Irene Glasse

@glassewitch.bsky.social

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Inclusive Heathen witch. Writer, teacher, minister, community organizer, musician, former Marine. Yes, really.

Read/watch/listen to the blog here: http://glassewitchcottage.com/2026/07/20/navigating-the-underworld/
Last month, Ash and I were the featured presenters at Pagan Spirit Gathering, one of the oldest Pagan festivals in the United States. It was an absolutely wonderful experience for us - we had such a great time. On the morning of the last day, right before closing ritual, we sat down with Rebecca of the Pagan Spirit Voices podcast for a chat. This one talks a lot about Heathenry - some of the challenges in the movement, how community building and Heathenry are interlinked, gender and social roles in historical Heathenry, and more. It's a quick listen - just 25 minutes. Here's the link: https://tinyurl.com/53uu5edb
I recently sat down with Laylla and Chelle of the Back on the Broomstick podcast for a fun, wide-ranging conversation that covered a ton of ground: Heathenry, Pagan festivals, Unitarian Universalism, community building, group rituals, and my really big feelings about being a Pagan veteran right now. The episode is titled “Her Heathen Heart,” and is available on all your favorite streaming platforms. Grab a cup of something tasty and settle in!
Luna moth on the sunroom wall. Always such a joy to see one of these in person 😍
Teaching this week, and this is one of my favorites. Join me Friday night at 7 PM Eastern for a livestream workshop on how to blow your life up successfully. Nuke it from Orbit: Entropy, Destruction, and Rebirth of the Sacred Self As our beloved Mother Earth lives, grows, decays and sleeps only to be born again in the spring, so too do people pass through different lives during the course of their incarnation here. We grow and change, and sometimes the lives that we built for ourselves no longer fit. Sometimes the lives we built for ourselves are suddenly taken away from us. Bring yourself back into right relationship with your true nature, values and aspirations with this workshop. Learn techniques for planning your next phase, preparing for major life sculpting, releasing the broken pieces that no longer serve (or are no longer available to you), and beginning your next Hero’s Journey. This workshop will be recorded for folks who can’t make the Zoom in person, and sent out for download after the workshop concludes. The workshop fee is $15. Sliding scale ticket options of $5 and $10 are available for folks who face financial obstacles to attending the workshop. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/nuke-it-from-orbit
A gray cat rubs against my leg out in the garden
The girls would like you to know that today they have been, with malice aforethought, WASHED and BRUSHED and had their COLLARS REPLACED and NAILS TRIMMED and they now need to report a series of WAR CRIMES.
A photo of a seedling with the headline "Living the Practice"
A photo of the night sky with the words "Útiseta: Wisdom from the Wilds"
A photo of a door opening and the caption "The Threshold of Spring."
A promotional graphic for "the threshold of spring"
Irene and three baby goats
Saga, a black husky-amstaff mix, looks at the camera with dandelion seeds all over her face
A promotional graphic for The Inclusive Heathenry Crash Course
Irene and Ash in rainbow light at NMAI
Goths at the zoo
A photo of Irene making puppy dog eyes at the camera with a thought bubble that says "Please?'
Siberian squill
Siberian squill
Saga, a medium sized black dog, lies on the kitchen floor
A graphic that says "The stories that shape us"
A selfie of Irene Glasse in the car
Irene kneels on a yoga mat. Saga and Lìfa, two dogs, are also trying to sit on the mat.
The Nordic animist calendar with tie-dye patterned yoga stickers on days with practices.
A photo of an article in Idunna. The heading reads "The Goddess Sif and the Road Away from Toxic Masculinity"
Saga, a black staffie mix, sits on a green carpet. The carpet is littered with bits of cardboard.
An image of a quill pen and ink bottle with the caption "One Word"
Ash and Irene, in Heathen ceremonial attire, stand in front of a pointsettia display at the UUCF.
A selfie of Irene Glasse giving blood at the red cross
Saga, a black and white AmStaff/Husky mix, sits proudly in front of a disaster that was once a dog toy.
A sealed 7 gallon fermenter sits in the kitchen.
A plate of fruit, nuts, bread, and chocolate, and a cup of mead sit on the cutting board in Irene's kitchen
An image of a winter forest. The caption reads "light in the darkness".
A set of Sunwait candles with all 6 candles lit.
A set of Sunwait candles with 5 candles lit.
A set of four Sunwait candles with four candles lit
A large roasted turkey in the foreground and two dogs watching closely in the background
A set of Sunwait candles with the first three candles lit
A Thanksgiving cactus with bright red flowers is fully in bloom.
A set of Sunwait candles with the first two candles lit
Irene in Faerie Con attire for the final day
Irene Glasse dressed for a Kindred Crow set. Lots of black, feathers, and shiny things.
A photo of Irene wearing mostly black con-wear
A photo of Irene Glasse wearing an asymmetrical black blouse, black faux leather leggings and knee high black boots with silver rivets.
A promo graphic for the Sacred Space and Between the Worlds Conference February 19th - 22nd in College Park, Maryland.
(Photo of the wild streak and her siblings in arms at Iwo Jima, probably 1999)
A repair on a lightweight black jacket using black thread.
A set of Sunwait candles. The first candle, Fehu, is lit.
Sunlight shines through green and gold leaves against a bright blue sky.
A photo of a stack of books with the caption "Choosing the Work of Winter"
Four bottles, one from each batch of bottled mead.
A large Ancestors altar from the 2022 Frederick CUUPS Ancestors Ritual
Ash and Irene's dining room table set for their Silent Supper
A photo of a waterfall with a headline that reads "Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment"
Two menhir stand in the sunlight
A promotional graphic for Blackfeather Mystery School's Intermediate Witchcraft course. 12 Session Series starting October 2nd. Online Course meeting on Zoom. Learn more and register at www.BlackfeatherMystery.com
Amber, a large tortoiseshell cat, sits on a casting cloth and next to a deck of tarot cards.
A photo of Ash and Irene at Borgarvirki in Iceland with the caption "A Pilgrimage to Iceland"
A bowl of cut hot peppers of various types
Amber, a large tortoiseshell cat, sits on Irene's laptop with a judgemental expression on her face