Ardantane

Is Your Magickal Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
2023-09-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Online, NM, 87025, United States
In the 4th of the continuing 2023 Moon Series presented by Colorado Witches, Lydia Smith and D Garret will explore the magickal workings best done at a quarter moon. Witches often do magick on the new and full moons, but the quarter moon provides powerful Moon energy also. The Quarter Moon shows only half Her face – is the magickal glass half full or half empty? In this second part of the presentation by D and Lydia, we will continue to explore how the moon phases affect our creativity. And, we will focus on what blocks up—specifically our inner “goblins” or “inner saboteur.”
Lydia Smith has a BA in Religion. She has been the high priestess of the Sisters of the Turquoise Moon Coven for 15 years. She is a licensed facilitator of the World Groove Movement. She has taught movement as prayer and also performance skills for rituals at workshops and at UU Churches. She is the creator and designer for VIXENFringe, upcycling clothing to provide an alternative to fast fashion. She has also been a palm reader for over 40 years. Her creations can be seen here: https://linktr.ee/vixenfringe
D Garret is the owner/designer/artist at D’z Handtinkered Artisan Worx, making hand painted art, murals, tools, and gifts for living magick. D is a high priestess of the Wiica tradition and is intimate with the Moon and has created a series of full moon paintings. Her artwork can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/Dzworx
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, September 21st.

Beyond Gratitude, The Course for Sacred Living
2023-09-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Have you been looking for a better way to balance work, home, finances, relationships, rest and relaxation, health, creativity, and spirit—and still have time to declutter? Join us on a 6-month exploration to re-create, polish, and shine your life in 2023!
Journey with Azrael Arynn K/Elizabeth Randall, the author of Thrive Beyond Gratitude: Clarity. Abundance. You., as you explore the nine facets of The Life Compass (the “what” of life), in terms of the Golden Pentacle (the “how” of life). Every other week, meet with others on the same path, on Zoom. Azrael and the students in the class will share your successes, help you overcome challenges, and discover how to do life in a more conscious and sacred way.
Schedule: The class meets every other Monday starting on July 17, 2023, from 7- 9 PM MT and continuing through December 4, for a total of 11 classes.
Dates: 7/17, 7/31, 8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/20, 12/4
Only $275 for all 11 classes. Members receive a 20% discount wit the coupon member20. A copy of Thrive Beyond Gratitude is included in the tuition!
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Sunday July 16. Register at https://ardantane.org/event/beyond-gratitude-the-course-for-sacred-living/

The Goddess Brighid
2023-09-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The Goddess Brighid is one of the great Goddesses of the Celts and was so revered in Ireland that she has survived into the present as a Catholic saint. Solar Goddess – an association usually reserved for male deities – and the “Fire in the Head,” Brighid is a Goddess of inspiration and poetry, patroness of prophets and seers. But she is also a Triple Goddess, Goddess of fire, hearth, physicians and healing, midwifery and childbirth, metalsmithing, fertility and divination. Join us for an exploration of Brighid’s many assets and how we can connect with her today.
Lora Jackson Legare has been a practicing Wiccan for 35 years. She is a professional archaeologist, professor of anthropology, artist and writer. She has led numerous public rituals in southern New Mexico and conducted workshops and classes on developing connections with Celtic Goddesses and Gods, stone magick, and magickal correspondences, and led many guided meditations.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, September 28th.

The Diviner's Toolkit
2023-10-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The course consists of four classes, the first four Tuesdays in October, online, from 7-9 pm each evening.
This four part class offers overviews of four different types of Divination, taught by subject matter matter from the Ardantane faculty and staff.
The Magick of Runes, Bindrunes, and the Twig Code
Taught by Amber K)- October 3 – The Norse and Germanic peoples of old knew that Odin hung and suffered on the World Tree for nine days and nights, to gain the power of the runes. Begin to discover this for yourself… with much less pain. Amber (whose ancestors included Norwegian, Danish, and German folk) shares the history and magickal uses of runes, how to create a powerful bind-rune, and how to understand the Twig Code.
Amber K is a published author, prolific teacher and the director of Ardantane. She has been active in the pagan community for over 45 years and is a third degree initate and founder of the Ladywood tradition of Wicca.
The tuition for this class is $100. Membership discounts and Beaver Bucks are welcome. Students register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, October 2.

Shadow Work: Finding Your Hidden Allies
2023-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Most people have heard of Shadow Work, and many people have done this work to varying degrees. What is one’s shadow – is it always “bad” stuff? What techniques have people used to explore their shadow in productive ways? Why do many mystical and occult traditions include this kind of work? Mark will talk about these topics and also invite others to share experiences about this hidden domain of the psyche.
Explore this intriguing concept with Mark Arend, who has been active in the Denver area Druid community for many years.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, October 5th.

Goddess Retreat 2023
2023-10-12 17:00 - 2023-10-15 12:00 | Ardantane Campus, Jemez Pueblo, NM, 87025, United States
This year’s Goddess Retreat is open to all who hold the Goddess sacred, of whatever sex, gender or orientation. A solar eclipse is expected during the retreat.

It’s back! The wildly popular Ardantane Goddess Retreat (and Eclipse Viewing) will happen, in person on campus, October 12-15.Let Spirit help you choose a goddess to be your guide in the days ahead… play Deity Dress-up with us… watch the eclipse together, enjoy workshops, rest and renew yourself! All genders welcome.
Fee for the retreat: $150 (for those lodging off-campus), the $150 price is still available for people staying in RVs, tents, or off-campus. On-campus lodging is full. Beaver Bucks accepted. Register online at www.ardantane.org to save your spot. Contact Azrael at info@ardantane.org if you need more information. We can handle 1 or 2 smaller RVs, plus there is camping space. Other lodgings can be found in Jemez Springs, just a few minutes’ drive from the campus.

Dark Moon
2023-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The dark moon is a time to reflect, delve into the dark of our unconscious, and observe ourselves with greater clarity. For many witches, this is a very different time than that of the new moon. This evening we will explore the time when the moon is dark but it is not yet new. Wellyssa will guide and lead us to “let that stuff go”, shed ourselves of what does not serve us, and how we can evaluate the previous moon cycle and fully prepare for the next.
Wellyssa Spellsong I am an energy healer, psychic intuitive, Wiccan High Priestess and teacher. I provide energy healing, chakra and aura clearing, emotional healing/clearing, past life regression, soul retrieval, and akashic records journeying. I also read the bones and oracle cards and do house clearings. During healing work, I look into the body and both see and feel where there is pain, fatigue, stuck energy, or emotional trauma which has rooted itself within the body and needs to be released. I provide healing using various modalities such as energy, sound vibration and crystals. For PLR, Soul Retrieval and akashic records works I work with you in a state of trance to seek answers to your questions. I can also design powerful rituals, mantras or affirmations to help you achieve your goals and desires. I enjoy teaching the client how to do their own work and healing. My path is deeply sacred. I have claimed this work as my path and my purpose. May I be of service to you.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, October 12th.

The Diviner's Toolkit
2023-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
This four part class offers overviews of four different types of Divination, taught by subject matter matter from the Ardantane faculty and staff.
Tarot Cards and Messages from the Deep
Amber K – What are Tarot cards, and where did they come from? How can we use their mysterious images to understand our lives and make better choices for ourselves? Learn about the three major methods of interpretation (psychic, book-oriented, and gestalt) and their strengths and weaknesses. Find out how to choose a deck you’ll love, from the hundreds of designs available; and how to create or choose a spread (pattern), from the very simple to the more complex.
Amber K is a published author, prolific teacher and the director of Ardantane. She has been active in the pagan community for over 45 years and is a third degree initate and founder of the Ladywood tradition of Wicca. She is the author, with her partner Azrael Arynn K, of The Heart of Tarot.
The tuition for this class is $100. Membership discounts and Beaver Bucks are welcome. Students register at https://ardantane.org/event/the-diviners-toolkit/. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, October 2.

The Witch's Pyramid
2023-10-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
This tool illuminates the heart of magick and the qualities every Witch needs to practice: “Knowledge as a base of stone. Will to call the thing my own.Imagination helps to see. Faith to know that it will be. Silence knows what’s best to hide. Love will fill the space inside. Spirit binds them all as one; So the magick has begun.” Join Azrael in exploring deeper truths of the Pyramid, and assessing your own readiness for the Work.
Azrael Arynn K is a third-degree Wiccan Priestess and High Priest of the Coven of Our Lady of the Woods, and has also held offices in the Covenant of the Goddess. She is both Facilities Director and Dean of the School of Sacred Living at Ardantane Pagan Learning Center. She co-authors books on the Craft with Amber K, and travels and teaches widely throughout the United States.

This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, October 19th.

Identifying Poisonous Plants: How to Avoid Poisoning Yourself or Others
2023-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Can you tell the difference between Queen Anne’s Lace and poison hemlock? Should you be concerned if your neighbor’s toddler nibbles on the Lily of the Valley growing in your yard? Just how much nutmeg is a fatal dose? How many apple seeds give you a fatal dose of cyanide?
Ember will answer these questions, and others, while also providing information about which common ornamentals are toxic, what medicinal plants require caution, and she includes some antidotes as well as bonus material on other poisons.
While the focus is on identifying poisonous plants so you don’t harm yourself or others, Ember will also offer a brief introduction to the magickal correspondences found along the poison path.
Ember has had a special interest in plants and herbal medicine all of her life. It started with her five-year-old self eating dandelions and tasting milkweed. Important reminder: supervise your children! Since then, she has spent the past 50 years studying medicinal herbs, making salves and tinctures, and identifying as many plants as she can.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, October 26th.

Lineage Blessing and Clearing
2023-11-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Just in time for the holidays! Join Monica Devi Bhakti to hit the magickal reset button on our family story. We’ll be identifying and releasing family patterns, creating personal freedom, clearing lineage timelines and restructuring and activating magickal DNA.
Monica Devi Bhakti has been working and teaching in the field of healing and energy work for over 25 years. She has worked with numerous sensitive individuals through Clairvoyant and Intuitive Readings, Counseling, Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Massage, Polarity, and numerous other healing modalities.

This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.

Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, November 2nd.

Online Rituals
2023-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Moonbeam Mage is inviting you: During the recent Teaching Intensive class Ardantane held online, I heard several people asking about on-line rituals for Sabbats/Moon Phases or as we feel so moved. I would like folks who are interested in discussing the whys and why-nots, the possibilities and the yeah-buts as well as their own knowledge of interest in or experience with online rituals, to gather for this seminar. With an intention of realizing a prevailing perspective among interested parties, we will then be prepared to decide: to offer on-line rituals, or not to offer them.
Moonbeam Mage caught a glimpse of the path that might be some twenty-five years ago. Fifteen years ago she heard herself asserting that she was on that path, and has solidly placed one foot after the other upon it since. In 2010 she found Ardantane and began her pursuit of all that formal training in the Craft could offer. In 2014, she received the Ardantane Level Three, Master of Magick and Witchcraft Certificate. She is also a third degree initiate of the Ladywood tradition of the Craft.

This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, November 9th.

Hekate Torch and Key Retreat 2023
2023-11-17 10:00 - 2023-11-19 17:00 | Ardantane Campus, Jemez Pueblo, NM, 87025, United States
This year’s Hekate Retreat will return to campus.
Hekate’s Torch and Key Retreat will also be in person on campus this year, November 17-19.Workshops, a great processional to and ritual at Hekate’s Circle, a deipnon feast, and more.

Fee for the retreat: $150 (for those lodging off-campus), $180 for those staying on campus. Beaver Bucks accepted. Register online at https://ardantane.org/event/hekate-torch-and-key-retreat-2023/ to save your spot. On-campus lodging is limited, so contact Azrael at info@ardantane.org if you need cabin space. We can handle 1 or 2 smaller RVs, plus there is camping space. Other lodgings can be found in Jemez Springs, just a few minutes’ drive from the campus.

The cost for the retreat is $150, plus $15 per night if you choose to stay on campus, or $180.

Liminality: With Hekate at the Edge of All Things
2023-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The ancient and powerful goddess Hekate is a goddess of liminal places. She is Hekate Enodia, goddess of the branching paths; Hekate Trioditis, lady of the crossroads; Hekate Prodomos, guardian of the threshold. She rules choices, transitions, tipping points, borderlands, portals, gateways, and the veil between the worlds. Let’s explore this deep and rich concept, and what it might mean for our own lives…. here at the edge of all possibilities.
Amber K has been a Wiccan priestess for 45 years, and loves to study the ancient Pagan faiths.

This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, November 16th.

The Morrigan
2023-11-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The Morrigan is one of the most complex goddesses of the Celtic pantheon. She is the “Great Queen” or “Phantom Queen;” the shape-shifter; commonly called a Goddess of War, Fate, and Death. But she is also Goddess of Sovereignty and Queen of the Fairies, associated with crows, ravens, cattle, and horses; and patroness of warriors, priestesses, and witches. Join us for an exploration of this complex and often misunderstood Goddess and how we can connect with her today.
Lora Jackson Legare has been a practicing Wiccan for 35 years. She is a professional archaeologist, professor of anthropology, artist and writer. She has led numerous public rituals in southern New Mexico and conducted workshops and classes on developing connections with Celtic Goddesses and Gods, stone magick, and magickal correspondences, and led many guided meditations.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, November 23rd.

The Dark Side of Yule
2023-12-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
From Krampus to Elf on a Shelf, Victor Gibbs will present a discussion of the various Yuletide characters who have been seen lurking behind Jolly Saint Nick.
Victor Gibbs has been a devotee of Paganism since the early 1980s. He grew up in Los Alamos, spending a lot of time alone in White Rock Canyon. He moved to Las Cruces, NM in 1983, where he spent a lot of time climbing in the Organ Mountains. He has studied a wide variety of pagan beliefs, including Sumerian and Ecclasian covens. He is active in the local CUUPs chapter in Las Cruces, and is a long time organizer with Las Cruces Pagan Pride Day. Victor is an archaeologist and avid photographer.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, November 30th.

Embracing Our Bodies
2023-12-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
How is relationship with your body – your partner for life? What do you enjoy about your body? What things do you find challenging? Aging is inevitable, so our future will likely bring more challenges. Tired of platitudes? Come spend quality time with your body, as we learn from our bodies and each other, and likely come away with some new insights. We’ll do some journaling, so please have pen and paper handy and some space to stand and move.
One of the many things Dr Jude Harrison, MD appreciates about Pagan Spirituality is inclusion and celebration of our bodies and our sexuality. He’s been privileged to work with people and their bodies from the first week of medical school to retirement 56 years later. After completing a four-year experiential certification training and supervision through the Center for Mind Body Medicine he led body centered mind-body skills groups with his patients for 6 years while group movement space was still available in his office. Jude’s lived in his body for 70 years. Gender transition at age 60 brought some interesting facets to his own relationship with his body.

This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, December 7th.

Yule Traditions
2023-12-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
As part of our Ardantane Sabbat series, Ardantane faculty members Amber K and Azrael Arynn K will lead us on a journey through the many traditions associated with the Winter Solstice, as known as Yule.
Amber K is a third degree priestess of the Wiccan faith. She was initiated at the Temple of the Pagan Way in Chicago and served on the Council of Elders there. Her books on magick and the Craft have been widely circulated in the United States and Europe, and for 35 years she has traveled across the U.S. teaching the Craft. She has worked with Circle and the Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess, and served as National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for three terms. She is a founder of Our Lady of the Woods and the Ladywood Tradition of Wicca, and currently is Executive Director of Ardantane, a Wiccan/Pagan seminary is northern New Mexico.
Azrael Arynn K is a third-degree Wiccan Priestess and High Priest of the Coven of Our Lady of the Woods, and has also held offices in the Covenant of the Goddess. She is both Facilities Director and Dean of the School of Sacred Living at Ardantane Pagan Learning Center. She co-authors books on the Craft with Amber K, and travels and teaches widely throughout the United States.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, December 14th.

2024: Astrological Insights for a Happy New Year
2024-01-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Entering 2024 we will be looking forward to what the new year will have to offer – astrologically.
Moonbeam Mage caught a glimpse of the path that might be some twenty-five years ago. Fifteen years ago she heard herself asserting that she was on that path, and has solidly placed one foot after the other upon it since. In 2010 she found Ardantane and began her pursuit of all that formal training in the Craft could offer. In 2014, she received the Ardantane Level Three, Master of Magick and Witchcraft Certificate. She is also a third degree initiate of the Ladywood tradition of the Craft.

This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, January 4th.

Coyote Tales
2024-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
A coyote is the American “song dog” who has spread all over the United States and beyond; but Coyote, or Old Man Coyote, is a teacher, trickster, and culture hero of the American Southwest. Several Native American tribes tell his stories, depicting Coyote as wise, curious, bawdy, adventurous, reckless, and sometimes devious. Amber is not Native American, and cannot provide any special tribal understanding of this enigmatic figure. She can only share some of the stories and her individual perspective, from having studied and worked with Coyote for several years. But she believes he has a lot to teach to anyone of any culture, if we are ready to listen.
Amber K is a third degree priestess of the Wiccan faith. She was initiated at the Temple of the Pagan Way in Chicago and served on the Council of Elders there. Her books on magick and the Craft have been widely circulated in the United States and Europe, and for 35 years she has traveled across the U.S. teaching the Craft. She has worked with Circle and the Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess, and served as National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for three terms. She is a founder of Our Lady of the Woods and the Ladywood Tradition of Wicca, and currently is Executive Director of Ardantane, a Wiccan/Pagan seminary is northern New Mexico.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, January 11th.

Pagans in the Workplace
2024-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Have you ever wondered what rights you have as a pagan employee? This session will focus on your legal rights, discriminatory practices you might encounter on the job, and how to address them. We will also explore how to help your workplace become a more inclusive place for people of all beliefs.
Tara Kiene (she/her) is an active Ardantane student and teacher. In her mundane life, she is the President and CEO of a nonprofit serving people with disabilities. With a staff averaging 100 employees, she supports the identities of people from all walks of life, balancing empathy and inclusion with the realities of employment law. Outside of work, she’s a member of the Colorado Crow Women coven when she isn’t strumming her ukulele, writing silly novels, or playing with her pet rabbits.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, January 18th.

Sheela Na Gigs of Ireland
2024-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
What are Sheela Na Gigs, when and where were they placed? Were they obscene or were they goddesses? Let’s examine the history of these fascinating figures, astronomical symbolism, their cultural and archaeological significance, and where they are now.
Larissa Gibbs has been a practicing neo-pagan since she was a teenager. She did a self dedication at the age of 16 and has never looked back. Over the years, Larissa has practiced as a solitary pagan, as well as worked with two covens, and with her family coven. She was the coordinator for the children’s realm of the Las Cruces Pagan Pride Day event for maybe five years. In 2011, she became one of the founding members of Desert Spirit CUUPS at the Las Cruces New Mexico Unitarian Universalist Church where she continues to serve as ritual coordinator. She is also a longstanding member and contributor to the Las Cruces-based, women’s spirituality group, Moonsisters.
Larissa has a BS in biology, worked as a research biologist for 10 years and now teaches high school biology. She finds that one of the most profound truths in biology is the universal genetic code of life. Scientifically we know that all life is genetically related, spiritually we can feel at one with all life on Earth. Larissa also looks to history and archaeology to understand past and present human belief systems. Marija Gimbutas’ work with neolithic and Mesolithic imagery and megalithic mounds is very informative for Larissa as well. Larissa feels that science informs our world view and paganism gives us a way to contextualize our place in the world.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, January 25th.

Imbolc Friday Fireside Ritual
2024-02-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Join the Ardantane team for an online observance of Imbolc (or Candlemas), the celebration of the Celtic Goddess Brighid and the cross-quarter between the winter solstice and spring equinox. Help us celebrate the return of the growing season and the hope of surviving another winter. This is also a time when many pagans and Wiccans dedicate–to themselves, to their spiritual path, to each other.
NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT. If you would like an in-person event at the Ardantane campus, we are holding an Imbolc celebration on Saturday, February 3rd. Information for that event HERE.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, February 1st.

Fear and Courage in Pagan Spirituality
2024-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
All of us have fears. Every one of us. As people who are growing spiritually, we need to face those fears, understand them, and transform them… using all the skills and magickal techniques we can muster. This is part of Shadow work. Join Amber for a deep dive into our fears and our courage, exploring how we can gather allies and bravely change our fears into energy and compassion.
Amber K is a third degree priestess of the Wiccan faith. She was initiated at the Temple of the Pagan Way in Chicago and served on the Council of Elders there. Her books on magick and the Craft have been widely circulated in the United States and Europe, and for 35 years she has traveled across the U.S. teaching the Craft. She has worked with Circle and the Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess, and served as National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for three terms. She is a founder of Our Lady of the Woods and the Ladywood Tradition of Wicca, and currently is Executive Director of Ardantane, a Wiccan/Pagan seminary is northern New Mexico.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, February 8th.

The Roots of Celtic Neopaganism: How The Irish Saved Civilization
2024-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Why do so many Neo Pagans consider themselves Celtic Pagans? Join us for an evening where we explore topics that help us understand the influence of the Celts on Paganism today. We will look at topics like the ancient Irish Celts, Patrick and the coming of Christianity, and Irish Celtic stories.
Larissa Gibbs has been a practicing neo-pagan since she was a teenager. She did a self dedication at the age of 16 and has never looked back. Over the years, Larissa has practiced as a solitary pagan, as well as worked with two covens, and with her family coven. She was the coordinator for the children’s realm of the Las Cruces Pagan Pride Day event for maybe five years. In 2011, she became one of the founding members of Desert Spirit CUUPS at the Las Cruces New Mexico Unitarian Universalist Church where she continues to serve as ritual coordinator. She is also a longstanding member and contributor to the Las Cruces-based, women’s spirituality group, Moonsisters.
Larissa has a BS in biology, worked as a research biologist for 10 years and now teaches high school biology. She finds that one of the most profound truths in biology is the universal genetic code of life. Scientifically we know that all life is genetically related, spiritually we can feel at one with all life on Earth. Larissa also looks to history and archaeology to understand past and present human belief systems. Marija Gimbutas’ work with neolithic and Mesolithic imagery and megalithic mounds is very informative for Larissa as well. Larissa feels that science informs our world view and paganism gives us a way to contextualize our place in the world.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, February 15th.

McMartin Preschool Case
2024-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The McMartin Preschool Case took place at the height of the Satanic Panic of the 1980’s and was the most expensive trial ever conducted by the State of California. Outlandish claims of Satanic rituals, child sacrifice and secret tunnels not only drove McMartin’s preschool out of business, it sent several innocent people to prison and traumatized more than one of the children involved. Join Rowan for an overview of this modern day witch hunt, its root causes and tragic outcome.
Rowan has been active in the pagan community of northern New Mexico for over 35 years. She is a third degree initiate of the Ladywoods tradition and currently serves as the Dean of the School of Magick and Witchcraft at Ardantane. In her mundane life, she holds a BS in education from UT El Paso, and an MBA from UNM. She has taught at festivals in New Mexico and Colorado and nationally, but enjoys teaching at Ardantane the most.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, February 22nd.

The Winds of Spring
2024-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Following a spiritual path based upon nature involves living with the seasons. Each has its own energy flows, and when we pay attention to them, we can work with the prevailing energy rather than against it. This is the first in a series of four seasonal energy Fireside Chats and will focus on the natural flows of Spring.
Polaris is a third degree Wiccan Priestess in the Ladywoods Tradition and a Magister in the Order of Paladins. She has been drawn to the natural cycles of the world from a young age and a practicing Pagan since the early 1990s. As a business consultant in the mundane world, she integrates the natural cyclical energies into her work with clients, helping them utilize the prevailing energies and work with those flows rather than struggling against them.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, February 29th.

Solar Eclipse
2024-03-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will be the last time a total eclipse occurs in the continental United States for 20 years. Make the most of your viewing by learning the astronomy, the magick, and the lore of the solar eclipse.
KareIsis is an initiate of the Ladywood Tradition who lives in a mountain cabin in Pine, Colorado. She is a devotee of FCBD belly dance and Baba Yaga.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, March 7th.

Ostara Spring Equinox Online Ritual
2024-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
Blessings of the Vernal Equinox!
Join us in Celebration!
The Vernal Equinox, Spring Equinox or Ostara as it is more frequently called in modern times, is one of the Sabbats on the Pagan Wheel of the Year as we celebrate it in these times. Its name – Equinox – enlightens us immediately as to the wisdom we may find in its observance. Equinox, equal, implying balance. In our ritual celebration, we will honor that traditional essence. As well, the descriptor, vernal explains: this is the point on the Wheel where birth and beginnings of all kinds are evident. Creation, creativity, newness, these we expect and seek in the Spring. Our ritual will open us to these urges.
The Earth Mother is the core of the Wheel, the spindle upon which it turns. Our ritual will call upon Her and Her sky companion, Venus. Venus in Her reign as planetary goddess of love and Greco/Roman, Venus/Aphrodite goddess of love. We will discover the boon She offers at the time of these new beginnings and how we might invite Her support in our endeavors.
Balance, beginnings, living and loving!
We will celebrate Blessings of the Vernal Equinox!
Moonbeam Mage caught a glimpse of the path that might be some twenty-five years ago. Fifteen years ago she heard herself asserting that she was on that path, and has solidly placed one foot after the other upon it since. In 2010 she found Ardantane and began her pursuit of all that formal training in the Craft could offer. In 2014, she received the Ardantane Level Three, Master of Magick and Witchcraft Certificate. She is also a third degree initiate of the Ladywood tradition of the Craft.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, March 14th.

Isis and Osiris
2024-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, NM, 87025, United States
The story of Isis and Osiris is an ancient myth about love conquering all, about jealousy and betrayal, about civilization and order in opposition to chaos. However, the central theme in this story is about not only the death and resurrection of a God, but also about the Divine Feminine who resurrects him, and the Divine Mother giving birth to Horus, the Divine Child. Long before Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, they are the archetype of the Holy Family.
Lora Jackson Legare has been a practicing Wiccan for 35 years. She is a professional archaeologist, professor of anthropology, artist and writer. She has led numerous public rituals in southern New Mexico and conducted workshops and classes on developing connections with Celtic Goddesses and Gods, stone magick, and magickal correspondences, and led many guided meditations.
This class is free to supporting members of Ardantane. Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10.
Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday, March 21st.
