Magical Art and Excellence
Welcome to the Kansas City Sorcerous Arts Collective!
We are a small group of experimental magicians working to improve the experience of public ritual and magical instruction in our local community. We have worked together for a decade, leading public rituals and presenting workshops.
The Survey First things first, if you’re here after attending our ritual at Paganicon in 2026, here’s a link to a brief survey! We’d love to hear your thoughts about the ritual. The Ritual Here at the Kansas City Sorcerous Arts Collective, we are big fans of rituals based on dusty old tomes. In that …
If you work with the Orphic Hymns (herein shortened to OH) often, at some point you will probably run across the idea that the OH might have been recited in order as an all-night vigil.1 If you have a group of ritual enthusiasts with a tight venn diagram of classics nerds, magical experimentation junkies, and …
Continue reading “Ritual Design Notebook: Orphic Hymns Solstice Vigil”
Welcome to the Sorcerous Arts Podcast! In this, our third episode, we talk about beginning out magical practices! Speciffically, when to make the move from the comfortable couch in your occult library to the altar room or woodland grove of your choice! We also talk about some of the things that might be holding you …
Continue reading “Sorcerous Arts Podcast: Episode Three: How to Get Started”
We teach classes on a variety of magical subjects. We are best known for our classes on sigil magic, spirit conjuration, and tarot. We also teach classes on servitor creation, energy work, and visionary practice.
For more information, please see our contact page.
We are the Kansas City Sorcerous Arts Collective, a small group of experimental magicians working to improve the experience of public ritual and magical instruction in our local community. We have worked together for a decade, leading public rituals and presenting workshops.
We have each spent the last twenty-odd years developing magical expertise, and we are working to share that expertise with all interested practitioners through no-cost and low-cost classes and workshops.
We believe that gatekeeping facilitates abuse.
We are tired of your bullshit.
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AUDREY
Audrey has been practicing some form of witchcraft for almost 30 years, and leading public and private rituals in and around the Kansas City area for the last 20. She is fond of divination, chaos magick, trance work, potions, farmers markets, feminism, and vintage cookbooks. She writes intermittently and travels whenever she can.
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SEAN PATRICK
Patrick has been practicing magic since the middle 1990s, both privately and as a part of various groups. He is a devotional polytheist with backgrounds in ritual magick and chaos magic and teaches classes on tarot, sigils, and servitors. Patrick writes poetry and short stories and studies new religious movements and conspiracism.
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JEFFREY
Jeffrey is a magical jeweler, occult blogger, multidisciplinary artist, and novelist. Xie has been leading public rituals since the early 00s. Xie specializes in bringing a witchcraft vibe to chaos magick, solomonic grimoires, and astrology.
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CAREY
Carey is an artist, ritualist, and witch with deep roots in the KC esoteric community. With a background in Hellenic polytheism, Feri and Sabbatic witchcraft, and Hekatean sorcery, Carey loves creating inspiring, empowering ritual experiences that invite everyone to participate. She is a ritualist at Gaia Community and sells jewelry on Etsy under HeartwoodMoonDesigns.
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EMILY
Emily has been a practicing witch and a follower of a Pagan path for over 20 years. She led a group for alternative religions at MU, and was tapped into a society recognizing women leaders for her efforts. She joined the Kansas City community in 2013, and has been an organizer for a local Meetup group, and created and ran a digital magazine called The Center Spiral for a couple years. She has an interest in all kinds of arts, crafts, and cooking, and sometimes she writes.
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CHARLIE
Charlie has been a practicing witch for over a decade with an “I do what want” attitude. They enjoy experimenting with magical practices both new and ancient. In their free time, they find joy in yoga, fiber arts, music, and writing.
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TRISTAN
With 30 years of experience in Paganism, Tristan helped facilitate Heartland Pagan Festival for nearly a decade during its peak attendance years. He has a Master’s degree in Religious Studies from Harvard University Extension School, and is a member of Gaia Community.
To contact us to teach classes at your venue, or to inquire about previous classes, please email us at KCSorcerousArts (dot) com or using the form below:
We can also each be reached through our individual projects:
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