Covens and Group Ritual: Power, Roles and Conflict

Covens and Group Ritual: Power, Roles and Conflict moves The Witching Hour into intermediate practice. Morgana makes the constructive case, Adrian tests the weak points, and Dr Ellis separates historical context from modern recommendation.

Group practice can create learning, accountability and powerful shared ritual, but it also magnifies hierarchy, conflict, privacy problems and charismatic abuse.

In this episode

• Define roles before ritual begins.
• Separate spiritual authority from control over members’ lives.
• Use transparent processes for money and shared property.
• Create exit routes that do not punish leavers.
• Set confidentiality rules that protect people without hiding abuse.

Try one practical exercise from the discussion and record what you did, what you observed, and what remains uncertain. The aim is a more skillful practice, not certainty on demand.