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Field Day - A LivingLore Gathering!
This is the first LivingLore experience in person, held in the heart of beautiful Suffolk!
A gathering to meet, create potions and charms, and immerse yourself in the natural magic of the beautiful, buzzing East Anglian landscape.
The day is intended to consolidate our practice as field workers, to bring us closer to a shared understanding of meaningful folk magic, to enhance the place of beauty in our work, and to sharpen our personal focus. By the end of the day, you will have crafted charms, created ceremony and deepened your ability to commune with the seen and unseen spirits in your home field.
Your Guides:
Hannah Sanders has been trying to get good at magic since her teen years in the 80s. She trained in Wicca (Alexandrian) in the early 90s, and explored other magical traditions over the following decades. Along the way, she wrote a PhD on young witches with Ronald Hutton, raised two sons to adulthood, taught in universities, worked in shops, conducted weddings, made cider and finally returned to her love of folk music. She has since stepped off the path of conventional life/magic to pursue a simpler, more authentic life of local magic.
Folk magic, the enduring technologies of change specific to place, has long been her passion. The vision for Field Working - working with the spirits, stories, and other Kingdoms of Life living in place, was born from this exploration. It is a work in progress. It is unique for each practitioner and open to anyone, irrespective of ‘belief’ system.
When not teaching magic from her kitchen table via Treadwells London or her own LivingLore, Hannah is a touring folk singer and a diviner with a passion for bringing ancient, living folklore to our everyday. She believes in the sovereignty of the land and all who dwell upon her. And she knows that magic, forged from courage and beauty, effects positive change in the world.
Jenna Walker is a floral artist and flower grower inhabiting a patch of land in rural West Suffolk. Her relationship with this land began when viewing houses to move to. Her partner fell for the house and she fell for the land. Since moving, she has learned to grow the beautiful flowers she works with. She works to improve the cultivated land using regenerative gardening techniques and a closed-loop system for land management. Her growing practice supports the creativity in her floral artistry, with work that looks as if the best of the garden has gathered itself into each arrangement. Her continued and deepening relationship with the surrounding countryside has cemented her love for this place.
Having spent many years living in urban areas, raising sons, bookkeeping, studying, singing and teaching piano, Jenna has been inspired by the healing and personal regeneration that comes from a deep connection with the land and the seasons. She is working to create communities centered on a deeper knowledge of the land and the natural world.
You will need:
Walking shoes! We will take a 2 mile walk over uneven but flat land.
A bottle of rain, spring, dew, ocean or other water from your home place.
An object or token from your field that resonates with you. This can be a stone, a feather, a cutting or bloom, a small object or finding.
The Day:
11am - Arrival and introductions
11:30am-12pm - Awakening to the Field. Opening the door to communion. Exercises and techniques for developing extra sensory perception in your field work.
12pm-1pm - Field Walk. Perambulation and communion. We will take a 2 miles walk through the local field. Deep listening as spiritual practice. Natural thresholds, spirit homes and portals.
1pm-2pm LUNCH. A delicious array of locally sourced vegetarian, wholesome foods. You are welcome to being food to share too! (Nut free)
2pm-4pm The Vision Emerging. Picking your pathway in the work. With Hannah as your guide you will uncover your unique trackway - your personal focus and calling. This will be realised through the creation of a floral charm for beckoning the future, picked in situ from the garden.
4pm-4:30pm Tea and cake
4:30pm - 5:30pm One Cauldron. Collective potion making to deepen our understanding of the land’s power and to nourish our home field.
5:30-6pm - Spiral dance - Farewell!
This is the first LivingLore experience in person, held in the heart of beautiful Suffolk!
A gathering to meet, create potions and charms, and immerse yourself in the natural magic of the beautiful, buzzing East Anglian landscape.
The day is intended to consolidate our practice as field workers, to bring us closer to a shared understanding of meaningful folk magic, to enhance the place of beauty in our work, and to sharpen our personal focus. By the end of the day, you will have crafted charms, created ceremony and deepened your ability to commune with the seen and unseen spirits in your home field.
Your Guides:
Hannah Sanders has been trying to get good at magic since her teen years in the 80s. She trained in Wicca (Alexandrian) in the early 90s, and explored other magical traditions over the following decades. Along the way, she wrote a PhD on young witches with Ronald Hutton, raised two sons to adulthood, taught in universities, worked in shops, conducted weddings, made cider and finally returned to her love of folk music. She has since stepped off the path of conventional life/magic to pursue a simpler, more authentic life of local magic.
Folk magic, the enduring technologies of change specific to place, has long been her passion. The vision for Field Working - working with the spirits, stories, and other Kingdoms of Life living in place, was born from this exploration. It is a work in progress. It is unique for each practitioner and open to anyone, irrespective of ‘belief’ system.
When not teaching magic from her kitchen table via Treadwells London or her own LivingLore, Hannah is a touring folk singer and a diviner with a passion for bringing ancient, living folklore to our everyday. She believes in the sovereignty of the land and all who dwell upon her. And she knows that magic, forged from courage and beauty, effects positive change in the world.
Jenna Walker is a floral artist and flower grower inhabiting a patch of land in rural West Suffolk. Her relationship with this land began when viewing houses to move to. Her partner fell for the house and she fell for the land. Since moving, she has learned to grow the beautiful flowers she works with. She works to improve the cultivated land using regenerative gardening techniques and a closed-loop system for land management. Her growing practice supports the creativity in her floral artistry, with work that looks as if the best of the garden has gathered itself into each arrangement. Her continued and deepening relationship with the surrounding countryside has cemented her love for this place.
Having spent many years living in urban areas, raising sons, bookkeeping, studying, singing and teaching piano, Jenna has been inspired by the healing and personal regeneration that comes from a deep connection with the land and the seasons. She is working to create communities centered on a deeper knowledge of the land and the natural world.
You will need:
Walking shoes! We will take a 2 mile walk over uneven but flat land.
A bottle of rain, spring, dew, ocean or other water from your home place.
An object or token from your field that resonates with you. This can be a stone, a feather, a cutting or bloom, a small object or finding.
The Day:
11am - Arrival and introductions
11:30am-12pm - Awakening to the Field. Opening the door to communion. Exercises and techniques for developing extra sensory perception in your field work.
12pm-1pm - Field Walk. Perambulation and communion. We will take a 2 miles walk through the local field. Deep listening as spiritual practice. Natural thresholds, spirit homes and portals.
1pm-2pm LUNCH. A delicious array of locally sourced vegetarian, wholesome foods. You are welcome to being food to share too! (Nut free)
2pm-4pm The Vision Emerging. Picking your pathway in the work. With Hannah as your guide you will uncover your unique trackway - your personal focus and calling. This will be realised through the creation of a floral charm for beckoning the future, picked in situ from the garden.
4pm-4:30pm Tea and cake
4:30pm - 5:30pm One Cauldron. Collective potion making to deepen our understanding of the land’s power and to nourish our home field.
5:30-6pm - Spiral dance - Farewell!