Classes begin the week of February 19, 2012. Registrations begin immediately. There must be a minimum of three registrations for each class.

Fees: $65 - Reduced fees for participants currently enrolled in the Women's Thealogical Institute (WTI) in local groups or the WTIOP. Fees for those not currently enrolled in the WTI local groups or the WTIOP are $75. Additional $5 added to registrations for Kim Duckett's class for materials..

Winter Immersion in Women’s Spirituality/Pt. 2

Instructor: Kim Duckett, Ph.D., Pr.

WTI Credit: Matriculture and Mythology

additional materials fee: $5

Women's and Goddess spirituality is made up of many different cultural threads. In order to truly be priestess- beings, circle facilitators, ritualists, or to to call ourselves educated in Women's and Goddess spiritualities, we must at least be familiar with this multi-cultural reality.

We will be familiarizing ourselves with a number of the threads that have been foundational to this phenomenon called women's spirituality, including respectful forays into Native American women's traditions, Wicca, the work of Luisah Teish and her contemporary female-focused African spiritual traditions , the genre known as psychospirituality, a la Clarissa Estes and others. All of these have feminist spokeswomen. These are the resources we will study, to hear what women from these cultures have observed and offer regarding their cultures, traditions, or fields. In so doing, we will encounter an important consideration in Women's and Goddess spirituality, that is, the issue of appropriation.

We will read and discuss excerpts from The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions, by Paula Gunn Allen; Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, by Luisah Teish; The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, by Starhawk; and Women Who Run With Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Participants will be asked to procure these sources (borrow from friends, libraries, locate at used book stores, etc) or if need be the instructor will copy the readings and mail to participants. There will be an additional fee of $5 for these readings/mailings.

Archetypal Art: The Daughter, The Lover & the Amazon Archetypes

Instructor: Laura Keefe (lu)

WTI Credit: MMD, Goddesses, Personal Growth, Integrated Studies

Are you willing to know yourself more deeply by daring to take your Creatrix work to the next level? This is the class for those of you who desire to take a bold step into a sacred realm. For this session of Archetypal Art, we explore the Daughter, the Lover and the Amazon!

This series (each class is independent) is inspired by the outstanding book The Circle of Life: Thirteen Archetypes for Every Woman by Elizabeth Davis and Carol Leonard: It is recommended reading but not required. Along with creating works of art, our class includes ritual work with the archetypes to allow for an even deeper experience.

A very broad range of creating is encouraged; art might include painting, sculpting, photography, music, poetry, cooking, dance or any style that YOU feel fits the assignments. Participants are expected post their progress at least once per week, and share their creations with the class. Discussion is encouraged, and lu replies to all posts. If you create a tangible piece of art, it is helpful (but not required) to post photos of your art. lu creates along with the class and shares her art as well. Experienced artists & newcomers are welcome, and encouraged to participate & create in honor of the life journeys of women!

Contemplative Practices

Instructor: Bellezza Squillace

WTI Credit: Goddesses, Ritual, Personal Growth

Obviously, many mainstream religions include Contemplative practices. The challenge for us is to re-discover our roots because the OLD RELIGION was in place before this began. We know that many of those mainstream religions adapted their practices to include those of our Pagan ancestors to draw them in and keep them. Rather than re-invent the wheel for our work, this online class will look at how WE, as Pagans, experience the deeper spiritual growth in our own magick. Contemplative spirituality looks at mysticism, empathy, communication skills and spiritual development. We define PAGAN contemplative spirituality, learn the skill and practices and work to bring contemplative living to everyday life. We discuss seven basic areas of contemplative practice: Activist, Stillness, Movement, Generative, Ritual/Cyclical, Creation and Relational.

Surviving the Fall: Preparedness 101

Instructor: Kip Parker and Justice Fire

WTI Credit: Environment, AOL, Activism

Be ready for catastrophic situations such as natural or political disasters and economic collapse. Common sense tells us that people who are prepared tend to survive at a much higher rate than those who are not. This online course will cover the basics of implementing a plan for ourselves, our families and our Tribe. Participants consider personal priorities, regional risks, logistical realities as they are guided by the facilitators to take away a well formed idea of what their personal plan of action will look at as well as how to begin implementing that plan

StarWords:2012's Mercury Retrograde on Fire

Instructor: Bellezza Squillace

WTI Credit: Divination, Personal Growth, Feminism

You can enter this class with little to no experience, or as an advanced learner, discovering new insights that will carry you to the next level of understanding of this very complex science.Each participant will work at her own pace for 6 lessons so you learn your personal astro placements within this system.

For this class, you will receive a copy of your birth chart. The first week of class we discuss the differences between Mainstream Astrology and Feminist Astrology as well as identify what it is you really do know about your personal chart. As the class proceeds, we learn the effects of the Mercury Retrogrades in 2012 in the Fire signs. Each participant will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding what she knows and wants to know and how these retrograde motions change the energy in and around us.

After you register for the class, please email Bellezza at bellezza_of_sis@yahoo.com with your birth date, time and location. If you have relocated since your birth, please include your current town of residence.

The Herbs Live

Instructor: Roisin Carroll

WTI Credit:Environment, Magick

This a journey with six living beings of the plant world. Participants will be given stories for these plant beings over the 6-week course that demonstrate their growing, and magical uses, as well asÊmy personal thoughts on relationship with them. During our time with the plants, through easy instructions, guidance and support, you will be asked: To grow, harvest, dry and magically use them in a special working for the Earth. It is Roisin's desire that all will participate by posting each week sharing their achievements and struggles, offering questions and musings about each herb.

February 2012 WTI Online FACULTY

Kim Duckett, Ph.D., Pr. has taught Women's Studies in university settings for 30 years, is the "mother" of WHISPER: Land of the Sky Chapter of the Reformed Congregation of the Goddess, in Asheville, North Carolina, and the creatrix & co-teacher (along with shamanic altarist, Barb Lutz) of the popular "Wheel of the Year as a Spiritual Psychology" (WOTY) program offered through RCG-I. She is known for her shamanic rituals and Trance Dances at the Priestess Gathering and the National Women's Music Festival. Kim received her Ph.D. from The Union Institute in Women’s Studies/Feminist Theory and Transpersonal and Spiritual Psychology, with an emphasis in Goddess and Women's Spirituality and Ritual. She is an ordained Priestess in Dianic Goddess and Wiccan traditions. She is currently at work on a book about The Wheel of the Year as a Spiritual Psychology for Women.

Laura Keefe (lu) is currently enrolled in WTI Cycle III (Creatrix, Ritualist, Healer). She has been teaching piano and voice lessons for many years. Her life-long involvement in theater, dance, art, music and creative writing continues to express itself through her innovative writing and extraordinary musical performances, spiritually inspired painting, cooking, organic gardening, crafting, scrapbooking and playing in her art box. She passes down her love of the arts to her two children by regularly creating art with them.

Bellezza Squillace is Ordained through RCGI, and is a Strega born practicing Dianic. She is committed to the environment and spiritual consciousness, and facilitates transformative experiences for adults and children through ritual and workshops. She Advises the Great Lakes WTI, and is a member of the Ordination Council, the Advisory Council, and the Emerita Committee for RCGI, as well as serves as the coordinator for the WTI Online Classes.

Kip Parker was Ordained through RCGI and has been fighting and working for her People for many years as well. She is a writer, a teacher, and a Guardian. Her mission is to protect and serve the women of the Tribe, and to resist and subvert the dominant culture.

Justice Fire has been working, teaching, counseling, fighting and manifesting for our Tribe for lifetimes untold. She is a teacher, a fighter, a priestess, a guardian, a radical feminist. She makes her living inside this culture as a clinical Psychologist, providing assistance to those in crisis. She was a founder of the Hag Rag in Milwaukee, has been a member of RCGI since the early years.

Roisin Carroll is an Ordained Priestess of RCGI who walked the Healer path in WTI. She has taught and worked with herbs over the years, mentoring one-to-one, and sharing an expansive intuitive and practical knowledge with community.

She is a grandmother, and self-taught herbalist in the wild crafter cosmology, growing her own herbs for over 20 years. Roisin studied with Selina Fox and others, and reads extensively a variety of books about and on Herbs. Most of her knowledge comes from a belief system given to her by her Grandmother and is, to the onlooker, (a uncommon skill) or spooky. She talks to plants. Roisin's relationship with Herbs has grown and expanded over the 50 plus years.

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