Teaching & Courses
Late September 2010 - Hekate Workshop, nr. Brecon (Wales, UK) – for details see: http://www.sorita.co.uk/?p=1022
For many years Sorita has been a regular speaker and workshop leader at events all around the UK and in Europe, often with her partner David Rankine. Both David and Sorita are currently taking time out from public events and teaching to focus on their research and writing. (From Summer 2009 – Autumn 2010). From Autumn/Winter 2010 both Sorita and David will again be taking on students by correspondence, details of which will be announced in September 2010. Courses will be focussed on mysticism, magick and the practice of ritual within the Western Esoteric Traditions.
If you would like to invite Sorita to speak at your event or present a workshop for your group or organisation, please do get in touch. Bookings are now being invited for November 2011 onwards. Please email sorita11@gmail.com with as much information about your event as possible.
** Homestudy Courses – - Please note ** Since 2007 no further students have been admitted to the homestudy courses mentored by Sorita through Avalonia. The introductory Wicca course “Towards the Wiccan Circle” is now available in a slightly adapted format in book form, for those who are interested it is available from online stores such as Amazon, bookshops and online from Avalonia Books. There are no plans to rendered the Qabalah courses and original Avalonia Wicca course into book form.
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ARCHIVE: Sorita d’Este
This is a small selection of lectures and workshops given by Sorita d’Este during 2001-2008 at public events in the UK to audiences between 75 and 2500 people. She also lectured and facilitated many smaller events, including meetings of Lapis Companions, the StarStone Network, the Pagan Federation and Children of Artemis’ seasonal celebrations, London Earth Mystery Circle, as well as book signings and talks at bookshops throughout the UK.
May 2009 – The Esoteric Bookfair (Ludlow) – “Gerald Gardner & The Book of Shadows”
June 2008 Witchfest Wales; “The Elements of Empodecles” & “Horned Gods”
May 2008 Witchfest England; “Wicca: The untold history”
March 2008 Belenus Festival (Brighton); “The Seven Deathless Powers”
August 2007 Artemis Gathering (Oxford); “Astral Projection”,
June 2007 Witchfest Wales; “Hekate, Circe and Medea”; “The Seven Deathless Powers”
May 2007 Beltane Bash, London; “Hekate, Circe and Medea”
November 2006 Witchfest International; “A Priestess Reveals the Secrets of the Craft”
June 2006 Witchfest Wales; “Shapeshifting in Mythology & Magic”
November 2005 Witchfest International; “Artemis: Greek Goddess of the Wild Beasts”
August 2005 Artemis Gathering (Esher, Surrey); “Ritual Construction”; “Horned Gods of Britain”
June 2005 Witchfest Wales; “Ritual Construction”, “Astral Doorways” (workshop)
May 2005 Witchfest England; “Finding your personal path”; “Introduction to the Astral Realms”
July 2005 Witchfest Scotland; “Creative Ritual & The Seasons”
November 2004 Witchfest International; “The Anglo-Saxon Nine Herb Charm”
June 2004 Witchfest Wales, “Astral Projection”
May 2004 Witchfest England, “The Resurgence of the Divine Feminine”, “Hekate: Initiatory Guide of the Eleusian Mysteries”
October 2003 Halloween Festival (Mile End, London); “The Anglo-Saxon Nine Herb Charm”
September 2003 London Earth Mysteries Circle, “The Resurgence of the Divine Feminine”
July 2003 Witchfest Scotland, “Wicca: Mystery Tradition”
June 2003 Craftfest Ireland, “The Dark Goddesses Archetype”
May 2003 Witchfest England, “The Dark Goddess Archetype”
November 2002 Witchfest International, “The History of Skrying in Medieval Magic”
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March 2001 – August 2007: Sorita taught the Towards the Wiccan Circle and Towards the Qabalistic Tree of Life correspondence courses which she developed with husband David Rankine to students from around the world. More than 1600 students enrolled on these courses during the period they were open to students, with a high percentage of students completing the courses successfully.
