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What is movement meditation, ecstatic dance, trance dance, and somatic movement?

If you have been a dancer your whole life or you are new to dancing, it doesn't matter! Either way, dance is within you, and your body wants you to move! To close your eyes and let loose. To remind you that you are a sacred being, and you are free to express yourself as you please.

What are these practices, and how are we able to use them to better our lives and wellbeing.

In this course, we will not only learn how to dance in a somatic and ecstatic practice, we will connect with our guides, learn about our primal animal spirits, as well as our plant spirits that we are connected to. If you want to learn how to connect to these spirits and how it's related to ecstatic dance, then join me in person at @majixdragon starting on 5/11 at 4:30pm.

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theserpentpharmakiea · 10 days

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Movement, Meditation and Trance Dance Intro Class 6 Part

Regular price$150.00 USD

Are you drawn to dance? Do you feel that you are in need of moving your body more? Are

you needing to release your energy?

What is trance dance? What are the practices used for? Is this a practice that can be used

for healing?

If this sounds like you, and if these ate the questions that you have and are interested to

learn more, then consider joining my new class on Movement Meditation and Trance

Dance.

In this 6 week course we will discuss the different practices of trance dance around the

world, what trance dance is, how it’s used, healing with trance dance, how to build your

own practice using trance dance and movement meditation in healing, magic, and much

more.

During this practice we will dedicate our practice to a specific intention as well as 3 guides

we feel called to work with. These guides are, a spirit guide or one of the divine, an animal

spirit, and a plant spirit. We will use the practices of our mind, body, and soul to learn to be

at one with these guides, build a relationship, and a regular practice.

Class 1: what is trance?

Class 2: the basics of movement are in trance dance?

Class 3: connecting to the spirit of the divine.

Class 4: what is your trance dance animal spirit?

Class 5: the work of a Plant Charmer, what is your plant spirit ally?

Class 6: Putting your trance dance into practice

Each class will be roughly 1 hour long. Every one must wear comfy clothes, nothing super

baggy. Come ready to move and sweat.

If you gave a yoga mat you are encouraged to bring one. Bring plenty of water!

Cost for class series is $150

Schedule:

May 11, 18 and 25 (4:30pm)

June 1, 8 and 15 (4:30pm

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theserpentpharmakiea · 3 months

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Are you wanting to learn how to channel?

To connect and learn from the spirits of the other realms?

To grow a practice with your guides?

And build your psychic abilities?

Than join me for my newest class TONIGHT!

CHANNELING FOR BEGINNERS

In this Workshop

Class begins Saturday, January 27th at 7:00 pm EST

A two-part class series with Vivian Dickinson

What is channeling? How is it done? What am I channeling into? If you are wondering about what channeling is, or you are wanting to start working with spirit guides, then learning how to channel is where you want to start. Channeling is used by mediums, sensitive’s, and diviners alike, but you don’t need to already classify yourself as a medium or sensitive in order to channel.

If you are wanting to learn this old skill and how it can help you and your practice then join me for this beginner’s guide to channeling. Channeling for beginners will be a 2 part class.

In this class series

Class 1 Saturday, January 27th at 7:00 pm EST. We will focus on the basics if channeling and how to do it, where to start, as well as a few other important tools for channeling and understanding the world around you and how we can use it to help us.

Class 2 Saturday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm EST. We will focus on the practice of channeling, having a routine, building a regular practice, and using the gift of channeling.

Also Good To Know:

Class time will be 1 hour – 1.5 hours long.

What to bring: pen and paper for note taking.

Class will be recorded and available in your Zinzeudo University account

I am looking forward to seeing you in class!

Love,

Vivian

https://courses.zinzeudo.com/courses/Channeling-For-Beginners

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theserpentpharmakiea · 3 months

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https://courses.zinzeudo.com/courses/Channeling-For-Beginners

CHANNELING FOR BEGINNERS

In this Workshop

Class begins Saturday, January 27th at 7:00 pm EST

A two-part class series with Vivian Dickinson

What is channeling? How is it done? What am I channeling into? If you are wondering about what channeling is, or you are wanting to start working with spirit guides, then learning how to channel is where you want to start. Channeling is used by mediums, sensitive’s, and diviners alike, but you don’t need to already classify yourself as a medium or sensitive in order to channel.

If you are wanting to learn this old skill and how it can help you and your practice then join me for this beginner’s guide to channeling. Channeling for beginners will be a 2 part class.

In this class series

Class 1 Saturday, January 27th at 7:00 pm EST. We will focus on the basics if channeling and how to do it, where to start, as well as a few other important tools for channeling and understanding the world around you and how we can use it to help us.

Class 2 Saturday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm EST. We will focus on the practice of channeling, having a routine, building a regular practice and using the gift of channeling.

Also Good To Know:

Class time will be 1 hour – 1.5 hours long.

What to bring: pen and paper for note taking.

Class will be recorded and available in your Zinzeudo University account

I am looking forward to seeing you in class!

Love,

Vivian

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theserpentpharmakiea · 4 months

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Every December - January the old woman of Winter is celebrated. For the past 3 years I have been teaching a class about these woman of myth and folklore. My fascination started with connecting to the ancestral spirits of my heritage La Befana and The Cailleach, and learning along the way the connection they have to the other fascinating woman of Winter and the land. I hope to see you there.

To check out my upcoming class and my other on demand and upcoming classes, go to Zinzeudo University at zinzeudo.com

The holiday season is a time for many things, family, food, and magic. The time between early

December until Mid January is full of spirit activity and stories of Witches, Ghosts, Goblins, and

Elves, some of these stories are terrifying in there own way and some are heartfelt and warm.

Most of these stories and traditions came from pagan beginnings, the legend of La Befana is no

different. The traditions of The Christmas Witch in Italy are old, full of pagan symbolism, and

goddess worship. Looking deep in these legends we open up a different side to the old woman

of Winter and relation to the Old Hag from many cultures. We will touch on the similarities La

Befana has with other Crone and Hag Goddesses as The Cailleach, Baba Yaga, Berchta, Hulda,

and Ragana. As well as similarities to Abundance Goddesses like Strenia, Abundia, and Feronia.

Join me as we travel with La Befana The Christmas Witch.

In this class we will learn

- Lore

- How to build a relationship

- Creating a shrine

- Offerings

#folklore #italian folk magic #italian folk medicine #ancestors #ancestral healing #irish witch #irish witchcraft #winter #working with spirits #witchcraft #winter witch #winter solstice #catholic folk magic #cailleach #la befana

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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Day 7, 8, & 9 of The Countdown to Working With The Ancestors 101

I missed two days of posting since it has been an exhausting couple of weeks but this week has been especially stressful. That being said, this post will be about 3 of my ancestors.

Angelo Joseph Maggio, my Great Great Grandfather, or as my family calls him Grandfather Maggio. It's funny because for some reason, one of his documents says he was from "Viaggiano Italy," but as far as I know, that is not a place! I have never heard of that place before? Now, there is a place in Basilicata called "Viggiano, Italy," which is a town in the province of "Potenza, Italy." I was intrigued by this mainly because I have been told my whole life that my Grandmother's parents were from Naples, Castellammare Di Stabia to be exact, so it is interesting to find out that part of my family is actually fom Basilicata.

Angelo & Augusta got married at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Philadelphia. He was a shoe maker, one of the finest. He was also a musician, he would take his organ grinder and play up and down the streets of Philadelphia and Washington d.c.

The pictures shown are not of him, but of other Italian organ grinder players, as well as a copy of his naturalization paper.

Since my previous post was about my Great Great Grandmother Augusta, the 2nd part of this post will be about Angelo "Grandfather Maggio" parents.

Nonno Maggio's parents were named Joseph Maggio & Rosie Maggio, I don't know her maiden name yet. Joseph was born July 4, 1846 in Sambuca di Sicilia, Agrigento, Italy. Rosie was born in 1843 and baptized the same year in Civile, Ceringnola, Foggia, Italy. At some point the two of them moved to Basilicata, but whether it was before or after they met, I'm not sure. They had multiple children together and when the children were grown they all came over to America.

I love that Nonno Maggio was a musician and all my life music and dance has been a huge part of who I am and now my daughter is shining through with music as well.

#ancestralwisdom #ancestralwisdom #Ancestralmagic #potenza #basilicata #sicilia #catholicfolkmagic #channeledmessages #janare #janara #folkwitch #folkmusic #folkmagic #witchcraft

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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https://courses.zinzeudo.com/courses/Working-With-The-Ancestors-101

Day 10 & 11 of Countdown To Working With The Ancestors 101. If you are interested in learning to work with spirits of the dead and ancestors, then check out my new class on working with the ancestors 101.

Today's post is about my great grandparents, on my paternal fathers side.

My great grandparents were born in Ireland. My great grandfather's name was Patrick McNeeley. He was born in 1894, and both of his parents died before he was 20 yrs old. I don't know where he was from in Ireland, but I do know that he and my great grandmother were together before coming to America and got married in ohio.

My great grandmother's name was Ella Theresa Treacy. She was born in Clogh, Cappalusk District, Galway county, Ireland, in 1894. When I look back at some of the records, I am confused because they say she was the head of household, but it also says married, not widowed or divorced? There are so many mysteries looking into my family's past. I did find something interesting when going through records from my family in Ireland. Apparently, close to where some of my family is from, there was a famous pirate queen named Grace O'Malley. The more I learn about my ancestors and my past, the more I grow. This statement is not true for everyone. Not everyone feels this way. Some people have a disconnect to their family and ancestry, and that's OK.

As I post these small descriptions of my family, I feel the power growing between me and them and their assistance in helping me with my daily life.

#ancestralwisdom #Ancestralmagic #ancestralveneration #streghe #stregheitaliane #irishwitch #irishfolkmagic #irishdiaspora #irishancestry #italianwitchcraft #italianmagic #italianimmigrants #italiandiaspora #italianancestry #Italianfolkmedicine #italianfolkmagic #irishfolkmedicine #samhain #halloweenmagic #halloween #irishmagic #janara #janare #catholicfolkmagic #folkwitch #folkmagic #spiritwork #ancestor

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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A Prayer to Rid Oneself of the Evil Eye

Original found (here)

Pagan altered version (here) by Morgan Daimler

In the Carmina Gadelica, a book of gaelic prayers, a prayer against the evil eye is found. It calls upon the strength of the natural world and the Lords three aspects.

Original Gaelic

SALTRAIM air an t-suil,

Mar a shaltrais lach air luin,

Mar a shaltrais eal air burn,

Mar a shaltrais each air uir,

Mar a shaltrais earc air iuc,

Mar a shaltrais feachd nan dul,

Mar a shaltrais feachd nan dul.

Ta neart gaoith agam air,

Ta neart fraoich agam air,

Ta neart teine agam air,

Ta neart torruinn agam air,

Ta neart dealain agam air,

Ta neart gaillinn agam air,

Ta neart gile agam air,

Ta neart greine agam air,

Ta neart nan reul agam air,

Ta neart nan speur agam air,

Ta neart nan neamh

Is nan ce agam air,

Neart nan neamh

Is nan ce agam air.

Trian air na clacha glasa dheth,

Trian air na beanna casa dheth,

Trian air na h-easa brasa dheth,

Trian air na liana maiseach dheth,

’S trian air a mhuir mhoir shalach,

’S i fein asair is fearr gu ghiulan,

A mhuir mhor shalach,

Asair is fearr gu ghiulan.

An ainm Tri nan Dul,

An ainm nan Tri Numh,

An ainm nan uile Run,

Agus nan

Cursa comhla

English translation

TRAMPLE upon the eye,

As tramples the duck upon the lake,

As tramples the swan upon the water,

As tramples the horse upon the plain,

As tramples the cow upon the 'iuc,'

As tramples the host of the elements,

As tramples the host of the elements.

Power of wind I have over it,

Power of wrath I have over it,

Power of fire I have over it,

Power of thunder I have over it,

Power of lightning I have over it,

Power of storms I have over it,

Power of moon I have over it,

Power of sun I have over it,

Power of stars I have over it,

Power of firmament I have over it,

Power of the heavens

And of the worlds I have over it,

Power of the heavens

And of the worlds I have over it.

A portion of it upon the grey stones,

A portion of it upon the steep hills,

A portion of it upon the fast falls,

A portion of it upon the fair meads,

And a portion upon the great salt sea,

She herself is the best instrument to carry it,

The great salt sea,

The best instrument to carry it.

In name of the Three of Life,

In name of the Sacred Three,

In name of all the Secret Ones,

And of the Powers together.

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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Who are we if not the manifestations of our ancestors spells. Their thoughts of a new beginning and better life transform into the future magical beings that we are.

Our ancestors fought long and hard, they felt the pain and hardships that the past brought.

When you truly open yourself up to the guidance of the ancestors and you ask them to make sense of everything that is in front of you, they will.

It has taken me years to figure out my mother's side. I was always told she was cherokee and scotts-irish, and to an extent that is right but that is not including the Iberian/catalonian/basque, french, romani, plus small percentage of african that comes from her side. When I found this out I was so confused and floored especially because as far as I knew, my moms family was not any of those things! But as I did more research and really buried myself into this ancestral work I finally found my answer. This whole time I was looking at everything separately, how is it possible for all these groups of people to have mixed and mingled? I realized that I was looking at this all wrong. I began noticing things about certain groups of people from the area my mom is from. My mom is from Kentucky. Her family has lived all around the Appalachian mountains. Now, her family is in Western Kentucky, close to the Illinois Kentucky line. I happened to fall on a group of people called the Melungeons. Everything about them sounded extremely familiar. From their light eyes, thick dark hair, dark skin, european features, and high cheek bones as well as the familiar last names that I saw on the list of common melungeon surnames like Crow, Allen, Bell, Wise, Moore, Lowry, Greene, Cox, Clark, Collins, Powell, Hopkins, Bridges, Dye, etc.. These names are so important because these are the surnames for my moms family who lived in the areas inhabited by the Melungeons. I feel like my ancestors have been guiding me me to this information for awhile. Learning about our ancestors helps us to learn about ourselves. I will never stop learning of them and their ways. I am going to start a countdown to my new class on working with the Ancestors. Everyday until my new class Working with the Ancestors 101 on Saturday 10/28, I am going to be posting about one of my ancestors every day in their honor. To access my new class check out the link below.

https://courses.zinzeudo.com/courses/Working-With-The-Ancestors-101

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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This is Day 3 of the countdown to my new class Working with the Ancestors 101

Today's post is in honor of my Grandmother, my moms mother, Grandma Jo.

I wish I could say I knew her well or I knew a lot about her, but unfortunately, that's not the case. I barely knew her. She lived in KY, while my mom and I lived in MD. I did know that she was a very fun woman to be around. When she got to be at an older age, she lived as if we're a party. She would be out dancing and having fun with her girlfriends playing bingo and doing whatever it is that she wanted at the time.

Even though I didn't know much about her, I know she was a strong willed and independent woman. Because anyone who raised my mom had to be tough as anything! One thing I do know about my Grandma Jo is that her, along with my mom, aunt, my sister and me, we all have gifts of foresight and hyper intuition. I have always been told by all of them that this is something that runs in our family, mainly through the woman. Now I don't know where this line started and with who but I know that this is strong line of gifts passed down from mother to daughter for generations. I can feel it. It's interesting though because I have never really thought much about it, I don't mention often that my mother and grandmother had gifts or that my abilities came from them. No matter how powerful that connection is, I don't think that means if I didn't have this long line of connection then I'd would have any less amount of power. Power comes from many different places, but no matter what the connection to our ancestors can bring all kinds of power to us.

This post was meant to go up last night but I fell asleep before I could hit post haha)

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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The time of death and ancestral reverence is here. Even though the time of honoring your ancestors is all year round, the fall and winter seasons are the time of death, and as the earths foliage dies and transforms we can see the change more and more each day.

The changes to the earth at this time of year are just like like the changes to the human body as death prepares you for your long journey.

Death and the dead are topics I have always been fascinated with. As a medium and trance channeler, I have always had a close connection to the dead and my ancestors. When my Gigi passed away a few years ago, I felt even closer to the spirit world than ever.

The pictures above are of my Grandmother, it shows the stages of her life until the end. How the slow but inevitable decline changed her form, demeanor, and personality.

My grandmother was a strong loving and caring Neapolitan American Woman, and she is the one who taught me how to love.

Working with the Ancestors is a huge part of my practice and life. If you are new to working with ancestors or you would like to get and idea on how an Italian American Folk Witch honors and works with her ancestors then join me for my new class Saturday October 21 at 7pm.

# samhain # halloween # ancestralveneration # ancestralwisdom # ancestralmagic # folkmagic # mabon # autumnequinox # witchcraft # ancientmedicine # ancestors # ancestralhealing # witchesofinstagram # halloweenmagic # streghe # stregheitaliane # stregoneria # stregoneriaitaliana # janare # janara # majare # majara

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theserpentpharmakiea · 7 months

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The past few months have been such a roller-coaster ride of emotions and truly deciding for myself what consist of wasted time and what is time well spent!

I have been dedicating a large portion of my time (other then my 9-5 job lol), to creating a series of kits and boxes for folk magic, writing new blogs, and creating classes!

The picture you see here is a sneak peak at one of the necklaces made for the Janare Folk Magic Boxes that will be for sale soon at Zinzeudo.com

Tonight will be the first Italian Folk Magic & Poisonous Plants Workshop

The running time for tonight's workshop is about 3 hours. We will be going over 5 different poisonous plants including Mandrake, Henbane, Bittersweet Nightshade, Datura, and Poppy.

This workshop is not like any other!

We will discuss ways of working with these plants spirits for magic, and ritual. We will discuss she use of flying ointments, as well as working with them in shadow work and how certain aspect of the plants spirits can appeal and help heal to certain darker sides of the humans soul.

For more information and for how to sign up for tonight's workshop visit Zinzeudo University at https://courses.zinzeudo.com/courses/Italian-Folk-Magic-Poisonous-Plant-Workshop

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#folkmagic #plantwitch #plantspiritwisdom #plantcharming #streghe #suffumigi #italianamericanwitchcraft #Italianfolkmedicine #italianmagic #italianfolkmagic #italianamericanfolkmagic #janara #janare #herbalmagic #poisonousplants #poisonasmedicine #poisonplantmedicine #protectyourenergy #folklore #Witch #witchcraft #magic # magicschool

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theserpentpharmakiea · 8 months

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My name is Vivian. I am a Plant Charmer, Trance Dancer, Janara, Folk Magic Practitioner, Writer, Artist, Italian & Irish American Witchy Woman, Medium and Healer.

I am a teacher at Zinzeudo University. Where I teach online classes in relation to my practice.

The link for the class is below.

https://courses.zinzeudo.com/courses/Italian-Folk-Magic-Poisonous-Plant-Workshop

In this Course

Class begins Saturday, September 16th at 7:00 pm EST

In honor of the five-week “Poison Plant Series” I am doing a workshop for a crash course but in depth detailed look at the Poison Plant Series!

This information packed and accessible three-hour online class will be a mix of information from the series, with some added information that has not been in any class prior!

The Italian Folk Magic and Poisonous Plant workshop is a great chance to get you started working with poisonous plants in a spiritual and magical sense. This workshop will not only go over working with poisonous plants in spell work and magical practices, but shadow work and personal evaluation as well

Topics include:

Flying Ointment

Shadow Work

Ancestral Healing

Working with Plantcestors

Building relationships with poisonous plants

and much more!

Shamanic Journey to the Plant Realm

The class will end with a trance journey to open up the way to a connection to your poisonous plant guide. This is much like a guided meditation resulting in practical information to carry you into your magical practice.

Is this workshop for me?

This workshop is recommended if you

have a love or curiosity for working with plants and herbs

want to deepen your emotional and spiritual connection to the plant realm

have a desire to find new pathways to healing

Also Good To Know:

Class length: three hours

What to bring: pen and paper for note taking.

Class recording will be made available in your Zinzeudo University account.

**As an added bonuses, If time allows at the end of the class we will be doing a guided meditation to connect with the plants spirits of the plants we are leaning of. I look forward to seeing you all there!

#plantspiritwisdom #plantcharming #plantwitch #plantdancing #poisonousplants

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