Remedios Varo “Portrait of Doctor Ignacio Chávez” 1957
With Pam Grossman
Date: Sunday, April 28th
Time: 2:00-3:30pm
Admission: $20 ***You must RSVP to phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com, as class size is limited.
Presented by Phantasmaphile
Beltane is just a few days away, so it’s the perfect time to focus on heart-centered magick. Spring is blooming, bonfires are burning, and love is all around us. This is traditionally the time of year when fertility - in all its forms - is celebrated. The concept of union (what the alchemists call conjunctio) is key to meditate upon now, as we focus on ways to balance our own internal opposites, and work towards inner completion.
In this ritual workshop, we’ll discuss ways to heal our hearts, and make them more fertile places for love and creativity. We’ll learn about herbs for both physical and spiritual heart-health - as well as a few aphrodisiacs for good measure! Each attendee will also craft a love spell, whether for someone you know, for yourself, or for the wider world.
Please bring:
-A candle with a candle-holder.
-Any altar objects you like. These can be decorative and/or personal objects which you’d like to have charged.
-A cushion, pillow, or fabric, as we will be sitting on the floor (chairs will be available for those who need).
Note-taking is welcome. This workshop is open to men and women, novices and advanced practitioners alike.
Pam Grossman is an independent curator and lifelong student of magickal practice and history. An initiate in the wise woman tradition, she is a graduate of Robin Rose Bennett’s 3-year green witch apprenticeship. She is the creator of Phantasmaphile, a blog which specializes in art and culture with an esoteric or fantastical bent, and Associate Editor of Abraxas Journal. Her group art shows, Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists, VISION QUEST, Alchemically Yours, and Sigils & Signs have been featured by such outlets as Art & Antiques Magazine, Boing Boing, CREATIVE TIME, Time Out New York, Reality Sandwich, Juxtapoz, Arthur, 20×200, UrbanOutfitters.com, and Neil Gaiman’s Twitter. She is a co-founder of Observatory, where her programming aims to explore mysticism via a scholarly yet accessible approach.