Welcome to School.
Witch School.
Hawthorn Arts Centre - Melbourne
7-8 June 2025
Early Bird Tickets Now Available
"Witch" has Always Been a Codeword for Women Society wants to Control
Witch School 2023
Dear Sister,
I know you.
For a long time, you’ve been searching.
Sometimes, you’re not even sure what for.
But you know, for certain, that there’s something more.
Sister, I see you.
Scouring the internet for information, joining groups in an effort to find your tribe, following people who ‘look like’ they’re good spiritual teachers …
… but your soul is craving something deeper.
Because you intuitively understand that social media is a highlights reel.
That great spiritual truths can’t be captured in an image carousel.
That true knowledge comes from real and physical experiences.
That’s why we opened Witch School.
The High Priestess Witch School is all about giving you direct, face-to-face access to highly experienced witches, healers and practitioners, who want to share their knowledge with you. It’s also about growing and flourishing together in a space of witchhood, so that you can step fully into the witch you know, deep down, you were meant to be.
Witch School is a two day event, being held in 15th and 16th June, 2024.
It’s a season of magic, with a community focus on rebirth and renewal.
It’s when we focus on new beginnings, and deeper magical work.
Connect with witches in a safe, supportive space
At Witch School, we’ll help you connect to, and learn from, other individual witches in a safe, supportive, and structured way.
You’ll have a timetable of various 90 minute classes and lectures, which run over 8 hours each day. Classes will be led by experienced, genuine leaders and practitioners. These teachers know their stuff, and want you to know it too.
Here are just some of the classes we had in 2024!
2025 classes will be announced closer to the event
Witchcraft 101: A beginners class that teaches students who are new to the craft everything they needed to know about being a modern witch.
What's in the Cards?: A class all about reading and divining with tarot cards.
The Priestess Initiation: Bringing back female divinity and goddess worship to the modern world.
High Magic: An advanced class covering deep, ceremonial magic.
Seasonal Witchcraft: Learn how to work with the seasons and sabbats in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Magick of the Moon: Beginner and advanced techniques for drawing on the power of the moon in witchcraft and spellwork.
The Book of Shadows: A practical class that teaches you how to create your own spellbook, aka a book of shadows.
Practical Spellcrafting: A fun an interactive dive into how to craft and perform spells.
The Magic Brew: a practical and fun class that teaches you how to design and create potions.
The Green Witch: How to work with the power of nature, plants, and herbs.
The Witch's Familiar: Learn how to connect and work with sacred animals.
Sigils, Signs, and Symbols: The history, evolution, creation, and application of sigils in witchcraft.
The Witch's Circle: A powerful and interactive class all about how to cast a circle.
Bad Plants: An advanced class for experienced green witches, on the most misunderstood and poisonous plants.
Psychic Development: Learn how to develop your psychic abilities in this practical class.
Plus many more! We had over 30 classes on our timetable for our 2024 school!
Tiyana J, Class of 2023
Every class is led by experienced and knowledgeable witches, and there’s plenty of time and space to have your questions answered.
While you’re waiting for your next class to start, you’ll be hanging out in the central Witch Market - a space full of local and Australian suppliers and makers, with everything from crystals, herbs, tarot & cards, books (yes, you still need books!), talismans, readings - everything you need to upscale your apothecary and tool chest.
And yeah, I’ll point out the bleeding obvious at this point:
The High Priestess Witch School is pretty much like living in a fantasy novel for the weekend.
Enrol in the real life Witch School!
Witch School
Hawthorn Arts Centre
360 Burwood Road
Hawthorn, VIC
7th + 8th June, 2025
With Witch School, we’re running a limited release at early bird enrolment prices. In the future, we might increase entry fees, but for now: I strongly feel that the people who are called to do this have already read this far. You’re already into it.
This is the school I wish I’D had when I was first starting out AND when I needed to expand my practice decades later. There’s been nothing like this until now - we’re pretty sure this is a world-first!
Witch School 2025 - GA
7th & 8th June, 2025
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Ticket to the 2-day event
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Choose your own timetable
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Take home exercises and goodies
Witch School 2025 - VIP
7th & 8th June, 2025
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Priority registration - be the first to choose your classes so you don't miss out!
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Catered lunch both days
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VIP goodie bag
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Ticket to the 2-day event
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Choose your own timetable
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Take home exercises and goodies
Trin, Class of 2023
But how do you know if Witch School is for you?
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Are you interested in learning about Witchcraft?
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Are you tired of being told you can’t be a witch unless you are initiated?
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Do you love the word ‘witch’ for its historical and feminist connotation?
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Do you want to meet other folks who are just as curious about this stuff as you are?
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Do you feel like everyone else has their witchy stuff together and you don’t?
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Do you work or learn better in a safe, structured, inclusive, and supportive environment?
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Are there people in your life telling you that Witchcraft is evil, but you don’t think so?
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Do you want to learn about Witchcraft without spending hundreds of hours on the internet, for the basics?
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Do you want to feel confident in your own path, even if it doesn’t look like anyone else’s?
Even one yes - even one cautious ‘I think so?’’ - means Witch School has a desk for you.
It means your birthright is calling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Accommodation is not included in the ticket price. After you've booked, we'll send you out a welcome letter which will include some suggested places to stay. We'll ALSO send you a link to a private networking group where you can find room mates / couches to crash on!
The focus of all High Priestess content is the feminine and Goddess Worship. We strive to ensure our paganism is intersectional in every way - if you're interested in the topics presented, this is a safe, welcoming and inclusionary space. We welcome all members of the LGBTQI+ community, and men!
VIP have an included lunch, which will include vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options (please contact us for other dietary requirements).
For those who are coming on a GA ticket, you're welcome to bring your own lunch - maybe even have a bit of a picnic!
Anyone who is interested in Witchcraft is welcome! Please keep in mind that the sessions are being designed with an adult audience in mind, and the event isn't suitable for young children. Interested mature Teens are more than welcome, but we suggested parental oversight in choices of classes, as some may cover topics that are a bit more adult.
In the weeks leading up to the event, we'll send you a link to register for the classes you'd like to attend. There will be multiple classes running concurrently, each for a 1.5 hour block. You'll choose your classes and receive a personal timetable. Class sizes ARE limited, so once you've locked in your timetable, we'll only be able to swap classes around on the day if there are spaces available - so choose wisely!
Cultural appropriation is a really serious issue within the spiritual community - at High Priestess we believe in decolonisation and respect for Indigenous Cultures. We work with all of our speakers to ensure that their presentations fall within our guidelines on this and are constantly working to find representatives from different cultures to share their experiences.
If you’re not 100% sure, that’s fine too! We’ll always be part of your people, and you’ll be one of ours.
But right now, this early bird price is one of THE CHEAPEST I’ve offered in the LAST DECADE.
That’s something to think about.
Love and laughter,
Leela Cosgrove
Founder, High Priestess
Terms and Conditions
Due to the nature of Witch School and our class booking system, we offer the following refund terms on Witch School ticket purchases:
21 Days or more before the event: you can choose between a refund, transfer to another person, or a rollover to next year's event
20 Days or less before the event: we don't offer refunds in this period, but you can transfer to another person, or rollover to next year's event
Our timetable is chock full of amazing classes, and our popular classes do book quickly. We don't refund tickets within 20 days of the event if you don't get into the class you wanted and we can't guarantee any classes to you. We suggest buying a VIP ticket so you can get first dibs at your classes! In 2024 every VIP got the exact timetable they wanted. And regardless, we always say: you end up in the class you were meant to be in! You might pick something else on a whim and take a class that will totally change your life...
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