Our ritual style is one that emphasizes experimentation and inspiration. We believe the Goddess is always present, speaking to us through our interactions with the living world. By listening, we can create the rituals, prayers, songs and poetry that work for us. We value but do not enshrine what has come to us from the past.
Because we require all participants in our private rituals to have completed the Elements of Magic course work, we view all as equally qualified to lead and participate. We do not have a hierarchical system of High Priests and Priestesses. Instead of only one or two people controlling the energy, our ideal is to achieve the smooth flow of energy and creativity found in a good jazz ensemble. In a similar fashion, we value unscripted, improvisational, spontaneous, and ecstatic participation.
Our tradition honors the wild, and calls for service to the earth and the community. We value peace and practice non-violence, in keeping with the Rede - “An’ it harm none, do what you will.” Our spirituality sees all systems of oppression as interrelated, rooted in structures of dominance and control.
Therefore, we work for all forms of justice:environmental, social, political, racial, gender, and economic. We celebrate diversity and welcome all genders, races and sexual orientations, and all those differences of life situations, backgrounds, and ability. All events are clean and sober; please -- no drugs or alcohol.
We invite you to learn more about us from some of these informative links:
 Visit our calendar pages to see our upcoming events.
 The main website for the Reclaiming Witchcraft tradition.
 The Reclaiming Principles of Unity, which outline our core values and intentions.
 SEEDS is a Durham-based non-profit community garden whose goal is to teach people to care for the earth, themselves and each other through a variety of garden-based programs. We are helping them build a public seven-circuit labyrinth and garden at their Leigh Farm site.
 Cherry Hill Seminary is the world’s first Pagan seminary, offering quality higher education and practical training in Pagan ministry. It is the first and only graduate-level education program for Pagan philosophy, practice, and skilled ministerial work in the modern world. It offers online distance-learning classes, regional workshops and intensive retreats. Dragon’s Cauldron member, Beth Owl’s Daughter, is a member of Cherry Hill’s Board of Directors.
 SpiralHeart is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education & training in the Reclaiming Tradition style of Witchcraft. SpiralHeart serves the mid-Atlantic region.
 The DreamRoads Collective is a group of Witches with Reclaiming ties, who have come together around a DreamVision of Sustainable Community.
 Raft Swamp Farms - Our member Jackie’s life work of building sustainable agriculture, environmental stewardship, and creative expression into the heart of new family farms.
 ...Our member Kira’s beautiful artwork was recently featured as a part of the Chatham County Community Read.
 Sage Goode is one of our most important influences, as initiator and beloved teacher for many of our Dragons Cauldron folks. She is co-founder of the Crossroads Mystery School, offering a unique blending of the Reclaiming and F(a)eri(e) traditions.
 Our friend herbalist Sarah Campbell offers organic herbal body-care products (including creams, salves, bath salts & soaps), herbal healthcare and wellness products (including tinctures & syrups), and herbal ceremonial products (including dream pillows, dried herbs and sweetgrass braids). All are made by hand in small batches, with awareness of lunar and seasonal cycles.
 ...One of the Reclaiming Collective’s founders and noted activist, Witch, and writer, Starhawk.
 M. Macha NightMare is another renowned author, teacher, Priestess and founder of the Reclaiming tradition. Among her many works are Pagan Pride: Honoring the Craft and Culture of Earth and Goddess, and she co-wrote the indispensable, beautiful Pagan Book of Living and Dying.
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