(Baltimore County, MD)
On Lammas 1980, the four remaining active members of the original Deepstar coven, one generation removed from the Long Island Coven, elected to hive. Inasmuch as the reigning HPS of Deepstar had already entrusted active HPS duties to one of the four as she took a much-needed sabbatical, Deepstar closed and Circle of the Emerald functioned in its stead.
The founding members of CofE were Lady Raokhsha and her partner, Xanadu, and Jana Willow and her partner, Olorin. The covenstead then moved from the Willingboro area of New jersey to Ewing. Through the years, membership waxed and waned as Raokhsha relocated first to New Hampshire and then back to New Jersey. In 2011, she retired and the coven disbanded. Within the year, she relocated once again, this time to Maryland, where she became a solitary practitioner until…
In the Fall of 2021, she quite inadvertently encountered seekers and was persuaded to once again pick up the sword. Most of the prior members reconvened and Circle of the Emerald was reborn on Candlemas 2022. We are presently a group of “mature”— over 30 years old — members and trainees. Younger seekers may wish to evaluate their preferences for a group of age-peers before contacting us. We definitely welcome new blood— and energy.
Our training involves a year of personal growth projects covering foundational breathing exercises, visualization, and mental focus. Experience in ritual and magic work flows in tandem. We use the books written by Gerald Gardner as our jumping-off point in our studies of the history of the Craft and the functions of a coven. We are a healing coven and we train with the purpose of enhancing that coven. We follow a system of three degrees of knowledge and we adhere to the core materials disseminated in the 1970s. After a year in our training group, a decision is made regarding the appropriateness of initiation— by both the seeker and the coven. We do not train and turn our students loose. Seekers wishing to “grab the knowledge and run” are not welcome here.
A new group of trainees may be forming. Seekers should use the contact form below to request an application for that training.
In service,
Lady Raokhsha