The October Ritual

Moon Cult + Open Sea Design Co are proud to present A Ritual for the Hunter's Moon, a public gathering of witches and occultists to explore the magic of this October full moon. This open ritual will draw from astrological themes and charms from Ancient Greek magic, but will be fully approachable and acessible to practitioners of all paths, beliefs, and experience levels. These full moon gatherings will focus on developing magical skills, exploring occult philosophy, and performing transformative acts of magic as a collective.

THE OCTOBER RITUAL : A dialogue with the beloved dead

Our 2024 October ritual will focus on harnessing the death current which flows through this liminal season, enabling greater communication with ancestors, spirits, and the world of the dead. This rite will employ various oracular media, including an SB7 Spirit Box and associated accoutrement, to be used by a diviner in trance who will endeavor to recieve answers to attendee questions from the other side.

Doors at 7pm

Event at 7:15pm

This ritual will take place at the beautiful, new Open Sea Design Co studio in Dumbo, at 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn NY. Your ticket will include a 30% discount on all Open Sea products, and all orders placed will be available for pickup at the time of the event. This event begins PROMPTLY at 7:15pm, after which the chamber is sealed and no further admittance is permitted. Please plan to arrive early.

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MELISSA MADARA is a witch, author, and educator based in New York City. They have been teaching and working in NYC occult for over ten years, and have organized their writing, research, lectures, and herbscraft under the banner of Moon Cult in 2023. Melissa's full moon rituals are a continuation of a series that began in 2018 at the now defunct Catland Books in Bushwick. These monthly rites began as a way to build a practicing community among local witches, and ended up becoming a sincere, dedicated lunar chapel. Each month, fully unique rites were presented to create an inter-traditional and approachable experience that would immerse participants in the themes and magics of current lunar astrology. These rites, accompanied by a light, homemade feast prepared by Melissa Madara, were designed to be immersive, evocative, and to provide participants with a safe space for experiencing ritual magic and building community. After a three year hiatus, Moon Cult is proud to bring these rituals back to the Brooklyn magical community, in the hopes of fostering a similarly holy confluence of witches, sorcerers, and magical people.

OPEN SEA is a Brooklyn based stationery studio founded by Melissa Constandse. Born and raised in the Mexican Caribbean, surrounded by the jungles of the Maya people, Melissa draws inspiration from the legends and stories of her childhood, her love of the occult and witchcraft, the eccentricities of the Victorian era, and nature. All of Open Sea’s stationery is printed by small businesses in NY and NJ.