Curriculum outline, Firestar Coven
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WICCAN CURRICULUM FOR FIRESTAR
Noteº sessionó wilì bå LONÇ (³ hrs® w¯ breaë iî thå middle© anä
therå wilì bå manù peoplå (hopefully)¬ sï MUSÔ starô nï lateò
thaî 7:0° pm® Iî fact¬ earlieò ió mucè preferable® Iî anù case¬
sessionó havå tï starô oî time!
I. PHILOSOPHY/THEORY OF PAGANISM/WICCA
A. Historical Background
} one session
B. General overview of present sects & systems (specifically pagan)
C. Comparative religion - finding what is valuable in all Ways
(specifically non-pagan. Kabalism goes here, among other things)
D. Ethics
E. God/dess forms & names
} one session
F. Elements/Correspondences. Tools (as link to the practical, which
follows)
II. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
A. Ritual (teach basic NROOGD here, ONCE), Ritual Drama. (The outer
structure of a working)
B® Activå Psychiã Skilló - visualisation¬ energù
manipulation¬ etc® (Thå inner force of a working)
C. Psychic Healing
D. Trance/Astral Travel
E. Languages, Anthropology, Folklore. (Material for rituals!)
F. Scrying & other passive Psi
G. Environment/Earth studies. Primitive/wilderness skills.
H. Herbal lore & medicines.
I® Votivå Arô (havå Dianá aó guesô lecturer?© Pictures¬
sculpture¬ etc.
J. Music/Poetry (forms, metres, tunes, chanting, drumming, etc.)
K. Spirits, Ghosts & other Bogeys (this one is for Don)
L. Magic & the Sciences (and this one is for Sean & David)
M. Do-it-yourself (incense/candle-making, equipment-construction,
ritual-writing, etc.). Whatever else was left out.
Further notes:
Eacè sessioî wilì consisô ofº 1© Aî "attunement¢ bù Robin¬
lastinç nï morå thaî 1° minuteó (optional» dependó oî thå desireó
oæ thå lecturer)» 2© Á talë bù thå lectureò puttinç fortè thå
issues¬ pluó whaô s/hå knowó abouô them¬ lastinç 30- 4° minutes»
4© Á break» 5© furtheò discussioî and/oò hands-oî practise¬
lastinç 4° minutes.
Handoutó wilì includeº readinç lists¬ outlines¬ anä whateveò elså
thå lectureò provideó iî thå waù oæ xeroxeó froí books¬ pictures¬
etc.
Durinç thå warmeò months¬ sessionó caî (anä should!© bå helä
outdoors® "Fielä trips¢ tï thå UÃ Botanicaì Garden¬ Tildeî Park¬
anä thå beach¬ shoulä bå arranged.
Thió makeó 1· sessions® Aô onå peò month¬ thå prograí wilì lasô
almosô á yeaò anä á half¬ aô thå enä oæ which¬ hopefully¬
everyonå wilì havå thå theoreticaì basió foò á whitå cord®
Deliverù oæ samå is¬ oæ course¬ uð tï thå discretioî and/oò whií
oæ Yoõ Kno÷ Who.
Therå shoulä bå somå waù oæ evaluatinç progress¬ eitheò self-
evaluatioî bù thå individual¬ oò evaluatioî bù us® Whaô shoulä
thió waù be¿ Homework¿ Essays¿ Testing?
Progress¬ eitheò self-evaluatioî bù thå individual¬ oò evaluatioî
bù us® Whaô shoulä thió waù be¿ Homework¿ Essays¿