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Twilight Covening
October 10-13, 2025
In the twilight of the year, we gather together to set time apart from our daily lives for study, reflection, dreaming, and seeking visions.
A time apart.
Feel the current of change
As the season turns.
Flow with the tide.
Find yourself held in community,
Honoring the spirit of the Earth.
Breathe in the cool crisp air
Cross the bridge from autumn
Into the dark of winter.
Step into a three-day ritual of deep spiritual connection, learning and magic.
Twilight Covening is a continuous 3-day ritual which holds and shapes an intensive learning experience of Earth spirituality. It is a time for exploring ways to deepen Earth-centered spiritual practice, and a time to develop our collective wisdom in a shared sacred space as we move into the dark time of the year.
Each year since 1986 (including one year online), members of the EarthSpirit Community gather to reach deep into ourselves, and into communion with this time of year and with all of Nature. We explore the depths of a range of spiritual practices, learn new skills together and experience the joy and power of a living community ritual. We invite you to join us.
Twilight Covening is held in the autumn during the strong natural transition taking place all around us from light into dark, summer into winter, and outward focus to inward contemplation. During the gathering, we use this current of change, along with our focused practices, to find inspiration and insight that can feed us in the dark months to come and motivate us to make changes that we can use to deepen our own spiritual practice.
The intensive work of Twilight Covening takes place in practice-specific Clans of 10-15 people and in full-community rituals that flow together through the weekend.
The rituals include:
- Releasing Fire Ritual on Friday night,
- Rituals for Dreaming, Healing and Trance on Saturday night,
- A Visioning Ritual on Sunday night
- Four Attunements each day which mark the solar quarters of the day
Many participants have found that Twilight Covening provides a model for maintaining an earth-centered practice on a daily basis and is a wonderful opportunity for developing strong and lasting connections with others on a similar path.
PLEASE NOTE: Twilight Covening is a demanding physical experience. The schedule is intense, the terrain rugged, the weather unpredictable and the facilities limited in creature comforts. Many Clan activities and community rituals will take place outdoors. Please bear this in mind when considering whether attending is the right choice for you. We suggest that everyone bring extra warm layers and good rain gear (tops and pants), just in case.
We do our best to make the event as accessible as possible, but we cannot accommodate all needs. If you are planning to attend and have accessibility needs or mobility concerns, please be sure to answer those related questions on the application form so that we can communicate with you about what accommodations may be possible. We cannot guarantee lower bunks in heated spaces. You will need to prioritize one or the other. If you have specific questions about whether you should attend given your particular situation, please email us at tcreg@tamelinproductions.com.
Wellness Protocols
We ask that each person take a home COVID test on Friday before arriving on site and stay home if that test is positive. We will not ask for evidence of the test when you arrive, but will trust that you will follow this guideline and care for the health of our community.
Please do not come if you are sick or if you have been exposed to COVID within the past 5 days. If you develop COVID or other respiratory symptoms on site we will ask you to isolate in a designated area until a home test shows a negative result. If symptoms continue we reserve the right to ask you to go home. We hold each other by paying attention to our own and others’ safety - by washing hands and asking before close contact, like hugging.
Masks will be optional in indoor settings during the event. Please bring your own masks with you if you want to use one. Some disposable back-ups will be available.
The Director
Deirdre Pulgram Arthen
Deirdre Arthen (she/her), a witch for over 45 years, and an Elder of the EarthSpirit Community, loves creating different kinds of gateways along the boundary between the seen world and the unseen and sharing the experience of passing through those gateways with her community. Deirdre is the Executive Director of EarthSpirit and partner in Tamelin Productions with Andras Corban Arthen. She coordinates Twilight Covening, selecting and overseeing all of the Clan Leaders and shaping the ritual content for the weekend.
Twilight Covening Application
Admission to Twilight Covening is by pre-registration only. One fee includes the cost of the program, lodging in either a regular cabin or your own tent, and a total of 8 meals, starting with dinner on Friday night through breakfast on Monday.
- Online Registration closes at 11:59pm ET on Sunday, September 22
- Payment by check must be postmarked by September 22
The early rate is $325, all inclusive.
Beginning on September 1, the rate will be $350.00
Heated sleeping space is an additional $60. (Rooms hold 3-6 people each on upper and lower bunks)
If the event reaches capacity, we will begin a waiting list in case any spots open up due to cancellation - Clan choices will be limited. (In past years, almost everyone on the waiting list was able to attend due to cancellations)
If you want to register after the deadline, and we are still able to accommodate you, Clan choices will be limited and a $25 late fee will be added to the cost of registration.
Clan assignment is made on the basis of multiple factors, including registration date and the best arrangement for the entire gathering. If clans fill early, they may be closed to further registrations, so registering early will provide the widest set of choices. All registrations received between August 1 and August 7 will receive the same priority level for assignment, so there is no need to hurry to get yours in on August 1.
Twilight Covening Housing Choices
Standard cabins have eight to thirteen beds each. All have electricity, with shared bathrooms and a shower-house nearby. There are also heated sleeping spaces available in rooms for between 4 and 12 people which cost an additional $60 per person paid at the time of registration. Double, triple, or single rooms are not available.
You will choose a cabin or room in the category you have selected when you arrive. Some Clans will share a cabin and others will have identified space where Clan members may choose to sleep if they prefer. If you would rather share a cabin with a group of your own choosing, please be sure that we know in advance and that you include an adequate number in your group to fill a cabin (usually 8+ for standard cabins, or 4+ for heated space). Plenty of grassy tenting space is also available if you would prefer to be on your own.
Twilight Covening Confirmation
Confirmation of registration, with directions and the clan assignment, will be sent out no later than September 30. E-mail is by far the most efficient means of communication. If you have changed your email or mailing address from the time of registration, you need to let us know asap so that your information can reach you in a timely manner. Send us an email at tcreg@tamelinproductions.com with the subject: “Covening address change”.
Given the atmosphere we create at Twilight Covening, the number of people we can accommodate is limited. Please register early to ensure admission. If cost is an issue and paying in installments will help you attend, please go ahead and register to pay by check and also e-mail us at tcreg@tamelinproductions.com as early as possible and we will try to help. Some scholarship assistance may be available through the Morwen Two Feathers Scholarship Fund, and a few work exchange positions are available for individuals who can lift and carry things.
Donate to the Morwen Two Feathers Scholarship Fund
Anyone can Donate to the Morwen Two Feathers Scholarship Fund to help other people attend Twilight Covening.
Twilight Covening Online Registration Instructions
To register online, click the link below. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with your registration number. If you do not receive that, your registration has not gone through and you may try again. Please do not register more than once if you do receive the email. (If you are unsure if your registration has gone through please contact tcreg@tamelinproductions.com before attempting to register again.) If you have questions, additions, changes, or cancellations, e-mail us at tcreg@tamelinproductions.com. Online payment options are: credit card (via PayPal), check, or money order. If you choose PayPal, you’ll be taken to the PayPal site at the appropriate time in the registration process.
If you choose check or money order, (Thank you!) please write your registration number on your payment and mail it to: Tamelin Productions, PO Box 340, Williamsburg, MA 01096. Checks must be postmarked no later than September 21.
Important: Please check to make sure you have included all of the information required for application to Twilight Covening. Your application will be processed more rapidly with your help. – Thank you
You will be asked to physically sign a waiver on site.
If you have not received your assignment by October 1, please contact the Tamelin Productions office at 413-238-4240 or tcreg@tamelinproductions.com.
Refunds
If you are not able to attend Twilight Covening and would like to receive credit for another event, you must request it in writing by September 21.
If you need to have your money refunded, let us know before September 10. After that date, your registration money is committed toward the rental of the site, food purchases, and other expenses for which we have to pay in advance whether you attend or not. Please do not ask us for a refund or credit after September 21.
COVID-19 Exception: If you have tested positive for COVID or have been closely exposed within a week of the event, please do not attend Twilight Covening. You will receive a full one-year credit for another event or a refund.
You can mail your payment (and make checks out) to:
Tamelin Productions
PO Box 340
Williamsburg, MA 01096
or Register On-line
A $25 service charge will be applied to all refunds and bounced checks.
Volunteers for final clean up are welcome as are some for pre-event kitchen work. Please indicate your desire to volunteer on your application. Do not assume that you should come early unless you hear from us directly. Call the office at (413) 238-4240 and leave a message if you want to find out more. Please email tcreg@tamelingproductions.com to find out more.
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Choosing your Twilight Covening Clan
Make sure that you read over all of the Clan descriptions carefully. There are many wonderful possibilities.
On your registration form, you will need to list five Clans as possible choices for the weekend. Since Clan size is limited, there is a good chance that you may not get your first choice. Every year some Clans fill up quickly and other Clans are canceled due to lack of demand. It varies a lot year to year. Please be ready to have several first choices and to be flexible! It is important that you indicate five preferences.
Number your preferences from 1 to 5, with 1 being your first choice. Registration forms which are filled out incompletely will only delay processing time, making it less likely that first choices will be available.
So that Clan Leaders can best meet the needs of all of the members of their Clan, whatever their level of experience, we ask that everyone thoroughly answer all of the questions on the registration form.
All of the Clans at Twilight Covening are designed to provide deep and fulfilling experiences. Some Clans, indicated with an asterisk (*), include work that relies on past experience or is especially challenging. If you would like to apply to join one of these Clans, please let us know why it calls to you right now and include information about your training, skills and practice with this kind of work in your application along with information about the kind of support system you have in place outside of Twilight Covening (coven, teacher, therapist, etc.). If you do not include all of this information, we cannot assign you to one of these Clans.
To fully complete the ritual of Twilight Covening, you should arrive by dinner time on Friday and must plan to stay on site until Monday afternoon so that you don’t miss your Clan’s final meeting or the closing circle. Clan assignments will be finalized and mailed after the registration deadline of September 21. We will have a master list in the office; please call if you have not received your assignment by October 1.
Twilight Covening 2025 Clan List
Black Cat Clan* Clan is full
Step softly. Listen deeply. In the Black Cat Clan, we follow the liminal path of Baba Yaga’s companion— the black-furred sentinel who walks between worlds, sees in the dark, and asks only one thing: Do you dare know yourself?
Rooted in the mythos of Baba Yaga—the Slavic crone who dwells at the edge of the woods and the edge of becoming—this clan calls you into a sacred relationship with the shadow self, the intuitive body, and the wintering soul. As the veil thins and the season turns, we will engage in story-weaving, divination, and ecstatic stillness to reclaim the parts of us that have been hidden, exiled, or long asleep.
In this clan we will pick up the tiny seeds and gather the tiny threads, to engage in that impossible task Baba Yaga has for us.
This clan welcomes witches, seers, crones-in-training, and shadow walkers of all genders and is attuned to those:
In deep transition (perimenopause, grief, spiritual rebirth, questioning )
Seeking ancestral reconnection, wisdom, or dark feminine guidance
Called to work with the in between, unknown, silence, power, and sovereignty as sacred forces
You must have attended Twilight Covening 3+ times to be part of the Black Cat Clan. This is an advanced clan and may integrate deep and challenging work. We will be physically active with time spent outdoors and / or late at night, during the witching hour.
Michele Whitaker and Lanna Lee Maheux, leaders
Cow Clan Clan is full
Your words and actions build the path you travel. Are they challenging you to grow? Do they strengthen the bonds of your community? Have you celebrated your achievements and grieved your losses? The Heathen ritual of Symbel is a powerful way to reinforce – or change – the life path you are building, and how it weaves with others.
In this clan, we will craft the spoken word. We will listen deeply to each other. We will be challenged to give gratitude to mysterious and unknown things. Through ritual rounds of toasting, we will explore the concepts of wyrd, hospitality, frith, and the responsibility of your word. We will celebrate spirits of the land, ancestors, and the powerful forces all around us. And we will share how to structure this Heathen ritual so you can use it to deepen relationships with your own family and other communities.
You do not need to be a Heathen to join this clan, but familiarity with Heathenry is useful. Experienced Heathens will be invited to challenge themselves more. This clan is accessible to people of all physical abilities.
Wolfhame and Ash Glasse, leaders
Crane Clan* Clan is full
When cranes gather in a flock, they gabble and toot in a cacophonous, ever-changing web of harmony. Long ago, the cranes and other waterfowl taught the Lithuanian people to join this web through Sutartinės, a flowing, weaving style of chanting that builds and reinforces a communal connection to the wider tapestry of nature. In Crane clan, we will explore a trance practice based in Sutartinės-singing and lead ourselves towards an experience of the ever-changing harmony between the self, the community, and the world.
This clan will involve a lot of singing, breath work, and some optional gentle movement. If you are confident and comfortable in round-singing, you have the requisite music skills for this clan. Please indicate your level of comfort with singing in the comment box.
Lynn Rowan and Will Rowan, leaders
Falcon Clan Clan is full
Just as a falcon flies over the landscape, aware of all that passes below, this clan will cultivate our connection with and awareness of the lands we live on and move through. Deep reverence for the natural world rests at the core of Heathen practices, engaging with the potency of offerings, reciprocity, dreams, and connection. Informed by these approaches, we will deepen into relationship with stones, plants, water, and other beings. This clan’s work will be primarily outdoors regardless of weather.
Irene Glasse and Trey Moonwood, leaders
Fishing Spider Clan
The Fishing Spider lives and hunts where water, earth, and air meet. It gathers information about how to proceed from the nexus of all the elements. Astrology is grounded in the four fundamental elements Earth, Air, Fire, and Water; and their component parts hot/cold, wet/dry. All Beings are composed of all the elements, but in each being, some qualities predominate; this is where we can start to draw meaning and make predictions.
This clan will work through the shifting focus of the weekend to experience these four principal elements and qualities in a direct way, using both intuition and reason to discern their nature and how they interact with one another to manifest what we call "astrology." We will explore these elements on the mountain, and draw on and share our own experiences of them from our daily lives. As part of this, we will include the tradition of the humors (choleric, sanguine, melancholic, phlegmatic) as they apply to overall health, psychology, and personality/behavior.
Focusing on these fundamentals will bring us to the point where we can begin to do some simple birth chart reading, and go into the dark time with new tools for self-understanding and divination.
Chris LaFond, leader
Forest Raven Clan*
The Raven has been called the Keeper of Magic and Messenger of Mystery, a channel for magical energy. In this clan we will use breathwork, team building, energy shifting and extended time in ritual awareness. We will open ourselves to patterns and rhythms which facilitate deeper transformative experience for ourselves and others, exploring all of the roles of community ritual, leading toward actively participating in either the traveling or the accessible visioning ritual.
You must have attended Covening in person for at least 3 years to be in this Clan. Please do not sign up for this clan if you have issues around physical touch.
Forest Ravens will be physically active and will spend time outdoors.
This clan will share a sleeping cabin.
Moira Ashleigh, leader, Christopher Croucher, Stormdancer, co-leader
Heron Clan
When we are busy, worried, talking, or focused on distant things then we cannot perceive what is right here, right now.
The Heron moves very slowly and quietly. With intense awareness and patience, it snatches what it needs from the water. By quieting our mind and opening to the natural world around us, we find beautiful, poignant, humorous and magical moments every day. We will hunt for such moments in the woods, by the pond, alone and among people. We will observe while being still and while being in motion.
Then we will capture the essence of these moments by writing very short poems and concise prose descriptions. We will learn the basics of Haiku and related Japanese poetic techniques that emphasize a focus on nature and human nature. You do not need any experience with poetry, and after the clan you can continue the quiet observation practice with or without writing poetry.
wings trace wide circles
above the quiet lake --
unseen dam
Eric Arthen, leader
Honey Bee Clan
In Celtic cultures, Honey Bees acted as messengers and guides, traveling between the human realm and the Otherworld– sometimes as a human soul. Each bee has a specific function that supports their hive– building, communicating, nourishing. Feri Tradition views the spiritual anatomy of a human being similarly: a community of 3 distinct souls that sustain the whole.
Honey Bee Clan focuses around the foundational practice for all magical work in Feri Tradition: The HA Prayer. This breath is a daily ritual used to align our 3 souls, focus intention, and as a powerful tool for clarity and manifestation. Building mixed media collages through the lens of the HA Prayer, we’ll explore our souls, discover their relationship with creation, and map the magic where our thoughts, words, and images become meaning.
Breathing in the honeyed languages of art and poetry, we’ll communicate with our 3 souls to create layers of meaning from hidden/revealed words and images. Transforming our art, we'll create a ritual tool to support our alignment, and understand the messages our souls provide to nourish our work. Imagine that the most wise, whole, and connected version of yourself guided every decision you made. How would you move, speak, choose?
Tess Archer, leader
Hoot Owl Clan
Hoot Owl calls loud and clear who they are and what they want, filling the woods with their voices, one or many. Singing together is a powerful way to uplift spirits, ground ourselves in connection with the Earth, connect with each other and with spirit, and generate energy that can fuel us and be put to good use. Singing together gently breaks down barriers and builds community that can resist dominant culture. In this Clan we will sing through the elemental framework of Twilight using everything from EarthSpirit chants, to rounds, to traditional visiting tradition material, to modern songs with verses and choruses.
Let’s raise our voices and our courage, singing of resistance & healing. Let’s soften our hearts, singing of magic & mystery, bolstering our dreams and feeding wonder. Let tears brim and laughter arise as we know who we truly are upon the foundation of the Earth. Clan members will go home with a song sheet and access to recordings so you can bring this material into your life.
Sarah Stockwell-Arthen, leader
Lion Clan Clan is full
Many of us are on a tough road right now. One that requires a significant amount of energy to sustain us over the length of our journeys. But ahead of us are opportunities to step in to our power and to build bridges, to shed light where there is darkness, and to raise our voices for change.
Lion Clan evokes the image of the tarot card Strength: inner strength and fearless confidence with the strength to harness raw power and passion. Our Strength is that we are connected to deep magic – surrounded and supported by the old ones and by spirit, with the ability to wield power from a strength that comes from deep inside.
This clan will tap into the power sources all around us, combining techniques from Eastern, Shamanic and Western Magic traditions. We will connect with spirit, guides, and nature to release that which no longer serves and allow in that which is needed to power us forward. We will set clear vision and intention in alliance with powers both within and all around us. And we will be visible and support each other in community so that we can manifest the change we want to see, in ourselves and in our connected world.
Liz Porter, leader
Orb Weaver Clan*
The Orb Weaver’s web is a beautiful mandala that serves as a potent point of transfer of energy. This clan will dive deep into the creation of art in ritual and magical practice, individually and in community. One focus of our work will be building and understanding and integrating the symbolic language of nature into our work and visual spellcraft. Clan time will be spent both exploring pattern recognition, extracting and distilling symbols, sigils and spellcraft in our community's evolving practices, as well as diving deeply into intentional art creation that will tie into the arc of the weekend's currents and weaving into the visioning ritual.
Members of this clan must have participated in a prior Spider Clan or have a regular ongoing artistic practice.
Martin Bridge and Kaye Kittredge, leaders
Minotaur Clan* Clan is full
The Minotaur embodies the conflict between our light and dark sides and the challenges we face to live authentically within societal expectations. This innate duality mirrors our own internal battle between the part of ourselves we show the world and the part we feel we must hide. The Minotaur’s hiding place, the labyrinth, serves as a metaphor for the deep recesses of our soul that conceal the shadow part of ourselves. It represents the complexity of our fears, secrets, and unresolved conflicts that we must come to terms with to achieve authenticity and wholeness. As the hero of our own story, we must be willing to face and conquer our internal demons to achieve growth and transformation. This clan will use the labyrinth and masks as a tools to acknowledge and confront our internal struggles and embark on a journey of self-realization. Clan members will learn to create a labyrinth to be used for this work throughout the weekend. This is an advanced clan, and the clan work may be deep and challenging at times. You do not need any prior knowledge of or work with the labyrinth to join this clan.
Tracy Andryc, Jo Weston leaders
Mountain Goat Clan
Mountain goats embody the philosophy of look before you leap, but not at intermediate steps. They don't look at their feet, they are certain of — or manifest while mid-air — their footing while traversing precarious slopes, eyes on only their destination. In the mountain goat clan, we will refine our situational awareness, using all of our perceptive capabilities. But first we need to know what those capabilities are! How do we perceive, what can we perceive, and perhaps most importantly, what can we not perceive are questions we will seek to answer. We will increase our ability to be present here and now, on surer footing, so that our choices are more informed. We will spend most of our time outdoors, engaging all senses, physical and other.
Rose Starwind and Ted Thibodeau, leaders
Pillbug Clan
We have all found ourselves in hard places of exhaustion, where we cannot take one more step, cannot do one more thing. So how do we keep putting one foot in front of the other when we have to? How do we keep going when our support systems are equally depleted? We connect to our most ancient Mother. As the pillbug burrows into the earth to find nourishment and restoration, this clan will sink into the layers of the mountain in order to replenish ourselves. We will use guided meditations and gentle movement to discover how we connect with the energies of ancestor, tree, stone, and star. We will learn to draw extra energy from these elemental relationships during difficult times. This clan work is accessible to all mobility levels, but will require some gentle walking around the camp during the weekend.
Sarah Lyn, leader
Red Dragon Clan
The Red Dragon is a symbol associated with the people of Wales and stands guard over the mystery and magic of these ancient Celts. In this clan we will deepen our understanding of early mysteries as told in the mythological sagas of the Mabinogi. Using trance-inducing and shape-shifting techniques revealed through these myths, we will move through transformative postures drawn from magical animal energies, loosening our shape to experience Other. We will explore the initiatory mysteries of the triple circle and the Spiral Castle presided over by Arianrhod (whose name means “Silver Wheel”). Following the music of the Silver Branch through the Spiral Castle that leads to Annwn (the Welsh Otherworld), we will dance the dragon’s path toward trance, vision and deep personal transformation. Each clan member will create their own Silver Branch to take home.
This clan includes updated approaches to the material presented in the original Red Dragon clans. New and varied ways to experience the shape-shifting postures and trance methods will be offered – opening more pathways for deep exploration.
Juniper Talbot, leader
White Sow Clan
How many food memories do you hold? Do the smells of the kitchen transport you to another time? Do you have comfort foods that you turn to when your body or soul need healing? Food is sacred. Preparation requires harnessing all 4 elements, and incorporating the result into our bodies. As earth centered practitioners, we turn to herbs for healing, drink teas for visioning, and feast for celebration. Yet how many of us consume our daily meals with no regard for the magical potential they hold? This interactive clan invites you to empower your food. We will explore the magical kitchen, intentional cooking, planning recipes using foods for their magical properties, seasonal cooking and creating kitchen alters. Due to the amount of ingredients needed this clan will have a small, mostly staples shopping list to bring. If there are financial concerns, and you're drawn to this work we will work with you.
Cerillian, leader
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Twilight Covening 2025 Clan Leaders
Ash Glasse (Cow Clan) (they/them) is the Gothar (spiritual leader) of Elk Ridge Kindred, an inclusive Heathen group based in Frederick, Maryland. They are also a member, leader and teacher in the Frederick CUUPS chapter, and a teacher at many East Coast pagan events. Ash’s primary focus in Heathenry is to incorporate the practice into daily life, breaking down the walls between the spiritual and the mundane, while keeping in touch with Heathenry’s historical roots. Ash also writes and performs with Pagan Folk Band, Kindred Crow and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of The Troth, a worldwide inclusive Heathenry organization.
Cerillian (White Sow Clan) is thrilled to be bringing white sow back to Twilight after 11 long years. A long time member of the community, he is perhaps better known for his Gryphon work. Having practiced intentional cooking since his teens, he is also a seasoned food service professional and chef with over 40 years experience and brings the same passion and intention to teaching a magical kitchen clan that he does to all his work. Besides that, he makes a mean scratch made buttermilk biscuit.
Christopher Croucher, Stormdancer (Forest Raven Clan) (he/him) is an artist, performer, healer and witch. Over more than twenty-five years, he has woven his experience as a dancer, massage therapist, and magickal healer together with his passion for numerous artforms to create a practice that centers connection with the Self and the World through magic(k). Storm has taught Movement and Magick workshops at EarthSpirit events and beyond since 2020 and is the creative force behind Letting the Land Lead, a nature-based dance practice.
Eric Arthen (Heron Clan) is an EarthSpirit Board member and a long time poet. He has found pausing to observe nature, even in a busy work day, to be a great antidote to the busy-ness and stress of the electronic and human world. Haiku is a wonderful way to deepen his magical practice and connection with nature
Irene Glasse (Falcon Clan) is a Heathen witch based in Western Maryland. She is a longtime teacher of witchcraft, meditation, and magic in the mid-Atlantic. She is the co-author of "Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training" (Dragon Alchemy, 2022), a contributing writer of "Gemini Witch: Unlock the Magic of Your Sun Sign" and "Llewellyn's 2024 - 2026 Sabbats Almanac" (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023 - 2025), and a blogger and columnist. She is a Commissioned Lay Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick and is the lead organizer of the Frederick Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (Frederick CUUPS), offering events, rituals, classes and workshops to a large, vibrant community.
Jo Weston (Minotaur Clan) (they/them) is a solitary animist and mystic living in the Boston area. A regular participant in the EarthSpirit community for over 15 years, they are passionate about the idea that everyone can find they own way to connect with the divine, whether through trance, music, stillness, or simply observation. They believe that spirit can be found everywhere, if you let yourself see it.
Juniper Talbot (Red Dragon Clan) is an Elder in Lenai Aine, a Celtic-based witchcraft coven, into which she was initiated in 1982. She has 40 years of training and experience in ritual, trance and magic and has extensive scholarly knowledge of the spiritual and magical practices of the Celts, leading numerous workshops and retreats based on these subjects. As a professional dancer, Juniper has traveled often to Britain and to many of its sacred sites to teach and perform. She is writing a novel based on the fourth branch of the Mabinogi, and is also a professional Tarot reader and Dream worker.
Kaye Kittredge (Orb Weaver Clan) (she/her) is an artist, animist, and Glainn Sidhr witch. She currently serves on the EarthSpirit Board of Directors, and gained deep appreciation for the mystery through her practices as a ritualist, MotherTongue member, death midwife, and mother. A frequent Clan Leader at Twilight Covening, she likes to draw inspiration from nature's patterns, and explore the many ways we can use our creativity to change the world.
Lanna Lee Maheux (Black Cat Clan) (she, her, hers) is passionate about helping others realize and reclaim their own power. Lanna uses pronouns she/her and is a witch, faery seer, podcaster, ex-clown, balloon twister, actor, geek, silly person, writer, singer, twit, and recovering Stand-Up Comic. A long-time member of the EarthSpirit Community, Lanna has presented at Rites of Spring, and has led the White Raven, Turkey Vulture, and Honey Badger Clans at Twilight Covening. Lanna Lee likes shiny things.
Liz Porter (Lion Clan) Liz is a 3rd degree Wiccan high priestess, Reiki master, and farmer who has been using practical magic to manifest goals into tangible reality for over two decades. She has led clans at Twilight Covening, workshops and rituals at Feast of Lights, Rites of Spring, and in her hometown in New Jersey. She has raised a coven of witches who are teachers and healers in their own rights and is a continuing her journey of becoming with the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. Liz shares this path with her family, her animals, and the land.
Lynn Rowan (Crane Clan) (she, her) has dedicated her professional life to the study of vocal performance in its many and varied forms and has performed and taught workshops, lessons and lead choirs in singing for the past two decades. Through her exploration of the ancient pagan musical tradition of Lithuania, and her trips there, she has integrated her love of folklore with her spiritual music practice. She is eager to facilitate this exploration of community, nature, trance and connection through breath and voice.
Martin Bridge (Orb Weaver Clan) is an artist, animist and ecophile with three decades of experience as an art educator. He lives, grows and creates on his homestead Araduir, nestled in the hills of Western Mass. His work bridges realms of science and mysticism and seeks to challenge viewers to look at how they relate to the web of life around them. You can find out more about Martin and his work at www.thebridgebrothers.com
Michele Abazorius-Whitaker (Black Cat Clan) utilizes archetypes and phases of the moon to journey within the Fierce Feminine and Crone activation through ritual expression. A long time member of EarthSpirit Community, Michele has presented workshops and intensives at Rites of Spring and has co-led Caribou and Turkey Vulture Clans at Twilight Covening. Michele uses she/her pronouns and identifies as witch, a healer and is a Nurse Practitioner. Michele defines her best role as Grandmother.
Moira Ashleigh (Forest Raven Clan) (she/her) is a Glainn Sidhr Witch, EarthSpirit Board Member, and EarthSpirit Elder, she has been a featured presenter at EarthSpirit's Rites of Spring, Twilight Covening, and A Feast of Lights. She has also taught at Free Spirit, Pagan Pride, and was the primary organizer of EarthSpirit's "East" events for 20 years. Moira has a Masters degree in Theater and Dance from Emerson College, her numerous clans at Twilight Covening focused on breath, trance, ritual support, ritual roles, shapeshifting, perceiving patterns, daily practice, and the body as a magical tool.
Rose Starwind (Mountain Goat Clan) is a mother, green witch, Atma Kriya yogi, and perpetual student of the Earth. Blending her livelihood as an environmental scientist with her duties as a spirit worker, she brings a practical common-sense approach to living one's magic on a daily basis.
Sarah Lyn (Pillbug Clan) is a queer writer, ritualist, and burn survivor. She loves facilitating group rituals and workshops, often focusing on her affinity with trees, stones, labyrinths, and her deep Ancestor veneration. Sarah Lyn is a long-time EarthSpirit member and Twilight Covening clan leader.
Sarah Stockwell-Arthen (Hoot Owl Clan) (she/her) An EarthSpirit leader, ritualist, (and former board member) for decades, I LOVE singing. I'm a community song leader, activist, herbalist, death midwife, animist and queer rural-dweller who is deepening connection to home land and its beings. I love songs that have the power to make change and movement, and have gathered them from a lifetime of sensitivity, activism, rage, magical practice and cultivated wonder.
Reviving ancient traditions of Europe with the intention of seeding deep cultural change is my passion.
"Tall Ted" Thibodeau Jr (Mountain Goat Clan) (he/him/his) is a Witch of the Glainn Sidhr Order, and has been actively working with EarthSpirit since 1989. Over the years, he has co-facilitated and co-created various public rituals and workshops, long been the Chief of Operations at Rites of Spring, and led and co-led several Clans at Twilight Covening including Coyote (sacred clowning); Bison, Monkey, Otter, Spider (heartbeat and other drumming); and Reindeer (Norse practices); among others. Employed as a Technical Evangelist, he uses his magical practices to broaden and deepen the world wide web of invisible connections, building bridges between beings, communities, and technologies.
Tess Archer (Honey Bee Clan) is a shape-shifting Witch who makes her home at the foot of the Green Mountains. Her superpower is integrating her work as a Feri Priestess & Faery Seer to help others find the joy, power and efficacy in their own magic. Tess leads clans at Twilight Covening, and has created rituals, taught workshops & intensives, and served as a volunteer at Rites of Spring for decades. She leads public rituals, and teaches classes around the Northeast. Tess is a ravenous seeker of knowledge, a mixed-media artist, wordsmith, ritualist, Priestess, teacher, Certified Death Midwife, wife, and partner. She loves nothing better than adventuring around the woods conjuring up wild magic, or painting barefoot in her treetop studio..
Tracy Andryc (Minotaur Clan) has been sharing her love of the labyrinth since her first walk on its path in 1998. She sees the labyrinth as a universal tool that can be used in a magical/spiritual context, regardless of your religious path. Tracy is a Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilitator, Certified Birth Doula, Reiki Master, and owner of One Path Labyrinth Ventures. She takes a holistic approach to her labyrinth work by incorporating other modalities such as crystal grids, sound, and sacred dance. For more than two decades, she has facilitated workshops and rituals on the labyrinth and other topics at venues throughout New England.
Trey Moonwood (Falcon Clan)(they/them) is a hellerune witch and seeress in the Heathen tradition. They founded the Chase Hill kindred in Vermont in 2010 and served as their leader for 13 years, before turning their focus fully to the lost threads of Heathen magical practice. Trey’s work and teachings center around reconnecting with the greater-than-human world, understanding the perspectives of ancient Heathen cultures, and making space for silence and stillness to bring wisdom.
Will Rowan (Crane Clan) (he/any) is an animist and a practitioner of Anamanta. He grew up in a community where seasonal celebrations were marked by communal singing, dancing, and folk drama. He has studied polyphonic singing with tradition bearers in various folk cultures in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as having a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting. He performs with the vocal quartet Windborne, teaches singing, and composes everything from chamber music to sacred fire chants. After falling in love with Lithuanian Sutartinės-singing and meeting the Trinkūnas family, Will traveled to Lithuania to meet and study with traditional singers and members of Romuva, Lithuania's thriving indigenous spiritual community.
Niki Wolfhame (Cow Clan) (they/he) is a furry, queer, Heathen werewolf from a mountain in Vermont. As Blot Eorl for Chase Hill, they coordinate and teach ritual leadership, and were given the honorary title of Gesith for service in ritual and ancestor work. They lead an environmental education nonprofit, write shapeshifter fiction, craft things with and from the land, and yap with a guitar in the Moonwood forest
