Fireside Wicca Community Church in Denver Colorado

Something that surprises some attendees is how “kid friendly” Fireside Wiccan Community Church is. Because some parents in this community have been told by other leaders to leave their kids at home. No matter how well-behaved your kids are, some “non-parent” will be upset with them. Given I have no kids that I know of, why does the idea of barring kids offend me? Simple, I was a kid. Some context: My Gardnerian aunt, Victoria Josephine Ramalia, was openly a witch. Taught me stuff. Made me question the role of witches in the world. Encouraged me to someday be a public figure. “Why are the Christians allowed to display their Ten Commandments at the court house while I am told that showing off our Horned Lord is totally unacceptable and a societal sin?” As in I don’t remember a time while my aunt was living, that this question wasn’t in the Kool-Aid. This idea only disappears in my maternal family when my aunt is murdered for being polyamorous. It is when my mother is des...

  When I was recently informed that I was far too dangerous to be allowed to perform open-to-public Wiccan (pagan) ritual, I thought about labelling all my future events— Ceremonialist Initiates Only . In other words, I thought about leaving the public Wiccan community completely—to protect others. Then She Who Must Rule declared that she was going to undo the damage to the community that Maggie Moonstone inflicted upon it with her “leave your differences at the door” event policy. Starting off with banning individuals who should have never been allowed past the door. In other words, there is already a Gatekeeper of All Things Magical and Mystical here in Denver. Given the universe requires balance, there needs to be an organization that truly believes in building community, teaching people to be their best selves, and allows lookie-loos (religion-of-month club) in. I may not have fifty Righteous years of community service under my belt, like the hand chosen successor o...

Fireside Wiccan Community Church (2727 N. Cook St., Denver, CO 80205) 2022 event schedule (Gate opens at 5pm, ritual/drumming at 6pm, close at 9 pm) June 18: Burning unwanted mental weeds Before you can plant new habits and goals, it’s helpful to clean up your mental garden space. Live fire! July 2: Talk local pagan history with Khari and Morgan What brought you into Wicca/magick? What events shaped the Denver community? Who helped you? July 16: Initiated things not to do in an OFM (Open Full Moon ritual) Morgan Drake Eckstein shares stories of mistakes that he made as a ceremonialist and minister. August 13: Golden Dawn godforms as Wiccan metatools Adept Morgana Draconis talks about the role that godforms play in ceremonial witchcraft and initiation. August 20: An horrific Garden Fairy ritual Khari shows off her garden while teaching an offering technique originally taught by Kathy Bruce. September 17: Campfire stories—Voices of the Sabbats Morgan performs his ...