🌒 FÓLKVANGR COVEN 🌘

Our Grove’s Inner Sanctum: A Sanctuary of the Old Ways becoming new

Fólkvangr Coven is an initiatory, non-Abrahamist fellowship devoted to the living art of Witchcraft. We walk the spiral path of nature reverence, ancestral memory, celestial rhythm, and personal transformation. Rooted in the old ways, our Craft is not confined to ritual, it is a way of life.

We honour the sanctity of life and death, the Spirit in all things, the sacred dance of Sun and Moon, the Ancestors, and the wild intelligence of Nature. We remember. We practice. We evolve.

We host public gatherings around the Wheel of the Year, welcoming the community into the rhythm of the seasons. For members of our inner sanctum, we gather privately on every New and Full Moon for Esbats, rain or shine, to work magick and share gnosis.

🌕 ESBATS & SACRED RHYTHM

Fólkvangr Coven meets outdoors in nature twice per lunar cycle no matter the weather:

• Full Moon Esbats are for illumination, divination, and manifestation.

• New Moon Esbats focus on introspection, spiritual alchemy, and shadow work.

These private, in-person rituals are the heart of our Grove’s rhythm, guiding the growth of each member within the inner grove.

🔮 INITIATORY PATH

As an initiatory coven, we uphold a structured progression and spiritual evolution. Each stage represents a deeper commitment to the Craft, the Spirits, the Grove, and the community. Members advance not only through time, but through participation, dedication, and spiritual integration.

To be considered for initiation, you must be actively involved in our private Esbats and our public Grove Gatherings for at least a year and a day.

Fólkvangr Coven’s Path of Becoming

A living system is never static or linear, and neither is Spirit. Each stage of our path reflects a recursive transformation of self, echoing through the nested fields of Natural law and Spiritual Consciousness. Our roles are not ranks, but embodied frequencies in the spiral dance of becoming. Each Coven gift is a sigil in matter, a mnemonic momentum of transformation.

The roles outlined below are not a hierarchy, but a spiral! With each stage dwelling within and beyond the last, like the rings of a growing tree. There are no shortcuts. Only sincerity, service to self and community, and the turning of the path.

You are not climbing ranks.
You are becoming whole.

Each turn of the spiral deepens responsibility, not authority; the outer reflects the inner:

🌱 DEDICANT

“To clear the ground, we must first sweep it.”

Time Required: Minimum of 3 months and 3 days, or 9 consecutive gatherings.
Role: Assist with altar setup, support Grove Gatherings, engage in foundational rituals and tasks. Prepare sacred space with reverence, cleanse not just physical ground but the unseen threshold, and begin learning the foundational esoterica.
Coven Gift: The Broom, handmade with the Coven. Not merely a tool of cleansing, but the sacred act of preparing the ground. Sweeping is the first rite of alignment: clearing the mundane to make way for the magickal. It teaches humility, presence, purpose, and readiness.
Focus: To open their awareness to liminal states and perspectives; aligning with the Crossroads, perceiving magick as resonance rather than power.
Progression: Demonstrate sincerity, consistency, and dedication through active participation.

🌿 NEOPHYTE

“The seed has sprouted; roots begin to reach.”

Time Required: A year and a day, including the time spent as a Dedicant.
Role: To attend regularly in Coven gatherings, to engage deeper in rituals, to cultivate a personal practice, to share insights, and offer feedback. To begin to embody the Craft in daily life.
Coven Gift: A custom set of Runes, a personal compass of gnosis. Each symbol is compression of metaphysical meaning, each rune a gateway to the deeper symbolic language across nested scales; tools for reflection, divination, and resonance.
Focus: To begin the recursive translation between self and symbol, realizing language and magick share the same sacred structure.
Progression: Diligence in attendance, effort in leading small workings, demonstrate inner and outer growth, and request formal review for Initiation after at least one year and one day.

🌳 INITIATE

“The sapling stands within the grove.”

Time Required: Personal readiness confirmed by the Inner Grove.
Role: Mentor Dedicants, lead smaller rituals, deepen ritual and Craft fluency, work with advanced tools and symbols.
Initiation: A formal rite of passage held only at Samhain and Beltane, which includes a sacred blood oath and a signing of the Coven Tome in the member’s own blood.
Coven Gift: Amber, fossilized sunlight, a jewel of ancestral memory. It crystalizes the wearer to the Fólkvangr lineage past and future, marking full integration into the Inner Grove.
Focus: To become an integrated inner sanctum member, a confluence of ancestral fields and evolutionary consciousness; recursively bound through blood, will, and memory.
Progression: Formal request and evaluation for advancement to Prefect.

🍂 PREFECT (Prefectus)

“Branches extend, wisdom begins to bear fruit.”

Time Required: Several years of deep involvement and leadership development.
Role: Lead Esbats, design Sabbat activities, begin to teach magical arts, and care for sacred tools and traditions. Nourish and protect the sacred ecosystem of the Coven.
Coven Gift: Jet, fossilized ancient wood symbolizing protection, strength, and rootedness. This gift Anchors the member’s will in purpose and marks them as a guardian of sacred systems.
Focus: To embody reciprocity and achieve feedback coherence; harmonizing personal will with Coven will. Their magick influences the shared praxis of the Inner Grove’s ecosystem.
Progression: Demonstrate mastery and service; present a formal request for advancement to Adeptus Minor.

⚝ ADEPT (Adeptus Minor)

“The great tree stands tall; its fruit nourishes the grove.”

Time Required: Many years of mastery, ritual excellence, and spiritual leadership.
Role: Perform initiations, guide seasonal rites and Sabbat activities, mentor multiple Initiates, uphold and transmit wisdom and nurture traditions organic evolution.
Coven Gift: The gift of Obsidian, volcanic glass, a symbolic blade and mirror intertwined; representing clarity, transformation, and cutting away illusion, the cooling of molten wisdom into hardened potential.
Focus: To embody recursive mastery, to shift perception, to be a symbolic translator across the unseen realms.
Progression: Must earn unanimous approval of the full Coven for elevation to Plenogogue.

🗝️ PLENOGOGUE (Adeptus Major)

“The ancient tree shelters all beneath its boughs.”

Time Required: Rare attainment through lifelong dedication and unanimous recognition by the Coven.
Role: Guardians of the Grove. Oversee all coven workings, lead initiations, organize inner and outer Grove Gatherings, manage conflict, teach deeply, protect tradition while allowing and encouraging growth, and nurture the greater community.
Coven Gift: Ceremonial Robe and Staff, the vestments of spiritual sovereignty, not superiority. The robe weaves the story of the Grove; the staff is the spine of its spirit, channeling the vertical axis between Earth and Sky, tradition and vision.
Focus: Not to be rulers but harmonic anchors; they stand at the center of Grove, like the heart of an ancient tree, tending the system’s equilibrium and teaching others to do the same.

✴ SUPPORTIVE ROLES

As we grow, additional roles may arise to aid the Grove:

• Scribe – Lorekeeper and archivist

• Bard – Guardian of song, poetry, and oral tradition

• Scholar – Esoteric researcher and study leader

• Treasurer – Steward of offerings and ritual resources

These roles reflect the living, evolving nature of our Coven’s shared work.

⚖ THE BLOOD OATH

At the appointed Esbat, those called to the next stage may choose to swear a solemn vow and inscribe their name into the Coven’s tome, in their own blood. This rite binds will, body, and spirit to the path.

It is the threshold of true initiation, marking entry into the inner sanctum of Fólkvangr. From this point on, the seeker walks deeper: into ancestral memory, arcane knowledge, and the sacred work of the Grove.

This path is not walked in word alone, but in spirit, in sacrifice, in magic, and in practice.

The covenant is written in blood.

🌙 WALK WITH US

We are not bound by dogma.
Anyone may join to begin their journey with us as a Dedicant.
We are, all of us, woven by wyrd, will, wildness, and wonder.

If the moon calls to you...
If the trees whisper your name...
If you feel the pulse of something ancient stirring within...

Then perhaps you are meant to walk this path with us.

❔ Frequently Asked Questions ❔

Below are a few of the most essential questions we’re asked. For a deeper inquiry, please check out the full FAQ here.

🌀 Is this a hierarchy in disguise?

No. While we recognize stages of growth and hold sacred roles, our path is not a hierarchy, it is a spiral of becoming. Each stage is an inward movement toward the heart of the whole. Crossing a threshold is never a rise in rank, but a shift in focus: a deepening of relationship with the Craft, the Coven, and the self. It is always a personal choice, and always an act of responsibility.

Our titles, such as Adeptus or Plenogogue, are symbolic tools, mnemonic archetypes that reflect where a member stands in their embodiment. They do not confer authority or status. No one is above or below anyone else; we walk side by side, each carrying a facet of the living whole. Our structure is rooted in mutual respect, not in control.

🔐 Is this a cult?

No. There is no coercion, isolation, or authoritarianism here. Participation is always consensual, and every member is encouraged to question, reflect, and remain sovereign in their choices, including exploring other traditions, teachers, and practices to discern what path is truly right for them.

We are not a business, not a dogmatic religion, and not a power structure. We are a spiritual fellowship, bound by shared values, personal integrity, and chosen devotion. If something feels misaligned, it should be named. That, too, is part of the practice.

🩸 What is the Blood Oath, and why is it required?

We are a Coven in the truest sense, bound by a sacred Covenant. The Blood Oath is our solemn rite, a conscious, willing pledge. Not an act of submission, but sovereignty and sacred alignment.

In ancestral ways, blood is the most personal offering one can give. For us, it marks the moment a seeker freely binds their spirit to the Craft and to our fellowship. IT is never rushed, never forced, only embraced in readiness. This vow is not rooted in dogma, but in sovereign consent, not a chain, but an offering. It marks the beginning of deep kinship with the Grove, not the end of personal freedom.

🌿 Do I have to believe in anything specific?

No. We are not a dogmatic tradition. Our collective worldview is animist-leaning, non-Abrahamist, and rooted in reverence for nature, death, transformation, and the unseen. Beyond that, your beliefs are your own.

We welcome spiritual agnostics, skeptics, mystics, and those still finding language for what they feel. All that we ask is sincerity in practice, and openness to the mysteries of the Craft.

🤝 Is everyone truly welcome?

Yes. Fólkvangr is an inclusive Coven and Grove. We welcome all gender identities, sexual orientations, ancestries, and neurotypes. You don’t need to fit a mold to walk this path; in fact, we honour those who never have.

Witchcraft has always been a refuge for the wild, the wounded, the misfit, and the unnameable. If you feel the call, then you belong.