WHEEL OF THE YEAR @ TheMonasteryLive

Hosted by El_Lore and friends If you feel like sharing your practice with others, and developing your magic skills, in response and dialogue with the seasons, join us for one of the ritual gatherings. Every time we meet, we put the emphasis on a different process of transformation: sensual ecstasy for Beltane, shadow spirit work…

SENSUAL MAGIC for BELTANE

Tantric Magic weekend with El_Lore– 28-30 April 2023 – The Monastery LIve, Ardennes In the Wheel of the Year, Beltane is the celebration of the life force bursting through the seams of the veil that separates the worlds. At that moment we come closer to the spirits all around, we feast and lose our human…

YULE SILENT RITUAL DAYS

19-24/12/2022 – Ardennes Celebrate the build-up to Christmas in silence, meditating 5 hours a day and spending the rest of the days walking, contemplating the forest, and preparing the Yule ritual on the evening of the 21st, as well as honoring the final week’s ritual of Christmas Eve. Every day you get one ritual task…

LOVELORE PODCAST 2: Lou Hart

Elle Monk interviews queer activist witch Lou Hart, on her creative practice with ‘visitors’, on inclusivity in the practice, on possession and aspecting, and of course, on her plans for the 2022 Reclaiming Samhain Witch Camp, which Lovelore organizes in October…

MABON – Fall Equinox

Ritual and ceremony weekend: 23-25/09, with Elle Monk, Ardennes At Mabon, we acknowledge in gratitude the fruits of our harvest. And at the same time, we start preparing for the dark times ahead. This weekend we integrated the Dark and the Light, in celebration of what we achieved, and acceptance of what is to come….

HEKATE

Meet Hekate, Goddess of magic, witchcraft, crossroads, ghost, and necromancy. The queen and goddess of the night, Hekate is known to take trips to the underworld usually at night, accompanied by her hounds and by ghosts and by people that are considered outcasts. In Homer’s version of the myth, the poet writes that Hekate witnessed…

LOVELORE PODCAST 1: Interview with Morgana

Elle Monk (LoveLore Coven) talks to Morgana, USA-based witch and theatre maker and teacher at the Reclaiming Samhain Witch Camp (29/10-4/11/2022). In this podcast we talk about contemporary witchcraft, shapeshifting and aspecting practices, the Reclaiming tradition, and we share some tips for setting up a home altar.

GODDESS ARDUINNA

Meet our local goddess, ARDUINNA! The goddess of the Ardennes Forest, which we will invite for the Samhain Reclaiming witchcamp! In Gallo-Roman religion, Arduinna (also Arduina, Arduinnae or Arduinne) was the eponymous tutelary goddess of the Ardennes Forest and region, thought to be represented as a huntress riding a boar. She is associated with the forest,…

LUNASA – Wheel of the Year

Ritual and ceremony weekend: 29-31/07 – Ardennes Lunasa is the celebration of the beginning of harvest. We move to the higher plains to take stock of what has been accomplished and embrace where we have gotten. Traditionally we move to the top of a hill or mountain and acknowledge what is around. We eat, take…

WITCHCAMP location

We are very happy to show you some pictures of the magic castle in the Belgian Ardennes where the Samhain Reclaiming witchcamp will take place. The exact location will only be revealed to participants. https://lovelore.org/location/