Hello and happy spring!

Here is what I have in the works for the month of March.
This Sunday I am teaching a "Mysteries of Ostara" class at Mystic Valley in St. Louis. Here are all the deets.
Mysteries of the Sabbats Class Series
Date: Sunday, March 9Class topic: Mysteries of Ostara
Place: Mystic Valley
7241 Manchester Road Maplewood MO.
Time: 2-4 pm
Price: $40.00 per class
Class description: Mysteries of Ostara
Author Ellen Dugan continues her series of eight classes on the Sabbats or the Wheel of the Year at Mystic Valley. The next class in the series continues with a class on Ostara, also known as the Vernal/ Spring Equinox. This is a fresh and fun class that discusses the history, folklore and magick of this Spring time holiday. The class includes handouts with seasonal spells and charms. You will learn about the deities of the holiday, and where that Bunny with the colored eggs really came from. This is a time of re-birth and balance. Let's use this energy and gain some inspiration and connection to the natural world. See you there!

Next up the FREE discussion group I have been working on for over a year is finally a reality! A coven sister, friend and the author of several articles, Charlynn Walls will be facilitating this discussion group with me. Our first topis of the discussion group will be: "Wicca, Witchcraft and Paganism: Whats the difference?" 

Wicca Discussion Group (NEW! and FREE!)
Date: Saturday, March 22Place: Mystic Valley
7241 Manchester Road Maplewood MO.
Time: 3-4 pm
Free
Join authors Ellen Dugan and Charlynn Walls for a free Wicca discussion group at Mystic Valley!  Finally our discussion group is a reality for the St. Louis area. Come join us as we discuss Wicca, Witchcraft and various magickal and Pagan topics. Looking forward to seeing you there! "Wicca, Witchcraft and Paganism: Wats the difference? is our first discussion topic for the series. Come as you are and enjoy an afternoon of witchy camaraderie. 

Practical Prosperity Magick- Release date June 7, 2014

In other news I am finishing up book # 16,  Book #15 Practical Prosperity Magick will be released in three months! So excited about this prosperity book. You will notice it is part of my practical magick series and is the same size and cover design as Practical Protection Magick. Which was all part of my master plan. Mwah ha ha.  

It is supposed to hit 60 degrees here today! Hopefully this dismal winter is on its' way out and spring can start easing back to us.  My goal for today is to get in a nice walk- outdoors! 

Welcome the spring and Blessed be, Ellen

Good Morning,
Hooray! September is here! Tour season is kicking off and the Pagan Dream Cruise is days away. A summer heatwave is blazing away at the moment but autumn is just around the corner. I am really looking forward to this autumn and my upcoming author events. I have been prepping for all of the classes I will be teaching on the Cruise, as well as while I am on tour and here at home in St. Louis.
Here is the list of where and when I will be touring and teaching this autumn.

SEPTEMBER TOUR DATES 2013

Second Annual Pagan Dream Cruise 
Dates September 9 - September 14
Place: Bahamas!
Ellen will be doing tarot readings by appointment and will be teaching four different classes while on the cruise.

Luna Sol Esoterica (FLORIDA)
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013
Address: 311 S. Park Avenue
Sandford, Florida.
Class Topic: "Magickal Herbalism"
Class Time 1:00- 3:00pm (Book signing to follow)
Class Fee: $25.00
Store Phone: 321-363-4883

Join award winning author and Master Gardener Ellen Dugan, at Luna Sol Esoterica for a lecture on Magickal Herbalism. Ellen will discuss the fundamentals of the natural path, and the tools of the magickal herbalist’s trade- which may surprise you.
Discover the magick of plants, trees, flowers and herbs that can be easily incorporated into your own style of witchery, in practical and profound ways. This class will inspire, and motivate you to take your magick to the next level.
After the class Ellen will be on hand to sign her titles and to visit. Looking forward to seeing you there!
For more information, and to sign up for the class please contact the store at 312-363-4883


A Four Part Series of Classes at the Mystic Valley Store During September & October
Class dates- Sunday- September 22, 28 & October 6 and 13th
Time: 2:00- 4:00pm
Place: Mystic Valley Store
7241 Manchester Road
Maplewood, MO. 63143
Ages 18 and up are welcome
Classes are $40.00 each --or attend all four classes for $140.00 and save! (Payment for all four classes is due in full at the time of the first class.)
Store Phone: 314-645-3336
www.mysticvalleyonline.com
Elemental Witchery- Sunday September 22nd (at Mystic Valley)
Earth, air, fire and water… not just for the 101 student. Dare to take a deeper more advanced look into the four natural elements that we draw upon in our magick. What element do you favor? Which do you have trouble with? By taking a deeper look at these questions you begin to see what your magickal strengths and weakness are. We are all a mixture of the four natural elements. Learn how to restore and balance your personal power, making your magick more effective and powerful

Psychic Ability and Witchery. Class Date- Sunday, September 29 (at Mystic Valley)
In this second class we learn how the various types of psychic abilities, (and YES everyone has them) affect and enhance your Craft. We will learn about three types of psychic abilities and will work together with energy exercises in class. You will discover if you are a visionary, an intuitive or an empath. There will also be a demonstration of building energy and passing it to another, and chance for all of the students to try out their intuitive skills for themselves.

Looking Deeper- Becoming an Adept. Class date, Sunday, October 6th (at Mystic Valley )
How does one become an adept? This third class in the series addresses this issue. With an honest look at the topic and some straight-up information that any Witch struggling to go beyond the “Beginner” phase of their training needs to know. In this class the students will get up and put what they have learned into practice. This class focuses on individuality, and how our own personal magickal style makes each of us more powerful and spiritual.

Tending to Your Spirituality. Class Date- Sunday, October 13th ( at Mystic Valley)
Spirituality, what does it truly mean to us as Witches? In this final class of the series we talk about “Living the magickal life.” How does one live and conduct themselves as a person of power? This class explores finding the sacred in what others perceive as ordinary. The mystery tradition of the Craft, and just why this “Mystery” is so darned mystifying anyway…. This is a deeper look at the fifth element of magick, that of Spirit.

OCTOBER TOUR DATES

Turn The Page Books - Author Appearance and Book Signing (MARYLAND)
Date: October 26, 2013
Time: Noon- 2:00pm
Place: Turn The Page Books
18 N Main Street
Boonsboro, MD 21713
Store phone: 301-432-4588

Ellen has been invited back to Turn The Page Books to sign her Witches Tarot deck, Seasons of Witchery, and the 10th Anniversary Edition of Garden Witchery, with Nora Roberts this fall. This will be an enchanting event with Halloween just around the corner!
Authors Carolyn Turgeon and Tess Whitehurst will also be there, and Nora will be signing copies of her newest release "Dark Witch".
http://www.ttpbooks.com/

Blessed be, Ellen

Hello,

I have been working away on book #16 this past week, and things have been a little hectic while my daughter prepares to leave for graduate school, out of state. She is excited, and at the moment we have lots of boxes all packed and stacked in the garage. Moving day is in less than two weeks and its going to be quite the process. Getting a moving truck, clearing out her storage unit, packing up her items from home, then the 280 mile drive to her new apartment. She is pretty excited to begin this next chapter of her life and I am going to have the chance to re-do my guest bedroom- again.
It was my guest room when she moved out a few years ago, then when Erin moved back home to save up for graduate school, it became her bedroom once again. So I packed up all of the pretties that were in that guest room and stored them. 

Now that I have a date where I can turn that room back into a vintage garden room, I can hardly wait to start decorating. First I will clean and cleanse the room, and bless it so anyone who stays there is a happy guest and that the energy is welcoming.

It was this soon-to-be-home decorating project, that got me to thinking about my Hearth & Home Magick Online Class. People have been asking me for a long time to offer it again, I had retired it over a year ago... and so I have decided to offer it once again for a limited time, and so it is now available online again until September 1st, 2013.

This online class uses my book Cottage Witchery, as it's required reading, and boasts a LARGE amount of class material. There are new spells and kitchen witchery for you to work and to learn. Best of all it is worked in the privacy of your own home, it is as always, affordable. Hearth & Home Magick is a work at your own pace class- all of my online classes are. So you can work through the material on your own schedule.You can order any of my online classes on my website by clicking on the following link. Ellen Dugan's Online Classes

In other news I have found a fabulous store in St. Louis to teach in-person classes once more! Seemed to me that with the majority of my students coming from St. Louis or Eastern Illinois, it would be a good idea to look for a classroom space within St. Louis. Here is the information!

AUGUST 2013

PRACTICAL PROTECTION MAGICK CLASS AT MYSTIC VALLEY IN ST. LOUIS

Class date- Saturday, August 31, 2013
Time: 2:00- 4:00pm
Place: Mystic Valley
7241 Manchester Road
Maplewood, MO. 63143
Ages 18 and up are welcome
Class price: $40.00
Store Phone: 314-645-3336
www.mysticvalleyonline.com

Award winning author Ellen Dugan is teaching her very popular workshop on Practical Protection Magick . This class will cover your psychic strengths and weaknesses, explain how to diagnose a magickal problem, and discuss the difference between a hex and a crossed condition. This live class has been popular across the country and Ellen is delighted to offer it for the first time in St. Louis city.
This class will explore real-life psychic self-defense, and it gives practical advice on dealing with emotional and uninvited psychic vampires. Several techniques of protective spell-work will be discussed, and you will also discover what the phrase “Magick follows the least path of resistance”, truly means. Class fee -$40.00. Call the store soon to reserve your spot in class.

 SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER CLASSES AT MYSTIC VALLEY IN ST. LOUISNatural Witchery Series of Classes
Ellen is teaching classes locally in the St. Louis area again! Ellen will be teaching her classes on four consecutive Sundays at Mystic Valley. The first series of four classes will be on various topics of Witchery and Practical Magick. Ages 18 and up are welcome.

Class dates- Sunday- September 22, 28 & October 6 and 13th
Time: 2:00- 4:00pm
Place: Mystic Valley
7241 Manchester Road
Maplewood, MO. 63143
Ages 18 and up are welcome
Classes are $40.00 each --or attend all four classes for $140.00 and save! (Payment for all four classes is due in full at the time of the first class.)
Store Phone: 314-645-3336
www.mysticvalleyonline.com
Elemental Witchery- Sunday September 22nd
Earth, air, fire and water… not just for the 101 student. Dare to take a deeper more advanced look into the four natural elements that we draw upon in our magick. What element do you favor? Which do you have trouble with? By taking a deeper look at these questions you begin to see what your magickal strengths and weakness are. We are all a mixture of the four natural elements. Learn how to restore and balance your personal power, making your magick more effective and powerful

Psychic Ability and Witchery. Class Date- Sunday, September 29th
In this second class we learn how the various types of psychic abilities, (and YES everyone has them) affect and enhance your Craft. We will learn about three types of psychic abilities and will work together with energy exercises in class. You will discover if you are a visionary, an intuitive or an empath. There will also be a demonstration of building energy and passing it to another, and chance for all of the students to try out their intuitive skills for themselves.

Looking Deeper- Becoming an Adept. Class date, Sunday, October 6th
How does one become an adept? This third class in the series addresses this issue. With an honest look at the topic and some straight-up information that any Witch struggling to go beyond the “Beginner” phase of their training needs to know. In this class the students will get up and put what they have learned into practice. This class focuses on individuality, and how our own personal magickal style makes each of us more powerful and spiritual.

Tending to Your Spirituality. Class Date- Sunday, October 13th
Spirituality, what does it truly mean to us as Witches? In this final class of the series we talk about “Living the magickal life.” How does one live and conduct themselves as a person of power? This class explores finding the sacred in what others perceive as ordinary. The mystery tradition of the Craft, and just why this “Mystery” is so darned mystifying anyway…. This is a deeper look at the fifth element of magick, that of Spirit.

So that's it from here. Be sure to nab your Hearth & Home online class while it is avaialbe and I hope to see some of the locals at my new Witchcraft Classes at Mystic Valley soon!
Happy summer and Blessed be.
Ellen