Hedgecraft Ritual Arts

04/01/2025

The FDA has officially banned fly agaric from being used in products meant for human consumption in the USA. This includes amanita muscaria as well as its N. American counterparts and the extracted chemical compounds muscimol, ibotenic acid, and muscarine.

The ban is the direct result of psychedelic edibles companies poisoning a large number of people in the US earlier this year via chocolates and gummies. Fly agaric itself isn’t necessarily the safety issue that led to the ban, but the shady sellers using unsafe, undisclosed ingredients in unregulated and unregistered products definitely are.

As a mushroom educator for many years, the poisonings may also partly have been caused by fly agaric species being confused with toxic amanita species as well as incorrect processing —both due to ignorance (and placing profit over people’s safety). It is important that all mushrooms are processed correctly before being ingested. Even eating “safe” edible mushrooms raw or improperly prepared can lead to poisoning symptoms.

Please note the new FDA ban is directed at the sale food products, not personal use by individuals. The mushroom itself and its constituents remain unscheduled (aka not included in the Controlled Substance Act).

Medicinal products are regulated separately from food products. If you are a herbal business selling medicinal fly agaric products within or to the US, you need to follow the regulations for dietary supplements covered in the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act. If you are an occult shop, selling a fly agaric product as “a curio only” is insufficient.

This info is for educational purposes only and is not legal advice.

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More info:

“Mushroom edibles are making people sick. Scientists still don’t know why.” NPR, August 21, 2024.

“Need for a Public Health Response to the Unregulated Sales of Amanita muscaria Mushrooms.” American Journal of Preventative Medicine, Sept 2024.

“FDA alerts industry and consumers about the use of Amanita muscaria or its constituents in food.” FDA, Dec 18, 2024.

“FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles.” NPR, Dec 21, 2024.

13/09/2024

I am locked out of my urbanwizard account so I’ve created a new hopefully temporary account https://www.instagram.com/p/C_1maNZsu-l/?igsh=MXJoZDdhYnB2bXIxaQ==

12/09/2024

TOMORROW NIGHT! (FRIDAY SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH)

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This Friday September 13th 9pm(online & recorded)we UNBIND NANCY!

Join Circe Academy for our ritual to unleash the Witchcraft Power of Unconditional Q***r Rage: The Unbinding of Nancy is a rejection of the chains of cishet binary normative love & light Christian extremism posing as witchcraft

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate at whatever level feels right

Discussion on the film will happen this Tuesday (September 10 9pm on Patreon) so try to watch/rewatch prior

Ceremony on the 13th will include slide presentation with lightly guided meditation, chant, Xematiasma 🧿, and optional collaborative ritual actions

optional ingredients could include: water for offerings, an unlit candle, symbols of witchcraft power… whatever feels right




***rWitch

10/09/2024

TONIGHT 9pm live and recorded: Hedgecraft Ritual Arts Patreon session will include discussion of The Craft through a q***r trans witchcraft lens

As usual we will engage in lightly guided Ancestral Portal Yoga, Kirkean Witch-Fire empowerment, divination & q&a

Everyone is welcome 🙏🏼

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09/09/2024

after what seems like a lifetime hiatus I am teaching in-person yoga asana again. I have been working on a sequence that is accessible, realistic, impactful, and most importantly that delivers instant results. Yes. Instant. Doesn’t matter if you have never done yoga, or if you are “out of shape”(we won’t speak like that in class), dealing with chronic illness or existential dread: instant results that you will continue to notice well beyond this first session.

I have been doing this a long time. Yoga has been a part of my life, alongside witchcraft, since childhood. In the early 2000s I made it official and went on to teach at the two largest yoga studios in the world, and my students have included professional athletes, billionaires, housewives, college athletes, musicians, actors, authors of every body type: everyone is welcome
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Join us for our Autumn Equinox commencement session! Everyone is welcome. We will do our best to offer modifications and options for every body type. New to yoga? Great! This is for you! Practiced yoga for many years? Great! You will very likely encounter some new info & approaches as we deconstruct harmful “yoga fitness” misconceptions while exploring its authentic history.
All sessions will be presented in a secular, non-religious context. This first gathering will include:

*guided meditation
*discussion/q&a
*asana (postures & movement)
*brief history of yoga
*the mechanics of yoga: prana-bindhu
*& more
Please bring a yoga mat (we suggest a thick firm one - manduka is a great investment), two yoga blocks, a large towel or mat cover, a bottle of water & notebook. (we have a limited amount of yoga blocks for folks to use, and chairs available for seated meditation)
Please do not attend if you have a cough or are at risk of spreading illness. We will have air filters in the room, and masks available, but not required.
All attendees must be over the age of 18. No exceptions.
This is a collaborative event between Nick Dickinson, The Cauldron Black, & The Witchery.
Tickets and attendee release form on The Cauldron Black website.

08/09/2024

This Friday September 13th 9pm(online & recorded)we UNBIND NANCY!

Join Circe Academy for our ritual to unleash the Witchcraft Power of Unconditional Q***r Rage: The Unbinding of Nancy is a rejection of the chains of cishet binary normative love & light Christian extremism posing as witchcraft

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate at whatever level feels right

Discussion on the film will happen this Tuesday (September 10 9pm on Patreon) so try to watch/rewatch prior

Ceremony on the 13th will include slide presentation with lightly guided meditation, chant, Xematiasma 🧿, and optional collaborative ritual actions

optional ingredients could include: water for offerings, an unlit candle, symbols of witchcraft power… whatever feels right




***rWitch

03/09/2024

31/08/2024

a reminder to pre book your psychic readings in from now through December- we are already turning walk-in folks away today

24/08/2024

I sang to La Bruxa and she said to say: don’t vote for genocide.

20/08/2024

I will be going live tonight on our usual Hedgecraft Ritual Arts Patreon zoom link 9pm

Everyone is welcome: lightly guided ancestral portal yoga, spirit-influenced group divination, an opportunity to ask me anything about anything…

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20/08/2024

thinking about these two witchcraft icons: huge thanks and deep gratitude to Jacqui & Matthew for founding and continuing to keep growing community through 5 difficult years

we don’t deserve you, but please keep going 🙏🏼❤️‍🔥🌹👑