Magicka school

Magicka School http://www.magickaschool.com is a Pagan school, predominatly specialising in Wicca and Tarot. It offers both online courses as well as Vacation courses at their location in Mulazzo, Tuscany, Italy. It has been mentioned throughout the internet and most recently in an article from the New Statesman [http://www.newstatesman.com/200708160053] .

It was founded by Pino Longchild in 2006 and the website was created by Intelliweb. [http://www.intelliweb.co.uk/]

Website

In 2006 magickaschool.com was launched to the public. The site offers online courses, a pagan ezine, internet forum, chat room and a Mentoring Programme free of charge. Over 35,000 people have joined since it was started.

Courses

Currently Magicka School offers free courses in both Beginner's Tarot and Wicca. For a small one time fee students gain access to the Advanced Wicca and Tarot courses, Kabbalah, Alchemy and Herbs, as well as any new courses added there after with no extra charge. This small charge is to cover the running of the website.

The current courses were all expertly written by Pino Longchild, apart from Kabbalah and Alchemy which were written by Marcus Katz [http://www.magickaschool.com/courseDetail.php?page=7] of the Faraway Centre [http://www.farawaycentre.com/] in the Lake District, England.

Mission Statement

Magicka School has their own Mission Statement:

"We believe that a magickal education should be made available to everyone.""We believe that such an education provides a way of life that can empower individuals in transforming their lives for the better.""To this end our mission is to aid our students in developing and expanding their magickal skills and knowledge.""We believe in providing the highest quality initial training in Wicca and the Tarot for free.""For those who wish to continue their studies on a more advanced level we provide follow-on courses at a very reasonable and fair price."

Mentoring Programme

Magicka School has a free of charge Mentoring Programme for all students and in all courses. This provides personal and small group teaching and assisting in student's magical learning.

Forum

Magicka School has an extremely large internet forum covering nearly all aspects of Neopaganism including Shamanism, Divination, Wicca,Tarot, Kabbalah and Alchemy. The forum has a great tolerance for all faiths and everyone is welcomed.Mentoring takes place here as well.

Ezine

The site has a monthly online magazine called 'The Magickal Light' which is included free of charge in a life member's package. It can be purchased at a small fee for non-subscribing members. This ezine mixes articles from everyday members and articles from the more famous people involved in Neopaganism. Well known interviewees include Janet Farrar, Maxine Sanders, Margot Adler, Zsuzsanna Budapest and
Raymond Buckland.

See also

*Wicca
*Tarot
*Neopaganism

External Discussion

*New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/200708160053
*The Cumberland News http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/life/viewarticle.aspx?id=564989
*MySpace http://www.myspace.com/magickaschool
* http://www.startaid.com/review/993342/Magicka-School.html

References

*http://www.magickaschool.com
*http://www.intelliweb.co.uk/
*http://www.magickaschool.com/courseDetail.php?page=7
*http://www.farawaycentre.com/

"All infomation used from http://www.magickaschool.com used with kind permission of the webmaster and founder Pino Longchild."