I have a hospice client I’ve been visiting since March. She is on a slow walk to death. She is unhurried about the process in all ways. She is directing it. Never doubt that the one who is doing the business of dying has a say in the progress. Every person I’ve sat with has…
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Elements of Magic: Four Cardinal Demons – A Retrospective by Cabra
Elements of Magic is the first Reclaiming Witchcraft Core Class. It is, to my knowledge, the only one allowed to be a prerequisite for other Core Classes. lnxc;vasbabs;vh I took my first Elements of Magic when I was 20 years old. Since then I have taken it 3 additional times. It is always a time…
On Mindfulness by Boneweaver
Mindfulness is bloody hard This is one of the most difficult concepts for me to not argue against. What do meeeeaaaannnn I’m not my thoughts and feelings?!? Of course I am! Oh wait, thank gods I’m not. With a brain that runs a hundred directions at once, really, thank gods I am not. My essence,…
A Prayer for Descendants by Boneweaver
A Prayer for Descendants My name is not a whisper in your ancestors’ ears,so long gone, a gossamer memory tattered by millenia. And yet, and yet… When breezes lie soft on cheeks and hair, and rains gentle across your lands; when rabbits play tag nearby, and hope lines the pockets in your soul; when drink…
Public Ritual, April 30
Join Reclaiming Pittsburgh and the Velveteen Rabbit for their first ritual of 2022! In this ritual we will work the ecstatic magic of loving ourselves and the world into reality. Come with us on a journey into the heart of community and dream with us as we emerge into the wisdom of stories being woven…
The Velveteen Rabbit: A Pagan Parent’s Perspective.
“For nursery magic is very strange and wonderful…” I lay my children to sleep in their bedroom, the murmur of white noise and a softly lapping stream lulling them to sleep. They are but a few months old and I am so excited to introduce them to the magic of this world ~ and so…
2022 Annual Community Meeting
Reclaiming Pittsburgh will host its annual Community Meeting on Saturday, January 15,2022, at 2 p.m. Eastern. Due to the pandemic, we gather online to make decisions that affect our community in these challenging times. View the Agenda Story Proposal: The Velveteen Rabbit Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 832 1314 3917 Passcode: 511508
Advanced Iron and Pearl Pentacles
Join Amoret BriarRose, Hemlock ShiningCoil, and Ravensong on an advanced journey through the Iron and Pearl Pentacles. Our journey will be guided by Freya and Frigga, Norse Goddesses of spinning, weaving, love, war, home, lust, desire, oracle work, witchcraft, frith, and magic. In this 12 week course, we will explore the Pentacles of Iron and…
Skill Share: Printing from Nature
Join Juniper Caldera (she/they) and Linden (He/they) for a day spent learning to use two different printing methods that allow you to capture the beauty of plants: ecoprinting and solar printing.
Poetic Elements of Magic
Juniper Caldera, Pidge Fletching, and Ember are so excited to let everyone know that registration is OPEN for an ONLINE 6 week elements of Magic Course. This online, six-week workshop is from May 7-June 11, 2021 and will be held on Discord and Zoom. Zoom classes will be held on Friday evenings from 6:30pm-9:00pm EST….