Contents:
About Compost Coven (by Valerie Walker, H.PS., Compost Coven)
Witchcraft 101: the Compost teachings
Basic Ritual:
• Casting the Circle (Valerie)
• Invoking The Gods (Valerie)
• Your Magickal Tools (Valerie)
• Cakes & Wine and The Leave to Depart (Valerie)
• Aspects of the Gods (Valerie)
• The Vision Quest (Valerie)
• The Final Exam -- the actual final exam given students who were training for initiation into Compost Coven: can you pass it? (Valerie) [a pdf to download}
Rituals for Special Occasions:
• Two Samhain Rituals (Compost Coven and others)
• A Yule Ritual (Diana Walker)
• A Brigid Ritual (adapted from various sources)
• A Handfasting Ritual (Valerie Walker and Ron Miller)
• An Exorcism (traditional, adapted by Valerie)
• Rite for the Dying (Valerie)
Magickal Workings:
• I:Making a Mojo (Valerie)
• II:Pathworking (Valerie)
• III: Scrying and Divination (Valerie)
• Jo's Hex Spells: PDFs of hex spells to download, print out, and color; traditional and original designs by Jo Steen, originally published in the Compost NewsLetter.
Miscellaneous Magickal Stuff:
• Notes From Diane's Garden: Or The Curious Lore and Magical Property of Plants, from the pen of Diane Fenster, Prime Mover of the Universe. Originally published in the Compost NewsLetter.
• GIFs of the Goddess (Valerie)
• The Charge of the Goddess
(Doreen Valiente, reworked by Starhawk)
• Magickal Correspondences on Four (Traditional)
• Magickal Herbal Correspondences on Seven (Traditional)
• Correspondences on Seven, Five, Four, and Thirteen (various sources) given to me way back when by Tim (now Oberon) and Morning Glory Zell, and recently unearthed from the archives[a pdf to download]
• The Vee-Deck, a non-Tarot divination deck which consists of all major trumps, including the 22 from the standard Tarot, plus some on-beyond-Zebra cards such as ""The Wounded Warrior", "Fear", Sex', "It's All Greek To Me", and lots more. And, yes, you can buy it! (Valerie)
• A Witch in the Family (Tanya Miller)
• Reading List (Valerie)
Circle of the Winged Toads:
About the Toads
• Basic Wiccan Workbook, Eclectic Tradition (by Cynthia Gregory, Priestess, Circle of Winged Toads)
• Beltane Cake (Cynthia)
• Beltaine With the Toads (a gallery, pix and text by Valerie Walker)
• Beltaine With the Toads, Mark 2 (a gallery, pix taken by Monica and tweaked by Valerie)
• Another Brigid Ritual (Cynthia )
• Imbolc 2003 (commentary and pictures by Valerie, ritual by Ron Miller )
• The Lesser Elvis Banishing Ritual of the Sequined Pentagram (Robert)
• Midsummer (Litha) Ritual (Cynthia)
• ACyber-Ritual for Kicker, the Dog (Jim)
• Pagan in the Choir (Jim, dedicated to Maura)
• The Ritual and the Wait (Jim)
• Lammas Ritual '01 (Cynthia and other Toads)
• Samhain Ritual (Cynthia and other Toads)
• The Yule Feast of '01 (recipes by Ron Miller, pictures by Valerie Walker, stories courtesy of Maura Sipila)
• Mabon Ritual '02 (ritual by Jim, pix by Valerie)
• Grounding and Centering (Valerie)
The Faery (Feri) Tradition:
• Interview with Andraste, by Leah Samul, reprinted from the Compost NewsLetter
• The Pentacles of Feri, a brief introduction with links to more information.
• Feri FAQs
Valerie's take on the reclusive Feri tradition of Victor and Cora Anderson, which influenced Gwydion, Caradoc, Francesca Dubie's Third Road and Starhawk's Reclaiming traditions, among others. This is a PDF to download and is still in the process of being written; this is version 7.0.
• Feri Tradition Introduction
A simple but comprehensive intro to the Feri Tradition.
• Lilith's Lantern
The website of the Vicia line of Feri, closest to the later teachings of Victor Anderson.
• Vicia
Details about the beliefs and practices of the Vicia line.
Legalities:
• Bylaws of Compost Coven, Inc., a California religious corporation
• Minutes of the Annual Meeting, 2001