Our approach at Ragmans

Our approach is focused on increased system health by improving soil and plant fertility.  We encourage life and diversity from the micro-level (microbes and minerals) up to macro-level (people!) creating more sustainable farming practices. Much of our thinking at Ragmans has been developed by Juanfran Lopez (left) who has studied and taught in Europe and South America. These techniques were originally introduced by Jairo Restrepo (right), who continues his relationship with Ragmans, teaching here every summer. Our video - Harvesting the Sun introduces Jairo and his thinking. This article also explains our approach in more detail. 

Our goal is to measure the effectiveness of these biological techniques on system biology and mineral balance on plant and soil health.

In addition to this we are developing a high quality range of preparations and techniques such as biofertilisers, bokashi, aerobic teas, mineral chelations, mychorriza, chromatography, lactic acid bacteria, and native microbe reproduction among others methods…. We wish to offer a service tweaking these techniques into specific land situations with local farmers.

This section of our website is a bit complex. We have put some of the tools that we use in the section below. We have also gone into detail with our fertilisation plan for the orchards as it shows how we actually apply these tools. We would welcome comments!

  • Deep Magic: Cultivating Connection

    17-19th April at Ragmans Lane Farm

    Join us for this magical adventure, exploring the connection between Nature and ourselves.

    Our Deep Magic retreat will give you the opportunity to engage with a remarkable landscape in which humans and other species live and work together. Through group practices and solitary exploration, we will discover how we can bring together spirituality and practicality. Using a range of artistic, ceremonial and meditative processes we will re-engage with our humanity as a harmonious part of Nature. The key themes for this retreat will be regeneration and relationship; bring your curiosity, your open mind, and a willingness to participate.

    Ragmans Lane Farm is nestled in the Wye Valley on the edge of the Forest of Dean in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. An hour from Bristol, Birmingham and Cardiff, the 60 acre site is one of Britain’s most well established permaculture and organic farms. Ragmans has hosted numerous courses over many decades with teachers including Starhawk and Bill Mollison.

    Accessible to novices, and beneficial for experienced practitioners, these days of practical deep magic will give you plenty of opportunity for personal transformation, learning and fun.

    We will be staying in a superbly converted 400 year old barn, with three dormitory style areas (6 beds, 2 beds and 3 beds, 4 beds). The barn also has a comfortable sitting room, and a large dining room/kitchen, both perfect for socialising. The retreat includes full-board accommodation with delicious home cooked vegan food, much of it grown locally, some at Ragmans Lane itself!

    We will be using a separate meeting hall for indoor ceremony and practices, as well as several beautiful outdoor spaces.

    Cost £300.
    Early Bird (before 14th February) £250.

    If you have any questions, please email us at contactdeepmagic@gmail.com

    or see our Facebook Page

    Nikki Wyrd enjoys helping people explore their worlds. After completing an Ecology degree, she pursued her interest in psychedelic substances and is now the Editor of the Psychedelic Press Journal, Director of Breaking Convention psychedelics conference, Director of The Psychedelic Museum, and works as a freelance copyeditor for a growing list of prestigious clients. With 30 years of ritual group experience, she lectures on occult matters and has facilitated a number of highly regarded residential retreats. She is the former British Isles Section Head of the Magical Pact of the Illuminates of Thanateros. Her work takes an eclectic approach to relationships between landscapes, plants, people and spirits, seeking to find better ways in which we can inhabit this world.

    Julian Vayne is an occultist and the author of numerous texts in the academic, popular and underground press. Julian works with people to help develop their curiosity about the world, often in the context of historic buildings, museums, galleries and landscapes. His fascination with altered states has led him to explore techniques of changing consciousness, ranging from the highly formalized ritual drama of Freemasonry, through to the trance methods of witchcraft and the emerging freestyle shamanism of the modern psychedelic age. Julian is a leading contributor to theblogofbaphomet.com. His most recent book is the celebrated Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony.



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