2012 Witchcamp Paths

Alive with the Land: Exploring the Nature of the Elements

Dance of the Divine Twins


From Earth to Star: A Journey within the Shamanic Hive


Drinking in the Divine


Path TBA

Alive with the Land: Exploring the Nature of the Elements with Gwion and Paul

Welcome to Witchcamp! If you have not been to Witchcamp before, or if you have never taken Elements of Magic, we ask you to join us on this journey into the sacred, divine, and mysterious. This path is a prerequisite for other Witchcamp paths. And, too, those of us who have been walking this path for a great while may wish to dive back in and deepen this life-long practice.

Join us on a journey into the sacred, divine, and mysterious if you have not been to Witchcamp before, or if you have never taken Elements of Magic. We also welcome you experienced magic workers and world-changers to play with us and expand your relationship with the elements in this most beautiful setting. This path is a prerequisite for other Witchcamp paths.

We will spend a week together in sacred space co-creating magic and ritual, opening our hearts and minds to the wisdom of the Spirits of Place. We will explore our connections with the Ancestors, Land and Deity, be it the Goddess, God, Queer beings, Springs, Mountains, Mystery or any of its other manifestations. Delight in the air that is Her breath, the crackling of His fire, the waters of Their living wombs, kneel on the soil of Its earth, and discover the center point of Our hearts. Together, we will look at the ancient and sentient wisdom of each element. Allying ourselves with the animate world, we will share and learn the mysteries that each element offers.

With the art of magic, we will deepen our vision and focus our will, desire, and intention, empowering ourselves to act in the world. On this path we will practice Magic and Witchcraft by working with the Elements of Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit. Together we learn to create/acknowledge sacred space, honor divinity, and wield magical tools, such as the wand, the cone of power, the chalice, the pentacle, and our own bodies and breath. Techniques we will use and explore include movement, drumming, chanting, trance, visualization, wish birds, sensing and projecting energy, working boundaries and will, spellcraft, and creating and structuring rituals. Each day of our path is composed as a ritual that is experiential, participatory, joyful, challenging and nurturing. Our intention is to provide a foundation of Reclaiming practices and practical skills that will enhance your Witchcamp experience as well as augment your personal and community magic at home.




Dance of the Divine Twins with Todd and Gwydion

A dance...two, spiraling around each other, a dance heretofore unknown. A link...a connection...a hand in hand. Divine. The helix, it spirals around, each connection creating a new reality. It is at the base of our very existence.

This is the dance of the divine twins. At our core...at the center of our being...we twin. Can we hold the paradox? Can all of us exist at once? Can we be open to the contrary, the confrontational, the seemingly unconnected? Can we give space...unapologetically? Can we be whole and yet disparate?

Dance the dance of the of the Divine Twins. This is not a dance we follow...this is a dance we are creating as we go. This path is an advanced class for the experienced Reclaiming and/or Feri witch. Prerequisites are a minimum of the Elements of Magic and a strong foundation in Reclaiming and/or Feri tradition. Pre-work of reading and meditating on the Feri Creation Myth (refer to The Spiral Dance by Starhawk) and an ongoing devotional practice with the Divine is strongly encouraged.




From Earth to Star: A Journey within the Shamanic Hive with Morgana and April

We open ourselves as vessels and receive nature's greatest messages, traveling to the stars and back. Who are our allies and how do we best engage in intimate relationship with them? How do we strip away the layers in order to discover a place of authenticity, impulse, and divinity while staying mindful of our human form? Through a dynamic and visceral approach, we create a Shamanic Hive where we engage body and spirit in order to deepen relationships with the Guardians and Elements and strengthen our access to our God-selves. We move our bodies as we align our minds, courageously connecting with and witnessing one another.

Drawing on ritual, paratheatrical, and shamanic techniques, we engage in rigorous movement and physical contact, deep listening and sounding, trance journey and journaling, aspecting and shapeshifting. Through the journey, we expand our joyful capacity and feel the hum of community.

For those called to this work, we ask for you to spend time in nature: listening, watching, feeling, and to run energy daily in preparation. Intermediate to Advanced level path, with Elements of Magic and other Reclaiming core classes as prerequisites.


Drinking in the Divine with Phoenix and Ravyn

In the Reclaiming Tradition we believe that we need no other person to interpret the sacred for us, we are designed to commune with all of nature and the gods themselves. This week, we make space to dive into that communion. How do we align our primal, human and divine selves in order to develop or deepen relationship with the living world around us, with Deity, with the infinite? How do we use states of ecstasy to offer our lives as a gift to the Earth and to the Divine? How do we pray for what we need, touch all that is and then, listen to see how we have been heard? We will explore the path dreamed for us by oracles, dancers, artists, priestesses, healers, shamans, magicians, teachers, seekers, musicians, and lovers. We may even create new ways for humans, nature spirits and gods to collaborate in these contemporary times.

In this path we will work devotionally with Deity and nature spirits, building or reconnecting in relationship with them. We will investigate different styles and modalities of ecstatic states with Deity, the land around us and our own divine selves. We will find the edges of our own physical and energetic vessel and practice journeying and returning home until it is second nature. We will (re)learn the ancient art of negotiation with Deity and remember the ways in which humans have worked with the spirits and gods for eons. We will practice sustained rhythm languages, chanting, silence, improvisation, spell casting and the skills of aspecting at many levels, including working as oracles and deep listeners. We will investigate the place where mysticism, shamanism, sorcery and witchcraft meet.

This path is designed to be an advanced class for the experienced magical practitioner. Prerequisites are at least Elements of Magic AND experience currently working in a spiritual tradition. Please be familiar with grounding, changing consciousness at will, setting the clear boundaries of your own body/mind/spirit and understanding your own motivations. Our path will either be crafting an offering for or anchoring a large piece of the camper created ritual.

Path TBA with Sefora and Fiona (Sunbird) Mariposa

Path description to come...

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