The Wheel of the year turns once more, the veil thins as we approach the final harvest celebration and welcome the Witch’s New Year. We gather days before Samhain to craft botanically infused ritual tools for the season including: herbal incense cones, Hecate mullein torches, and carved spell candles. We will learn the importance and significance of a plethora of magical herbs, and how to incorporate into your ritual practices, crafts and daily life. Gather with your fellow withy folk to learn how and intentionally create beautiful ritual crafts. We end our afternoon of herbal learning and crafting with a Samhain ritual and celebration circle, delving into the spirit of the sabbath, lighting candles, and participating in ceremony for the new year!
Ritual Tools we will be crafting:
HECATE’S Torch/Mullein Candle! Some say that this folk tradition was used to keep witches away… some say that it was actually the green witch’s way! HECATE is the Greek goddess associated with witchcraft, magic, the Moon, doorways, and crossroads. Often depicted carrying a torch to remind of her connection with the night, in sculpture she has three faces for her role as the goddess of boundaries and the guardian of crossroads. For this craft, we call on Mullein: a beautiful medicinal herbal ally, encased in beeswax and adorned herbs and resins.
CARVED SPELL CANDLE! We will explore various ways candle magic may be utilized to support healing, manifestation and intentional magic. We will go over a brief history of candle magic, different ways to use candles alongside healing herbs, and different candle crafting including making simple candles, mullein torches, and magic candle carving. Candles, tools, magical botanicals, oils, and biodegradable glitter will be provided.
HERBAL INCENSE! Craft custom herbal incense with different magical and aromatic herbs, woods and resins. We will go over different ways to use and make herbal incense and be crafting custom herbal incense cones.
Warm up your magic and circle up!
All supplies provided. If you have small (up to 6-8”) dried mullein flower stalks and/or *special to you* aromatic herbs that you'd like to infuse in your crafts, please bring along.
Teas and some snacks will be provided for our afternoon crafting and celebration.
Investment $66
Bekah Sutter is a community herbalist & artist residing in the rolling hills of Northwest Connecticut. Bekah's passion lies in combining the healing physical, energetic & plant spirit magic of the herbal world with the creating of beautiful hand-crafted artwork and herbal remedies.