Chapterhouses and Workrooms

The Guild has fourteen chartered Chapterhouses and thirty-one registered Workrooms in eleven countries. Their meeting places are not published. They are made known to members, to petitioners and to invited guests.

The Chapterhouses

A Chapterhouse keeps a consecrated Hall, meets twice a month, and admits and advances members through the first five grades. They are listed in the order of their charters.

• Lantern House

  Frederick County, Maryland

  The Mother Hall. Founded in Baltimore in 1971 and at Lantern House since 1986. Meets on the first and third Thursdays.

• Meridian Chapterhouse

  Chicago, Illinois

  Chartered 1977. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays.

• Tidewater Chapterhouse

  Savannah, Georgia

  Chartered 1981. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays.

• Cascadia Chapterhouse

  Portland, Oregon

  Chartered 1984. Meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays.

• Saint Lawrence Chapterhouse

  Montreal, Quebec

  Chartered 1987. Meets on the first and third Thursdays. Works in French and in English.

• Greywater Chapterhouse

  Edinburgh, Scotland

  Chartered 1991. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays.

• Sonora Chapterhouse

  Tucson, Arizona

  Chartered 1993. Meets on the first and third Mondays.

• Aldgate Chapterhouse

  London, England

  Chartered 1996. Meets on the first and third Wednesdays.

• Zuiderlicht Chapterhouse

  Utrecht, Netherlands

  Chartered 1999. Meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Works in Dutch and in English.

• Yarra Chapterhouse

  Melbourne, Victoria

  Chartered 2002. Meets on the first and third Thursdays.

• Brazos Chapterhouse

  Austin, Texas

  Chartered 2006. Meets on the second and fourth Mondays.

• Liffey Chapterhouse

  Dublin, Ireland

  Chartered 2010. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays.

• Aotea Chapterhouse

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Chartered 2014. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays.

• Nordlys Chapterhouse

  Bergen, Norway

  Chartered 2018. Meets on the first and third Wednesdays. Works in Norwegian and in English.

The Workrooms

A Workroom is a registered group of three or more members who meet for study and practice without a charter. Workrooms do not admit or advance members, who are attached for that purpose to the nearest Chapterhouse or to the Hearth Course.

Visiting

Most Chapterhouses hold an open evening four times a year, in the week before each Convocation, for petitioners and invited guests. If you would like to attend one, write to the Warden of the Hall at hall@sorcererguild.com and say where you live. Your letter will be passed to the Master of the nearest House, who will reply to you directly.

Please do not try to find a Chapterhouse by other means. Several meet in private houses.

Members who travel

A member in good standing is welcome at any Chapterhouse of the Guild. Write to the Warden of the Hall two weeks before you travel, giving your own Chapterhouse and your grade, and a letter of introduction will be sent ahead of you.

Founding a Workroom

Three members who wish to work together may register as a Workroom, provided that one of them holds the grade of Journeyman or above and will answer for it. There is no charge and very little paper. Where no Journeyman is at hand, the Warden of the Hall will often arrange for one to visit, or to attend by video, until a member of the group has reached the grade.

From Workroom to Chapterhouse

A Workroom that has seven members, a Master among them, and that has met regularly for two years, may petition the Council for a charter. The Council visits, reports, and puts the question to the next General Convocation. Three Workrooms are at present working toward a charter.