Spring Courses on Green Witchcraft, Land-connection, and Paganism
Below are our Spring 2023 course offerings through Gods&Radicals Press, Académie Hérètique, and Ritona. Enrollment for all of our courses are sliding-scale, and you can also apply discount code GREEN for another 20% off.
Five Principles of Green Witchcraft, with Asa West: Begins 23 February
Land—Loss & Reconnection, with Alley Valkyrie: Begins 11 March, 2023
Being Pagan, with Rhyd Wildermuth: Begins 9 April, 2023
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FIVE PRINCIPLES OF GREEN WITCHCRAFT, with Asa West
Starts 23 February
In an era of climate change and late capitalism, when everything sacred is paved over or commodified, how do you attune yourself to the rhythms of nature? How do you listen for—and hear—the language of the land on which you live? How do you push your magical practice beyond rote rituals into true communion with the spirits around you?
Using ritual, trance, spellwork, and lots of time in nature, this 5-week course will explore what it means to practice authentic green witchcraft. We'll use the lenses of unity, liminality, embodiment, reciprocity, and silence to explore animism, folk deities, wortcunning, and other aspects of this deep and joyful path.
The course is divided into five parts, each focusing on one of the core principles of Green Witchcraft.
LAND: LOSS & RECONNECTION, with Alley Valkyrie
Starts 11 March
Land is how we live. We live on the land, we live because of land, and when we die we go back into the land.
Yet land, in our modern capitalist dystopia, is often the farthest thing from our mind. Few of us even have access to land—everywhere it is fenced off, paved over, gated, polluted, and destroyed.
How did it come to this? How did the notion of private property come about? Why were so many people displaced from the land through enclosures, the transatlantic slave trade, and brutal colonization?
And what has this done to us?
In this six week online course, writer, artist, and Gods&Radicals co-founder Alley Valkyrie will lead you through the history and meaning of land, illuminate the processes and politics that caused our separation from land, and guide you to spiritual reconnection and political reclamation of the land beneath our feet.
BEING PAGAN,
with Rhyd Wildermuth
Starts 9 April
In a world of uncertainty, political upheaval, climate change, and endless consumerism, and in alienated societies bereft of meaning and connection to nature or community, what does it mean to be Pagan?
This course, developed and instructed by Druid, writer, and Gods&Radicals Press co-founder Rhyd Wildermuth, explores the core beliefs and practices of Pagan and animist belief to guide the participant into re-enchanting their worlds and reconnecting to ancient currents that have never truly gone away.
Through readings, videos, and group discussions, we’ll look at the 9 threads of connection essential to not just calling oneself Pagan but actually being Pagan.
Next course offering starts 15 April , 2023.
A nine week course on re-enchanting your life, developed and instructed by Rhyd Wildermuth
In a world of uncertainty, political upheaval, climate change, and endless consumerism, and in alienated societies bereft of meaning and connection to nature or community, what does it mean to be Pagan?
This course, developed and instructed by Druid, writer, and Gods&Radicals Press co-founder Rhyd Wildermuth, explores the core beliefs and practices of Pagan and animist belief to guide the participant into re-enchanting their worlds and reconnecting to ancient currents that have never truly gone away.
Through readings, videos, and group discussions, we’ll look at the 9 threads of connection essential to not just calling oneself Pagan but actually being Pagan.
Connection to Pagan Time (the rhythms of the moon, of seasons, and of non-linear time)
Connection to Body (what it means to be a body, not just have a body)
Connection to Land (direct experience with nature and place)
Connection to Plants & Animals (deepening our relationship to those who share the earth with us)
Connection to the Other (integrating the unconscious, dreams, and the imaginal into the waking world)
Connection to Ancestors (becoming grounded in and understanding the people and stories that create us)
Connection to Gods and Spirits (understanding, honoring, and being in relationship with those unseen)
Connection to Will (reclaiming your agency and enchanting a dis-enchanted world)
This course is ideal both for those new to Paganism as well as those seeking to re-center their beliefs and practices away from capitalist and mass-marketed ideas and towards something deeper.
No prior knowledge or academic experience is required.
General Information
Course Length and Schedule: The course lasts for nine weeks, from 15 April 2022 to 16 June, 2023
Time Commitment: Participants will be expected to devote a minimum of four hours each week (36 hours total over 9 weeks) to the course. This expectation includes time devoted to reading recommended texts, viewing video lectures, engaging in assigned personal work, and engaging in conversation with other participants.
Cost: Sliding Scale $90-$150. Pay what you are capable of. Monthly and Permanent Supporters may opt to take this course for free.
Maximum participants: 30
Course Requirements: Participants need have no prior knowledge of the course subject nor experience in academic settings. Physical requirements include internet access, a computer or smartphone capable of accessing recommended readings and live video chat discussions, and each participant will need to create a login (free of cost) for Discord.
Course Materials: Each participant will be given a digital copy of Being Pagan, as well as access to weekly video lectures. In addition, a guide to using the private Discord server for participant discussions will also be provided. Print copies are included in enrollment rates of enrollment rates of 130, 140, and 150.
Venue: Weekly course conversations will occur over a dedicated Discord server. In addition, two optional live group video discussions will occur via Zoom.
International Scheduling: Instruction occurs through text discussion and recorded videos. Live zoom discussions will be planned in-course to accommodate as many participants across the world as possible.
Course structure: Each week, the instructor will post a short video lecture regarding the week’s topic, and participants will read assigned course texts and engage in recommended personal work. Discord chat discussion will follow in the second half of each week in which participants will reflect with each other and the instructor about the course material and their experiences with the suggested personal work. Two optional live group video discussions will also occur, scheduled during the course to allow as many people to participate as possible.
Cancellation/Refund policy: Full refunds of payment are possible up until the end of the first day of the course.
Other policies: In the very unlikely event that a participant creates a hostile environment for other participants or the instructor, and if attempts to address the behavior do not correct the problem, the instructor reserves the right to end a participant’s participation.
Enrollment process: To enroll, remit payment by purchasing the course access below.