World Tree Lyceum
Ex Amore Naturaque, veritas
In Love and Nature, we find truth
Magical Training
The teachers of World Tree Lyceum offer a wide range of magical courses and workshops, some limited to initiates or students of specific traditions (such as Anderson Feri), but most open to all. We provide individual and group training, both online and in-person.
Classes and workshops in the past (both online and in-person) have included ogham, tarot, sigilization, trickster magic, magical writing and storytelling, mythic work, ritual theatre, energetic and trance drumming, hedge witchery, shapeshifting, time magic, aspecting, voice work, chant-writing, sacred geometry, sex-magic, ritual music-making, kitchen witchery, magical ethics, spellcrafting and magical art, and many others.
Classes currently scheduled are listed below, but if you are interested in others not listed, or in scheduling an offered class at another time, or feel free to contact us and we'll be happy to discuss the possibilities for either online or in-person work. We also offer a one-on-one mentorship program, special events and webinars, and two discounted class packages.
Time Magic: a sacred working with Time as an ally and element
Next class: TBD 2025 (5 Weeks)
Online - anywhere with internet access and the ability to download documents & play audio files
With Claudia Manifest
In this five week, online, interactive class we will explore our relationship to and with Time. We will strive to create, expand, and deepen a healthy and beneficial sacred conversation with this crucial and often ignored or maligned magical element. Work will include (but may not be limited to) :Creating a sacred understanding of Time as a magical ally and element; Time's crucial role in the practical magics of chance, synchronicity, luck, and manifestation; Working with deities and other entities associated with Time and its magics; Working magically with the past, present, future; Exploring and experiencing Time in other realms; and accepting and manifesting change in your life with the aide of Time as an ally. If you choose to join us on this journey, be prepared for your magic and your worldview to be expanded and strengthened for all time! All that remains is for you to ask yourself, "Is it Time?" If the answer is "yes." (and if not now, then when?) we (Claudia and Time), are excited to have you join us in this Work.
This workshop is open to all participants regardless of magical experience. However we will not be spending time in this workshop teaching basic magical skills, so we hope that our participants will have basic skills such as grounding, individual ritual skills. If you are unsure whether this class is for you, please contact us.
You will need a journal and writing materials, basic art supplies, a divination deck or system of some kind (for example tarot cards, rune stones, ogham staves) and a watch or clock - ideally one that has hands (rather than a digital one or cell phone) and ideally one that you need to wind up daily. Trance work will be available in audio form (MP3 audio files, via Dropbox) for download and playback at any time.
Note: this is an online course, and anyone who has access to a computer, email and the ability to play audio files is welcome to participate. We are particularly hoping that this will allow those who find it difficult to attend an in-person class because of geography, schedule or budget to get access to this material.
Price sliding scale $75-$130 - please decide where on the sliding scale you are, explanations are not required, and if the lower end of the scale is impossible for you, please contact us. If you are re-taking a class you've taken with us before, please deduct 50%.
We are not currently scheduled to offer this class in 2024, but if you are interested in this class, have any questions or need further information, please send an email to info@worldtreelyceum.org and we will be happy to discuss possible options.
Experiential Celtic Tree Ogham Workshop
Next class: April 28 - June 23 2024 (8 Weeks)
Online - anywhere with internet access and the ability to download documents and play audio files
With Raven Edgewalker
The Celtic Ogham is an old Irish alphabet or cipher. Just like many other alphabets (Runes, Greek, Hebrew for e.g.) it is an alphabet for which each letter has magical significance and multiple associations - one set of associations is that of native trees. When working with the Ogham as the Tree Ogham, the divinatory meaning is derived from observation of the ecological, practical as well as magical properties of twenty trees native to the British Isles, e.g. Birch, Rowan, Alder, Willow and Ash.
Interest in the Ogham, and especially with its associations with trees has grown rapidly in the last decade and has expanded outwards from the British Isles, extending into countries such as the USA and Australia where many of the Celtic trees are not native to the land, which can present challenges in working with this system.
In this workshop we will work on learning skills and tools to develop and build energetic connections to the trees of the Celtic Ogham, along with using other resources and research to learn about both some of the history of the ogham and the energies of its associated trees. We will learn how to weave together our experiences of the trees, along with the traditional associations and lore of the Ogham into better understanding the Ogham as a magical system. Deepening our connections with the trees that are part of our native ecosystems whether you live in mountains or the desert or even in the British Isles (!); and work towards building a personal system of associations to the ogham that is relevant to your own land and practice.
We will work with trees of the ogham as our allies and as our teachers learning to listen to them and hearing what offerings we can make to them for their assistance in our work. We will learn some of the basic practical skills required to begin making your own ogham set if you desire.
Homework will be set by each Wednesday evening, I ask each participant to commit to checking in to the group (we will use a Facebook group to facilitate this) about the week’s work by the following Tuesday evening so that I have time to read and respond before the next week’s work.
You will need a journal and writing materials – I would suggest purchasing a new journal for this work, so that your notes are not caught up in the midst of other writings - or it would be appropriate to use loose pages in a binder. You will need to be able to access research materials, whether online or offline, on trees, their ecology, practical and magical uses, as well as their use in art and literature. You may want or desire art supplies or a camera if this is one way that you like to work.
You will also need an ogham set to participate in this workshop! if you do not already own one please visit Raven's online Etsy store at Greenwoman Crafts.
Price sliding scale $100-$190 - please decide where on the sliding scale you are, explanations are not required, and if the lower end of the scale is impossible for you, please contact us. If you are re-taking a class you've taken with us before, please deduct 50%.
For booking details, more information, or to discuss payment options please contact Raven at raven@greenwomancrafts.com
Art of Devotion: As Within, So Without
Next class:August 11 - September 15 2024 (5 week)
Online - anywhere with internet access and the ability to download documents and play audio files
With Raven Edgewalker and Chelidon
Choosing to live a magical life involves making, recognizing and strengthening connections — with nature, with the gods, with the many parts of ourselves, and with those around us. How would it be if we were able to be fully in love and devoted to both our self, and to others — connected within and without? How would it be if our devotion to self was a sacred mirror reflecting our devotion to the other beings in our lives, be they physical, spirit beings or our Gods? What could we do if we were more completely integrated, fully alive, and deeply “plugged in” with awareness to the universe around us?
The core of this essential, powerful work is to explore the depth and power of devotional work – working with the divinity within each of us, and the divinity without, which some might call God or Goddess, and some might perceive as the divine essence of the universe.
We will work with techniques of soul alignment, cleansing, self-love, trancework, altar building and art to deepen and develop our relationship with the divinity we call self, and to extend that deepening outwards to connect and strengthen our relationships with that which we perceive as divinity beyond self. We believe that by doing this work with ourselves, our work will be reflected out into the world and beyond, into the universe. In learning to move though our lives, remembering that we are divine and that we can be in a divine relationship with divinity (including with the divine humans around us!), we can truly change the world, as well as our own lives. Is there any better time to start doing this work?
This is both fundamental, and advanced work. There are no prerequisites for this workshop, and all levels of magical experience are welcome, from neophyte to experienced practitioner (or even long-time magical folks who just may never have delved deeply into this particular area, or are curious to learn more).
Note: this is an online course, and anyone (regardless of gender, sex, sexuality or race) who has access to a computer, email and the ability to play audio files is welcome to participate. We are particularly hoping that this will allow those who find it difficult to attend an in-person class because of geography, schedule or budget to get access to this material.
Classwork (written materials and audio files) is sent out weekly, and work is at your own pace. We ask each participant to commit to checking into the group about the week’s work, but there is ample opportunity to “catch up,” so don’t worry if you will be traveling or unavailable for some part of the five-week period.
Price sliding scale $75-$120 - please decide where on the sliding scale you are, explanations are not required, and if the lower end of the scale is impossible for you, please contact us. If you are re-taking a class you've taken with us before, please deduct 50%.
A non-refundable deposit of 50% will hold your place for this workshop; full payment is due prior to the start of class. We are able to figure out installment payment plans.
People paying at the top end of the sliding scale help to support those at the lower end. We hope to be able to offer discounted places for every workshop we offer.
To book your place please send an email to info@worldtreelyceum.org and request a registration form for the class, or fill out our online form HERE.
Please contact us at the same email address for any further information or questions.
Divinatory Practices: Experiential Divination
Next class: TBD 2025 (5 Weeks)
Online - anywhere with internet access and the ability to download documents and play audio files
With Chelidon and Raven Edgewalker
The ability to divine -- to see into the future, or into possible futures, is one of the core tools of the witch. Around the world and throughout time peoples have divined for information in a myriad of ways, from watching the flight of birds across the sky to reading tarot cards, runes, and ogham staves. There are as many techniques for divining as there are divination tools; ultimately our divination tools can become keys into knowledge, points of connection used to listen to the voices of the universe and its divinity. Our tools can help us to open ourselves towards hearing those messages more clearly, drawing them down to us where we can sift through, and offering ourselves and others the guidance that is sought.
In this class, rather than focusing on any one divinatory tool or technique, we offer instead experiential tools which may be used with many different divinatory tools, and that are intended to better help us open to the voices of the universe. While we will discuss and explore existing divinatory system, we will also each build a unique individual system using a variety of magical tools and techniques, to help us more deeply develop our own divinatory process and associations.
This workshop is open to anyone, whether they have experience with none, one or many divinatory tools, we will not, however be stopping to explain basic magical technology, so our Elements of Magic class or similar would help.
We invite you to bring what divination tools you have to our work, bring a willingness to learn, to open to experience, and have fun!
Note: this is an online course, and anyone (regardless of gender, sex, sexuality or race) who has access to a computer, email and the ability to read written material and play audio files is welcome to participate. We are particularly hoping that this will allow those who find it difficult to attend an in-person class because of geography, schedule or budget to get access to this material.
Classwork (written materials and audio files) is sent out weekly, and work is at your own pace. We ask each participant to commit to checking into the group about the week’s work, but there is ample opportunity to “catch up,” so don’t worry if you will be traveling or unavailable for some part of the five-week period.
Price sliding scale $75-$130 - please decide where on the sliding scale you are, explanations are not required, and if the lower end of the scale is impossible for you, please contact us. If you are re-taking a class you've taken with us before, please deduct 50%.
We are not currently scheduled to offer this class in 2024, but if you are interested in this class, have any questions or need further information, please send an email to info@worldtreelyceum.org and we will be happy to discuss possible options.
Next class: TBD 2025 (7 Weeks)
Online - anywhere with internet access and the ability to download documents and play audio files
With Chelidon and Claudia Manifest
The Pentacle of Life, with its points of Birth, Initiation, Manifestation, Reflection and Death, is a powerful tool that has risen from much long-term, deep work within the Reclaiming Tradition. It offers us the opportunity for both personal and community transformation, for internal reflection, and as a map and guide for living in the manifest world. It is a powerful tool for planning rituals, and we will spend some time examining how each of its points relates to planning, setting and achieving goals and major projects and transitions in our lives.
In this seven-week online intensive workshop we will explore each of the points of the Pentacle of Life - how they connect to each other and how they can help us explore the manifestations of each of the points in our lives. We will use techniques of trance, ritual, music, art, energy work, community building, communication and many more to learn to integrate and balance these energies in our daily livesand practices.
This workshop is an intermediate workshop, and is open to anyone who has some experience of magical work. We will not be spending time teaching basic magical skills, so we hope that our participants will have basic skills such as grounding, individual ritual skills and familiarity with Reclaiming language and teaching style. If you are unsure whether this class is for you, please contact one or both of the teaching team
You will need a journal and writing materials, basic art supplies, a divination deck or system of some kind (for example tarot cards, rune stones, ogham staves).
Note: this is an online course, and anyone (regardless of gender, sex, sexuality or race) who has access to a computer, email and the ability to read written material and play audio files is welcome to participate. We are particularly hoping that this will allow those who find it difficult to attend an in-person class because of geography, schedule or budget to get access to this material.
Classwork (written materials and audio files) is sent out weekly, and work is at your own pace. We ask each participant to commit to checking into the group about the week’s work, but there is ample opportunity to “catch up,” so don’t worry if you will be traveling or unavailable for some part of the five-week period.
Price sliding scale $45-$95 - please decide where on the sliding scale you are, explanations are not required, and if the lower end of the scale is impossible for you, please contact us. If you are re-taking a class you've taken with us before, please deduct 50%.
We are not currently scheduled to offer this class in 2024, but if you are interested in this class, have any questions or need further information, please send an email to info@worldtreelyceum.org and we will be happy to discuss possible options.
Special seminar: Banishing and Protection
Next class: TBD 2025 (3 Weeks)
Online - anywhere with internet access and the ability to download documents & play audio files
With Raven Edgewalker and Chelidon
This special three-week seminar was created in response to many questions over the years, leading us to want to create a small workshop focusing specifically on these topics.
This workshop is open to all participants regardless of magical experience. However we will not be spending time in this workshop teaching basic magical skills, so we hope that our participants will have basic skills such as grounding, individual ritual skills. If you are unsure whether this class is for you, please contact us.
Note: this is an online course, and anyone who has access to a computer, email and the ability to play audio files is welcome to participate. We are particularly hoping that this will allow those who find it difficult to attend an in-person class because of geography, schedule or budget to get access to this material.
Price sliding scale $45-$70 - please decide where on the sliding scale you are, explanations are not required, and if the lower end of the scale is impossible for you, please contact us. If you are re-taking a class you've taken with us before, please deduct 50%.
We are not currently scheduled to offer this class in 2024, but if you are interested in this class, have any questions or need further information, please send an email to info@worldtreelyceum.org and we will be happy to discuss possible options.