Brotherhood Beyond Borders Schedule 2025
Times and workshops are tentative and subject to change. We will continue to add and edit this schedule as needed until the retreat begins.
All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.
Central Time (subtract 1 hour)
Mountain Time (subtract 2 hours)
Pacific Time (subtract 3 hours)
Friday
November 14, 2025
2-2:30pm - Welcome Talk with Mel Mystery
An introduction to the Brotherhood Beyond Borders retreat, an overview of guidelines and code of conduct for the virtual retreat, and a chance to ask questions.
3-4:15pm -- Musical Playlists for Regeneration and Resistance with Mel Mystery
An interactive workshop with audience participation. What platforms and methods do you use to create musical playlists? What songs do you like to listen to for stress relief? For a pick-me-up? For inspiration? What role might music take when speaking out against injustice or in rallies and protests? We'll be starting a few musical playlists with these questions, and will allow folks to add to these throughout the weekend.
5-6pm -- Dinner Break
Get up and stretch, give your eyes a rest from the computer, and grab something to eat between sessions.
6-7:15pm -- Show and Spell Icebreaker with Eldritch
Like "Show and Tell" only better. Bring something you rely on during troubled times to share and discuss.
8-8:30pm -- Ritual: The Seeing with Nightshade and Mel
An eclectic rite of awareness and protection.
9-10:30pm -- Trivial Gwydion
Trivia game. Test your knowledge of random, obscure and pointless tidbits of arcane lore & pop culture ephemera.
Saturday
November 15, 2025
1-2:15pm -- The Alchemy of Joy: Magical Resilience and the Queer Spirit with Sawyer
Joy and happiness are not just luxuries afforded to some. They are survival skills, and they are also our birthright. In this interactive presentation, we will work with the Queer Ancestors to remember joy as a form of sacred resistance, draw upon the richness of our culture and history to transmute hardship and adversity into beauty and power, and embrace our lives as a living, ever-evolving magic of resilience.
3-4:15pm -- Magick for the Resistance with Gwydion
Loosely inspired by "The Revised Boy Scout Manual" by William S. Burroughs. This workshop will focus on using magic and performance art as counter spells in today's political climate.
5-6pm -- Dinner Break
Take a break from the computer screen, get up and stretch, and grab a bite to eat between sessions.
6-7:15pm -- Warrior Magic: Deities and Legends for Fighting the Good Fight with Tomás Prower
Get into some good trouble by learning about and partnering with deities and legendary heroes from cultures and traditions around the world to aid magic for justice, retribution, and accelerating the cosmic comeuppance of those who knowingly do evil. Presented by globe-trekking author Tomas Prower, we'll do deep dives and slow dives into the divinities called upon by magical practitioners from Africa, Asia, Europe, India, Aboriginal Australia, Polynesia, Middle East, Latin America, and Native North America throughout history.
8-9pm -- Ritual: The Stirring with Eldritch
A rite of magickal transformation in the Stone Circle Wiccan tradition. Please bring a wand, stick, or staff to participate in this ritual.
9:30-10:30pm -- Trivial Gwydion
Trivia game. Test your knowledge of random, obscure and pointless tidbits of arcane lore & pop culture ephemera.
Sunday
November 16, 2025
1-2:15pm - Song Writing: A Workshop and Shareshop led by Dallán
Song writing using a variety of skills and combinations to achieve many magical goals: community building, synchronizing workforce labor, carrying stories via oral traditions, and supporting ritual work. We'll include songs for special tricks: group chants (repetitions building resilience and group focus), mantras (person devotional practice) and Mnemonics (to scaffold learning) Together we'll explore types of songs in common formats: Call and Response (sacred songs and community collaborations/labor), Verse and Chorus (sacred songs, storytelling, rites of passage), Chants/Mantras/Mnemonic Devices (meditation, spell work, memorization) We'll also discuss basic elements of music: lyrics, time signatures, rhythms, dynamics, keys (major/minor/pentatonic), intervals and harmonic tones, cadences. We'll model various types of songs and allot time for facilitating either a group or individual writing workshop.
3-4:15pm -- The History of Werewolves with Denny Sargent
When suddenly hit with unexpected personal tragedy and disaster, Denny Sargent, heeded the call to embrace his inner monster. Something wild and feral broke through his despair. He went on an isolated camping trip, discovered his animal instincts, and encountered the Great Wolf Spirit. His experiences led him to write three books, Werewolf Magick; Werewolf Magick; and Feral Magick. Today, Denny will share his experiences with us and tell us a little bit of the history of werewolves.
5-6:30pm -- Ritual: The Sending with Denny Sargent
A rite of banishing in the Werewolf Magick tradition.
7pm-8pm -- Closing Ritual and Wrap-up Session
We'll close the quarters and then give you a chance to tell us what went right or what went wrong throughout the weekend. We want to make sure everyone had an enjoyable experience, and we want to do even better next time. This is also your opportunity to suggest and discuss potential themes for future retreats.