Step beyond the THRESHOLD.
An EXTRA world of wonder AWAITS.
Fàl is our INTERNATIONAL online community for witches, magical practitioners and the WITCH-curious to learn, PRACTICE, share and belong.
The Scottish Gaelic word fàl means a hedge, boundary or enclosure: a protected space. That is exactly what I wanted this community to be. Not somewhere that tells you what to believe. Somewhere that gives you enough shelter to work it out.
Your practice belongs to you.
Your practice belongs to you.
I created Fàl because social media is wonderful for finding one another, but it is not always very good at helping us stay together.
I wanted somewhere slower.
Somewhere questions could become conversations. Somewhere a person entirely new to witchcraft could sit beside someone who has practised for decades without either needing to prove themselves.
A place where knowledge can be shared generously while cultural traditions are treated with care and respect.
Where asking a question is welcomed and where saying “I don’t know” is welcomed too.
And where we understand the difference between opening a door to learning and taking something that was never ours to take.
A community
without a hierarchy.
There’s a seat
for everyone!There are no baby witches here.
There is no spiritual ladder to climb and nobody waiting at the top to declare you sufficiently witchy.
You may know things I don’t know. I may know things you don’t know. Somebody else may ask the question neither of us had thought to ask.
That is how living traditions survive.
We learn from one another.
Fàl exists to help you deepen your practice rather than become dependent upon someone else’s.
Come for the Scottish folk magic. Come for the astrology, tarot, herbalism, seasonal practice, spell work, meditations, book club and conversations. But take what is useful back into your own life.
The aim is not to practise like me.
The aim is to practise like you.
Choose your entry…
Begin where you are. You can always move closer to the fire when the season is right.
The Hedge
£1
FREE with code FREEACCESS
A liminal place of entry, ideal for those who want to begin gently, before stepping further in.
Includes:
Free Guides & Resources
Access to Weekly Updates
Hedge-side view of the community feed
First Footing
£20
ANNUAL INVESTMENT
A first step across the threshold, ideal for those who want a gentle, intentional beginning at a lighter cost.
Includes:
Everything in The Hedge
Access to the Daily Energy Calendar
Book Club & Book-centred discussion spaces
Hearth Fire
£10/£120
MONTHLY OR ANNUAL
The steady fire to gather round, ideal for those who want ongoing seasonal rhythm and a real sense of community.
Includes:
Everything in First Footing
Access to The Witch's Wheel calendar
Guided meditations and live online gatherings
13 Magical Nights Guidance
Come as you ALREADY are.
Begin with curiosity.
The knowledge and language will come as you learn.
Start where you are.
Your practice grows from the life you already live.
Move at your own pace.
There is no timetable to follow or standard to meet.
Find your own way.
Whether you join in regularly or quietly observe, you belong here.
Some members are in the middle of every conversation. Some appear with a cup of tea, read everything and disappear back behind the hedge.
Both are members of the community.
Come as you are. Stay as long as you need.
A glimpse beyond the hedge…
A little of Fàl is free (yes, really!)
You do not need to pay to begin.
The Hedge is the free entry point into Fàl: somewhere to come through the gate gently, explore some of my work and get a feel for the community before deciding whether you want to go any further.
Alongside weekly updates and a hedge-side view of the community, you’ll find a growing collection of free resources inside.
To give you a glimpse of the kind of practice you’ll find there, two of the resources currently waiting at The Hedge are:
Threshold Cord Cutting
A guided PDF practice for consciously marking separation, release and the crossing from one state into another.
Celestial Water
A practical guide to creating water in relationship with celestial events and using it within your own ritual practice.
These are not samples with half the pages missing or teasers designed to make you pay for the rest. They are complete practices, there for you to use.
The Hedge is free forever with the code FREEACCESS.
Follow the ROOTS.
My own practice has been shaped not only by what I was taught and what I have experienced, but by years of reading, researching and following threads through Scottish history, folklore and folk practice.
I want Fàl to encourage that same curiosity.
I do not want to become the place you come to for every answer. I would much rather point you towards the archives, researchers, historians, practitioners and projects that have helped me ask better questions in the first place.
These are three resources particularly close to my own practice:
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft — University of Edinburgh
An extraordinary place to begin exploring the Scottish witch trials. The project brings togetherhistorical records concerning those accused of witchcraft in Scotland and allows you to explore people, places and cases across the country.
Cailleach’s Herbarium
A rich resource exploring Scottish folklore, folk magic, herbalism, folk belief and history. It is one of those places where you can follow one thread and suddenly discover you have been reading for three hours.
Witches of Scotland
A campaign and educational resource dedicated to the people accused of witchcraft in Scotland and to ensuring that their stories are remembered. Their work brings the history of the trials into the present through research, storytelling, campaigning and memorialisation.
FOLLOW the sources. READ widely. Notice WHERE the threads LEAD you.
Your practice should become more rooted the more you learn, not more dependent on the person teaching you.
