Gràrvölur Seidhr Training 2026 - Glasse Witch Cottage

Pre-Training Reading and Homework

Read The Saga of Erik the Red (Thorbjorg story, Chapter 4)

Read Voluspa (https://www.mimisbrunnr.info/voluspa-turner )

Read Gylfaginning (Highlighted sections in Chapter 15: The Death of Baldur – Hermodr rides to Hel)

Spiritual hygiene and Support Practices Before/During the Training

The practice of seidhr accesses and uses the spiritual and psychic abilities of the practitioner. As a result, maintaining good psychic health is vital during the training.

In the weeks leading up to the beginning of training, please perform a full purification protocol according to your practice. There are some good timings for this: Friday, April 17th, is the New Moon. Monday, April 20th, is Summer Day in Norwegian folk tradition. This day was traditionally considered to be threshold of the summer season. It is an auspicious day for clearing out old, stuck energy.

Select one to three supports for the development of greater perception, psychic ability, and spiritual connection to use in preparation for your seidhr training. These can be specific to your cultural practice or pulled from Western magickal tradition. If you plan to imbibe any substances (mugwort tea, for example), please research that choice carefully to avoid complications or poor interactions with your health.

Beginning Oracular Seidr runs from 9 AM – 6 PM (with an hour break for lunch) on Friday, April 24th, and Saturday, April 25th, and 1 PM – 6 PM on Sunday, April 26th. If you would like to bring food for lunch rather than leave and purchase your lunch in town, the UUCF has a full commercial kitchen including refrigerator, freezer, oven, microwave, etc.

Irene Glasse

Irene Glasse is a Heathen witch based in Western Maryland. She is a longtime teacher of witchcraft, meditation, and magic in the mid-Atlantic. She is the co-author of "Foundations of Witchcraft: A Blackfeather Mystery School Training Manual" (Crossed Crow Books, 2026), the co-author of the forthcoming "The Heathen Way: Foundations of Inclusive Norse Practice" from Llewellyn Worldwide, a contributing writer to Llewellyn's Witch's Sun Sign Series and to the 2024 - 2026 Sabbats Almanacs (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023 - 2025), and a blogger and columnist. She is a Commissioned Lay Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick and is the lead organizer of the Frederick Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (Frederick CUUPS), offering events, rituals, classes and workshops to a large, vibrant community.

Caine Dreamwalker

Caine Dreamwalker, co-author and co-creator of Blackfeather Mystery School, has spent over a decade building upon his vision of caring for his community as a modern Spiritworker. It is his life’s work to help others and Caine strives to approach his life with as much compassion as his heart can muster. He makes it his mission to meet people exactly where they are in the moment to help overcome obstacles in their path.

Ash Glasse

Ash Glasse (they/them) is a Heathen practitioner based in Western Maryland. They are the Gothar (spiritual leader) of Elk Ridge Kindred, an inclusive Heathen group based in Frederick, Maryland. Ash is the co-author of the forthcoming "The Heathen Way: Foundations of Inclusive Norse Practice" from Llewellyn Worldwide. They are a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, where they are an active CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) member, leader, and teacher. Ash’s primary focus in Heathenry is to incorporate the practice into daily life. They try to break down the walls between the spiritual and the mundane, while keeping in touch with Heathenry’s historical roots.