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Irene Glasse

@glassewitch.bsky.social
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Inclusive Heathen witch. Writer, teacher, minister, community organizer, musician, former Marine. Yes, really.

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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Looking forward to teaching about Vorðr tree customs, offering a seidr ritual, and performing with Kindred Crow at this one!
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Boosting the signal for one of my favorite teachers! Enfys Book is offering a webinar on a subject many people struggle with - daily practice. "Craft a Daily Practice You'll Actually Stick With" is 10/7, 8 p.m. EDT. majorarqueerna.com/about/upcomi... for details! #PaganSky #WitchSky
Boosting the signal for one of my favorite teachers! Enfys Book is offering a webinar on a subject many people struggle with - daily practice. 

"Craft a Daily Practice You'll Actually Stick With" is Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT. https://majorarqueerna.com/about/upcoming-events/ for details!
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Autumntide: Dreaming the Dark Season - Glasse Witch Cottage
I live in Western Maryland, which means that September often still feels like summer for us. Temperatures in the 90s aren’t unusual. What generally changes first is the early mornings and late evening...
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New blog today! This one is yesterday's sermon for the WVUU in PA. It's all about ways to find more ease and connection in the coming fall and winter. Text/audio/video at GlasseWitchCottage-dot-com #UUSky #HeathenSky #PaganSky #WitchSky
A graphic that reads "Autumntide: Dreaming the Dark Season"
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you! I love that they were able to work in so many of our requests. Lol
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pre-orders through Llewellyn are available here, more options coming soon: www.llewellyn.com/product.php?...
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The Heathen Way
In our modern era of changing relationships and digital connectivity, this beginner guide to heathenry offers an inclusive, ethical framework for deep connection and growth.Drawing from their ...
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New book on the way! "The Heathen Way: Foundations of Inclusive Norse Practice" is coming in July of 27 with Llewellyn Worldwide. I'm so stoked! Isn't the cover beautiful? 😍 #HeathenSky #PaganSky
A book cover depicting a snowy moutainscape with the northern lights above it. A large mjolnir decorated with snakes and wolves is superimposed on the mountain. The text reads "The Heathen Way" in large letters at the top. A subtitle reads "Foundations of Inclusive Norse Practice" midway down the cover. Author names at the bottom are listed "Irene Glasse and Ash Glasse"

The bottom of the graphic reads "coming in July of 2027"
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Can't wait!!
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The messages are there, but you have to go outside to find them. Today's omen from the land I belong to. I've never seen one emerging before despite four decades in this region.
A bright green cicada emerges from its brown shellA bright green cicada dries its newly-opened wings while hanging from its shell
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Here's the link: glassewitchcottage.com/2026/07/20/n...
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Navigating the Underworld - Glasse Witch Cottage
I write a lot of articles, blogs, and sermons. As a result, I sometimes hit a bit of writer’s block and when that happens I turn to my social media following. Social media is a mixed tool but sometime...
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New blog this morning! This one is yesterday's sermon and is all about Underworld myths and what they can mean for us now. Written and audio/video version available. #UUSky #PaganSky
Read/watch/listen to the blog here: 

http://glassewitchcottage.com/2026/07/20/navigating-the-underworld/
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It's a quick listen - just 25 minutes. Here's the link: tinyurl.com/53uu5edb
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Interview with Irene and Ash Glasse
Irene is a Heathen witch, a longtime teacher of witchcraft, meditation, and magic. She’s an author, military veteran, and commissioned lay minister for a UU c
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New podcast interview with Rebecca of Pagan Spirit Voices. This one talks a lot about Heathenry - some of the challenges in the movement, how community building and Heathenry are interlinked, gender and social roles in historical Heathenry, and more. #HeathenSky #PaganSky #WitchSky
Last month, Ash and I were the featured presenters at Pagan Spirit Gathering, one of the oldest Pagan festivals in the United States. It was an absolutely wonderful experience for us - we had such a great time. On the morning of the last day, right before closing ritual, we sat down with Rebecca of the Pagan Spirit Voices podcast for a chat. This one talks a lot about Heathenry - some of the challenges in the movement, how community building and Heathenry are interlinked, gender and social roles in historical Heathenry, and more. It's a quick listen - just 25 minutes. Here's the link: https://tinyurl.com/53uu5edb
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New podcast interview! Heathenry, Pagan festivals, Unitarian Universalism, community building, group rituals, and my really big feelings about being a Pagan veteran right now. The episode is titled “Her Heathen Heart,” and is available on all your favorite streaming platforms. #PaganSky #HeathenSky
I recently sat down with Laylla and Chelle of the Back on the Broomstick podcast for a fun, wide-ranging conversation that covered a ton of ground: Heathenry, Pagan festivals, Unitarian Universalism, community building, group rituals, and my really big feelings about being a Pagan veteran right now. The episode is titled “Her Heathen Heart,” and is available on all your favorite streaming platforms. Grab a cup of something tasty and settle in!
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Luna moth on the sunroom wall. Always such a joy to see one of these in person 😍
Luna moth on the sunroom wall.  Always such a joy to see one of these in person 😍
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Join me 6/5 at 7 PM Eastern for one of my favorite workshops. It's all about how to successfully blow up and reset your life. It will be recorded if you can't make the stream. Register here: events.humanitix.com/nuke-it-from... #WitchSky #PaganSky
Teaching this week, and this is one of my favorites. Join me Friday night at 7 PM Eastern for a livestream workshop on how to blow your life up successfully. 

Nuke it from Orbit: Entropy, Destruction, and Rebirth of the Sacred Self

As our beloved Mother Earth lives, grows, decays and sleeps only to be born again in the spring, so too do people pass through different lives during the course of their incarnation here. We grow and change, and sometimes the lives that we built for ourselves no longer fit. Sometimes the lives we built for ourselves are suddenly taken away from us. Bring yourself back into right relationship with your true nature, values and aspirations with this workshop. Learn techniques for planning your next phase, preparing for major life sculpting, releasing the broken pieces that no longer serve (or are no longer available to you), and beginning your next Hero’s Journey.

This workshop will be recorded for folks who can’t make the Zoom in person, and sent out for download after the workshop concludes. The workshop fee is $15. Sliding scale ticket options of $5 and $10 are available for folks who face financial obstacles to attending the workshop. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/nuke-it-from-orbit
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Landvaettir: You seem like you're having a hard week. May we offer you some head boops? #NotMyCat #CatSky
A gray cat rubs against my leg out in the gardenA gray cat visiting me in the garden
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
They are suffering greatly 🤣 On the upside, at least they smell good now.
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The girls would like you to know that today they have been, with malice aforethought, WASHED and BRUSHED and had their COLLARS REPLACED and NAILS TRIMMED and they now need to report a series of WAR CRIMES. #DogSky
The girls would like you to know that today they have been, with malice aforethought, WASHED and BRUSHED and had their COLLARS REPLACED and NAILS TRIMMED and they now need to report a series of WAR CRIMES.
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Living the Practice - Glasse Witch Cottage
I wear a lot of different hats in my professional life. One of them is “yoga teacher.” I completed my training in vinyasa yoga in 2013 and have been teaching ever since. Before the isolation portion o...
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
New blog this morning! This one is all about UU and Pagan approaches to deepening one's spiritual practice. Video/audio as well as full text available. #UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky
A photo of a seedling with the headline "Living the Practice"
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The Sacred Space Conference @sacredspaceconf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Join us fot the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. 3-25 to 3-28, 2027, in College Park, Maryland. 2027 Featured Teachers are Laura Tempest Zakroff, Morgan Daimler, and David Shi! #PaganSky #WitchSky
The Sacred Space Conference is the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. The 2027 conference is slated for Thursday, March 25th, through Sunday, March 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. We are so excited to learn from our 2027 Featured Teachers: Laura Tempest Zakroff, Morgan Daimler, and David Shi! Learn more and register at SacredSpaceFoundation dot comThe Sacred Space Conference is the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. The 2027 conference is slated for Thursday, March 25th, through Sunday, March 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. We are so excited to learn from our 2027 Featured Teachers: Laura Tempest Zakroff, Morgan Daimler, and David Shi! Learn more and register at SacredSpaceFoundation dot comThe Sacred Space Conference is the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. The 2027 conference is slated for Thursday, March 25th, through Sunday, March 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. We are so excited to learn from our 2027 Featured Teachers: Laura Tempest Zakroff, Morgan Daimler, and David Shi! Learn more and register at SacredSpaceFoundation dot comThe Sacred Space Conference is the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. The 2027 conference is slated for Thursday, March 25th, through Sunday, March 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. We are so excited to learn from our 2027 Featured Teachers: Laura Tempest Zakroff, Morgan Daimler, and David Shi! Learn more and register at SacredSpaceFoundation dot com
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Útiseta: Wisdom from the Wilds - Glasse Witch Cottage
My favorite areas of magickal study and practice are the wild and woolier ones. Although my background is rooted in traditional western occult sources, the territory I love is out past known documenta...
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New blog today! This one is all about útiseta (Heathen spiritual information-seeking) - what we know from history, what we can add from late folk practices, and how to build a revived version. Link below. #HeathenSky #PaganSky
A photo of the night sky with the words "Útiseta: Wisdom from the Wilds"
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The Sacred Space Conference @sacredspaceconf.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The 2027 Sacred Space Conference is March 25th - 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Workshop and Ritual Proposals are being accepted now through August 1st, 2026. www.sacredspacefoundation.org/conference-s... #PaganSky #HeathenSky #WitchSky
Proposals for 2027 are OPEN!
The Sacred Space Conference is the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. The 2027 conference is slated for Thursday, March 25th, through Sunday, March 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Workshop and Ritual Proposals are being accepted now through August 1st, 2026. Learn more and propose programming here: https://www.sacredspacefoundation.org/conference-submissions/ 
Proposals for 2027 are OPEN!
The Sacred Space Conference is the premier annual esoteric conference on the East Coast for intermediate to advanced practitioners. The 2027 conference is slated for Thursday, March 25th, through Sunday, March 28th, 2027, at The Hotel at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Workshop and Ritual Proposals are being accepted now through August 1st, 2026. Learn more and propose programming here: https://www.sacredspacefoundation.org/conference-submissions/
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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The Threshold of Spring - Glasse Witch Cottage
My spouse and I are really lucky. We live on around three acres right by the Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River that’s large enough to take a kayak down. The land we belong to has b...
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Yesterday's sermon (text/video/audio) is up on the blog. This one is all about spring, liminality, and choosing the story of the growing season. #UUSky #PaganSky
A photo of a door opening and the caption "The Threshold of Spring."
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Offering the sermon tomorrow @ the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown. I'm talking about approaches to spring, and ways we can work with liminality in our own lives. Music starts at 10:30 AM, the service begins at 10:45. Join us in person or DM for the link. #UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky
A promotional graphic for "the threshold of spring"
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Most definitely 🤣
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Dopamine. This is at Georges Mill Farm in Virginia.
Irene and three baby goats A baby goat and Irene snugglingA selfie with a baby goatIrene laughs while bottle feeding a baby goat
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Apparently Saga started the day by making wishes on some dandelions 🤣🤣🤣 #DogSky
Saga, a black husky-amstaff mix, looks at the camera with dandelion seeds all over her face
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Last call for tonight's streaming Friday Night Workshop! Explore the fundamentals of contemporary Inclusive Heathenry, differences between Heathens and Pagans, and approaches for attending Heathen ceremonies and events. Sign up at the Events page of GlasseWitchCottage dot com #HeathenSky #PaganSky
A promotional graphic for The Inclusive Heathenry Crash Course
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Day 2 of Ash's birthday weekend: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the U.S. Botanic Garden It's been a lovely couple of days. I think Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens was our favorite, but it was also new for us.
Irene and Ash in rainbow light at NMAIThe Hope DiamondThe ceremony space at NMAIThe US Botanic Garden
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Celebrating Ash's birthday with a weekend in DC. Today was Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens and Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Absolutely perfect weather.
Goths at the zooThe Asian garden at Hillwood Doors in the Reptile HouseElephant fountain
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Message me here or via email at GlasseWitchCottage@gmail
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Heyyyyyy author friends! Crossed Crow is preparing to release "Foundations of Witchcraft," the manuscript that is Year One training in Blackfeather Mystery School, the magickal academy I offer in Maryland. Please lmk if you're you willing to review/potentially blurb it? Endorsements are due 5/15.
A photo of Irene making puppy dog eyes at the camera with a thought bubble that says "Please?'
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Equinox
Siberian squill DaffodilPlum tree budsA menhir at the Magick House
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Equinox
Siberian squill DaffodilPlum tree budsA menhir at the Magick House
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thank you 💚 And yes - it's so pervasive that we can't even see it clearly in many cases :(
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
First warm day and Saga has resumed her Summer Afternoon Nap position on the cool tile of the kitchen floor 🤣 #DogSky
Saga, a medium sized black dog, lies on the kitchen floor
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
YES. I've always found my background in (frustrating, challenging, ultimately rewarding) classical voice to be a great credit to learning in general and witchcraft in particular.
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
As another witch who comes from the classical music world, this is completely spot on.
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Listen here: youtu.be/nzUxifhs-sU?...
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Stories That Shape Us: Nature, Spirit, and the Living World
YouTube video by Glasse Witch Cottage
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New blog this morning! This one is yesterday's sermon, and is about mythology, deities, definitions and perspective. It was recorded - hit the first comment if you'd like to listen rather than read. glassewitchcottage.com/2026/03/09/s... #UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky
A graphic that says "The stories that shape us"
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On my way to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick for some sermon-ing! Join us at 930 (this one is also streaming) and 1130 (in person only) for "Myth in Modern Life." #UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky
A selfie of Irene Glasse in the car
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"Helping" with morning yoga practice. #DogSky
Irene kneels on a yoga mat. Saga and Lìfa, two dogs, are also trying to sit on the mat.
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Oof, that sounds awful. At least this is only a couple nights most months.
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
You know, I don't mind most of the long-term-witchcraft side effects. Even the ones that make people reluctant to invite me to dinner parties since I no longer know how to have a "normal" conversation. But I am so over full moon insomnia. Can't I just swap this for a new hyperfixation or something?
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Irene Glasse @glassewitch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We are! It will be lovely to be back.
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