Our New Online Course Platform Is Now Live!
Since 2019, Ritona Books has offered courses on Paganism, Witchcraft, Political Theory, and regenerative practices as part of our mission to make knowledge accessible and affordable to all who desire it.
We now offer these courses in a self-guided format to make them even more accessible. Each course is designed and taught by one of our many authors or others, and makes use of videos, texts, guided practices, reflection questions, and curated further reading lists.
The Following Courses are now Available:
Land: Loss & Reconnection
Instructed by Alley Valkyrie, this six chapter course includes 12 high-quality videos, curated supplemental reading lists, and suggested practical work to help participants understand how we’ve become disconnected from land and how we can reconnect with it. Preview the course here.
A course designed and instructed by Alley Valkyrie Includes 12 high-quality videos on the historical, theoretical, spiritual, political, and practical aspects of land, curated reading lists, and specially-designed practical work to help enrich your relationship to land, land spirits, ancestors, and more.
All That is Sacred is Profaned
Expanding upon his book, All That is Sacred is Profaned: A Pagan Guide to Marxism, this five chapter course by Rhyd Wildermuth looks at capitalism, what it is, how it works (and doesn’t), how it came about, how it changed the way we see ourselves and each other, and what can come instead. Includes five high-quality videos, curated supplemental reading lists, reflection questions, and a digital download of All That Is Sacred is Profaned. Preview the course here.
Designed and instructed by Rhyd Wildermuth, this course is an introduction to Marxism from a Pagan perspective. Includes 5 high-quality videos and a digital copy of All That Is Sacred Is Profaned: A Pagan Guide to Marxism
Five Principles of Green Witchcraft
The return of the popular course based on the even more popular zine by Asa West, Five Principles of Green Witchcraft guides participants through videos, rituals, and reflection towards a closer connection to magic, spirits, and the natural world. Includes a digital download of the course text. Preview the course here.
A course designed and instructed by Asa West. Includes course text (Five Principles of Green Witchcraft), five videos, curated reading lists, and weekly self-guided rituals and practical work to bring your witchcraft closer to the principles of nature.
More Information About Our Courses
Our courses are now designed to be more flexible for participants, and they can be done on your own time and schedule. There’s no time limit for course completion, either: participants gain immediate and permanent access to all chapters, lessons, videos, downloads, and all other material.
In August, we’ll release new editions of courses from Emma Kathryn (Becoming Wild), Anthony Rella (Circling the Star), and Rhyd Wildermuth (Being Pagan). New courses are already being designed for September and for the rest of 2024.
You can view the full list of current and upcoming courses here.
How Do I Enroll?
After previewing any course page, click on “Learn More” or on any locked course chapter. From there, you’ll be prompted to make a free user account from which all purchased course enrollments can be permanently viewed.
You can also apply the 30% discount from our site redesign sale (discount code REDESIGN) to all course enrollments. This sale ends 1 September, 2024, but remember that you can take purchased courses whenever you like. So even if you don’t have time to take the course yet but plan to do so later, purchasing now with this discount might be an ideal option for you.
Free courses for paid subscribers and Permanent Supporters
Annual paid subscribers of our Substack and permanent supporters of Ritona Books or Gods&Radicals Press have access to free courses as one of their many benefits.
Annual Paid Subscribers (or monthly paid subscribers of at least 10 months) of our Substack can take one course each year as part of their benefits. Instructions on how to take advantage of this benefit are here.
Permanent Supporters gain access to all current and future courses as part of their benefits. To access these courses as a permanent supporter, simply log in to our site and then view the course.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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We recommend you devote one week per chapter, but we've designed all our courses to be flexible. Take your time with each lesson, and only proceed to the next one when you feel ready.
And you can take the course over and over whenever you like!
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Once you enroll in a course, you have full and permanent access to all course chapters and lessons. This includes videos, course text downloads, practical work, and curated supplemental reading lists.
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No. After feedback from participants and instructors over the years, we no longer include live discussions or separate chat servers for our courses.
We've heard these were too difficult for everyone to schedule into their busy lives, especially with so many different time zones represented.
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Absolutely! Each course has one or more public lessons which can be viewed before purchasing enrollment. Find these by scrolling down the course lesson page -- the ones without a lock symbol are public!
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Great! Please see this link for our instructor FAQ.