Resources

Welcome to our resource page! A free listing place for your magico-spritual journey. Learn to do magic, to meditate, to talk to plants, to facilitate a circle. Enter the life-long study of witchcraft, alchemy, the Tarot, folk medicines & shamanism. Come here for all the latest on teachers, trainings & info for your next steps on the magickal path.

TRAINING, EDUCATION, CLASSES
& RABBIT HOLES

These lists are by no means comprehensive but rather a work in progress. Things get put here as we come across them. Everything on this list we have either read, visited, listened to or have personal experience with.

Let us know if we missed something or someone who should be on this list. And check back often!

Folk Medicine / Shamanism

  • Puma Quispe Singona

    Trained by his Grandfather since the age of 6, Puma walks the path of a traditional Andean medicine man. Speaking to thousands of people globally, he is recognized as a keeper of ancient wisdom.

  • Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta

    Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta is a Traditional Curandero (Healer) from Cusco, Peru who has been trained and initiated in the Wisdom Teachings of the Andes. Jhaimy began his initiation onto this path at a young age as an apprentice to his Traditional Elders and has now walked the committed path of a Wisdomkeeper for over 30 years. Training and Apprenticeship available.

  • Angela Prider

    Angela is a Bean Feasa, wise-woman. 7 Threads lineage founder. Apprenticeship in folk-medicine with a focus on Peruvian and Irish cosmologies.

  • Nikiah Seeds

    Traditional animist Spirit worker/Healer. Founder of the Red Moon Mystery School.

  • The Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing

    with Christina Pratt. The Last Mask Center offers a wide variety of individual and community shamanic healing experiences, workshops and classes.

  • Spirit-Wise

    with Betsy Bergstrom, noted shamanic teacher in mystery traditions, particularly Norse. You can listen to her podcast here Saga Kraft.

  • Elen Sentier

    Teacher & Apprenticeship in British Native Shamanism.

  • The Institute of Shamanic Medicine

    The Institute of Shamanic Medicine
    ISM offers a wide variety of shamanic programs, both in-person (in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton), and through an online platform available to participants anywhere in the world. The Institute’s foundational on-site program, Shamanic Power Initiations, is the pre-requisite for several advanced shamanic training programs, including a program for students who desire to become certified as Shamanic Coaches and Practitioners of Shamanic Medicine.

  • James Endredy

    Ecoshamanism and the Earth Spirit Foundation. Trainings by interest and upon request. Mexican (Aztec, Huichol) and land-based lineage. Endredy is the author of several books and has been translated in several languages. Some of the best reading we have come across on this subject.

  • Slí An Chroí Shamanism

    Slí An Chroí Irish Celtic Shamanic practice is built upon our native understanding, 'leigheas, le brí na taise', literally 'retrieving, through the energy of compassion'. Ireland. Online classes and in person trainings.

  • Annette Høst

    Annette has studied and practised shamanism since the early eighties. She has been teaching in Denmark and Northern Europe for more than three decades and co-founded the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies with Jonathan Horwitz in 1986.

Druidry & Paganism

  • OBOD (Order of Bards Ovates & Druids)

    OBOD (Order of Bards Ovates & Druids) UK
    Our training course includes membership of the Order and is divided into three stages that correspond with the three traditional schools of the Bards, Ovates and Druids. We also offer courses in Celebrancy.

  • The ADF USA

    The ADF USA
    Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship, Inc. is a non-profit religious organization dedicated to the study and further development of modern Druidry. Training programs here.

  • The British Druid Order UK

    The British Druid Order UK
    Rekindling the sacred fires of Druidry as a living, breathing, animistic, shamanistic, life-affirming, Earth-honouring spirituality for the 21st century. Courses of study in the traditional 3 levels of modern druidry here.

  • Rhyd Wildermuth

    Being Pagan
    In a world of uncertainty, political upheaval, climate change, and endless consumerism, and in alienated societies bereft of meaning and connection to nature or community, what does it mean to be Pagan? This is a nine week (online) course on re-enchanting your life, developed and instructed by druid, activist and writer Rhyd Wildermuth of Gods & Radicals Press. This course re-occurs so, if you missed it be sure to check back.

  • Ancient Order of Druids in America

    The AODA is a traditional Druid order rooted in the Druid Revival movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  We walk a path of nature spirituality and inner transformation founded on personal experience and reconnection with the living earth.  Our work offers an opportunity for modern people to experience the teachings and practices of Druidry in today’s world.

Some of Our Fav Podcasts

  • A promotional poster for a box titled 'Spirit Box' focused on folklore, magic, and spirits, with a silhouette of a person and a luminous red-orange comet or light in the night sky.

    The Spirit Box

    A podcast exploring folklore, esoterica and the mysteries of spirit world. From the secrets of the Jinn to the whisperings of demons and everything in between.

  • Podcast cover featuring a blue gradient background with gold text and design elements. The title reads 'The Numinous Podcast' with 'with Carmen Spagnola' below. A decorative emblem with the letter 'N' is at the top.

    The Numinous Podcast

    The Numinous Podcast is a show about intuition, spirituality and the mystery of life. The host, Carmen Spagnola, is an intersectional witch and clinical hypnotherapist who has smart, soulful conversations with interesting people.

  • Gordon White waving in front of a nighttime city square with buildings, a statue, and cobblestone streets. Overlaid text reads 'Runesoup: Exploring Magic and Animism in a Global Context.'

    Rune Soup

    Rune Soup is a podcast channel that platforms the most important discussions at the cutting edge of magic, animism and spirit work.

    Gordon White is chaos magician, shamanic practitioner, podcaster, author and permaculture designer with a background in data and analytics gained at some of the world's largest media companies.

  • The word 'LORE' written in white tall, thin letters on a dark background with faint tree branches, bordered by a decorative frame and a small bird icon in the bottom right corner.

    Lore

    The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.

  • A stylized illustration of a woman with long dark hair, dressed in dark robes, surrounded by rain and dark background. The word 'Spooked' is written in gothic font at the bottom.

    Spooked

    Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by Snap Judgment Studios, in partnership with KQED & PRX. It is hosted by Glynn Washington.

  • A black and white graphic featuring a central skull with a microphone on a stand, surrounded by squid-like tentacles holding money, a contract, an hourglass, and astronomical instruments. The background shows outer space with a UFO and stars. Beneath, the text reads, 'The Highest Of Hats.'

    Higherside Chats

    THC is an interview based show with some of the best guests available across many conspiracy, paranormal, & all around fringe topics.

  • Book cover titled 'Branches of Wisdom' by Banyen Books with a stylized illustration of a green tree on a purple background.

    Branches of Wisdom

    with Banyen Books

    Intimate interviews with the world's most influential authors, wisdom teachers, wellness experts, psychologists, philosophers, creatives, cultural innovators, and activists. Banyen Books is Canada's leading bookstore in spirituality and healing for 50 years.

  • Cover of a book titled "The Hidden Djinn" featuring an orange glowing genie lamp outline on a dark background with a small heart icon and a djinn silhouette in the corners.

    The Hidden Djinn

    Around the world, and throughout history, billions of people have believed in an entire race of creatures known as the djinn. Ancient, powerful, and hidden from the human eye, djinn lore spans continents and centuries. Join host Rabia Chaudry every week as she takes you into the world you never even knew existed, the world of the Hidden Djinn.

  • Logo for the 'Astonishing Legends Podcast' featuring a skull with headphones, surrounded by the text 'A Stonishing Legends Podcast'.

    Astonishing Legends

    Astonishing Legends. The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends.

  • A round, decorated drum with a face-like design at the top, a facial feature at the center, and colorful strings and objects hanging from the middle.

    3 Worlds

    A free podcast around the subject of shamanism and Animism by Nicholas Breeze Wood, editor of Sacred Hoop Magazine, shamanic practitioner and owner of 3Worlds.

  • Logo for Atlas Obscura the podcast with a black hexagon background, green digital mountain range, glowing white geometric triangle and circle, against an orange textured background.

    Atlas Obscura

    An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.

  • A man holding a black hat in his right hand, looking to his left, with a background displaying the text "The Tim Ferriss Show" in large yellow and orange letters.

    Tim Ferris

    Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.

  • A skeleton figure with its mouth open, holding an open book that has a magical circle and a question mark on the cover. The background has green and purple radial lines, and above the skeleton, bold yellow text reads, "What Magic Is This?"

    What Magic is This?

    What Magic is This? is a topic based podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird. Each episode revolves around one single topic in the hope that we can flesh out the important aspects one needs to know about it. From history to practices to important figures and more, What Magic is This? is for anyone curious about Magic and the strange world in which we live.

Traditional, Folkish Witchcraft & Wicca

  • Coven of the Scales

    Coven of the Scales
    Home of Arcanum: a distance learning course in Traditional British Old Craft.

  • The Apple Branch

    The Apple Branch
    A Dianic Tradition, teaching Feminist Dianic Wicca. Online classes.

  • Temple of Witchcraft

    Temple of Witchcraft
    Offered in cooperation with the Temple of Witchcraft’s Sagittarius ministry are classes and workshops for the education of clergy and practitioners of all types. The Temple’s Mystery School consists of five year-long classes.

  • BC Witchcamp

    BC Witchcamp
    Pacific Northwest Canadian annual week-long Witchcamp in the Reclaiming Tradition of Wicca, pioneered by Starhawk originally. Newcomers can learn the basic skills of magic and ritual, working with the elements, movement, sound and the mythological and historical framework of the Goddess Tradition.

  • Reclaiming Worldwide

    Reclaiming Worldwide
    Founded around 1980 in the San Francisco Bay Area, by famed witch and author Starhawk, Reclaiming is a community of people working to unify spirit and politics. Our vision is rooted in the religion and magic of the Goddess, the Immanent Life Force. We see our work as teaching and making magic: the art of empowering ourselves and each other.

  • Freyia Norling

    Freyia Norling : A Discovery of Nordic Witchcraft
    MA Master’s Degree in Norse Folklore & Mythology. YouTuber & Owner of an esoteric shop “Alvebakken” in Arctic Norway/Sápmi.

Magick & Alchemy

  • Quareia 

    Quareia 
    A New Free School Of Magic For The 21st Century: advancing the education of the public in the UK and World Wide, in the subject of Mystical Magic/Western Esoteric Mysteries, including the concept of personal spiritual evolution, in a way that is accessible regardless of income, race, gender, religion or spiritual beliefs.

  • Damien Echols

    Damien Echols
    author and magician made famous for his backstory (check that out here), used high magic to withstand almost 2 decades of wrongful imprisonment. He offers trainings on his Patreon here.

  • Gordon White

    Author and chaos magician, offers online courses via monthly membership on his popular blog Rune Soup. Magic, Tarot, Ancestors, Sigils, Journeying, Grimoires, Jung and more.

  • The Temple of Mercury

    The Temple of Mercury
    Here you will find resources, education and products on alchemy and magic - the Hermetic Arts. Online courses in Alchemy offered.

  • The Alchemy Guild

    The Alchemy Guild
    The goal of the Alchemy Guild is to support individuals in practical and spiritual transformation. We seek to preserve the traditional teachings of the alchemists and provide legitimate sources of initiation into the Hermetic mysteries.

  • Grand Temple of Isis

    Grand Temple of Isis
    Fellowship of Golden Dawn, Los Angeles. Offers membership and courses in 1-7 levels of the Golden Dawn tradition of the western esoteric mysteries.

  • The Ordo Templi Orientis

    Thelema and the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). The OTO is the religious order of Thelema, established around The Book of the Law, received by Aleister Crowley in 1904. There are two primary types of membership, initiate and ecclesiastical. Initiates receive training.

    US Grand Lodge Here
    There are temples all over the US. Listing here
    Grand Lodge of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Here
    Canada Listings Here
    Worldwide Listings here

Hoodoo, Rootwork & Folk-Magick

  • Sen Elias

    Established in 2015, Crescent City Conjure has become a beacon for the spiritual community in New Orleans. We are a full-service conjure shop that provides spiritual products, consultations, tarot readings, classes and a variety of other services. You can visit us in French Quarter.

  • Urhal

    Urhall is a school of the Scandinavian folk magic tradition of Trolldom, Folk Wisdom and Spirituality. The school was founded by Johannes B. Gårdbäck, author of the book "Trolldom - Spells and Methods of the Norse Folkmagic Tradition".

    ​Urhall means "Original Hall" and refers to Nature, from which all Trolldom techniques, teachings and wisdom derives.

  • Dynion Mwyn

    Dynion Mwyn is the Welsh form of witchcraft that originally came to the United States in 1967. It is the ancient religion of the Welsh People. The Religious Tradition of Dynion Mwyn traces its roots back to the first inhabitants of The British Isles. Contact for more about classes.

Related Studies

  • The Orphan Wisdom School

    Stephen Jenkinson’s Teaching House. Culture activist, worker, author ~ Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School convening semi-annually in Deacon, Ontario, and in northern Europe.

  • Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes


    First-generation American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst. Author of the venerated classic, Women Who Run with the Wolves. From her site: We hold Professional Residency Trainings with Dr. Estés, for mid-career professionals and other interested persons, in Loveland, CO. CEU's offered for fulfilling your professional requirements. Dr. Estés' Institute for Archetypal and Cross-Cultural Studies is the progenitor of the trainings. For information and to register please email ngandelman@gmail.com

  • Dr. Martin Shaw

    Beloved storyteller and myth-maker.

    https://schoolofmyth.com/ Romanticism as activism.
    https://cistamystica.com/ No more tame language about wild things.

    His Substack: The House of Beasts and Vines

  • Rune Hjarno : Nordic Animism

    Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is an historian of religion, Ph.d., educated from the Universities of Uppsala and Copenhagen

  • Tree Carr

    Tree Carr : Lucid Dream Guide
    Author, psychonaut and oneironaut & dream guide. Simple intent, mindfulness, reflection, record keeping, plant work and lifestyle changes, that can enable a deeper connectivity and understanding of your dream worlds.

  • Whispers of Yggdrasil

    Arith Härger : Whispers of Yggdrasil
    BA in History & Archaeology. Norse shamanism and traditional paganism, European History, Archaeology, Runes.

  • Austin Coppock

    Austin Coppock is an astrologer, author, and teacher based in Southern Oregon. His astrological studies include modern, medieval, ancient, and Vedic astrology, which he applies in consultation with private individuals, and teaches in a 3-year curriculum, the Fundamentals of Astrology.    

  • The Dark Mountain Project

    Writers, publishers, artists’ collective, activists around collapse.

    We are walking away from the stories that our societies like to tell themselves, the stories that prevent us seeing clearly the extent of the ecological, social and cultural unravelling that is now underway. We are making art that doesn’t take the centrality of humans for granted. We are tracing the deep cultural roots of the mess the world is in. And we are looking for other stories, ones that can help us make sense of a time of disruption and uncertainty.

  • Dr. Camelia Elias

    Dr. Camelia Elias
    Read Like the Devil. Some serious Next level Tarot courses.

  • The House of Zophiel

    The House of Zophiel is a meeting space for people interested in the esoteric, the creative and the occult. We don’t ascribe to or perpetuate any particular view of the world.  We do encourage exploration, debate, respectful exchange and a critical mind. Our door is open and please come in.

Online Archives & Publications

Journals

  • Wyrd Journal

    A bi-annual peer-reviewed journal of the archaic esoteric that expresses both scholarly and heuristic viewpoints on the concerns of sorcery, folk magic, witchcraft, myth, folklore, paganism, and ancient mystery religions. From Three Hands Press.

  • Spiral Nature

    Not sure if these guys are still going but it’s a great archive. Established in 2000, Spiral Nature Magazine is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Our exceptional writers hail from around the globe, where we bring the best in occulture to you.

  • Viking Publications

    The Viking Publications for Northern Research is making virtually all its publications (and some other related items) from inception in 1893 to the present freely available on this website.

  • Gods & Radicals Press

    Gods & Radicals Press
    Not-for-profit anti-    capitalist Pagan publisher. We are a beautiful resistance.

  • Atramentous Press

    Atramentous Press
    Revealing the in    ner secrets of traditional practices and occult philosophies.

  • Cista Mystica Press

    Cista Mystica Press
    Established to pub    lish the work and ideas of Dr. Martin Shaw, and a select group of authors. Its concerns range from mythopoetics, romanticism, philosophy, magic, folklore to initiatory encounters with wilderness.

  • Findhorn Press (UK)

    Findhorn Press (UK)
    Original    ly a branch of the legendary Findhorn Foundation spiritual community in northeast Scotland, Findhorn Press today is independent of the Findhorn Foundation yet still retains the essence of the original Findhorn mission: to make a positive, loving, and healing difference on both the individual and planetary level.

Archives

  • The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

    The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

    This is an electronic resource for the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in Scotland. It is in two parts: an interactive database, and supporting web pages.

  • The Embassy of the Free Mind

    The Embassy of the Free Mind Formerly The Ritman Library or Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (BPH), The Embassy of the Free Mind is a meeting place where wisdom from all over the world is collected, where images and texts tell the personal stories of free thinkers from our history. They host an online archive of digitised books on hermetic philosophy and esoterics here.

  • Castle Ragtime Co.

    Castle Ragtime Co.
    These guys have t    he coolest collection of old ragtime prints and antique sheet music.

  • Holy Books

    Holy Books
    Download     PDF's: holy books, sacred texts and spiritual PDF e-books in full length for free. Download the Bible, The Holy Quran, The Mahabharata and thousands of free pdf ebooks on buddhism, meditation etc.

  • Sacred Texts

    Sacred Texts
    the largest     freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet. The site is dedicated to religious tolerance and scholarship, and has the largest readership of any similar site on the web.

  • Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg
    offers over 59,0    00 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

  • The Cartoon Museum

    The Cartoon Museum
    British cartoon &     comic art from the 18th century to the present day

  • Discoverie of Witchcraft

    Discoverie of Witchcraft
    Full text by REGINALD     SCOT, Esquire - Reprint of the First Edition, Published in 1584 

  • The New York Public Library

    The New York Public Library
    Explore 758,270 items digitized collections

  • Twilit Grotto Archives of

    Twilit Grotto
    Archives of     Western Esoterica

  • Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature

    Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature
    Lots of fairy tales in here!

  • The Tolkien Estate

    The official site.

  • Cornell University Library’s Witchcraft Collection

    Cornell University Library’s Witchcraft Collection
    is part of the Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. It contains more than 3,000 books, manuscripts, and related materials. More information about the content of the collection is available on the Collection Overview page. An online selection of 104 English language books from the Witchcraft Collection is available to search, browse by title, or browse by author.

  • W.D Ganns

    The Original and Authorized Publishers of W.D. Gann's Books and Educational Materials. Also related works on astrology, tea leaf readings and more.

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