Moonshine 2021: The Cafe is the ‘lite’ version of this class. It is $180 for the entire year and includes:
A full-length painting tutorial delivered via downloadable video + PDF on the first of every month throughout 2021
An art witch primer & an art witch tip delivered every month in your PDF.
Lifetime membership in Moonshine Cafe, which is our online meeting space on Facebook.
An invitation to two live gatherings per year on Zoom, where you can meet all the art witches, including those in the full-length program. These will take place on or near Summer and Winter Solstice.
Lifetime access to the course materials.
The Cafe Experience is meant to orient you with the art witch way of doing things while giving you plenty of guidance in the realm of mixed media art journaling.
Think you might prefer the whole shebang instead? Get the details here.
Moonshine Cafe begins on January 1st with your first full-length monthly painting tutorial, an art witch tip, an art witch primer (which includes correspondences, suggested activities, recommended reading, and more) and worksheets designed to help you get the most out of the energies of the month we are in. You will receive a new lesson on the first of every month throughout 2021 + lifetime membership in Moonshine Cafe, which is where art witches past and present commune. You will also be invited to two outer court Zoom meetings on or near Summer and Winter Solstice so we can all meet ‘face to face’ and celebrate together.
The Moonshine Cafe experience is $180 for the entire year!
If you need to purchase Moonshine Cafe with a payment plan, please consider Patreon, where it is available at the $20/mth level and includes A Year Of Mary, Journal52, and Journal Jam Replays amongst other things. 🙂
Hold on now, Effy! What’s Art Witchery?
Art Witchery is the use of visual arts as a way to change our consciousness in accordance with our will. Art Witches work with colour, shape, symbol, and practice to raise energy, which we direct towards the things we wish to attain for ourselves and the world. Our desires may be as simple as changing our habits or as complicated as working for justice. Whatever you bring to the table can be ‘art witched’ through creative practice, and I will teach you how.
Moonshine is ‘non-denominational’, which means that there is no one tradition of witchery taught or upheld in this class. You can also come to the class with your own spiritual practices and beliefs and adapt the content to suit you. While we do not use the words ‘witchery’ and ‘witch’ lightly in this class, we undertake these practices with mirth and open-mindedness, understanding that magic *works* even if we don’t necessarily understand how.
This class is experiential. You are your own authority, and there is no right or wrong way to ‘do’ Moonshine. This means you don’t have to come in with ‘belief’ or ‘faith’ in the process. You will grow in understanding how this works as you work it, and as you learn, research, and practice, you will be creating your own special brand of art witchery – in short, your own ‘tradition’, specifically designed by and for *you*.
A Little More About What We Do
In Moonshine, we operate from a place of knowing that when we heal ourselves, we heal the world. When we serve our highest good, we serve The Highest Good. When we go after our desires in alignment with our will, we are increasing joy, fulfillment, power, and manifestation for the entire collective. We work in the realm of the microcosm with an understanding that it will impact the macrocosm. Note, though, that this is not a “Law of Attraction” style program. We do not engage in victim-blaming, spiritual bypassing, or ‘love and lighting’. We embrace and work with shadow and grit. We engage deeply and reverently with the powers that be in order to attain a sense of alignment (what we call ‘soundness’) and to remove the obstacles within us that prevent the attainment of our desires. While the work we do is done privately, in our own studios (or living rooms or dining rooms), we gather virtually in order to amplify each individual’s energies so that the intentions we set and the work we do is exponentially more effective.
If you’re not into the ‘woo woo’ or ‘working’ part of this program, that’s fine, too. You can just join in and paint with us, but fair warning: the magicks are contagious. You might find yourself art witching things up in no time!
People in this program have had a lot of fun and created a lot of beautiful things in the name of art witchery, but they have also left jobs that were no longer a good fit for them, escaped abusive relationships, dealt with addictive behaviours, dropped habits that no longer served them, met the loves of their lives, discovered their true vocation, unearthed talents that had lain dormant for years, identified core beliefs that stood in the way of their living their best lives, and made connections that serve as ‘soul pod’ or chosen family.
In other words, witches in Moonshine have discovered that Moonshine works if you work it.
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($180)
Please purchase with care as I do not offer refunds.
Here’s An Example of A Monthly Themed Painting
Click the thumbnails to view full-sized. Gorgeous, right?
TESTIMONIALS
I came to moonshine drawn by the idea of working with the energies of the moon, and what I found was so much more. Not only does Effy provide a textbook worth of both educational and personal material, but the coven of like-minded individuals you will find is also incredibly special. It is a “place” where intuition reigns and no feeling needs to be justified. A place where your presence, warts and all, will be honoured and seen and held. It is not therapy, but rather a long, hydrating drink for the soul. – April Laramey
I’m not at all witchy but I was completely bewitched by Effy and totally warmed by the safe haven of Moonshine this year. An amazing art and journalling program that’s wonderfully outside of the norm. This spiritual agnostic learned a great deal (am still learning!) and was shown some amazing art techniques but most importantly, I found a happy and safe place. This year has been a difficult struggle and though I haven’t always finished the art, just seeing the wonderful journal pages, the sharing and friendly camaraderie of the group has been like a healing balm. I’m in next year for sure! – Sal Sheibe
This course has been a real awakening. I didn’t quite know which path I wanted to travel on and I can get quite muddled and indecisive about what I am doing and why. Moonshine has given me focus. I have seen things in a different way and found out things about myself and which direction I want to move in that I really didn’t realize. It is a wonderfully supportive class with a caring and nurturing community as well as an awesome teacher who is with you at every step. This truly is magical. – Lesley Larcombe
When I signed up for Moonshine, I thought it would be a great way into my art journal on each new and full moon. A way to just be more aware of the cycles and make pretty art around cyclical themes. However, it was SO MUCH more! Moonshine is a container for some serious art witchery – cycling with the moon and the themes of each month, making meaningful art, and doing some serious and sometimes even playful soul work. And then there is the coven of witches – a safe and gentle landing place where we can be held, understood and witnessed just as we are, warts and all. I am so glad I took the plunge this year, and I look forward to cycling with the moon again next year! – Shinjini Mehrotra
Moonshine is pure magic on so many levels: journal making, art-making, art journalling, moon cycling, information gathering, and self-discovery. Skim the surface or delve as deep as you like. Effy’s knowledge is vast and her support and guidance and the support of other participants is unwavering and all-encompassing. The love and power of the Facebook group is palpable and buoyant. Terrific value–I have a book just from Effy’s pdfs alone which are full of pointers and prompts. I can’t recommend this course enough. – Sue Blott
Moonshine is one of those classes that is more than just videos and PDFs and supply lists – it’s an experience. It’s magic and community and being present in your life. It’s making intentions and throwing paint and feeling gratitude. It’s research and association. It’s love. It’s absolutely love.
That’s not to say that there is no room to just take the lessons and make the art – it can absolutely be a filling of the journal with pretty spreads. To do that, though, is to lose SO MUCH of the magic of the class, which is a deep dive into your magical roots, your ancestors, your own associations with the zodiac, the elements, and the way you walk through the world. It’s a chance to take your inner wild child by the hand and lead her into the moonlight.
You will absolutely not regret signing up. – Sarah Trumpp
Moonshine found me-it was an impulse purchase- and through the lessons and the people I’ve met in Moonshine, I have really started to find myself. To feel like I am meeting myself on the page, in my art, in the process of making art. I have found how powerful journaling is for me, how big an impact it makes and I have learned so much about ways I can combine this with art. I have seen how cycling with the moon connects with me and helps me be connected. There is so much in moonshine, some months I’ve touched the surface, some months I have dived deep, every month the group of people that make it have been a safe, accepting place to explore and ponder and question and art. This year could have been a really hard one-it’s had death, pain, sorrow and could have overwhelmed me but moonshine, journaling and art have been the roots that are helping me grow into the person I’ve always wanted to be. – Rachel Kentish
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*Please purchase with care as I do not offer refunds.