The-WITCHING

03/02/2026

"Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."
~ Hunter S. Thompson

02/02/2026

Introducing our new exhibition for 2026. A Witness to Witchcraft: Stewart Farrar and the Modern Craft

Stewart Farrar (1916–2000) was one of the most influential chroniclers of modern witchcraft in the twentieth century.
Through his writing and photography, Farrar helped to record, interpret, and transmit the practices, beliefs, and people of the Craft at a moment when it was emerging from secrecy into public view.

Initiated into Wicca in the 1960s, Farrar wrote not as a distant observer but as a participant. His books—many written in collaboration with his wife, Janet Farrar—became foundational texts for generations of practitioners, shaping how witchcraft was understood both within the Craft and beyond it. At the same time, his photography offered a rare visual record of rituals and individuals connected to contemporary pagan practice.

This exhibition brings together Farrar’s words and images to explore his dual role as witness and maker of tradition. It considers how his work balanced revelation with discretion, scholarship with belief, and personal experience with public record.

Rather than presenting witchcraft as spectacle, Farrar approached it as a living, evolving practice—rooted in ritual, shaped by community, and carried forward through his photography and writing. His legacy endures not only in the texts he wrote with Janet or the photographs he took, but in the ways modern witchcraft continues to be seen, spoken about, and understood.

The exhibition will be divided into four sections - Word - Image - Ritual - Legacy. We would very much like to thank Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone for allowing us access to Stewart’s archive and photography

02/02/2026

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24/01/2026

IMBOLC / CRONE

We once again gather to welcome the coming of Spring with Brigid and hope for all of our future.

This year, rather than bidding farewell to the Cailleach, we honour her presence.
We carry forward the wisdom of the elders.

It is a celebration of the crone among us and within us. For if we are all fortunate, we all grow older, and in doing so can pass on wisdom we have learned in life and from experience.

Magic and connections
Hope for the future
Honouring the past

The celebrations will include a dusk procession from the Youth Hostel to the Abbey.

Collective, inclusive drumming sessions with Whitby Trommel Fiends
Bring a drum and join the rhythm

Fire - sacred and transforming

An open to all pop up art show
Make a self portrait of you as Crone / Cailleach ( this is gender inclusive)

Make a Brigid doll for blessings, protection and intention.

Ceremonies of remembrance and sharing wisdom

The Full Moon rises too which we celebrate, Brigid’s silver mirror in the dark.

Games. Dancing. Music.
And, of course, the finest ale.

📍 Whitby Brewery and YHA Whitby
📅 1st February 2026
🕰️ 4.00pm - END
🔥 Yes

Full Timings to follow

Image from a photo by Angela Child

22/01/2026

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20/01/2026

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