:
**What are the elements?
**What are elemental beings?
**Embracing the element of Earth
**Earth characteristics and associations (colours, astrological signs, plane, senses, herbs & trees, animals, etc)
**The Earth Elemental altar
**Introducing an Elemental Being: Dryads
**Introducing an Elemental Being: Gnomes
**Practical exercises to connect with Dryads and Gnomes
**Decorate and charge your own element Earth candle to help you connect to this element in future

This workshop can be studied individually or as part of the Embracing Witchcraft Certificate Program.

Only $60p/person to attend and bookings are essential. To book your place contact Mystical Dragon on 03 9782 5091 or for more information or to make your booking online click this link: https://mysticaldragon.com.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=481:element-earth

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

PLEASE NOTE Mystical Dragon does not take facebook acceptances as bookings. It is essential that you also contact the Mystical Dragon store to book your place officially via the methods mentioned aboveDiscover the many different aspects of plant magick, how to perform this simple yet powerful form of magick, the steps used to create a magickal charm bag, and perform a spell with the group. Plant magick may well be the most ancient and yet the most practical form of magick.

This workshop can be studied individually or as part of the Embracing Witchcraft Certificate Program.

Only $60p/person to attend and bookings are essential. To book your place contact Mystical Dragon on 03 9782 5091 or for more information or to make your booking online click this link: https://mysticaldragon.com.au/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=485:plant-magick

Held at Mystical Dragon, 22 Heversham Drive, Seaford Victoria, Australia

Meeting Minutes: June 2018

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Thanks again to our secretary Mark for putting these minutes together!

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Meeting Minutes: February 18, 2018

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Many thanks to our secretary Mark for putting these minutes together. 🙂

Pagan Collective of Victoria

Meeting Minutes 18/02/2018

Present: Josie, Nickole, Dorian, Elkie, Alex, Sarah, Mark, Ryan

Apologies: Seamus, Ang, Shaz, Dean

Meeting Location: The Last Jar, Melbourne

Meeting Open: 12.38

President’s Report –

We are now back into things again after the Christmas break. The committee dinner was a great opportunity to get to know each other better and we will try and do these a few times a year to help strengthen our bond as a team. Patreon is up and posting more to come later in the meeting.

Secretary’s Report –

There isn’t a lot of new news on this front at present, we are overhauling the membership sign-up process and database to make things more efficient.

Treasurer’s Report –

We currently have about $17 in the account, the first of the Patreon payments won’t come through until the start of the next month.

Meet-up Reports
Hills

The Hills ritual went really well and they are hoping to be able to do something like this again in the future. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

CBD
The numbers continue to go well for the city meetup, with a good regular attendance, there is going to be a slight change to the discussion format as it moves forward this year. They are contemplating doing a Facebook live at a future event.
Ballarat
Ballarat meet-ups are still in discussion with the possibility of running four a year on the table at present.
Frankston
These meet-ups are still continuing on and are going well with some regular faces as well as new faces turning up each meeting.

Swinburn

The first Swinburn pagan event will be coming up soon, it is very exciting.

5. Morris Report
The side is still continuing on in 2018, working on getting the skills up ready to be performance ready. They are attending English Ale in May. They have begun learning a second dance (Dilwyn) and are practicing processionals.

Patreon

Patreon is now live and posting. Thank-you to everyone that has supported, contributed to and worked on getting it live. Also a big thank-you to everyone that has become a backer, or been helping share it around.

7. Website
The overhaul is well underway and now blog posts immediately post to the Facebook as well. The site is getting anywhere from 50 – 200 hits a day. That is frankly amazing.

Facebook
The stats are up really well, so please continue to share and interact with it to help keep this up.
Membership
We are updating the form so that when a member signs up it sends it straight to our database (which is being overhauled) We will be contacting members to confirm their details and to ensure they know their membership number.
Community Safety Month

Have a lot of articles lined up ready to go throughout March so that our social media will be posting something every day designed to provide the community with access to information that will educate and inform in a variety of aspects of safe community.

Spiral Dance
Yes they are still coming to Melbourne, no we don’t have the date yet but will be posting more about it when we do. This will be branded as a PCV presents event.

12. Pagan Pride Day
The date has been selected as April 7^th.
Sarah will be drawing up a list of speakers and presenters for the various traditions and paths in Victoria as well as the various groups currently running events open to the public.

It has been proposed that we have a Druids v Witches Kubb game on the day, it will be a light-hearted thing, designed to be entertaining.

13. Seasonal Celebrations
Yule – this was to be organised by Dean? We will need to clarify

Autumn Equinox – we currently don’t have someone running the equinox now that Pagan Pride Day is in April.

Instagram
We now have an Instagram that is being run by Dorian at present. It can be found by looking for pagancollectivevic.
Workshops
It would be great if we can start announcing some of the dates for workshops, so could the committee members who have volunteered to run workshops please start trying to work out the dates for their workshop. These will probably be 1 – 2 hours in length and $10 – $15 for non-Patreon backers.

16. Chat Bots
Ryan is investigating chat bots with involves direct engagement content with users. He is currently learning about how to use them and will run it when this gets off the ground.

Inclusive Language

It was raised that we should consider changing some of the language on our website and social media to make it more inclusive. It can sometimes come across as slightly Wicca or eclectic witchcraft centric and it would be a shame if that made people from other paths feel left out.

Meeting End: 1.50 PM

Ecstatic Tarot: Sorcery, Divination and Mysticism in the Cards

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Josephine Winter

Hosted by Wyrd Workings – Gede Parma.

A thorough and ecstatic introduction, orientation and immersion within the centuries-old medium and being known as the Tarot.

In this course we will work with both the Major (Greater) and Minor (Lesser) Arcana (Mysteries). In meditation, trance, and ritual we will explore a potent and deep Fool’s journey through the 21 numbered cards that begin the magical deck.

We will meet the Pages/Princesses, Knights/Princes, Kings, and Queens of the court cards and discover the divinatory articulation and sorcerous application of the 56 Minor Arcana.

Come with a deck of traditional Tarot (78 cards NOT oracle decks), or if you have an adapted-Tarot be ready and willing to learn the foundational traditions and wisdom first. By the culmination of this course each participant will have the foundational tools and know-how to take this divinatory system home and into their relationships to wield in oracular, magical, and mythic ways.

This is a 6 week course held on Thursday evenings (7-10 PM) from the 15th of February until the 22nd of March.

Sliding scale of $150-300.
In recognition that financial circumstance often correlates to systems of privilege and oppression, two free spaces will be held for folks who are Indigenous, of Colour, Queer, Trans, single parents, or who are living with disability or mental illness. If you wish to take one of these spaces, simply e-mail spirited_services@hotmail.com and fill out the google form ignoring the questions regarding deposits.

Onward!

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Josephine Winter

2017 is well and truly over, and as we recover from the silly season and bask in the long, hot summer days, we can’t help but start looking forward to what we have planned for the coming year.

Meetups: Last year we hosted more than 50 meetups across the state, giving Pagans of a wide variety of locations, traditions and walks of life the opportunity to come together and socialise over a cuppa (or beer!). This year, our meetups will continue apace, with Melbourne Pagans in the Pub in the CBD, the Monthly Hills Pagan Coffee Meets in Belgrave, the Frankston Pagan Meets and the Central Vic Pagan Meets in Creswick and Castlemaine. This year, in conjunction with Druids of Victoria, we will be co-hosting Wandering Druid Coffee Meets in many different locations around the state. If you are a Druid or interested in Druidic practice, take a look.

As always, all our Meets are held according to the Standards laid out in our Mission Statement. Our community is diverse, supportive, and nurturing, and we love it that way.

At present, all our Meets are adults-only. Please do not bring children. If you are a parent wanting to run family-friendly Pagan events, get in touch with us and we’ll help you get started.

Public Rituals: Once again we will be co-hosting free public sabbat rituals with a range of groups and individuals from across our diverse Pagan community. Coming up next weekend is our public Lughnasadh ritual, which will be co-hosted by the Hills Pagans in Belgrave.

Future public rituals include an Imbolc ritual co-hosted by Silver Birch Grove ADF, an Ostara ritual co-hosted by the Sovereigns of the Golden Path and a Midsummer ritual co-hosted by the Melbourne Grove of OBOD.

Patreon: In the very near future we will be launching a Patreon page, where anybody interested can support the PCV with a small monthly donation.

Membership the PCV is free, and we want to keep it that way. We don’t believe access to one’s local community and the potential support network and friends should be put behind a paywall and limited to those who can afford it.

With that said, as the Collective has grown in popularity so too have our costs. When we first started out, costs were covered by a small group of founding members. Now that we have grown much larger, we’re hoping that our community can help us out with some of these costs via a small monthly contribution, and maybe help to fund some exciting future projects, too.

Our Patreon backers will receive exclusive backer-only updates, free entry to our workshops, and discounts for a range of our other initiatives.

Redbubble: Also coming soonish is our Redbubble store, where our friends and supporters can buy groovy PCV merch. We’re currently working on organising a discount for our Patreon backers – watch this space.

Community Safety Month: March will once again be Community Safety Month for the PCV. We will be sharing valuable resources across our online and social media platforms, and discussion topics at our March meetups will be geared towards keeping the Pagan community safe, inclusive and nurturing for all.

Pagan Pride Day: After the huge success of last year’s inaugural Pagan Pride Day, we will be doing it all again in April this year. Pack a picnic and come along for an afternoon of connecting, sharing and celebrating with your community. We will have guest speakers from Victoria’s active Pagan traditions, a ritual and more. There are even rumours of a witches vs druids kubb game being planned.

Community Calendar: We are putting the finishing touches on our 2018 Community Calendar. This calendar contains information about all Pagan events in Victoria and is a valuable resource.

This year, we have made important changes to our calendar policy: “In accordance with Victorian law, groups and individuals running ‘family friendly’ events will need to supply copies of Working With Children Cards for all organisers and volunteers in order to see their event included on the Community Calendar”.

Workshops: We have a number of workshops planned which will be offered free to our Patreon backers. Watch our Facebook Page for updates.

Phew! 2018 is already looking jam-packed with fantastic offerings for the Victorian Pagan community. And with such a wide variety of events and locations, there is sure to be something to suit everyone.

See you there! ❤

The Pagan Collective of Victoria

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Tag Archives: workshops

Workshop: Witches’ Circle

Workshop: Witches’ Tools

Workshop: The Magic and Mysteries of Avalon with Lucy Cavendish

Workshop: The Sabbat of Imbolc

Workshop: Plant Magick

Workshop: Element of Earth

Ecstatic Tarot: Sorcery, Divination and Mysticism in the Cards

Onward!