Magic as relationship, not command.

Practical Magic is a weekly lab for people who want to do more than read about the old ways. We bring the frameworks, traditions and practices. Then we find out what happens when we actually engage them.

Each week explores one facet of practical magic. Some of the themes ahead:

• working with smoke

• the power of the pentacle

• plant listening

• sigils and symbols

• gong magic

• chant and opening the voice

• boundaries and protection

• reciprocity and the ethics of the work

The container stays recognizable while the content changes.

Nothing builds on a week you missed. Beginners will find a clear way in, and longtime practitioners will find plenty to work with. Enter, leave, return, and become part of the circle at your own pace.

Over time, deeper study groups and intensives will grow from what this community wants to explore. We build the vessel. The school grows from the relationships inside it.

The gathering (90 minutes)

• Opening circle: settling in and casting the circle

• Teaching: one theme, offered with depth

• Laboratory: hands-on practice

• Integration: reflection in pairs

• Closing circle

Your guides

Margot Darling is a ritualist, artist and Certified Advanced Archetypal Astrologer. She holds a BA in Religious Studies and an MA in Depth Psychology and Creativity. Margot brings myth, alchemy, Jung, astrology and tarot, elemental frameworks, voice and music, and the architecture of ritual.

Ally Leadbetter is the founder of Light House and has walked an herbal, earth-based path for nearly two decades. Ally brings herbs and plant communication, sound healing, heart coherence and energy medicine.

Friends and knowledge keepers from our community will join along the way.