Sacred Familiar
SPIRIT DOLL COURSE
A 3 month online pilgrimage exploring the folk magic of the spirit doll with Sacred Familiar founder,
Julia Inglis.
foundation course
Spirit Doll Course
12 week online course
Course Starts : 10am Tasmania, Tuesday 21st April, 2026
For the final time fibre artist, Julia Inglis will share this long-format version of her beloved Spirit Doll Course. This course cycle will include 3 live classes with Julia (classes are recorded) along with hours of practical wool craft videos, pathworking meditations, pilgrimage teachings, folk magic & herblore.
Live Class Dates with Julia
Opening Class : 10am, Tuesday 21st April 2026
Deepening Craft Circle : 10am, Tuesday 19th May 2026
Final Full Moon Circle : 10am, Tuesday 30th June 2026
All classes are one hour long and will be recorded
for anyone who can’t join live.
Spirit Doll Course : a Vessel for the Ancestor
Enjoy $50.00 (AUD) Off with code HORSETAIL
Valid until November 23
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Needle felting
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Ancestral Stories
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Plant Helpers
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Animal Familiars
Inside
a spirit doll
Over the years of journeying with the folk craft of the doll, I have taught people from all walks of life to create their own spirit dolls.
The spirit doll is an ancient being, familiar and beloved to many cultures around the world.
By engaging in ancestral crafts such as the folk tradition of a spirit doll, we weave a bridge back to the makers in our lineage who I believe send assistance to us and to the doll itself.
I am passionate about embracing and honouring these folk traditions and handcrafts of our lineages that have been forgotten and misunderstood.
why the spirit doll
Our Hands Remember
The familiar, spirit doll, medicine doll, healing doll - there are many names for the magical doll companion. With each doll we are making and healing the child within as well as connecting back to our wise ancestors.
The ancient practice of making slowly by hand helps us to access wisdom, intuition and the ancestral memory of wool, textiles, herblore, & talismans. The Sacred Familiar is the magical twin. On this journey together we will make a healing pilgrimage to meet the mythical dollmaker that lives in the ancestral memory and bring healing to the witch memory.
We are not just coming to learn how to needlefelt a doll, we will be creating a spirit doll to be a vessel and bridge for you to your ancestors.
COURSE PROTOCOLS
We want to make sure that this course is a good fit for the both of us. To ensure the integrity of my teachings in my courses there are strong protocols and boundaries around the further sharing of my course materials. This course is for anyone wanting to develop their personal doll making and intuitive skills and to develop themselves as folk artists.
REFUNDS
Due to the digital nature of the course refunds will not be given once the course links and passwords have been sent out - one week before the course begins. Time management is an integral part of this course & your responsibility.
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“During the course, I have both stayed in the forest and gone for a pilgrimage. I have left thankfulness in nature and given little things to people I have met. I have received understanding and tuned in to my path more. I am able to express what I sense more in a way I didn't before know, but feels very natural to me. I still dont know where I am going with my dolls but they are healers, reminders and I feel beautifully connected to nature and history. It feels sacred.”
Annette Mariero, Norway
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I’m absolutely loving this course & it’s really helping me to slow down& be creative. The course is beautifully designed, your encouragement is heartfelt & how true is it the dolls don’t have to be perfect! But are still very beautiful in their own way !
Niamh Goodall, Ireland
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I have absolutely loved this course. You brought me back to spirit and I am forever grateful. So many magical moments along the way. I’m consciously listening to my guidance. When I prepare my place for dollmaking I can feel enormous energy all around and through me. Thank again for your wonderful guidance
Rachel Kirby, Australia
dreaming-awake
Creating by Hand
You cannot help but go inward with hand made work, there are long long hours and much repetitive movement. Like our grandmothers many moons ago caught up in the repetition of a needle going into thread, or a spinning wheel forever turning, we begin to enter a kind of dreaming-awake state and hear the wise and quiet voice of intuition.
