Mentoring with Laurelei

  • You can schedule any type of 1-on-1 appointment (mentoring, coaching, consultation, reading, etc) via my scheduling page.

  • All of my 1-on-1 sessions (mentoring, coaching, consulting, reading, etc) are uniquely customized to the needs and interests of the client.

    If you are an RTA or Dovecote student who wants me to personally review and offer feedback on your work as you proceed through the class, monthly mentoring sessions are the way to go. In this scenario, you’ll be able to email your work to me at least 7 days before our session so I can review it, and then we’ll talk about it during our time together. We can also talk through any questions, concerns, experiences, etc that you like.

  • Not at all! Students in my courses get a discount on all of my services and products, but I am open to talking with pretty much anyone about magic, witchcraft, Aphrodite, spirituality, Pagan homeschooling, and more. Just book a session, and we’ll go from there!

  • At the risk of sounding self-aggrandizing, I value my time fairly highly. I run a disability services agency and manage a growing team of employees for that work, in addition to writing books and blogs, hosting events, leading two “schools”, creating (and editing) video content, and running a small indie publishing house. I am crazy about my spouse and adult offspring, and I intentionally make time for them in my week. I’m busy, folx, and it takes a genuine level of compensation to maintain all the work I do.

    My hourly rate ($100/hour) reflects my needs for fair energy exchange.

  • Yes! I make discounts (usually about 25% off) for students in the courses I teach, and I will sometimes run sales/specials for Team Laurelei members (including those on the free News & Notes option). Those discount codes can be found in the course materials and/or in the Team Laurelei section of this website.

  • I do not offer refunds for any 1-on-1 sessions that are cancelled (with or without notice) unless I am the one who needs to cancel. This is because I also make an investment of time and energy leading up to your session, and I was unable to schedule with someone else during that time. NOTE: I cancel very rarely, and usually only in response to family/health emergencies.

  • The “Free Consult” is a 15-minute session to give folx considering a mentoring relationship the opportunity to meet with me, ask some procedural questions, and see if we are a good fit to work together.

    Only 1 of these sessions is available per person. And it has a hard time limit of 15-minutes.

    This is NOT a free reading, free mentoring/coaching/teaching session, etc.

  • I am sorry for the inconvenience, if that is the case. I only have 3 sessions per week available for 1-on-1 time with clients and students. These times were carefully chosen to work around my other commitments (job, family needs, livestreams, writing schedule, video schedule, special events, etc.)

Red Thread Academy

  • The RTA is the teaching/learning branch of the Spiral Castle Tradition of witchcraft. It is presented as a series of 3 course manuals that take a witch from Dedication through 3rd degree in the SCT. The books are available in PDF format here on this website, and printed copies are available from Amazon.

  • I’m assuming you’ve already purchased a course manual. (I recommend starting with Year 1, since it lays the foundation for all work within this system.) That being said, there is a lot of info in each course manual, and I know it can be daunting. I made this video in 2022 to help folks get started: https://youtu.be/MjsoaI-FsoQ

  • The Thread app was launched in 2021, and is mentioned in the 2021-2023 editions of the course manuals. However, in mid- to late-2023, I pivoted away from the app since it doesn’t actually work as I had hoped.

    Most of what the app-users wanted and needed can be accessed directly through this website now — all under the Resources menu.

  • That depends. If you are pursuing formal mentoring, you will email 3-5 assignments to me about 7 days before our monthly mentoring session, and we will discuss them during our scheduled time.

    If you are looking for general feedback, you can post any work you like in the relevant sections of our Discord. I will see them there, and so will fellow students.

    If you want to take initiation in-person at the end of Year 3, but you don’t want to engage in formal mentoring, then I ask that you put your work in a Google Drive at the end of each course year (or at the very end of all 3 courses, if needed) and share it with me to review prior to initiation. (There are detailed instructions about this in the Year 3 course manual’s appendices.)

  • There is a fairly comprehensive description of this process in the appendix of the Year 3: Mastery book. In short, you will contact me (which you can do using the form on this website) after your work is completed, let me know you are ready, provide me with a copy of all the work from Years 1-3, and then we’ll find a mutually agreeable weekend and discuss the cost. (In January 2023, that cost was about $1000 and included lodging, meals, “swag,” and more — just to give you a general idea of the budget.)

  • Yes, there is! You can find fellow witchy students and practitioners of this Tradition/School in our Discord server! Just fill out this form so we can confirm you’re a student, and we’ll get you hooked up. https://forms.gle/yecyTscTnFjjjmnM7

  • Sure! As I say often: I’m not the Witchcraft police. You can study the materials, talk with others in the Discord, and even undergo mentoring with me — all without committing to the SCT. If those things are helpful to your personal path, I am happy to make them available. All I ask is that you have done things the SCT way if you are seeking initiation or speaking with others about the Tradition, specifically.

The Dovecote

  • The Dovecote Seminary is a thealogical seminary for followers of Aphrodite. The Dovecote offers courses, training programs, and individual classes to ALL of Aphrodite's people, including devotees, lovers, followers, priestexes, scholars, oracles, enchanters, courtesans, and leaders. You can learn more by visiting the Dovecote webpage here.

  • If you are registered in a Dovecote course, you are encouraged to post your work in your cohort’s section of the TAA Discord. You will also be able to send work directly to me for us to discuss at our monthly mentoring sessions throughout the course’s duration.

  • Yes, there is! We have a Temple of Aphrodite Asteria server on Discord, and all Dovecote students are welcome to participate. Just submit your info to Laurelei (and team) at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGSFyn1nqCfFcAfCTzEehAIUS4WsW2XP2J8Y5ZPzk5uL3HfA/viewform?usp=sharing

Retreats, Events, Etc

  • There’s always something on the horizon for me! My upcoming appearances should be listed on my About page.

  • I am! I’ve got in-person and online events coming up that I’ve helped organize.

    The Water Priestess Confluence (April) and Bewitching the Waters Symposium (November) are co-hosted with Annwyn Avalon. Those happen online, and anyone who registers has access to the videos for 6 months.

    Babalon Rising (June) is co-hosted with my husband at Midian in Springville, IN.

    And any retreats on the About page that mention Driftwood Tiny Retreats — those are at my home near Madison, IN. (We created a tiny, intimate retreat space here where we live so we could have VERY small 10-person events year round.)

  • That would be very cool! Contact me to let me know you’ll be there, and I will let you know how best to find me!