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Building a Spiritual Polyculture

Posted on January 20, 2025January 14, 2025 by GlasseWitch

Christian Supremacist culture is a lot like the other forms of supremacy: it is a system rather than an event. It is an invisible structure that normalizes and enforces Christian standards (of belief, behavior, morality, and more) over all other standards. And, as an invisible and ever-present system, it is subtle and gets into everything:…

Friday Night Workshop: Magic in the Garden

Posted on May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 by GlasseWitch

Time for the next session of my Friday Night Workshop Series! This month is all about Garden Magic: land spirits, shrine building, and sacred gardening! The Green Ones are all around us and can be an incredible source of connection and nourishment. Learn to take your spirituality al fresco through tools and techniques for supporting…

Enspirited Earth ~ A Short Sermon

Posted on April 24, 2023April 23, 2023 by GlasseWitch

This short sermon was offered to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick on Sunday, April 23rd. When I’m in emotional pain, I seek the outdoors. I grew up here in Frederick, which means that throughout the region I have special places I go to find solace – certain boulders at Cunningham Falls, the far edge…

Weird Web Radio with Lonnie Scott

Posted on April 13, 2023 by GlasseWitch

I recently had a chance to hang out with Lonnie Scott of Weird Web Radio for a wide ranging, often hilarious, sometimes profane (that part was my fault) foray into Heathenry, magic, and more. I had a blast and I think you can tell! ‘This episode features Irene Glasse! Irene is the co-author of The…

Foundations of Witchcraft: A Blackfeather Mystery School Training Manual

Available now from Crossed Crow Books! Order a signed copy here (only available in the United States).

Foundations of Witchcraft: A Blackfeather Mystery School Training Manual is a comprehensive guide to the practice of witchcraft and spiritwork. Rooted in over two decades of experience, this immersive manual blends magical theory, ritual, spellcasting, journeywork, and introductory spirit contact into a cohesive and empowering system.

Designed to offer both structure and freedom, Foundations of Witchcraft treats witchcraft and spiritwork as complementary paths. It provides clear, practical training to help witches develop their power and deepen their connection to the unseen.

The Heathen Way: Foundations of Inclusive Norse Practice

Coming in July of 2027 from Llewellyn Worldwide. Reserve a copy from Llewellyn here. Reserve a copy from Amazon here. Options to order signed copies will be available as we get closer to the release date.

In our modern era of changing relationships and digital connectivity, this beginner guide to heathenry offers an inclusive, ethical framework for deep connection and growth.

Drawing from their years of experience as practitioners and teachers, Irene and Ash Glasse introduce you to Norse history, mythology, and philosophy while also providing many hands-on exercises for our contemporary world. They offer approachable ways to explore the basics of heathenry and its community, helping you decide what aspects of the tradition work best for you.

From deities and sagas to runes and rituals, this inclusive guide features everything you need to start practicing heathenry. Learn how to perform blóts and holiday ceremonies, use the Elder Futhark for divination, discover what wyrd, animism, and seidhr mean, and much more. Whatever your background or skill level, this guide welcomes you to find your own heathen way.

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, 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 (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.