Far Away Centre Magick Courses Learning Witchcraft

We are able to assist media enquiries into all aspects of occultism, Tarot and Witchcraft. See the links below for our most recent article contributions to a range of media events, interviews, and launches, whether for a popular TV show such as "Eastwick" or a University Art Gallery premiere. We can provide workshops, interviews, and research information for all Esoteric, Tarot, Witchcraft related events and news.

Witchcraft Courses

We have a great relationship with loca, specialist, mass-popular, international media and as a result we produce well-informed, sympathetic and non-sensationalist articles.

OUR RECENT NEWS OVER 2009

August 2009: The Far Away Centre is featured in the book, "Mysterious Lake District".

Mysterious Lake District

July 2009: The Far Away Centre is featured in "The Book of English Magic" and Marcus Katz named in the acknowledgements.

Book of English Magic

July 2009: The first TAROSOPHY® Tarot conference is held with Rachel Pollack and leading teachers of Tarot & Astrology.

Welcome to the Far Away Centre, where you can join us for Esoteric Workshops in Tarot, Witchcraft, Kabbalah, Thelema, Alchemy, and methods as old as Ancient Egyptian Ritual and as contemporary as the Inner Guide Meditation.

At the Far Away Centre we offer a unique range of esoteric courses & workshops, in the heart of the English Lake District and online. There is nowhere else like this in the country - our students travel here from the rest of the world to transform their life and experience real magick!

With thirty years practical experience, a professional teacher, a large dedicated Temple, grove area and academic rigour (and access to rare materials you won't find anywhere else) our courses are ground-breaking. You'll learn ancient techniques to live a truly magickal life.

In a range of venues in Keswick, all a stone's throw from Derwentwater Lake and Castlerigg stone circle, be our guest as you learn the esoteric arts in a friendly and supportive environment.

COURSES 2009

Autumn Term: Witchcraft (November 7th-8th 2009), Tarot I (November 21st-22nd 2009), Tarot II (December 12th-13th 2009).

WINTER BREAK

COURSES 2010

Spring Term: Tarot I (January 16th-17th 2010), Inner Guide (February 1st 2010), Kabbalah I (February 13th-14th 2010), Golden Dawn (February 27th-28th 2010), Thelema I (March 13th-14th 2010), Witchcraft (March 27th-28th 2010).

Summer Term: Tarot II (April 17th-18th 2010), Kabbalah II (May 1st-2nd 2010), Thelema II (May 8th-9th 2010), Tarot I (May 15th-16th 2010), Inner Guide (May 22nd 2010), Path of the Adept (June 19th-20th 2010), Kabbalah III (June 26th-27th 2010), Alchemical Workshop (July 3rd-4th 2010), Tarot II (July 10th-11th 2010), Tarot III (July 17th-18th 2010), Egyptian Ritual (July 24th 2010).

SUMMER BREAK

Autumn Term: Thelema III (September 11th-12th 2010), TAROSOPHY® Conference (September 18th-19th 2010), Witchcraft (September 25th-26th 2010), Inner Guide (October 2nd 2010), Tarot I (October 16th-17th 2010), Kabbalah I (November 13th-14th 2010), Tarot III (November 20th-21st 2010), Tarot II (December 4th-5th 2010).

Tarot Courses I, II & III : Reviews, photographs and feedback. Get a glimpse of why so many students first question is "when can I come on the next course?" and why these courses are the fastest way to learn comprehensive and confident tarot reading.

Witchcraft Weekend: Come join us for our friendly introduction to Witchcraft suitable for those looking to learn more about the Craft or practitioners wishing to sharpen up their magicks! Make new friends and work in a temple, grove and stone circle!

Thelema I, II & III : Our unique 3-weekend modular course using rare and unpublished materials. Learn about Aleister Crowley, the man, the magick and his vision of Thelema. Unique materials and excellent guide for the beginner and adept alike.

Apprenticeship Program: A unique one-year opportunity to become apprenticed to a real magician, and work towards initiation in the western esoteric tradition. Gain access to rare and unique materials in a program of work like no other. Also available as a self-study option, The Crucible course.

Kabbalah Course I, II & III : Learn Kabbalah in the Western Esoteric Tradition. Three weekend modules for a comprehensive overview of Kabbalah. Also available as a self-study on-line course. Over fifty PDF files, tables, charts and 141-page book written for this course alone.

Magician Path of the Adept Weekend: Exclusive workshop experience of the Western Esoteric Initiatory system. Covering the Tree of Life, Magical Grade System, concepts of the Veil, Angel and Abyss, Mystical experience and the work of the Adept. The role of Alchemy, Ritual, Tarot and Kabbalah is explained and experienced in various exercises. BY APPLICATION ONLY.

IGM Inner Guide Meditation Day - Experience the IGM Method with 25 years of experience as your guide. This method combines Astrology, Tarot and other methods in a powerful tool for self-discovery. Features ideas not in the published book, gained from having run this for hundreds of groups and individuals, also magical and therapeutic ideas not featured in the book.

Alchemy Workshop - A new course for 2010, in this practical and visionary workshop you will discover the secrets of Alchemy in the Western Esoteric Tradition. With both academic rigour and practical experience, you'll be given keys to unlock the symbolic mysteries of ancient alchemical texts and diagrams.

Golden Dawn Weekend Workshop - A new course for 2010, you will learn the secrets of the greatest magical Order and secret society of the twentieth century. With access to the original manuscripts, and a lifetime of study, I guarantee a weekend of esoteric insight and a comprehensive overview of the magical curriculum and spiritual aims of this Order.

CELEBRATORY SUMMER OPEN DAY

Summer Open Ritual: Ancient Egyptian Rites: Come join us for our friendly open day to celebrate the start of summer! Meet new and old friends and learn this year about the rites of Ancient Egypt. The day culminates in a shared ritual to ascend the ladder of the stars! Gifts, sharing and celebrations!

EXCLUSIVE ESOTERIC/OCCULT BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Alchemy Course The Alchemical Amphitheatre: Learn to live a Transformative life through Magical Alchemy! An Alchemy course in six monthly modules available as a download or paperback book. (136 pages with rituals, exercises, experiments & meditations).

Planetary Magick The Zodiacal Rituals: Learn to empower your life over twelve months with the rituals of a secret magical order! The book also presents a guide to Sigil Magick, how to write your own powerful invocations and focus your Will to achieve magickal effects! (136 pages including all rituals and solitary version notes).

Tarosophist International - buy copies of the world's best Tarot magazine, Tarosophist International, download or print featuring innovative articles, spreads and reviews by leading tarot authors and readers! Now with an Annual special. See the Lulu store on the link to preview the cover and contents of all issues.

THE BEST TAROT ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD & CONFERENCE

Tarot Professionals Network: Join us for on-line Tarot Courses, Discussion Forums, Licensing and Tarot Development. Tarot Professionals get discounts on our courses and students of our actual f2f courses get automatic membership and licensing as a tarot professional.

Tarosophist Conference 2010 - Join us in the most beautiful venue in England by the shores of Derwentwater Lake for our 2010 Tarosophy Tarot Conference. With guest speaker Lon Milo Duquette and masterclasses in tarot for beginners and professionals alike. See our video clip of the worlds leading Tarot author Rachel Pollack from our highly-acclaimed 2009 conference.

MORE INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Blog Photographs and Latest Views on our comprehensive Blog. Learn how to fly a broomstick, see images of rare occult books, ritual events, and comment on our views and news!

Subscribe to our FREE Journal, Aletheia, for seasonal news and exciting offers to for subscribers. Articles, unique glimpses of rare magickal materials and powerful techniques to change your life!

Thesmophoria Weekend Photographs: See the events from our recent Greek Mystery School weekend, held in pagan caves, woods, stone circles and hilltops overlooking the lakeside. Also images of our temple and altar. These were taken by a visiting photojournalist keen to document authentic esoteric teaching.

or ... follow our Tarot Tweets from Tarosophy Towers on Twitter @TheTarosophist! Keep abreast of the latest goings-on at the Far Away Centre and Tarot Professionals, with announcements, competitions and Tarot ideas, as well as our in-house debates.

SELECTED TESTIMONIALS

"Marcus is someone who Knows - who really Knows, where others can only guess".

- Rachel Pollack, Author of "78 Degrees of Wisdom" and "Tarot Wisdom"

"I am pleased to have at last found a teacher who I can really trust"

Lucy M, Tarot Student (2009)

"... The Tarot reading all came together and for the first time I actually feel a sense of achievement. It wasn't just the individual cards that seemed to speak through me but also their juxtaposition, overall patterns and then other patterns within those patterns (like wheels within wheels) and we literally identified a cycle of behaviour that the Querent had played out over a number of years ... the Tarot felt like a living breathing organism that was holding my hand and each card contained aspects of every other card."

Julia, Advanced Tarot Student, 2009

RECENT EVENTS

November 2009: The Far Away Centre provides a workshop in Witchcraft for media journalists in London, Tarot readings at a University Art Gallery world premiere, and local interviews.

June 2009: Marcus is contracted to write two books - one on Magick and another on Tarot. These will feature unique and unpublished work from thirty years of practice and study and will be published in Spring and Summer 2010.

April 2009: Marcus delivers an academic paper on Tarot at the PCA/ACA conference, New Orleans.