A vanity review of last week’s Folklore to Fringe Witchcraft Today workshop at the Cauldron of Wellbeing in Western Sydney. If you didn’t attend, you’ll get an idea of what it covered and what you might see next time. Turns out I crammed two workshops into one, and the feedback was still kind enough that I’m writing about it anyway.
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We’re not livestreaming yet
For my debut workshop on this topic, I’m ditching the idea of the hybrid model and leaving the tech distraction behind. In this post I’m explaining why.
People are the System
There’s no abuse registry in witchcraft spaces, no central authority, and no formal complaints process. So how does a community without institutional safeguarding actually function? Through people, critical thinking, and paying attention. Here’s how to navigate that practically and without panic.
Alternatives to Meta
A bit of navel gazing about why we’re diversifying away from Meta and where you can find us
Are covens abusive?
The framing of ‘abuse in covens’ as a headline deserves a closer look. It’s not wrong, exactly, but it risks feeding a sensationalist rhetoric the witchcraft scene hasn’t seen since the fictional Satanic Panic of the late 80s.
Western Sydney Witchcraft: What Pagan Fringe Has Planned for 2026
This is a little bit of a remix of an email newsletter I sent out earlier in the week, and a social media update I made, however like tossing up a pizza dough to spin it to impossibly thin proportions to slap it back down, I’m trying to top it off with different ingredients forContinue reading “Western Sydney Witchcraft: What Pagan Fringe Has Planned for 2026”
Canceling fun, but balancing risk. Midsummer Picnic 2025 canceled
Midsummer Picnic for 2025 cancelled due to extreme heatwave conditions and potential storm activity.
Beltane, Fire, and Water: mapping the sabbats, seasons and the elements
A blog post exploring the seasonal elements of Beltane and where it sits on The Wheel of the Year. This is a modern invention that we’ve inherited, but does simple date-flipping adequately address elemental and thematic differences relevant to the Southern Hemisphere?
Link in bio
Details of our next workshop which can only be accessed by following a link in this post. Or finding our digital breadcrumbs elsewhere online. Or link in bio. Best if you read the post.
Small changes and intentional witchcraft
Intentional witchcraft means that for some Pagan Fringe events, I need to manage the space I have a little more carefully and start taking bookings to manage numbers. This is about maintaining comfort and accessibility.