Magical Broom Making: History and Lore and Craft your own Magical Besom!
The Magical Besom/broom has a interesting and rich history of lore and use.
Your instructor, Brita Wynn will discuss how they are used in magical practice and how to make them and charge them up for specific purposes and some history of their use for weddings, clearing, and many other cultural practices. She will bring everything you need to make and take home your own magical broom and give individual instruction on woods to use, herbs, stones, sigils, etc.
If you have special beads, feathers, etc. you would like to bring to personalize your besom, Brita will show you how to incorporate them.
Cost includes hands on instruction, all supplies, and handouts.
Brita Wynn Dinsmore M.A. is an experienced herbalist, anthropologist, ethnobotanist, healer and hedgewitch. She has studied with many well known herbalists in face to face courses and has taught and co taught 25 Gaia Conscious 9 month apprenticeships over the course of the last 30 years. She currently teaches herbal crafting and other classes in Tacoma, Wa and has taught herbal intensive and apprenticeships on her own small farm in Shelton, Wa. She currently teaches intensive herbal healing series in Olympia, Wa and teaches herbal craft and medicinal courses at Morningsun Herb Farm. She grows most of the herbs she uses and has decades of experience in formulation technologies.
Course fee $40
Friday, Sept 5th
10am - 12 pm.
at Morningsun Herb Farm, in Vacaville, CA