The wheel turns whether
we mark it or not.
Seasonal rites, séances and workshops, some held in person in Southern California and some online, alongside coven work both online and local. Some are open to anyone, some are small by necessity, and all of it is done properly, with preparation before and care afterwards.
What is coming
Lùnastal: the first harvest
A fire rite for the grain moon. We bake, we offer the first of it, and we work with what is ready to be cut and carried. Bring something you grew, made or earned this year.
The study circle
One text, one hour, read closely together. Currently working through the Picatrix, section by section.
Workshop: the planetary hours in practice
An afternoon of timing. Calculating the hours by hand, choosing them well, and building a week of small works around them.
A séance for the thin season
Victorian method, modern ethics. Twelve sitters, one table, a briefing beforehand and a proper closing afterwards. No theatrics and no promises about who comes.
Samhainn: the ancestor supper
The year's hinge, kept in Scotland this year. A dumb supper, the reading of the names, and a fire held until the small hours for anyone who wants to sit with it.
The wheel as I keep it
The modern eightfold wheel is a twentieth century arrangement of much older parts. The four fire festivals are genuinely Gaelic and genuinely old. The solstices and equinoxes are astronomical. I keep all eight, and I tell you which is which.
Imbolc
Brìghde's day, the ewes in milk, the first stirring under cold ground.
The spring equinox
Balance tipping toward light. A hinge for beginnings that need momentum.
Bealltainn
The bright fire. Protection, vitality, desire and luck.
Midsummer
The sun at its longest. Herbs at their strongest.
Lùnastal
The first harvest. Bread, games, and an honest accounting of the year.
The autumn equinox
Gathering in, settling debts, deciding what is not coming with us.
Samhainn
Summer's end and the year's hinge. The dead are fed and named.
Midwinter
The longest night, kept awake. Fire, vigil, and the turning.
Two circles I lead, two I belong to.
I lead two covens: an online circle that meets through the year across distance, and a local circle here in Southern California. Both are deliberately small, both move slowly, and neither is a step you buy after a course.
I am also a working member of two closed local covens. I say that partly because it is true, and partly because I think it matters: a teacher should still sit in circles she does not lead. Alongside the covens, I keep a closed study group devoted to astrology and tarot.
Membership in the circles I lead, the covens and the study group alike, opens rarely and always by conversation, usually after we have already worked together in the Academy, at a study circle or at an open rite. If that is a road you are curious about, come to something public first. That is genuinely how everyone here started.
Coming to a gathering
Do I need to be experienced?
No. Open rites are written so that a first timer can take part without embarrassment. You will be told what happens before it happens, and you can always stand and watch.
What should I wear or bring?
Something you can move and sit on the ground in, and a layer more than you think you need after dark. Specific offerings are always named in the details when you sign up.
Where do gatherings happen?
Various sites across Southern California, including private land and public parks, and some workshops run online. The exact location is sent to those attending, both for the sake of the land and for everyone's privacy. Once in a while the wheel takes me home: this year's Samhainn is kept in Scotland.
What do gatherings cost?
As little as I can manage, because accessibility is the point. Open gatherings are kept as affordable as possible and I keep some offerings free on purpose, with more being added. Workshops are priced per event when you sign up. Private rites, readings and séances are quoted on a sliding scale set by what is genuinely affordable to you, not by a fixed menu. If cost is the barrier, write to me anyway.
Anything I should know about the séances?
Yes. There is a briefing beforehand, a clear way to leave at any point, and a proper closing. Spirit contact is not guaranteed, and anyone promising you that it is should be treated with suspicion. If you are newly bereaved, write to me first and we will talk about whether it is the right room for you right now.
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