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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 9h

Currently, there are ~two~ scholarships available.

Awardees will be selected at random and will be notified privately Sunday.

If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please fill out this form: www.ladyalthaea.com/contact.html

Honor system applied, you don't need to prove your identities.🖤

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 9h

These aren't a way to get something for free but an accessibility measure provided by someone who is mixed, queer, disabled, and a single mom to people who want to take the course but could not otherwise do so.

If you would like to sponsor a scholarship—wholly or partially—please contact me.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 9h

A limited number of scholarships are available for A Witch's Guide to Ancestor Work (starts Monday, link in bio).

These scholarships are open to anyone without socioeconomic privilege, especially those who are BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

Some transparency re: my upcoming course A Witch's Guide to Ancestor Work.

So far 15% of sales has gone to mootual aid, being redistributed directly to individuals & families within the Pagan community.

I'm hoping to increase that number to 20% by the time registration closes.

#WitchSky #PaganSky

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 12h

I also have a guided course starting this Monday. A Witch's Guide to Ancestor Work presents a complete structure for interacting with ancestors in a witchcraft context and that is grounded in animism.

Details and sign up:
www.ladyalthaea.com/witchs-guide...

Ancestor Work

The connection you have to your ancestors is the most powerful spiritual connection there is. It provides you access to generations of wisdom and allows you to enlist the help of your ancestors to...

www.ladyalthaea.com

Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 12h

If you've been working a system and are ready to branch out, I offer a range of beginner and intermediate witchcraft courses that focus on learning through active practice of witchcraft.

Self-paced, yours for life, 1:1 support available.
www.ladyalthaea.com/courses.html

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 12h

If you're struggling, pick a specific system to learn so you get that foundational knowledge.

There are rules to ALL of this. Learn a system, any system, and you will begin to see & understand the mechanics.

THEN you can work outside of that system and even create your own system unique to you.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 12h

There are rules to how magick works. Belief has nothing to do with it because magick is actually real and actually works.

It's a natural component to how the cosmos functions; learning how to work magick is learning how to live more wholly and with greater awareness of that wholeness.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 12h

If you've been practicing magick for a bit and are picking something from here, grabbing something from over there, only looking for what ✌️resonates✌️or what ✌️works for✌️you, and you're stuck and getting shit results, it's because you've deprioritized learning to be effective.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 12h

You have to learn a system—any system—before you will be able to get consistent results outside of a system.
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#WitchSky #PaganSky

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 2d

Through 8 weekly lessons featuring live chats, a strong community, and as much (or as little) support as you need, you’ll explore ancestor work through a complete structure developed specifically for witches and grounded animism.

Course begins Monday, October 13.
www.ladyalthaea.com/witchs-guide...

Graphic shows smooth tree roots, tangled and reaching across barren soil. Over top this image is a white box with black text inside. Text reads, “A Witch’s Guide Ancestor Work. A complete structure for ancestor work within a land-based witchcraft context. Gain the knowledge and tools necessary to heal your hurting dead, unwind ancestral trauma from about your family line, and connect with—and learn from—your well ancestors. Registration open. Course begins October 13. LadyAlthaea.com/courses”

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 2d

From Lesson 2 of my upcoming course A Witch’s Guide to Ancestor Work.

Beginning Monday, this course will guide you along the path of ancestor work—from setting up a shrine to building spirit communication skills to identifying & healing trauma in your ancestors.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 2d

Because it is energy, and because of the connection that exists among those who are family, this trauma ripples across the family line (the bond that connects members of the same family, regardless if they are family through blood or the heart) and can affect subsequent generations..
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 2d

Much in the way bindweed will wrap itself about another plant, constricting tightly & impacting its ability to grow & thrive, this residual energy binds itself about the spirit body, holding it tight & restricting normal functioning.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 2d

Trauma is a wound so great the effects must be dealt with even after the initial cause of the wound has passed.

When we speak of ancestral trauma, we’re talking about wounds to the spirit body that are caused/maintained by the presence of energy not resolved before death.
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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning from flowering basil.

Photo shows the top of a large basil plant, the stalk dotted with small white trumpets flowers. In the background, an unruly container garden akin to a dense green jungle.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

And community is life.
Community is resistance.
Community is how we get through anything.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

Community care has played such an integral part in my care and well-being.

I'm sitting with a cup of tea now, sent by a dear friend, and thinking about how community truly can exist across the miles.

Connection makes the difference. Connection makes community.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

This last year for me has been filled with huge transitions & adjustments, pain & grief, confusion & despair. I am eternally grateful for friends who've sent care packages to remind me I'm not alone in this.

Love letters, original art, altar items, teas and snacks, herbal medicine and ritual tools.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

💜🙏

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Lisa McSherry @lisamcsherry.bsky.social · 1d

A way to support others through meootual aid . . . and benefit yourself as well.

Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

Some transparency re: my upcoming course A Witch's Guide to Ancestor Work.

So far 15% of sales has gone to mootual aid, being redistributed directly to individuals & families within the Pagan community.

I'm hoping to increase that number to 20% by the time registration closes.

#WitchSky #PaganSky

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a single mom. My work as a teacher and spiritworker is my only source of income. But—now and always—my work is community centered.

Ancestor work is inherently community work.

There's no way that I can teach about this work and not give back to the community that makes my work possible.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

Some transparency re: my upcoming course A Witch's Guide to Ancestor Work.

So far 15% of sales has gone to mootual aid, being redistributed directly to individuals & families within the Pagan community.

I'm hoping to increase that number to 20% by the time registration closes.

#WitchSky #PaganSky

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck yeah. It's an enormous shark.

Photo shows the afore mentioned red package, only now it's turned on its end and has been opened. A LARGE shark plushie peers at us from inside.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 1d

When you order your kid a 40" long shark plushie for Yule, and it arrives, and this is what's in the box.

Open it and confirm it's a shark? Or hope it's a shark and leave it compact so you can hide it better?

Photo shows a compact red package, maybe a foot in length. It lays on the floor, before Althaea's knees. They have one hand resting on the package for scale.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 2d

The cats really do make it difficult! One of mine wants to chew (not eat, just chew) on the plants and dig in the pots just to see if there's anything in the dirt (she doesn't use them as a litter box, she just digs tiny holes🤦).

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