Crone Priestess

witchAnnouncing something new in the Apple Branch! We have developed a program of study for all women and who are 55 years of age and over, called the Crone Priestess Path. This program is open to all women who identify as women.

We have found this to be a very necessary kind of program, as women in their years of plenitude face different issues and their priestessing is formed by their years of life experience. If they are new to all of this, they will have ample opportunity to learn all the fun witchy things we do but they will also learn how to enjoy life after menopause, how to share their wise woman wisdom with others and how to grow old with grace.

ravenWe will be working exclusively with Hekate.  While she is not necessarily a “Crone” goddess, She is the “perfect goddess to see us though this transition time!

There is a big focus on spiritual healing as well as herbalism. We’ll offer opportunity for Croning rites, and finally, how to priestess others in this stage of life. Our program includes fun activities, many opportunities to connect with earth energies, as well as our own bodies.

All women are invited to Hekate’s Tribe ritruals on Sundays.

This is what we hope to include:

  • Croning
    • Creating & Leading Croning Rites
  • Information of the necessary legal steps to take for those approaching their later years of life
    • Living Will
    • A will
    • Our last days on our own terms
  • Death  & Dying Studies
  • Healing
    • Reiki
    • Toning
    • Breath
    • Polarity Therapy
    • Crystal & Gemstones for Healing
    • EmoTrance – Silvia Hartmann
  • Hekate
  • Magic
  • Environment
    • Natural cleaning/cosmetic/household items you can make
    • Toxins in our environment
  • Leadership/organizational skills
  • Counseling/Support
  • Communication
    • NVC
  • Body & Health
    • Immune system support
    • Inflammation
    • Arthritis
    • Bone Loss
    • Nutrition & Healthy eating
    • Herb studies for women our age for healthy immune systems
    • Essential oil studies
  • Mythology
  • Ritual
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Activism
  • Feminism
  • Empowerment
  • Guardian
  • Mediation

Independent Studies

  • Communication (Public Speaking/Writing)
  • Safekeeping
  • Mediation
  • Energy Management

Recommended Books

  • The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits by Gregg Braden
  • Women, Aging, and Ageism by Evelyn R Rosenthal
  • Diane Stein’s Reiki Course
  • Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty by Jean Shinoda, M.D. Bolen
  • Crones Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen
  • Celebrating the Crone: Rituals & Stories by Ruth Gardner
  • Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being by Christiane Northrup M.D.
  • In the Service Of Life: A Wiccan Perspective on Death by Ashleen O’Gaea
  • Empowerment Manual by Starhawk
  • Crone by Barbara Walker
  • Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth
  • Juicy Living, Juicy Aging: Kick Up Your Heels Before You’re Too Short to Wear Them
  • The Juicy Tomatoes Guide to Ripe Living after 50
  • Fullness No Matter What: Juicy Living From The Inside Out
  • The Wisdom of Menopause (Revised Edition): Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change Paperback by Christiane Northrup M.D. (Author)
  • Living Juicy: Daily Morsels for Your Creative Soul
  • The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvention by Meredith Maran
  • Heartwork by Daniel Goldstein

Audio

  • How to Be an Elder by Clarissa Pinkola Estes CD
  • Joyous Body by Clarissa Pinkola Estes CD
  • Creative Fire by Clarissa Pinkola Estes CD
  • The Power of the Crone: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes CD

Possible Class Choices in Apple Branch Seminary

  • Annym Billagh
  • Death and Dying
  • Ecology and the Sacred
  • Guided by the Moon
  • HedgeCraft
  • History of Goddess Worship
  • Green Witchcraft
  • Embody the Goddess
  • Weaving Magical Webs
  • Mysteries of the Dark Moon
  • Pastoral Counseling
  • Spiritual Mentoring
  • Professional Ethics for Neopagan clergy
  • Ritual creation for Rites of Passage

Hekate Studies

  • Circle for Hekate, Volume I; Sorita d’Este
  • Hekate Soteira, Sarah Illes Johnston.
  • Hekate: Her Sacred Fires, ed. Sorita d’Este.
  • Hekate: Liminal Rites, Sorita d’Este & Rankine.

We have over 130 courses available for those enrolled in our programs.

This is a one to two year program and the time it takes is dependent on how much time each woman has to give to it.

All participants in our paid programs can make full use of our online seminary.  We ask for an enrollment fee of $100 and then tuition is $150.00 per quarter.  The enrollment fee is charged for the time spent working with a student to set up a personal curriculum. Don’t let economic hardship keep you away. We have sliding scale fees and partial scholarships available.

If you are a woman 60 years or older, wish to participate in a priestess path leading to ordination and have a personal mentor as you delve into the Mysteries, please use the contact form below and if you are ready to join us, use the Donate button in the right upper corner for your enrollment fee and tuition.

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