March 6, 2018

Discuss Hoodoo and classic folk remedies to cleanse the self or the home. Learn how to cleanse your house on both an energetic level as well as a mundane level using crystals, floor washes and other methods.

Registration through: Mt. Airy Learning Tree

Dates: October 23 – November 13, 2017
Meets: M from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 4 sessions
Hours: 8.00
Location: MALT Office, 6601 Greene St.
Instructor: Karen Bruhin
Fee: $49.00
Just as the decks we use are diverse, so are the ways in which we look at the cards. Examine the cards and ways to interpret them, be it through color, symbolism or sheer instinct. Learn the differences between the major and minor arcana as well as how to interpret simple tarot spreads. Please bring a tarot deck to class (preferably Coleman/Waite a.k.a Rider-Waite) or a deck that you have been using for a while.

Register Now: Learning to Read Tarot

SJPPD on 10/07/17- Workshop at 1:30 PM!

The Journey from Hod to Netzach: or how I came to Love the Tower Card, by Karen Bruhin

“There is a lot that happens magically when we truly initiate from one level of our practice to another. Our mundane lives get shaken up and stirred while we get more clarity in our actual spiritual/magickal practices, and the dance goes back and forth between the two. In this class we will take on quick over view of the Qabalistic spheres of Hod (Splendor), Netzach (Victory), the path between them (27), and the Tower card from the tarot, and how they relate to initiation.”

Karen Bruhin is a 3rd degree initiate within the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel (ASW),www.sacredwheel.org

) a Wiccan syncretic tradition. She is the High Priestess of Tenders of the Earth Temple (https://www.tet-asw.org/

) founded in 2011 and which based in NW Philadelphia. A practitioner of a variety of esoteric disciplines, Karen has been active in Wicca and the local Pagan community for the past 18 years. Additionally, Karen is the Captain of the Gryphons, a magical order within the ASW that is charged with the magical protection of the ASW. She offers ongoing classes through Mt. Airy Learning Tree and through the coven as well as co-coordinator for ritual at 2017 Philadelphia Pagan Pride Day. She has previously taught at Spring Magick, Autumn Magick, Philadelphia Pagan Pride and Free Spirit Gathering.

Source: 2017 South Jersey Pagan Pride Day

Image Credit: Ivo Dominguez | Edit by Mat Auryn

It seems there’s always some astronomer or scientist debunking astrology without understanding the very basic premise of astrology.

Source: Ivo Dominguez Jr. & The Tough Astrology Questions – For Puck’s Sake

Photo by sfbaywalk. Used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).

Philadelphia Witch Karen Bruhin says she doesn’t have the gardening space that rural and suburban Witches enjoy. Her go to plants are horehound and chamomile.

Source: Autumn, a time to harvest magical and medicinal herbs | The Wild Hunt

It is a great pleasure in the life of an artist to be able to share one’s vision with the world. The internet and online libraries are a lot of fun, but being able to showcase one’s work in a place where people can come and view it in person is so mu

Source: Art Shows and Goddesses for Our Times – PaganSquare – PaganSquare – Join the conversation!

Source: Helena Domenic: Goddesses for Our Time

I have been involved in occult and spiritual pursuits  since I was a child, performed rituals as a teenager, but my first attendance at a Pagan event was in 1978 so I count that as my start in the community. Next year will be my 40th year as a member of this community. In that time I have learned from peers, elders, students, spirits and God/des/es, and from close observation and contemplation of my experiences. I’ve owned and run a metaphysical shop twice in my time as a Pagan. The first time for 6 years and the second time for 10 years. Some of my most important lessons came to me from my role as a shop keeper.

Source: Lessons From Work – PaganSquare – PaganSquare – Join the conversation!