1st Degree CURRICULUM
1st Degree Class Curriculum
2 Sundays – classes per month, enrollment is open Nov. 1st through DEC. 20th each year
Classes are held 1-3pm
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ALL CLASSES WILL BE HELD ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Intro to Wicca – Jan.
• What is Wicca?
• What is a Witch?
• What do we believe?
• The Principles of Belief
• Practical Laws of the Craft,
Practicing Ethical WitchCraft – Jan.
The Wiccan Rede
The Witch’s Creed
The Thirteen Goals of a Witch
The Law of Return (“Threefold Law”)
Working With Permission
Pentagram / Pentacle – What is its’ meaning?
Magickal Jargon and their meanings
Imbolc/Imbolg briefing
The History/Herstory of Witchcraft – Feb.
The Pagan Religions of The Old Ways
The Norse Type Religion
The Roman Religion and Culture
Early Christianity and Paganism
Druids / Celts
Egyptian paganism
Caribbean
African
The etymology of Wicca, Wicce, Wiccan
WitchCraft, Science, Religion – Feb.
• WitchCraft as a Religion
• Analyzing Celebrating the Wheel of the Year
• The Seasonal Celebrations and Modern Society
• The Great Sabbats: Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnassadh, and Samhain
• The Lesser Sabbats: Ostara, Litha and Mabon and Yule
• Why are they broken up into Lesser and Greater?
• Esbats: Celebrating the Phases of the Moon
• Summerland: Death and Reincarnation
Introduction to Magick – March
• What is Magick?
• Magick in Theory & Practice
• Practical
• Ceremonial
• Candle
• Crystal
• Herbal
• Moon Phases
• Borrowed Magick
The Goddess and The God – March
• Goddess Archetypes
• God Archetypes
• Working with different Deities the Goddess, God-Form and Human Balance
• Magickal Concepts of Invocation & Evocation
• Which Deities will work with you
• Consecration of Your Divine Statues
Intro to the Gods & Goddesses
Choose 4 Goddess and 4 Gods that you have never worked with before
The Magick of the Guardian Angels & The Archangels – April
• Cleansing and Consecrating
• Setting Up Sacred Space
• How to work with them
• Working with specific Angels
Specifically, focusing on the archangels of the Tree of Life and those of the four directions- Uriel, Gabriel, Michael and Raphael, learning how to work with each through ritual to manifest change in your life and understand your own angelic nature and true purposes in our lives.
Introduction and Practice of Many Divination Tools – April
• Scrying
• Mirror
• Water
• Tarot
• Tea Leaves
• Pendulum
• Divination in Daily Life
The Witches Many Traditions – May
• WFT Tradition
• Druidism
• Covenstead
• Solitary
• Cabot WitchCraft
• Kitchen Witch
• Folk Witch
• Green Witch
• Eclectic Witch
• Urban witch
• The Celtic Tradition
• Faery Wicca
• Gardenian Wicca
• Minoan Sisterhood / Brotherhood Wicca
• Asatru
Witches Many Rituals & The Degrees – May
• The Many Rituals in Life for a Witch
• What is a First Degree?
• What is a Second Degree?
• What is a Third Degree?
• What is an Apprentice Adept?
• What is a High Priest/ess?
Celebrating Your Pagan Lifestyle
• Pagan Parenting
• Coming out of the closet
• Raising Pagan Kids
• Choosing a name After all what’s in a name?
Sacred Space, Altars, Tools, Etc. – June
• Cleansing and Consecrating
• Setting Up Sacred Space
• Altar Tools and how they are used in rituals
• The Witches many tools
• Setting Up Your Altar
• Ritual Garb / SkyClad
Ritual – Open Circles & Solitary – June
• Cleansing
• Setup
• Intent
• Raising Energy
• Applying Energy
• Spell Work
• Sealing Energy
• Giving Thanks
• Grounding
• Solitary Ritual vs Open Circle
• The Guardian
• Circle Etiquette
Magickal Record Keeping of A Witch – July
• Grimoire
• Dream Journal
• Personal Journal
• Phases of Your Book of Shadows
• Working Book of Shadows
• Your Charmed Book of Shadows
Dream Workings
• Dreaming meanings
• Interpretations
• Dream journals
Hands on Exercises with Elementals, Thoughtforms and Spirit – July
• Elementals
• Thought forms and Spirits
• Watchers
• Familiars
• Mythology
• Choosing and working with them
You will be creating and working with a thoughtform in this class.
Spells and How They Work -Aug.
• Writing spells
• Crafting spells
• Spells for any purpose
• Timing for spells
• Spells in rituals
• Working with Incense
• Working with Oils
• Working with Powders
• Moon Phases
• Introduction & Practice of the Witches Alphabet
• When was it formed
• What do they mean
• Secrecy
• Other Symbols – Runes & Angelic symbols
Working with City Magick – Aug.
• Office tools
• Techno Shamanic Tools
• City Devas and Spirits
• City Shamanic journey
• City Spells
• Mechanical Spirits
• Working with City Goddesses / Gods
Charms, Talismans and Amulets – A Hands On Approach – Sept.
• The Many types
• How do we use them
• Creating them
• The meanings behind them
• Working with them wisely
• Spell Casting
The Science of WitchCraft 101 – Sept.
• Becoming a Witch
• Opening the Sight – Psychic Development
• The Science
• The Laws
• Neutralization
• Projection
• The Power of ‘Allow’ and Its True Meaning
• A Magickal Attitude
• What is Natural
• Brain Waves and Alpha State
Using Natural Energy – Oct.
• Chakras
• Crystals, Gems
• Herbal Energy
• Elemental Energy
Explorations of Other Spiritual – Paths Introduction to Santeria With Santero Ian Ford – Oct.
• It’s history
• Origins
• Hierachy in the Santeria Pantheon
• Archetypes
• Being Crowned
• Becoming a Santero
• A lecture – discussion with permission of his Orishas – Santero Ian Ford
Psychic Self- Defense – Curses, Banishing & Dealing with difficult people and entities – Nov.
• Banishing
• Protecting yourself
• Working safely
• Breaking dark magicks
• How to handle them
• The ethics behind it
• You are strong enough
• Psychic Development
Intro to the Gods & Goddesses
Choose 4 Goddess and 4 Gods that you would like to work with, yet have never worked with them before
· Research them and bring in information on them for us to discuss
· Do a short Invocation of one of the Gods or Goddesses ritual.
Meditation Techniques – Dec.
• Meditation mindset
• Working in Alpha
• Using Tarot or other tools
• Helping people take that journey
• Take them on a journey
• The tone of your voice
• Projecting your voice
• Meditation for children
• Writing the meditation
• Coming up with meditation as you go
• Alpha and the Dream State
• Using Alpha meditation
• Affirmations and Beneficial Phrases
• Instant Alpha Programing
• A meditation will be done in class
Students must come prepared with their own findings on this topic. Be also prepared to participate fully.
Final Exam – Dec.
• Exam of 1st Degree year students
Students must come prepared ready to do your exam.