the hidden house
Something wild is afoot. Some new wonder comes creeping over this hallowed and fallowed ground seeking its imagined home, following fate’s thread toward a lost dwelling, enchanting its otherworldly footprints so the kindred souls might find their way through the haunted forest where the air is thick with folklore and ghosts, where every dusk is a once-upon-a-time.
Can you see it?
Deep in these untamed borderlands stands a stone-and-bone house, a hidden and forbidden den where the wolf- women circle ‘round the midnight hearth and speak of shapeshifters, wild kings, hag-children, old charms and new scripts. Here, we name those wicc’d edge-dwellers our kin. Here, we witness the once- and-future stories as they slow dance with our more beastly shadows, as the world turns and churns, and we cast our spells in the space between what was and what will be.
Behind the red door of The Hidden House is a perpetual midnight where the altar-fires are always lit. You are welcome to join us here, as the Yaga’s cauldron bubbles over with ceremony, story, and spellcraft. Our shared circle is threaded with timely work for the knowing witch, including ritual, word-witchery, divination, and spellwork.
The Full Moon Hour
In the old traditions, the new lunation begins when the moon is full. Each month when that silver hag’s eye in the sky is at its brightest, we will move through our shared ritual, a video hour of wyrd invitations for the wild unseen to participate in your experience. These full moon rituals may include storytelling ceremony, timely discussions of the pertinent energies and the witch’s recommended orientation, spellwork and other symbolic actions to amplify intentions such as manifestation, banishing, healing, and protection, seership and dreamwork, and more. These rituals are presentational in nature and pre- recorded (there are no rituals to join live in The Hidden House) so each participant can decide the right time and place to engage with the work.
The Friday Invitation
Thereafter, each week, participants receive an optional invitation that might become their daily witch’s practice; these invitations include (but are not limited to) body prayer, word-witchery, altar-side practice, long-game spells, and scrying work. The weekly invitations come on Fridays (Freya’s Day) in the form of an audio recording by Danielle Dulsky and/or written text. Only in the event that the full moon falls on or close to Friday will there be no Friday Invitation. The Friday Invitations are where our Hidden House really comes to life. You are very welcome to comment on these weekly invitations, ask questions, and share your ongoing reflections with our coven.
Cross-Quarter Day Bundles and Other Extras
Our Hidden House also includes a revisioned “book cackle” (beginning in spring. like a book club but full of wonder instead of wine), and a bundle of extras for each cross-quarter day; these extras include an additional, dedicated ritual video, curated playlist, journal prompt bundle, and reflective practice of discernment for better “seeing” the witch’s personal story for the previous quarter. Hidden House members also have access to our (off-Facebook) community and considerable Archive Libraries of 200+ body prayer videos, mini-courses, and previously recorded meetings from our Hive of the Holy Wild Flesh and Hag Ways Collective Coven containers. The secret password to The Hag School’s “Spell Library” is also included.
Cancel anytime. There are no refunds for any reason. Note there is an extra dollar membership charge when joining through Apple iOS (that goes to Apple. Not us).
The Hidden House: Our Winter-to-Summer Beginnings
February 23rd : Full Moon Hour Release ~ Our House, Hidden and Forbidden
During our first hour-long ritual in The Hidden House, we will gather ‘round our shared hearth for a cusp- of-spring spell inspired the initiatory stories that feature the “hidden house,” the place of deep magick found only by the curious wanderers, those who befriend the freaks and leave offerings at the crossroads. This is the castle made of bone, the forest tower full of cats, the hag’s hut, and the Handless Maiden’s “house of the wild women.” Participants will be invited to consider their inner “hidden house” as our journey begins, to learn to work with this as a tool in their witchcraft as we cast our first spell for a spring desire, as we begin to notice our witch’s orientation for the coming year.
March 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd : The weekly work will follow the pre-equinox energies of this potent time, inviting Hidden House members to sense the otherworldly energies afoot through body prayer, writing, and vision work.
March 25th : Full Moon Hour Release ~ The Lost Script
Our March hour is rooted in eclipse season, as the lunar eclipse befalls our daydreams and the solar eclipse of April 8th creeps closer. We will work with underworld stories and mythic images, narrowing our focus to see what we must see and know what we must know. This ceremonial hour includes pathworking, “scripting” the ascent, and sigil work, as we allow a personal story of initiation to step forward and illuminate timely wisdoms.
March 29th, April 5th, April 12th, April 19th : The weekly work will guide Hidden House members across the bridge toward Beltane, as the next cross-quarter day wakes us all wild.
April 23rd: Full Moon Hour Release ~ Memoirs of the Heathen Queen
Our April hour finds us healing and whole, readying ourselves for Beltane. We will work with the archetype of the “ruler” from the old stories, our inner heathen royal who sets and regularly revisions new rules and peculiar boundaries for our work in the world. Here, we will petition the Heathen Queen to come closer, to resource our “summer wants” and slow-dance with our wise and future self.
May 1st: Beltane Bundle Release
The Beltane Bundle includes a curated playlist, spoken word poetry by Danielle, a special “Fires of Beltane” ritual video, and more.
May 10th, May 17th ~ We focus now on integrating the fiery spells of Beltane and playing the long-game. We “cast long” and “divine short” here, as summer looms.
May 23rd Full Moon Hour Release ~ The Witch’s Calling
Our May hour revels in the Lover archetype’s energy, as the days stretch longer and longer still. We will amplify our spellwork here with our inner “kinship paterns,” holding the tension of the heart frequency and raising energy through memory and time-weaving.
May 31st, June 7th, June 14th ~ In the weeks that seduce us toward solstice, we will ready ourselves for our high-fire casting, our wildest spell yet. These weeks will be spent taking stock, naming our “witch’s proof,” and gathering the loving ghosts.
June 20th Full Moon Hour Release ~ The Shining One
Our June hour will be released one day before the full moon, as this is summer solstice. Here, we will work with a guiding tale that illuminates the brightest of shadows, casting our solstice spell for the most enduring desires for ourselves, our kin, and our world.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A. After you join, you will be directed to our (off-Facebook) community where you will find our Archive Library of past work alongside the current invitations.
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A. No. You can join anytime and access all previously posted work. To see the work for the current moon cycle, you will simply search the hashtag for that moon.
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A. The lower price is available to current members only.
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A. Yes, but all our work is organized according to the Northern Hemisphere seasons. You might consider joining our Witches of the Word coven if you like to write, as the work is not season-specific.
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A. You can cancel anytime by logging into your account. We do not have access to your login information due to privacy laws, so please remember your login information. Note there are no refunds for any reason.
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A. You will always be able to keep your original price as long as your membership stays current, though we may raise the price for new members as more content gets added. For instance, if you join at $35/month and the price for new members increases to $40/month in December, you will keep your $35/month price as long as your membership does not lapse.
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A. At this time, The Hag School is only offering membership to The Hidden House and The Witches of the Word writing coven. Note that memberships are different from our small-group writing programs, witchcraft apprenticeship, and other trainings and events.
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A. Yes. Our Archive Library in The Hidden House has everything that was in the previous collectives.
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A. In most cases, no. This is to protect the integrity of our container. The material is only accessible for current members.
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A. Email TheHagSchool@Gmail.Com.