Tag: priestesshood
-
The Winding Path: A Reflection on My Path as a Priestess
Categories: ArticlesI was a month shy of seventeen years old when I decided I wanted to be a priestess. In my naïveté, I envisioned that it would consist of singing songs to the Goddess and tending to an altar and leading a coven and making special blends of oils and incenses and teaching people who wanted…
-
In Her Service: Walking the Goddess Walk
Categories: ArticlesTags: priestesshoodI was a month shy of my seventeenth birthday when I decided I wanted to be a priestess. I envisioned leading rituals, working magick to heal people, and teaching starry-eyed seekers about the Mysteries of the Craft. What I did not envision – not at sixteen and not at twenty-six – was the massive amount…
-
Visibility and Interfaith Work as a Wiccan: How to be Taken Seriously in the Real World
Categories: ArticlesTags: priestesshoodFrom time to time, I’m asked to speak on a panel of representatives of various religions to educate students about the diversity they may encounter in their future professions. Usually, it’s me, a Catholic, a Muslim, a Jew, and an Athiest. And let me tell you, those days are the days I have the worst…
-
The Amateur Priestess: Serving for the Love of Goddess
Categories: ArticlesI am an amateur priestess. I serve the Pagan community out of love, and have been in some capacity or another since 2011. There was a time when I dreamed of monetizing my spiritual skills – I think every witch goes through this phase – but I learned through hard experience that the professional witch…
-
Vo-Tech Clergy: Preparing Pagans for the Unglamorous Work of Ministry
Categories: ArticlesTags: priestesshoodAn elder in my tradition told me on more than one occasion that being Pagan clergy isn’t a master’s degree but rather a vo-tech certificate. She put it that way to illustrate the fact that much of what Pagan clergy do to serve their communities is learned through practical experience and on-the-job training. It’s a…