Welcome to the Coven of the Silver Garden!
We're open to questions, shout-outs, queries, and people who wander in to say hi. If you're not a wiccan, but have questions about wiccan beliefs, I hope you'll feel comfortable enough to ask, as there are a lot of serious misconceptions out there about what we're about.
The Coven of the Silver Garden is a very small, relaxed, eclectic organization for witches to come together to celebrate our beliefs through ritual, learning and fellowship. We take a "Montessorian" approach to practicing witchcraft: learning by doing, and letting you learn in your own way. If you feel like you are ready for something more than books alone, we are a good place to come and grow.
We draw our sources from wherever our curiosity might take us, especially, of late, Celtic influences.
To become a member of The Coven of the Silver Garden, you must meet an attendance requirement of 80% for rituals and sabbats, and you must demonstrate a steady rate of progress in your self-education and mastery of practice, for a period of six months to "a year and a day." We're also looking for adults, both female and male, who like to get out and do things --pagan-related, and otherwise-- as we are a very fun-loving coven, open to new experiences and people!
We meet on Saturday afternoons. That's early enough for everyone to go out --obviously, excepting ritual nights. We rotate our responsibilities for ritual, and each priestess or priest determines the tradition, pantheon, and form that we will use when she assumes responsibility for the ritual.
Although some friction is to some extent unavoidable,it is our expectation that all members resolve the inevitable occasional conflict in a healthy, respectful, and low-key manner at all times. Failure to do so will result in separation from the coven. It is also our expectation that our members will strive for a life of tolerance of differences in culture, lifestyle, differing abilities, and other religions, including christianity and other monotheistic religions.
We laugh at our mistakes, for all acts of pleasure and love are worship of the Goddess. We value our friendships within the coven highly, and treat each other accordingly.
Topics for discussion vary according to the needs of each witch, but might include: how to cast a circle, how to call the quarters, consecration of your magickal tools, how to write your own spells, tarot, scrying, tea leaves and other forms of divination, dream interpretation, writing poetry for liturgy, ethical practice, covencraft, knowledge of herbs, gems, and candle magick, animal totems, past life regression, writing guided visualizations, meditation, vision quests, chakra work, or soul retrieval, depending on your level of development and curiosity. Bring us a question, share your newest interest and your sense of wonder; we'll learn together!
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