Hello! Im Breo, Priestess of The Hearth of Brighid a Traditionalist Witchcraft Coven in South Wales. I have been studying the craft for over 25 years. I started my training in a traditional coven setting when I was 18 and have grown from there. But its not been an easy path – so I understand exactly how you might be feeling as you start along the path, or when you reach a crossroads in it.
10 years ago, I was in a total magical funk. I was feeling completely lost – I knew all the moves and the theory but I just wasn’t connecting. I was going through the motions and feeling nothing. Except frustration, disappointment, and doubt. I tried to pull myself out of it by studying new things – but I was totally overwhelmed by the number of different books and gurus and I just wanted to escape it all.
2 months later I found myself at the start of the Inca Trail – I’ve never even been on more than a half day hike, but here I was so desperate for spiritual enlightenment that I was willing to don a backpack, stock up on power bars and climb stairs up a mountain for 26 miles!
I’m Breo May – Priestess and Traditional Witch offering Magical Training and Education in our Coven in South Wales
As I started walking I was so nervous! I felt so out of place. But the first stretch was along the side of the river and the sound of the water washing over the rocks calmed me. I just focused on the sound and my breath and before I knew it we were stopping for our first break.
As I sat on a rock looking up at the mountains and trees I knew why I was there.
I had flown thousands of miles to realise that what I needed wasn’t more rituals and more meditations, it wasn’t more books and more courses, it was the rivers and the trees, the rolling hills and the rugged cliffs where the magic would be found. It was all the things I thought my magic was about – but all the things I’d lost sight of.
By the time I walked through the Sun Gate 3 days later and gazed down at Machu Picchu the Hearth of Brighid had been born. As soon as I got home I started my new magical practices – greeting the elements every day and building a relationship with the land spirits.
Wow. What a difference! I felt liberated, connected and the magic seemed easy again.
And its continued to work – the relationships have got stronger and I am able to share what I’ve learnt with other people feeling the same as I did. Its why I created Elements of Witchcraft, a gentle introduction to my flavour of magic, aimed at refreshing your spiritual practice and helping you to find peace, connection and confidence in your abilities as a witch.
We all need a spiritual pilgrimage every now and then – but I now know you can do it right outside your front door and get results that can change your magical life forever.
The Hearth of Brighid is a Traditionalist Coven in South Wales
The Hearth of Brighid is the outer court of a Traditionalist Coven in South Wales, near Cardiff and Llantristant. We offer study nights and workshops magical and occult topics such as folk magic, spells, herbalism, mythology, meditation, basic ritual and other essential skills for witches. We offer in person training as well as online courses and our private facebook community.
Our purpose is to help you find the magic within you. We encourage freedom and personal exploration within a tried and tested magical framework. We will teach you robust magical techniques which will help you to grow and to become the witch you want to be. This is not a paint by numbers training, even our online courses are designed to be flexible and reactive to your needs. Thats why every single course comes with your own mentor – a real life person to guide you through the training and to modify it where needed.
We work with the Land, the Spirits of the Land and the Ancestors, with members are encouraged to make their own connections to the Divine. A lot of our time is spent outdoors, with rituals held in a privately owned peaceful grove. However we also undertake temple ritual indoors depending on the purpose of our working.
We are constantly learning and evolving. Magic and witchcraft is experiential and it has to change – it cannot be contained or frustrated! Each new member of the Hearth enhances our working and our energy, building on solid traditions and foundations to create something unique and wonderfully magical.
The coven is not currently accepting new members however Breo is offering exceptional candidates 1-2-1 apprenticeships. Email breo@nectw.org to discuss if this high intensity training programme is suitable for you. We also offer a range of online courses including Introduction to Moon Magic and Changing Tides – Working with the Seasonal Magical Energies which will help you decide if the kind of magic we do in the coven is right for you.
