Wicca I: To Know Wicca
January 9-11; 24-26, 2009
Wicca I is the Web’s offering to the magical community interested in a deeper understanding of their own identity, grounding & the flow of energy, ritual, the cycles of the sun and moon, and connection with the divine. If you want a certificate of completion, take the whole course. If you have taken the class, and want to review one or more sections, sign up for those!
Pre-requisites: Texts: The Spiral Dance by Starhawk.
Book of Shadows by Phyllis Currott
Please read or reread both of these books. They provide background, models, examples and meditations beyond the class experience. Use them to answer as many of the questions on the Class description before you get here.
Identity, Circles and Interconnectedness of Being. What is Wicca? What does it mean to be a witch? Who are you? Who am I? Who are we? What do you understand as divine? What is the spiral dance?
Elementals, the 4 Directions, What happens when you call the quarters? How do you meet and work with the Elementals and Guardians?
Altars & Magical Tools, How do you create an elemental altar? What do the Tools mean? Creativity and Pagan symbolism in Altar Decoration
Esabats, How and why do we celebrate the Full Moon? Do Witches Worship the Moon? What is a Lunar Calendar?
Introduction to Circle Work: The Ritual Sequences and Crystal Grids, How do we conduct rituals of power? What is The Cone of Power & how do you create one? What crystals enhance the workings?
The Web Grid Now who am I in the Web of Consciousness? Who do I want to be? What do I need to work on to walk in balance?
Circle Work continued: Sacred Sex as Ritual (discussion only!) Finding your Inner Male and Inner Female Meditation and Ritual I have an inner what? What is Tantra? How does paganism celebrate sexuality as sacred and why?
The Sabbats What is the Wheel of the Year? How does the Web traditionally celebrate the Sabbats?
Finding Your Pantheon What do we know about the great myths of pagan cultures? Do we believe them? What culture do you most identify with? How do you call the Goddess and the God?
Pagan Ethics How do we make decisions in a free society? What is the Wiccan Rede? The Thelemic Law? The Rule of Three?
Web Magick, Finding your Wiccan Work, Now I’ve learned all this, what do I do with it? What is expected of me and by whom?
Seeking All-That-Is, Initiation Ritual 2 pm How is our understanding of the Divine different now than when we started? How can we connect with All Being? Are we divine?
Invite family and friends to the initiation ritual at 2 pm. Think about taking a magical name. This ceremony will also give you opportunity for a naming ritual.
Web Teachers and Future Teachers—check the schedule and volunteer to help present one or more sections of the class. For those who are local, attend as many as you can for the sake of continuity.
Click below to find lists of other books that may help in answering the questions or in other parts of the class.
Sabbat Books Pantheon Books
