Online Courses 2026–2027

 

We are absolute­ly ecsta­t­ic to present the Patre­on course cycle that will start in Sep­tem­ber 2026 and will last until August 2027. We took into account the respons­es, peti­tions, and sug­ges­tions you made in this sum­mer assess­ment form and put togeth­er a pro­pos­al we think you will def­i­nite­ly enjoy!

This next year of cours­es will be ful­ly devot­ed to Witch­craft and Hedgerid­ing as expe­ri­ences of Oth­er­ness, from both a the­o­ret­i­cal and prac­ti­cal frame­work. This year is com­posed of 4 course cycles, and each of the cours­es with­in a cycle will either revolve around his­to­ry, anthro­pol­o­gy, or folk­lore. We know those dis­ci­plines are actu­al­ly inter­twined, but we wish to put the focus on par­tic­u­lar areas of knowl­edge so we have a sta­ble basis and struc­ture for practice. 

We will devote time to under­stand­ing con­texts as well as col­lec­tive and indi­vid­ual his­to­ries, phe­nom­e­na, and the beliefs and cus­toms that derive from them. We think it is high time to pay atten­tion to dis­cours­es and expe­ri­ences that are not part of the main­stream witch­craft dis­course but which actu­al­ly informed it.

NEW TO THIS YEAR: Each course will devote the last 20 min­utes to a prac­tice suggestion/exercise to start build­ing a con­sis­tent approach, and we will review it next month. 

Cours­es will take place at the last Sun­day of the month (unless spec­i­fied), and record­ings and mate­ri­als will be pro­vid­ed as usual.

• How to enroll
• Price, dates, record­ings, and oth­er info
  
  

A YEAR IN THE HEDGE:

Twelve months devoted to Hedgeriding, Witchcraft, and Communion with Otherness

✦ AUTUMN: The Witch Spir­it & Good Soci­ety ✦

SEPTEMBER 2026
Part I
A His­to­ry of the Witch and its Ret­inue: From Lami­ae to the Good Ladies 

OCTOBER 2026
Part II
Rites of the Third Func­tion: Benan­dan­ti, Mazzeri, and Oth­ers

NOVEMBER 2026
Part III
The Witch Fig­ure in Folk­lore: Func­tion and Pres­ence in the Year­ly Cycle

✦ WINTER: The Spir­it Dou­ble & Spir­it Flight ✦

DECEMBER 2026
Part I
Shaman­ism, Witch­craft, and Hedgerid­ing: Con­texts and Par­tic­u­lar­i­ties

JANUARY 2027
Part II
Ecsta­t­ic Pro­fes­sion­als: His­to­ry of Ecstasies Through For­got­ten Sto­ries

FEBRUARY 2027
Part III
Parts of the Soul: The Dou­ble, The Fetch, and the Shadow

✦ SPRING: The Hedge & the Land in Witch­craft ✦

MARCH 2027
Part I
A His­to­ry of Lim­i­nal­i­ty: Hedge Spaces Through the Ages

APRIL 2027
Part II
Con­tact­ing Oth­er­ness: Estab­lish­ing Rela­tion­ships with the Fae

MAY 2027
Part III
Spir­it Famil­iars: Func­tions and Taboos of the Fae Folk

✦ SUMMER: Come to the Sab­bat! ✦

JUNE 2027
Part I
A His­to­ry of the Sab­bat: Fea­tures, Trans­for­ma­tions, and Par­tic­u­lar­i­ties

JULY 2027
Part II
Hedgerid­ing Today: Attend­ing the Sab­bat in Cur­rent Witch­craft

AUGUST 2027
Part III
And Sun­day Makes Sev­en!: Incan­ta­tions and Taboos Around the Sabbat

 

How to enroll

In order to enroll on any of our cours­es, you will have to join our Occvl­ta Patre­on METZINER tier in the cor­re­spond­ing month or months (we rec­om­mend you stay for the whole sea­son in order not to miss a thing).

 

Price, dates, record­ings, and oth­er info

Price: each month on Met­zin­er tier is 30 euros + tax­es.

Length of each course: 2 hours.

Cours­es will take place on the last Sun­day of every month (unless specified).

Every course will deal with his­to­ry, anthro­pol­o­gy, folk­lore, herbal­ism, and mag­ic from an ani­mist’s perspective.

Mate­ri­als and record­ings will be pro­vid­ed for each course.

Fur­ther ques­tions: occvlta@gmail.com