Samhain Greetings!

Helllllloo, Everyone! For those who mark the occasion, may you have a blessed Samhain. I just wanted to take a few minutes to update you all on what is going on in Darkflower's neck of the woods!

VEILWALKING: I am pleased to announce that the Veilwalking Event to benefit Green Hill Cemetery in Martinsburg, West Virginia has sold out for the second year in a row! I am so looking forward to celebrating with you all tomorrow night. AND there are daytime activities going on in the cemetery too! At 1:00 I am co-teaching a grave tending class and then I have been invited to perform the blessing on the cemetery this year. They also have crafts, readers, food, a Fairy Walk, and more going on between noon and 5! Stop by and honor the Ancestors and visit! For more information, follow the Cemetery on Facebook. Here's a little video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1172031821825996

DEATH FEST: I will be at Death Fest on November 8th as the corpse at Jennifer Jurlando's Mock Pagan Funeral workshop. I believe tickets are sold out, but follow them and put it on your calendar for next year! More information here: https://www.panoramaburial.com/event-details-registration/death-fest-4

MYSTIC FIRE RETREAT: I will be co-teaching THE ANGEL PATH with Jennifer and Keith Taylor at Mystic Fire November 12-15th. Registration is now closed, but I look forward to seeing those of you who are at this lovely retreat with us!!

MY LAST CLASS OF 2026 is Lilith and the Lost City: The Four Mirrors at The Simple Life in Frederick, MD. It will be held Saturday, November 21st. If you would like to get a start on The Lilith Path with me, this is the introductory philosophy class AND afterwards there is the option to walk The Four Mirrors Ritual and receive a message from Samael. Info and tickets are here: https://www.tavabaird.com/event-details/liliithian-magick-level-one-the-four-mirrors

BUT TAVA...what is ahead for 2027??

So glad you asked! I am taking December, January, and February off from events to have surgery (yup, finally getting that left knee replaced) and rehab myself. I am also taking a sabbatical to write! My goal is to have The Book of High Places FINISHED when I return in March! So please be aware that I may not respond as quickly to communications (especially in December - surgery is December 3rd).

We also will be gearing up for our Lilithian Belly Dance Troupe with regular gatherings in 2027!

Also in the planning stages: A Lilithian handicraft circle for all you crafters who want to gather, talk, and teach each other! Knitting, crochet, locker hooking, felting, weaving, spinning...and there will be opportunities to sell some wares at Darkflower market events!

Have I started painting a Tarot deck? YES I HAVE!

Is there a Lilithian book of ritual in the works? YES THERE IS!

DARKFLOWER COLLECTIVE MEETINGS will resume in March...and we have a special guest lined up for you for the first one!

THE LILITH PATH is expanding with classes in Delaware, Baltimore, Frederick MD, more in Richmond, and hopefully even Virginia Beach! And NEW CLASSES are on the way on The Lilith Path!

I am still working on final edits with my publisher for Wyldwood...so there will be a lot of me doing that in January too. And, of course, the podcast will keep on roaring ahead!

And...if I can get myself together...I am planning on launching a Patreon in 2027 with all sorts of goodies attached to it!

Thank you for everything this year folks...for the community, for the support, for the kindness, and for walking together to make this world that much better.

More soon. And much, much love.

-Tava