Plants for Protection, Cleansing, and Strengthening online course

Plants for Pro­tec­tion, Cleans­ing, and Strengthening

 

Intro­duc­tion

Branch­es and flow­ers hung over doors and thresh­olds, herbs burned for expelling evil spir­its, offer­ings made to trees in search of heal­ing those affect­ed by mal­adies of the body and the spir­it… Plants have been a nec­es­sary part of our lives, they have spurned the cre­ation of cus­toms, rit­u­als, and lore since times immemo­r­i­al. In a time when mag­ic, mys­ti­cism, and med­i­cine were depen­dant from one anoth­er, plants con­tributed to our well­be­ing and our peace of mind beyond a prag­mat­ic application.

In this course, we intend to reflect upon mag­i­cal and spir­i­tu­al prac­tices revolv­ing around pro­tec­tion, cleans­ing, strength­en­ing, and even curs­ing (yes, curs­ing) with the help of Plant Allies. As usu­al, we will present the work with those plants from an ani­mistic per­spec­tive, not focus­ing sole­ly on their “prac­ti­cal usage” and instru­men­tal­iza­tion nor lim­it­ing our inter­ac­tion to their evi­dent prop­er­ties, but engag­ing on a pro­found and trans­for­ma­tive work with plants.

We need to revis­it folk­lore and tra­di­tion while address­ing the top­ics of pro­tec­tion, cleans­ing ener­gies, strength­en­ing bar­ri­ers, and the so-called harm­ful appli­ca­tions of mag­ic (curs­ing, hex­ing, etc.) so we can acknowl­edge those prac­tices with­out prej­u­dices, assess­ing what works best for us on each situation.

This is why we decid­ed to offer the Plants for Pro­tec­tion, Cleans­ing and Strength­en­ing online course, so we can engage in a prac­tice with Plant Allies that rep­re­sents us, so we can feel con­fi­dent that the way we work with those spir­its is coher­ent with an ani­mistic point of view, learn­ing from tra­di­tion and folk­lore but not lim­it­ing to that.

This course is rec­om­mend­ed to those who wish to inte­grate Plant Allies in their dai­ly sor­cer­ous, mag­i­cal, and spir­i­tu­al prac­tice from an ani­mistic per­spec­tive.
In this course you shall learn:
-how to pro­tect your­self and those around you by look­ing at tra­di­tion­al plant lore
-how to get rid of harm­ful ener­gies and spir­its respect­ful­ly
-how to strength­en your self and your prac­tice with the help of plant allies
-how to curse with plant allies
-how and when to take the reins when sit­u­a­tions over­pow­er us
-how to choose what you need in each situation

Enroll­ments will open on March 6th at the store. More info below.

 

Course Syl­labus

Part I:

  • Intro­duc­tion
  • What is mag­i­cal Protection?
    • What do we need to be pro­tect­ed from?
    • On witch­es, evil spir­its, and rest­less dead
  • What is mag­i­cal Cleansing?
    • The Great Debate on Cleansing
    • Towards an eth­i­cal and ani­mistic approx­i­ma­tion to cleansing
  • What is mag­i­cal Strengthening?
    • Acknowl­edg­ing Fortitude
    • When to Pro­tect, when to Cleanse, when to Strengthen
  • Curs­ing: com­plex­i­ties and necessities
    • Using curs­es as a con­struc­tive process
    • Moral impli­ca­tions: when to curse
  • Prac­tice I: With­in and with­out: observ­ing the Self through your Allies

In this part we set the basic con­cepts of pro­tec­tion, cleans­ing, strength­en­ing, and curs­ing from an ani­mistic point of view, dis­cussing each one of them with no taboos or stereo­types. We will look at the his­tor­i­cal and tra­di­tion­al impli­ca­tions of each of those process­es but also at ways to imple­ment them into our prac­tice with confidence.

The prac­tice we sug­gest in this part of the course will dis­cuss the ways to choose what we need (pro­tec­tion, cleans­ing, strength­en­ing, or curs­ing) with the help of our Allies.

Part II:

  • Plant Allies for Protection
    • Hedge Spir­its and Patron Trees
    • Pro­tec­tive rit­u­als and spells
  • Plant Allies for Cleansing
    • Bal­sams for the Spirit(s)
    • Exor­cism of Harm­ful Ener­gies: a methodology
  • Prac­tice II: How to detect curs­es and harm­ful ener­gy: an ani­mistic approach

In this sec­ond part of the course, we deal with plants that have been tra­di­tion­al­ly linked with the pro­tec­tion of liv­ing beings, objects, places, and even oth­er spir­its. We will deal with pro­tec­tive plants such as Hawthorn, ros­es, hazel trees, oaks, juniper, and more, and give some direc­tions on how to work with them.

In this part, we will also address the com­pli­cat­ed and polemic top­ic of cleans­ing, exor­cism, and expelling nox­ious ener­gies. We will talk about thyme, rue, sun this­tles, and pine amongst many oth­er spir­its, and offer an ani­mistic method­ol­o­gy that can be fol­lowed when we feel we are being under attack.

The prac­tice sug­gest­ed in this sec­ond part of the course will deal with the detec­tion of curs­es, harm­ful mag­ic, and dif­fer­ent ways to get rid of those from an ani­mistic approach.

Part III:

  • Plant Allies and Strengthening
    • The Blind­ing Light
    • Tend­ing the Fire with­in, express­ing Sacred Will
  • Plant Allies for Cursing
    • Curs­ing for Survival
    • Anni­hi­lat­ing self-imposed curs­es: destroy­ing what harms us
  • Some reflec­tions
  • Prac­tice III: Beyond amulets, beyond spells: craft your craft
  • Bib­li­og­ra­phy

In the last part of the course we will talk about how plants can help us strength­en our bar­ri­ers, ampli­fy our will, and help us in our dai­ly life: we will deal with ver­vain, ferns, hys­sop, Saint John’s wort, and bay lau­rel among oth­er spirits.

We will also talk about curs­ing as a viable and pos­i­tive prac­tice, beyond taboo and moral­is­tic dis­cours­es. Can we imple­ment curs­es as a con­struc­tive work of mag­ic? We will talk about mus­tard, helle­bore, wil­low, wal­nut, and aconite among many oth­er spir­its, and ways to curse effectively.

In the prac­tice sug­ges­tion, we will talk about how curs­ing and strength­en­ing can be imple­ment­ed beyond the for­mats of amulets and spells.

 

Cal­en­dar

  • Part I: 10th of April 2021
    • at 6pm Span­ish time (12pm EDT / 11am CDT / 9am PDT)
  • Part II: 17th of April 2021
    • at 6pm Span­ish time (12pm EDT / 11am CDT / 9am PDT)
  • Part III: 24th of April 2021
    • at 6pm Span­ish time (12pm EDT / 11am CDT / 9am PDT)

If you need help fig­ur­ing out at what time is the class please check the fol­low­ing link: www.worldtimebuddy.com

If you are unable to attend, a record­ing of the class will be avail­able for 60 days.

 

Pric­ing

The price of the course is 195 euro. The price includes:

  • A PDF dossier with all the con­tents of the class.
  • 3x three-hour length online class­es via Zoom and the chance to access the record­ings of the class in case you miss them for 60 days.
  • Online tech­ni­cal and didac­tic sup­port via e‑mail and instant message.

 

How to enroll

Enroll­ments open March 6th at 6pm Span­ish time (12pm EDT / 11am CDT / 9am PDT) and they will be made through the store. Enroll­ments will close on April 9th.

We will talk about the course LIVE on IGTV on March 18th at 9pm Span­ish time.

Once you have placed your order, you will receive a pdf with instruc­tions on how to access the Zoom class and oth­er details.

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