Tree buds burst forth, green leaves sprout open, petals protrude, each sign of new growth is the sounding of a celebratory bell in the bright air. We hear the sap song that rises in the trees, the wheel of the year spins into Spring. What are all of the ways that we honor Spring in the body and in relationship to place? This series invokes the vibrancy of the blossoming season while rooting down into the folk magic traditions of Old Europe. Some themes include: holy wells & water spirits, egg magic & oomancy, vernal kitchen traditions, chthonic forces of spring, sex magic, Beltane, hedge jumping, trees for the quickening season and more! Homework will be assigned such as creative writing, medicine making and relational readings. We will learn about the language of spring through reading vernal-themed folktales and poems.

SAPPY SYLLABUS 

Week One:
Spinning The Story of Spring, the Mythos of Marzanna 

Week Two:
Sacred Springs, Magic Waters, Mapping and Meeting Spirits of Place 

Week Three:
The Blossoming Branch: Crafting Blessing Boughs 

Week Four:
Beltane Fires & Reclaiming The Flowering Vessel of Desire With Hawthorn

Week Five:
Vernal Kitchen Traditions: Magic Eggs, Honey Butters, Floral Vinegars

Week Six:
Capturing The Effervescence of Spring: Wild Herbal Sodas 

Week Seven:
The Chthonic Forces of Spring 

Week Eight:
Entering The Greenwood: Quickening Trees

*subject to change