In Year 2 we begin by considering the darker side of the Craft before looking at the function of symbols, myth and ritual. During this year we will also be thinking about depth psychology with a view of gaining better a understanding of ourselves, practising personal development which helps to lead us to the mysteries and to deal with the world in a wiser way. We finish off the year by considering the mystical side of the Craft.
Session Number
| Session title and subjects covered | Homework |
1
| Introduction to year two and why join a coven
Dark and light list revisited
| What can you bring to a coven? |
2
| Death and Dying
Grief
A Good death and assisted dying
| For and against reincarnation |
3
| The myth of afterlives and reincarnation
Recycling and reincarnation
Why do people feel the need for and afterlife
Funerals
Identifying with the whole
Speaking for Death
| Plan your own funeral |
4
| What is evil?
Problem of evil/shit happens
Supernatural/Natural/Moral evil
Banality of evil and situational forces
| Spring Sabbat personal reflections |
5
| Morals and ethics
Meta-ethics and normative ethics
Duty/consequential and value ethics
Evolution of morality
Wiccan Rede and J.S.Mill (guide or law)?
| Ethical problems |
6
| Jung and the Shadow
Shadow work
| Reflections on the personal shadow |
7
| Archetypes and individuation- Joseph Campbell lecture on Jung and the Psyche
| What is the self |
8
| The Great work- personal development and apotheosis
Moving towards individuation
| Personal reflections on Beltaine |
9
| Symbols and signs
Empty symbols and the function of symbols
Talismans and amulets- cognitive secret of the ‘evil eye’.
| Reflections on personal symbol |
10
| What is myth?
What are the myths of the Craft? | Reflection upon a myth and your interpretation
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11 | The Hero with a thousand faces- Joseph Campbell DVD
| Writing your personal myth |
12 | The functions of myth
Types of myth
Myth as art | Interpret you personal myth
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13 | The masks of eternity- Joseph Campbell DVD | Create your own mandala
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14 | Glamour an occult problem | Personal reflections on midsummer |
15 | Circle etiquette
| Why do witches do rituals?
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16 | Ritual and the function of ritual
| Reflection on common themes in rituals
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17 | How to write effective ritual
| Write your own ritual to be performed in the training group
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18 | The difference between magic and psychotherapy
| Personal reflection on Lammas
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19 | Living Magic and responsibility
Quality Assurance and magic
Skills required
Decision processes in magic
| Scenarios for magic use |
20 | Ethics of magic
| Magical ethical dilemmas
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21 | Spirit of place and character
Local Gods and God Forms | Reflections on personal scared space
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22 | The levels of Gods
Are Gods real? Character and metaphor- metaphor for what?
| job description for a God |
23 | Lord and Lady of the Craft?
Invocation/evocation- making the human sacred and apotheosis
| Reflection on Lord and Lady |
24 | Beyond the Gods- the lesser mysteries
| Reflections on peak/flow experiences
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25 | Craft and the mystical experience
| Personal reflection on autumn
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26 | Wyrd
| Reflection of changes and Rhythms
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27 | Names and Initiation- Dave and Tricia’s house
| Letter of application to the coven
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xx | Incense making revisited with Barry
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xx | HPS and HP Visit
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xx | Kevin’s talk
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| Health and Healing in the Craft |
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