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Soon-ish

public appearances, rituals, talks 

Southeast Women's Herbal Conference--I'm teaching again this year!   http://www.sewisewomen.com

Mother Grove Temple Sunday Devotionals;  10:30am

Spirited Asheville: a Ghostly Ramble with Asheville's Village Witch  return in the fall, $13 per person; a private ghost tour of this lovely mountain town; send an email for info or check Facebook listing

Look for my blog at Witches and Pagans website:

http://www.witchesandpagans.com/

And I'm still blogging over at Wordpress as Asheville's Village Witch:

http://myvillagewitch.wordpress.com/

 

 

          

                             Discover the courage

~ to push beyond your comfort level

~ to choose a deeper life

~ to express creativity as a sacred and connective act

(New classes are forming now. Please let us know if you'd like more information!)

 

After years of practice, writing and workshops--and several of you nagging me--I have finally developed an  on-line  course of study.

I have found a spirituality of personal connection and corporate work, that is experiential, both intellectual and intuitive, emotional and strategic--a path of authority and power--a path of service and justice, a spiritual outlook that is loving and not fearful, curious, enticing...

and I'm not getting any younger!  If I want to pass this on to someone besides my daughter, I'd best get on with it.  Here it is--

A Curriculum for Goddess Studies and Earth-Honoring

 Spirituality

My proposal...

I propose a year-long commitment for this study.  I will contact you weekly through email with a project.  These projects may involve practice, reading, meditation, writing, artwork.  You will return the project or a report on it to me in the time allotted, also electronically. I will assign you several books to read over the course of our time together.  It will be your responsibility to find a copy of the book and to read the assigned portions.

We will meet together in person two or three times. We will do ritual together, discuss the work we're doing, eat, dance, sing. This will require you to travel to the Asheville area and you will be responsible for both travel and accommodation expenses.

Your fee for this study is $50 per month, payable in advance.  We can work out the method of payment after you've decided to commit to the work.  I will take a few barter/trade students, if you live in the area and have a service or product you would like to exchange.

I will take no more than thirteen of you.  That will assure you of my personal attention. Each of you will be vetted for your suitability--ask yourself now if you are motivated, if you have the time, if you really want to learn this. Please don't waste your time or mine.

From time to time, I will bring in colleagues who have direct experience or knowledge of specific techniques or modalities.

At the end of our time together, you will have a basic understanding that will include the following--

Goddess, Goddesses, nature

History of Goddess worship

History of the Modern Goddess movement

Holy days of the Sacred Wheel

Elements

Importance of the Agricultural year

Altars

Parts of ritual

Rites of passage

Personal ritual 

Daily practice

Tools 

Earth energy--dark, light, gloaming

Allies--spirits, Ancestors, community

Sky energy--The Moon/lunar mysteries

Grounding and focus

Shielding

Prayer/intention/spell work

The uses of magic

Divination

Shamanic work/walking between the worlds

How to create your own circle

 

If this curriculum and style of interaction appeals to you, please contact me through email to begin the process.  Ideally, we will begin our time together on the first day of December

 

 

You may click on this curious Naiad to send me a note

 

 

 

 

 If you are interested in becoming a private student, please send a query email.

 

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