FLORENTINA CRAFT

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​MOONLODGE IS A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE BEING WOMEN
​on the dark of the moon
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healing relationship with the womb

Moonlodge is often referred to as the red tent, acknowledging the time when women commune with and bleed in unison with the dark new moon.  
In the days before electricity women would cycle with their inner tides by the light of the moon. Buoyantly waxing, toward ovulation on the full moon and waning away to bleed on the dark moon. The advent of artificial light and hormone control swayed women away from the natural rhythm of the moons pull on their inner tides. Often dissociating women from the innerstanding of their moonthly seasonal shifts. Causing guilt and shame for being emotional before and during "that time of the month"; not bonding with their emotional intelligence of feelings.


Gathering together to tend to each other, both energetically or literally bleeding together, Moonlodge offers a sacred time for composting the moonths happenings. Through sharing, releasing and listening to each others unbridled truths. When women have a place to be heard and have reflected back to them their humanness there is a deep sense of community, togetherness and indescribable support. Community is vital to the wellbeing of all phases of the feminine and all of humanity benefits from a fully expressed woman. 

To honor the wombs relationship with the moon I've organized and held space, with unyielding commitment, a monthly Moonlodge for over 17 years. Offering on the exact day of the new moon a place for the sacred dark feminine to unfurl and be held. I've held space for hundreds of women. It's my greatest work. 


The Moonlodge I lead has 1-2 open seats available to new comers, held open each moonth, please inquire by the waxing🌓moon if you want to participate. Moonlodge happens every new🌑moon 6-10 pst. Responsibly spaced outdoors (most attendees are in the same social pod) in a garden in Berkeley, CA and sometimes on video call (weather, aqi and travel influenced) but preferably in person, responsibly spaced ;). 


attend the 13 moon series
​to become a moonlodge Initiate
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13 Moonlodge Intitate Program series will start March 13th, 2021 and will continue every new moon in succession. All the series dates: 3/13/21, 4/11/21, 5/11/21, 6/10/21, 7/9/21, 8/8/21, 9/6/21, 10/6/21, 11/4/21, 12/3/21 and continues into 2022 starting with 1/2/22, 1/31/22, and graduation is on 3/2/22.
Each moonlthy new moon class is scheduled for noon-3:30 (3.5 hours) out doors, responsibly spaced in a garden with a few classes scheduled for video calls (weather, AQI and travel influenced). It is possible to have a digital classroom, if there is a need...though in person is my fav. Inquire!

Now taking interviews for potential Moonlodge Initiates, please fill out this questionnaire to get started. Only one scholarship seat to be gifted.
Get curious!  Questions welcome!  Be radical!  

Moonlodge Initiates will learn how to lead their own Moonlodge by their 13th moon of the series (3/2/22), an incredible response-ability and valuable to you and your community of folx. You will learn how to open and close ritual space, how to hold a spectrum of human experiences, learn ritual songs, how to become an engaging storyteller, how to build a Moonlodge altar, how to hold impeccable space, how to pack ritual gear, how to invite folx to your very own Moonlodge! Bonus lessons include, astrology, divination, womb health, magick tool making, primary spells (banishment, protection, clearing, manifestation, etc) and so many secrets only attending Moonlodge Initiates will learn ;).  

​This is the first time I'm teaching an intimate cohort of Moonlodge Initiates, the idea came when so so so many community members expressed sadness around being disconnected from community this year, desiring intimacy and ritual together. I thank my lucky moons I have my Moonlodge sisters to commune with, especially through these trying times. I've felt held, connected and inspired, all while leading!

Registration is open for 2021
each registrant must have a preliminary interview prior to next steps of registration. First answer this questionnaire, next we will schedule a first phone call and a lastly an interview via video call or in socially responsible person. Yes, this is rigorous. But leading ceremony and learning ritual is a big deal. Let's play in ritual!
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​The Moonlodge Initiate Program is a series of 13 months (there are 13 moon cycles in a solar return). Each class in the series is 3.5 hours, once a moonth on the actual new moon at noon-3:30pm(PST). All the series dates are as follows: 3/13/21, 4/11/21, 5/11/21, 6/10/21, 7/9/21, 8/8/21, 9/6/21, 10/6/21, 11/4/21, 12/3/21 and continues into 2022 starting with 1/2/22, 1/31/22, and graduation is on 3/2/22. This first introductory year of the Moonlodge series is $111 per class x 13 months, making it $1,443 for the entire 13 moonth program. 
*Second year(3/2022 after the first introductory year graduation), the cost of this class will increase to $222 per month at 13 months.

Also, seats are limited to a small cohort of 13 folx. ​

Matriarchal leadership is to nourish thru the yin energies of water and earth.  Water holding seat for feelings and relational connection.  Earth representing tangible and physical embodiment; how you feed, move, and make action.  Leading thru nourishment, means tending to the wholeness of the group, including the environment both micro and macro for a healthy and diverse garden offers more.  

Matriarchs stimulate the yang ideas of fire and listen to the spoken words of aire magicks.  It is not the work of the Matriarch to tell you what to do and how to do it, but rather to stoke your inner fires calling forth unique ideas and holding sincere listening for your inner thought process while you build your unique strategy.  Thereby creating space for the uniqueness of the many to harmonize together, in a circle with multiple facets, multiple gifts, multiple perspectives.  

And isn’t this the community antidote of our current times, many voices coming together sharing each of our unique gifts living in harmony, like living in a natural forest or the difference of living singularly on a mono crop farm. 

Moonlodge is a place for Matriarchal Leadership.  True listening and space holding happen at Moonlodge where ideas, thoughts, feelings and embodiment is called forth.  Where women join together to tend to each other collectively.  It is an excellent remedy for the Age of the Aquarian as we shift toward group voice and the collective dream manifestation into our shared realities.  

We desire to synergize and live in communion. 

Yes, this is a woman centered space. 
I also facilitate spaces for all genders, please email me directly to inquire about that service, Tatiana@florentinacraft.com  

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Tender whisper with fall lips
Secrets held for moments, like this
Held in circle by facets lit
By the wicks, 

Each one a living spell
Tending, praying and casting well

Falling down deep 
And forgetting 
To Remember

We were born to do this
Through every weather
Let's gather up and sit together
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