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Steve playing the handpan in the covenstead By Steve It really is nearly 28 years since I first began practicing Wicca, so it's a little strange to think of myself as having just attained a first degree initiation. I consider myself to have long since become a third degree practitioner, if not of Wicca explicitly. I trained at Diana's Grove Mystery School for many years. I've traveled in service of teaching and leading ritual, I've created and taught classes, I've integrated

"Oh - I guess it was Imbolc this weekend?" I couldn't guess how many times I've said this over the years in my time as a solitary practitioner. It's much more difficult - at least for me - to put much effort into really making sacred the Sabbats, when I'm the only one in the circle. Perhaps that's why the conclave of three branches of the Spiral Tree tradition all gathering in our home and covenstead this weekend was so powerful. It isn't just the eight people, or the combine

Dedicating to a Coven: A Symbolic Journey at Imbolc On the heels of the birth of our coven - indeed, on the very same night - we are thrilled to announce that Steve has become our first official dedicant to Serenity's Pride. As with all new dedicants, this marks a moment of new meaning and purpose not only for Steve himself, but also for the coven. This is the nature of coven work: What one does, affects all. We transform each other; we illuminate each other's paths. The Prid

We are officially recognized! On the night of Imbolc 2025, we joyfully begin the story of the Serenity's Pride coven. Within our overarching Spiral Tree Tradition, this is the traditional time of year for new beginnings, particularly new covens, and the dedication and elevation of their members. Within the Wheel of the Year, this halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox speaks of the coming end of the dark season. The lengthening days will get longer; the