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BrightFlame’s Teaching

My workshops blend spirituality, science, and activism to foster interconnection and resilience and to help us expand our notion of what is possible. I teach to spur imagination and creative problem-solving for our futures.

In the magical realm, whether teaching a week-long path at a Witchcamp or offering a workshop in my flavor of the Craft, I facilitate experiences for  insights to come through, and I model Reclaiming’s ecstatic way of working.

For general audiences, I offer workshops on solarpunk, on narrative and story, on de-centering humans amidst Earth kin.

For both magical and general audiences, my teaching helps us bring forward bright futures and be more effective in the world.

Next up: I’ll be offering “Solarpunk Pentacle: A Narrative for Action” at Sacred Space Conference in March. Plus, two Witchcamps in 2025. Info on these and other offerings and events on my Schedule. Watch for online sessions related to the magic in The Working.

Watch for more online and in-person workshops, classes, and talks

If you are located near the Lehigh and Delaware River Valleys, contact me to be sure to hear of local offerings.

Thank you to those who joined me:

  • February 2025 “Solarpunk Pentacle” at Winter Witchcamp
  • November 2024 Book Talk on The Working at Columbia University
  • October 2024 “Storying a Bright Future” at Easton Book Festival;
  • September 2024, “Climate Solutions in Science and Fiction” with several authors at Flights of Foundry;
  • July and August 2024, “Solarpunk and Magical Activism” at Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Pagan Pride Days;
  • July 2024, “Storying Regenerative Futures: Imagining Futures We Want” for the Center for Sustainable Futures summer institute with public school teachers;
  • June 2024, “Decentering Humans in Solarpunk” co-offered with several authors at the Solarpunk Conference;
  • June 2024, “Solarpunk Pearl Pentacle” at SpiralHeart Witchcamp;
  • February 2024, “Elements of Magic: Reimagined” online with Morgana;
  • November 2023, “Weaving Connections for Fractured Worlds” with Morgana at WorldWide Witchcamp;
  • October 2023, “Navigating a Reckoning” with Juniper at Tejas Web;
  • July 2023, “Towards Regenerative Futures: Imagining Futures We Want” for the Center for Sustainable Futures summer institute with public school teachers;
  • July 2023, “Iron Bower” with Lilo Assenci and Jynx at SpiralHeart;
  • February 2023, “Between the Worlds is In the World” with Lilo Assenci;
  • 2022, “Solarpunk: Storying a Bright Future” at both the online Wild Ginger Witchcamp and EarthSpirit’s Feast of Lights;
  • 2021, workshop and ritual, We, The Earth, at the online Vermont Witchcamp.

I look forward to teaching again with my dear friend and mentor, Starhawk. Watch for offerings we might conjure on the East Coast of Turtle Island (U.S.).

Keep scrolling for older examples of my offerings.
  • red, orange, yellow tree canopies against vivid blue sky
    Samhain...already?
    November 1, 2024
    I don't feel ready for Samhain and communing with my Ancestors. Plus, from Tower to Star: carrying the elixir of hope.

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    Party With Me!
    September 20, 2024
    Join me for a book launch party Tuesday October 8th from everywhere! (It's online) I'm so excited to celebrate The Working's birth with you.

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    Join Me: Events
    August 21, 2024
    Here are my upcoming appearances, workshops, and events. Hope to see you soon! I'll update this post regularly, so check back.

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    THE WORKING: beginning
    June 6, 2024
    As we approach the launch of my debut speculative novel, The Working, I'll post videos about the book. The first one: me reading the opening...

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  • grey-toned log framed in blue Turkey Tail mushrooms sits on a bed of fallen brown and gold leaves. Text: Elements of Magic...Reimagined! online with Morgana & BrightFlame. 5 weekly sessions beginning mid-Feb. Sliding scale US$80 - 190.
    Learning from the Elements
    January 4, 2024
    I'm co-offering an online, reimagined version of Elements of Magic, Reclaiming Tradition's first core class. It begins mid-February.

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    Witchcamp from Everywhere, Everywhen
    September 27, 2023
    Always wanted to go to a Witchcamp but cost, travel, time weren't feasible? A wonderful team of Reclaiming Trad Witches are hosting an onlin...

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  • yellow starburst sitting on 3 angled blue lines as if on an easel. Small violet white-capped flame hovers above. text in orange: Solarpunk Witchcraft.
    Solarpunk Influence on my Craft
    August 13, 2023
    I am a solarpunk Witch. Solarpunk is great shorthand for how I live and describes my magic, writing, and teaching. How do I express solarpun...

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  • Earth from space with hand holding pen to draw green plants and flowers on it. Text: Regenerative Future; solar; clean water, wind
    Stories for Beauty, Justice, Regeneration!
    January 4, 2023
    Stories poised to launch, an upcoming workshop, and other news of things that feed me. What boosts your spirit?

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  • butternut squash near goldenrod; words: "Equinox 2022, Harvest Blessings" - BrightFlame
    Climate Fiction | Climate Conference
    September 22, 2022
    Today is the point of balance during the Earth's circuit around the Sun---the Equinox: a great time to probe the crisis of climate imbalance...

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  • doodle to capture Witchcamp: set among mountains and lake, two people labeled fire twins, infinity sign labeled "whole time," hammer smashing teacups of white supremacy
    What I Learned at Witchcamp
    July 29, 2022
    I had an incredible, potent, magical time of Wonder and Mystery at Witchcamp in mid-July. In no particular order, here are some things I lea...

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    It's Time! Writing and Teaching News mid-2022
    June 8, 2022
    Lots of news about writing and teaching! Forthcoming stories, in-person teaching, and more. Plus, I dance in Whole Time.

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  • fanciful drawing of the Earth surrounded by yellow sun-like lines, all under a giant brown umbrella as a depiction of solarpunk
    Solarpunk Futures: Tilting Towards a Better World
    January 29, 2022
    I'm very taken with solarpunk, a movement grounded in reality that points us towards justice and a regenerative world. My solarpunk article ...

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    Kin: being We with the Earth
    September 6, 2021
    We opened to our nonhuman Earth kin and explored ways to feel ourselves part of the We, decentered and connected with kin.

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  • Witchcamp 2021 workshop: We, the Earth
    Witchcamp 2021: workshops, ritual, connecting
    August 7, 2021
    In my 2021 Witchcamp workshop we'll connect with Earth/Nature as kin. What does it mean to feel ourselves part of the We that encompasses al...

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    The Web of All: Building Our Resiliency
    May 9, 2020
    How are you holding up during these unprecedented times? Resiliency is so important for our well-being and our work in the world. I'm thrill...

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  • When the Earth is Our Teacher
    December 2, 2019
    Picture this: you stand in a grove of trees; rocks, moss, and ferns cradle the massive furrowed trunks that rise from wide roots to soar far...

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  • Earth Rise! with Starhawk
    November 8, 2018
    I'm thrilled to join Starhawk once again to offer two weekends of change-making. We'll transform overwhelm (grief, anger...) at the state of...

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  • Elements of Magic, Reimagined
    February 16, 2018
    April 7-8, 2018 Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit  With the art of magic, we deepen our vision and focus our will, empowering ourselves to act...

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  • BrightFlame & Starhawk
    Feeding the Sacred Spark
    February 12, 2018
    A Workshop with Starhawk & BrightFlame NYC Saturday, Feb 24, 2018 In these troubled times, our bright hopes can easily get buried under ...

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  • Priestesses by Mim
    Priestessing Through Life
    February 1, 2018
    As I redesigned my website, I wanted to segment the menu into the three aspects of me: Writing, Teaching, Priestessing. Writing? Easy. Let y...

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  • Teaching with Starhawk
    November 15, 2017
    One of my favorite people, Starhawk is a dear friend and mentor. She co-founded the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft and is the author or ...

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  • Teaching at Witchcamps
    September 16, 2017
    Witch school for adults? Yes, there really are witchcamps, our name for Reclaiming Tradition's weeklong intensives. And intense they are! We...

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  • Class Sampler
    August 15, 2017
    I've offered so many workshops and classes over the past few decades and enjoy crafting the perfect experiential, immersive exercises for ea...

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  • Reclaiming Core Classes
    June 16, 2017
    Elements of Magic is Reclaiming Tradition's first core class and a prerequisite for the others. Our classes are experiential and are set wit...

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