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✦ EVENTS CALENDAR ✦
✦ 2026 FEBRUARY ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (free!)
8 February at 19h CET | On Zoom
FREE Tea and Tarot Circle. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Facebook coven for a cosy card-slinging circle.
Circe Rituals (free!)
New Moon Ritual: 17 February at 19h CET | On Zoom
Full Moon Ritual: 3 March at 19h CET | On Zoom
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Circe, the ancient enchantress of transformation, sovereignty, and spellcraft. This is a series of free community rituals to deepen your connection with your personal magick, reclaim your inner authority, and walk the path of empowered intention. Set intentions with the New Moon and release with the Full Moon as you step into your own sorcery with Circe as your guide.
Witches for Social Justice: Magick as Activism (Online Fundraiser Witchy Workshop)
21 February at 19h CET | Magical Workshop
A powerful workshop exploring the witch as a figure on the fringes, the politics of magick, and the role of modern witches as agents of change. Learn how to embody conscious leadership, challenge harmful systems, and carry your values into your spiritual and worldly practice. All proceeds support the Nightshade Sanctum Solidarity Fund for the Women’s Earth Alliance.
Goddess Radiance Sorcery – Course Enrollment Opens
Doors Open: 10 February | Doors Close: 28 March
Goddess Radiance Sorcery returns, inviting a new circle of witches into one of the Nightshade Sanctum’s most beloved and life-changing journeys. For many, GRS is the beginning of everything. It is the gateway into confident, effective spellcraft, powerful goddess energy work, and the awakening of your innate magnetism.
This course is where witches learn to cast with embodied feminine power, and weave results-based magick that creates real change. It is a vibrant, immersive initiation into your own radiance, your intuition, and your ability to shape your life through intention, energy, and sorcery.
Enrollment is open from 10 February until 28 March. Join early to access early-bird pricing and secure your place in this highly popular program. Spaces are limited and the circle fills quickly.
Step into your power. Step into your radiance.
Your path as a sorceress begins here.
✦ 2026 MARCH ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
1 March at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Morgan la Fay Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 19 March at 19h CET
Full Moon Ritual: 2 April at 19h CET
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Morgan la Fay, the sorceress of transformation, liminality, and sovereign witchcraft. This is a Patreon-exclusive ritual series to deepen your magick, strengthen your enchantment practice, and walk between worlds with clarity and intention. Set intentions with the New Moon and release with the Full Moon as you embrace the power of the Otherworld under Morgana’s guidance.
Spring Witchcraft: Seeds, Serpents and Sovereignty (Witchy Workshop)
22 March from 19h CET | Online Workshop
Step into the rising power of spring and awaken the witch within. This magickal workshop explores the deep folklore of springtime sorcery, the serpent as a symbol of renewal and feminine wisdom, and the sacred act of planting intentions in alignment with the land. Discover why seeds, soil, and serpents have long been connected to priestesses, witches, and goddesses of rebirth. Learn how to harness the energies of renewal, fertility, and personal sovereignty to craft spells, rituals, and practices that support your next chapter. This is a season of awakening, shedding, and rising into your power. Enter the spring current and weave your magick now.
✦ 2026 APRIL ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
5 April at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Nightshade Sanctum Priestess Verdant Starweaves® Level 1 Retreats
11–12 April, 18–19 April, 25–26 April | Online Retreats
A series of immersive training weekends for the Verdant Starweaves®, the energy healing modality of the Priestess Path within the Order of the Nightshade Sanctum. These retreats provide the full attunements, teachings, and guided practice required for this modality. Attendance is exclusive to priestesses currently walking the Path in Mystic Priestess Arising.
Dark Mystic Awakening – Course Enrollment Opens
Doors Open: 27 April | Doors Close: 14 June
For the first time since 2024, the doors to Dark Mystic Awakening are opening again. This is our highly-acclaimed, award-winning Dark Goddess circle and one of the most powerful journeys within the Nightshade Sanctum. DMA is a four month journey into depth, shadow work, magick and the lore of the goddesses Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan and Lilith, resulting in the reclamation of your deepest power.
To celebrate the return of this signature path, we will be hosting two FREE 3 day masterclasses for our community during the enrollment cycle:
• Dreamweaver: Manifestation for Witches in May
• The Call of Goddess Lilith in June
These masterclasses are your first step into the energy of the transformation offered by the Goddesses and the teachings that define DMA.
Enrollment for Dark Mystic Awakening is open from 27 April until 14 June. Join early to access early-bird pricing and secure your place in this transformational journey. Spaces are limited and this circle will not open again for some time.
Are you ready to walk with the Goddess?
✦ 2026 MAY ✦
Wild Witchery: Walpurgisnacht and the Beltane Flame (Witchy Workshop)
1 May at 19h CET | Online Workshop
A fiery witchcraft workshop honouring Walpurgisnacht and the Wild feminine at Beltane. Explore the folklore, goddess mysteries, and magick of this powerful threshold between spring and summer. Learn how to work with passion, protection, fertility, and ecstatic witchfire to ignite your spells and your sovereignty.
Dreamweaver: Manifestation for Witches (free!)
11–13 May at 19h CET daily | Free 3-Day Masterclass | On Zoom
Don’t miss this incredible high-vibe FREEBIE to help you manifest anything your lil’ witchy heart desires. Learn how to weave intention, energy, and spellcraft into aligned creation. Each day builds your skills through practical techniques, goddess wisdom, and guided magick to support you in calling in what you desire.
Enrollment opens 27 April
Hecate Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 16 May at 19h CET
Full Moon Ritual: 31 May at 19h CET
Goddess Moon Rituals working with Hecate, goddess of crossroads and witchcraft. Set intentions with the New Moon and release with the Full Moon as you deepen your witchcraft, intuition, and connection to the torchbearer of the night. Exclusive for our Patreon Supporters.
Baneful Botanicals and Warding Magick (Witchy Workshop)
23 May at 19h CET | Online Workshop
A protective witchcraft workshop exploring the lore, spirit, and energy of baneful plants and traditional warding practices. Learn how witches work with thorns, poison, boundaries, and barrier magick to create potent protection for themselves and their spaces.
✦ 2026 JUNE ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
4 June at 21h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Cerridwen Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 15 June at 19h CET
Full Moon Ritual: 30 June at 19h CET
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Cerridwen, the Welsh witch goddess of the cauldron, transformation, and deep poetic inspiration. This is a Patreon-exclusive ritual series to stir your inner cauldron, shed what is stagnant, and welcome new insight through lunar intention and release. Join us to set intentions with the New Moon and clear what no longer serves under the Full Moon as you work with Cerridwen for your personal alchemy.
The Call of Goddess Lilith (free!)
8–10 June at 19h CET daily | Free 3-Day Masterclass | On Zoom
Do not miss this electrifying FREEBIE with the Dark Goddess herself. The Call of Goddess Lilith is a three-day deep dive into sovereignty, ancestral-healing and the fierce feminine power that refuses to be contained. Learn how to reclaim your truth, activate your inner fire, and step into the fullest expression of who you are through guided practices, goddess teachings, and potent dark mystic magick.
Embody your feminine power to rise beyond fear, shame, and limitations and into unapologetic authenticity.
Enrollment for opens 25 May.
The Witch’s Garden: Herbal Charms and Green Magick (Witchy Workshop)
21 June at 19h CET | Online Workshop
Step into the sunlit power of Litha and awaken the green witch within. This workshop explores the magick of herbs, blossoms, and botanicals and how witches have used them for charms, healing, protection, and spellcraft for centuries. Learn the folklore of midsummer plants, create simple yet powerful green magick workings, and discover how to weave the vitality of the season into your craft. This is a vibrant, earth rooted workshop for witches who want to deepen their relationship with the green world and build a living, breathing green witch’s practice of their own.
Goddess Radiance Sorcery (Summer Circle Enrollment)
Doors Open: 21 June | Doors Close: 31 July
The Summer Circle of Goddess Radiance Sorcery is opening, inviting a new wave of witches into one of the Nightshade Sanctum’s most beloved and transformative journeys. This seasonal round arrives during the height of the sun, when radiance, confidence, and personal power are at their peak, making it the perfect time to step into your spellcraft and awaken your inner sorceress.
For many students, GRS is where their entire path changes. It is the portal into effective spellcasting, potent goddess energy work, and the cultivation of true feminine magnetism. This course teaches you how to confidently weave results-based magick that shapes your reality.
Enrollment is open from 21 June until 31 July. Join early to access early-bird pricing and secure your place in this sought after program. Spaces are limited and the Summer Circle fills quickly.
Step into your radiance. Awaken your power.
Your witchcraft begins a new chapter here.
✦ 2026 JULY ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
5 July at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Aphrodite Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 14 July at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
Full Moon Ritual: 29 July at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, desire, and magnetic self worth. This Patreon-exclusive ritual series supports you in reconnecting with your radiance, opening your heart, and embodying empowered self love. Set intentions with the New Moon to call in confidence and harmony, and release with the Full Moon anything that blocks your pleasure, softness, or self-devotion. Let Aphrodite guide you back into your glow.
Goddess Energy: Awaken Your Goddess Radiance (Witchy Workshop)
19 July at 19h CET | Online Workshop
Step into your radiance and awaken the goddess within. This workshop explores the energies, archetypes, and mysteries of the divine feminine, guiding you to recognise the goddess as a valuable part of the collective-conscious as well as a power that lives inside you. Learn how to work with goddess energy for confidence, magnetism, intuition, and personal transformation. Through guided practices and embodied magick, you will connect with your inner light and activate the radiant, empowered version of yourself that is ready to rise.
✦ 2026 AUGUST ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
2 Aug at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
The Morrigan Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 12 August at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
Full Moon Ritual: 28 August at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with The Morrigan, the Irish goddess of sovereignty, prophecy, shapeshifting, and war. This Patreon-exclusive ritual series invites you to step into courage, truth, and personal authority as you honour the call of the Dark Otherworld Queen. Set intentions with the New Moon to claim your direction, and release with the Full Moon anything that weakens your strength or obscures your power. Let The Morrigan guide you into the next evolution of your witchcraft.
Journey through the Underworld: Walking with the Dark Goddesses (Witchy Workshop)
16 August at 19h CET | Online Workshop
Descend into the transformative realm of the Underworld and walk with the Dark Goddesses who guide death, rebirth, shadow wisdom, and inner power. This workshop explores the myths, mysteries, and archetypes of the Underworld through teaching, reflection, and an Akashic Goddess Journey©. Learn how to navigate personal underworld seasons, meet the Dark Goddess who is ready to walk with you, and reclaim the truth and strength that rise from the depths. This is a potent, soul stirring exploration for witches called to deep feminine wisdom.
Dark Mystic Awakening (Autumn Circle Enrollment)
Doors Open: 7 August | Doors Close: 18 September
For the final time in 2026, the doors to Dark Mystic Awakening are opening. This award-winning Dark Goddess circle is one of the most famous paths within the Nightshade Sanctum. DMA is a 4-month descent into feminine magick, and the mysteries of Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan, and Lilith, guiding you into your deepest power.
This Autumn Circle is for witches who feel the call of the Underworld and are ready to shed what is old and rise renewed. Through ritual, deep teachings, and goddess work, you will step into embodied power.
Enrollment runs from 7 August to 18 September. Join early for early bird pricing.
This is the final opportunity to join DMA in 2026.
✦ 2026 SEPTEMBER ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
6 Sept at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Nyx Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 11 September at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
Full Moon Ritual: 26 September at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Nyx, the primordial Greek goddess of night, mystery, and limitless cosmic depth. This Patreon-exclusive ritual series invites you to enter the quiet power of the dark, listen to the wisdom found in stillness, and embrace the intuitive vision that awakens when the world turns shadowed. Set intentions with the New Moon to walk your path with clarity, and release with the Full Moon anything that dims your inner light. Let Nyx guide you into the vastness of your own magic.
The Witch’s Eye: Divination and Scrying Secrets (Witchy Workshop)
19 September at 19h CET | Online Workshop
Awaken your intuitive sight and learn the ancient art of seeing beyond the veil. This workshop explores the witch’s traditional scrying methods using water, flame, mirrors, smoke, and shadow. Discover how to enter the receptive state needed for divination, read symbolic messages, and strengthen your psychic connection. Step into the role of the Seer and open the Witch’s Eye to deeper wisdom and inner vision.
Mystic Priestess Arising (2026-2027 Circle Enrollment)
Doors Open: 25 September | Doors Close: 30 November
For 2026, this is the only opportunity to walk the Priestess Path within the Nightshade Sanctum. Mystic Priestess Arising is the Sanctum’s signature year-and-a-day priestess training and the most powerful, comprehensive offering in our temple. It is a once in a lifetime initiation into goddess-consciousness, dark feminine wisdom, psychic development, energy work, archetypal embodiment, and sovereign feminine leadership.
MPA is a profound certification path for women who feel the unmistakable call to the priestesshood. Over twelve months, you will train in ancient and modern spiritual modalities, walk through the portals of the priestess path, and undergo deep personal transformation guided by the goddesses, the lineage of the Nightshade Sanctum, and the High Priestess Zela Feraco.
To support the community during this rare enrollment cycle, we are offering two life changing FREE 3-day masterclasses during the enrollment period:
• Witch Queen Rising on 2–4 November
• Cosmic Seer (with Goddess Nyx) on 23–25 November
These masterclasses prepare you for the priestess journey and give a powerful taste of the transformation that defines MPA.
Enrollment for Mystic Priestess Arising is open from 25 September to 30 November. Join early to access early-bird pricing and secure your place in this highly sought after training.
This is the only chance to join MPA in 2026. Once doors close, the priestess path will not reopen again until the next solar cycle in 2027.
If your soul is calling, the path is already unfolding beneath your feet.
✦ 2026 OCTOBER ✦
Mythic Feminine: Art & Magick Festival | Zürich
10–31 October | Zürich, Switzerland
Art Exhibition • Workshops • Tattoo & Tarot • Ritual • Witchcraft • Celebration • Fundraiser
A landmark two-week celebration of the Divine Feminine.
Hosted by Zela Feraco, High Priestess of the Order of the Nightshade Sanctum, and MauDit, Tattooist, Artist and Designer, this immersive festival brings art and magick together in an unforgettable cultural experience.
Step into a dedicated temple-exhibition space in Zürich showcasing powerful, evocative Dark Goddess and Dark Divine Feminine artwork co-created by Zela and MauDit. This is a rare invitation to witness the faces, forms, and archetypes of the Dark Feminine through paint, ink, myth, and living magick.
Featured Hybrid Workshops by Zela Feraco
All workshops held at the exhibition venue and livestreamed worldwide, with tickets available to attend in-person or online.
13 October, 19h CET
God Was a Woman: Ancient Goddesses of Humanity
A journey into the earliest goddess traditions, the archaeological and mythic evidence for matrifocal cultures, and the memory of a world shaped by feminine power.
16 October, 19h CET
The Wisdom Ways of the Feminine: Hagwitches, Crones and The Grandmother Hypothesis
A deep exploration of the elder feminine, ancestral wisdom, survival strategy, and the sacred authority of the crone and the hag.
20 October, 19h CET
Enheduanna: Princess, Priestess and the World’s First Author
Discover the life, legacy, and spiritual genius of the priestess who shaped goddess-consciousness and whose poetry still influences the modern mystic.
Daily Tattoo & Tarot Festival
Receive custom vegan tattoos by MauDit and tarot readings by Zela inside the exhibition space.
A fusion of ink, archetype, symbolism, and magick.
11% of all tattoo and tarot earnings will be donated to animal welfare and conservation through the Nightshade Sanctum Solidarity Fund.
Rituals, Sound Ceremonies and More
Experience sacred sound ceremonies by Zela, movement offerings, and guest events including yoga classes and community circles.
Celebrate Samhain
A celebration of the Witch’s New Year to close the festival.
Ritual. Music. Performance. Witchcraft. Community.
Dates and schedule subject to change as the festival evolves.
Full program and ticket details will be announced closer to the event.
This is not just an exhibition. It is a portal.
An initiation.
A living tribute to the Dark Divine Feminine rising in our world.
✦ 2026 NOVEMBER ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
7 Nov at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Medusa Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 9 November at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
Full Moon Ritual: 26 November at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Medusa, the serpent crowned guardian, priestess and protector. This Patreon-exclusive ritual series invites you to confront what you fear, reclaim what was taken, and rise in your own mythic strength. Set intentions with the New Moon to honour your voice and boundaries, and release with the Full Moon anything that keeps you small or silenced. Let Medusa guide you into fierce self-possession.
The Modern Priestess: Serpentine Path, Wisdom, Power and Rebirth (Witchy Workshop)
14 November at 19h CET | Online Workshop
A journey into feminine gnosis, goddess remembrance, and the rebirth of your sovereign mystic self. This workshop explores the return of the priestess path in the modern era, the sacred symbolism of the serpent, and the reclamation of feminine truth after centuries of silencing. Learn how to work with goddess archetypes to activate intuition, sovereignty, and deep self-remembrance. Through teaching and guided ritual, you will reconnect with the goddess within and step into the next evolution of your spiritual leadership in service to humanity.
Witch Queen Rising (Free 3-Day Masterclass)
2–4 November at 19h CET daily | Free Masterclass | On Zoom
Step into your sovereignty, awaken your magick, and rise into the fullest expression of your power. Witch Queen Rising is a three day transformational journey into dark feminine leadership, witchcraft, and embodied confidence. Each session guides you through energetic upgrades, spellcraft foundations, goddess work, and the mindset shifts needed to claim your throne and lead as your most magnetic self.
This free masterclass is part of the Mystic Priestess Arising enrollment cycle and offers a powerful taste of the depth, transformation, and activation that define the Priestess Path.
Enrollment opens 25 September.
Cosmic Seer (Free 3-Day Masterclass)
23–25 November at 19h CET daily | Free 3 Day Masterclass | On Zoom
Awaken your intuitive power and step into the lineage of the Seer. Cosmic Seer is a three day immersion guided by Goddess Nyx, who opens the nocturnal pathways of intuition, inner vision, and soul wisdom. Each session explores psychic development, dark feminine mysticism, and the practices that strengthen your inner knowing.
Through guided journeys, teachings, and energetic activation, you will connect with your intuitive gifts, refine your perception, and meet the Seer Goddess who walks with you. This masterclass offers a potent glimpse into the intuitive foundations of the Priestess Path.
Enrollment opens 25 September.
✦ 2026 DECEMBER ✦
Tea & Tarot Circle (Patreon)
6 Dec at 18h CET | Patreon Temple
Our monthly Tea and Tarot Circle for the Patreon community. Bring your brew, pull a card, and gather with our Patreon coven for a cosy, card-slinging temple gathering.
Medusa Rituals (Patreon)
New Moon Ritual: 9 November at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
Full Moon Ritual: 26 November at 19h CET | Patreon Temple
In this lunation’s Goddess Moon Rituals we will work with Medusa, the serpent crowned guardian, priestess and protector. This Patreon-exclusive ritual series invites you to confront what you fear, reclaim what was taken, and rise in your own mythic strength. Set intentions with the New Moon to honour your voice and boundaries, and release with the Full Moon anything that keeps you small or silenced. Let Medusa guide you into fierce self-possession.
The Winter Goddess and the 12 Nights of Yule (Witchy Workshop)
1 December at 19h CET | Online Workshop
A magickal deep dive into the Wisdom Crone energy, the Witches, Goddesses and Midwinter Hags, and the sacred tradition of the 12 Nights of Yule. Learn the lore, rituals, and devotional practices behind the most mystical nights of the year.
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About Zela Feraco
Mystic. Priestess. Witch.
Founder of the Nightshade Sanctum Mystery School.
Zela walks the spiral path of sacred remembrance, guiding others to reclaim their power through dark feminine mysteries, energy work, and embodied leadership.
Trained in energy healing, Akashic records, and ancient spiritual lineages, Zela channels the forgotten voices of the priestess, the dark mystic, the sorceress, and the witch queen. Her work is the reawakening of the Goddess Ways in the modern woman, reminding her that she is the modern incarnation of the ancient lineage of the mythic feminine.
Zela walks with you through the realm of the Mythic Feminine.
And together, you rise.
