Folk Doctoring
In this unique workshop we will think about how Place is the real healer in Folk Doctoring. We will also talk about Faerie Doctoring & the old school notion that the breaking of often unknown taboos held by the Good Neighbours.
(SOLD OUT)
Facilitated by: Lee Morgan
Date: Saturday, the 9th of August 2025
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Location: Shop 6/47-53 Olinda-Monbulk Road. OLINDA VIC 3788
When you first wake in the morning, folklore tells us you can wash away your luck force by flicking the water off your hands as you wash them for the first time. A lot of folk practices and taboos have this sensory element to them. When you wash your hands of something, or flick it away instinctually you know what it means to do this. In this unique workshop, we will think about how Place is the real healer in Folk Doctoring, yet doctoring travels at the same time. Just as my practices have travelled from Dorset, to Tasmania, to Salem, and back to Melbourne again. And just as crystal balls were often borrowed to bless healing waters in the past, today we practice bringing Virtue from one location in the world to another.
We will also talk about Faerie Doctoring and the old school notion that the breaking of often unknown taboos held by the Good Neighbours is often the cause of a hidden malady that clings to the fetch. This way of storying illness involves body-logic. Each person is encouraged to bring with them an old garment of theirs that is inches from needing to be thrown out, one they are happy to let go of at the end of this Work.
This workshop has recently travelled from Salem, with some new local touches!
What Will Be Covered
In this talk, you bring with you an old garment of clothing that you will create into an illness, blockage, or psychological problem you'd like to leave behind.
Learn about how Folk Doctoring - a term that embraces Faerie Doctoring and other cunning practices used for healing- is about sending a problem away rather than destroying the problem.
Thinking differently about 'problems' as a less personal experience and more of a general one belonging to Place as well as person.
Silvering water is explored as possibly one of the oldest folk magic traditions used in healing.
We learn methods for breaking an illness up before we send it away.
And explore how rivers and Place, as well as ancestors, and a whole net of human and non-human animals are involved in our wellbeing.
Learn how to improve your game when it comes to being your own Folk Doctor.
What to Bring:
An old piece of clothing that you are happy to release!
Please bring a pen and paper if you wish to take notes.
Please Note: All workshop sales are final. No refund for change of mind or non-attendance.