Wise Woman Way
Becoming a Wise Woman is every woman’s destiny, if she chooses it. To step onto the initiatory path that is the Wise Woman Way
is to make the decision to build a relationship with the plants and the
natural world. Not only that, but to also reconnect with the Goddess and
to allow the Divine Feminine and the Goddess to become immanent. Travelling the Wheel of the Year can really help one to reconnect with Nature, the Goddess, the plants and can change your life for the better. To further deepen our connection to the natural world and to the Divine
Feminine, our Celtic heritage will be recalled. Using folklore, story and
music we craft our sacred tools and our plant medicines. As women
working in circle, we come to understand how everything is alive and
filled with Spirit.
I can't thank you enough for all the time you put into creating this course for us and for imparting your knowledge and wisdom to us. I feel like for the first time, I actually have a practical reference for healing and it is an awesomely empowering and liberating feeling.
Marlene Engle
Course Content
The Wise Woman Way Training is a very special, one year,
transpersonal course. What you put in to it, is what you will get out of
it. This is not a passive journey. You can join at any time because the
Wheel of the Year is cyclical. Journeying around the Celtic Wheel of the
Year you will find your Plant Allies; and at the same time you will meet the
Goddess in her various forms.
You are encouraged to spend time in Nature. Walking the land,
wandering the seashore, climbing hills and communing with the
plants are some of the ways that help with reconnection and help
you to find the magic. There is an unseen presence that can be
felt when walking with gratitude for the
Beauty of Nature.
Celtic festivals - Wheel of the Year
There are eight festivals during the Celtic Wheel of the Year.
Samhain - 31 Oct/1 Nov
Geimhreadh - 21/22 December
Imbolc/Imbolg - 1 February
Earraigh - 21/22 March
Bealtaine - 30 April/1 May
Samradh - 21/22 June
Lughnasadh - 1 August
Fómhar - 21/22 September
Each festival will include the crafting of your magical tools; tools such
as Crane Bag, Dream Pillow, Slaghdán, Wand, Amulet and others.
To recapture our heritage, ritual and ceremony will be created. Recapturing our heritage, Ritual and
Ceremony will also be created. If you wish, you can then prepare for a
Vision Quest at the end of one cycle around the Wheel.
With every step our Plant Allies will be with us; helping us,
healing us, sharing wisdom and encouraging us to forge a deeper
relationship with Mother Earth. As we journey with the plants to
the Goddess in her various guises, we will undergo personal
transformation and remember that everything is alive and that we
are intricately and intimately connected to everything in this web
of life.
Crafting and activities will include:
- how to build an altar
- how to make sacred, magical tools
- how to journey to other realms
- how to make plant remedies and flower essences
- making ritual and ceremony
preparation for a Vision Quest
as well as recalling our folklore and music.
After one cycle of the Wheel a student can make a personal
choice as to undertake an optional Vision Quest. The date for
the Vision Quest will be agreed by the woman questing and
myself. The Vision Quest can take place during the day or
overnight and brings us into the Centre of the Wheel. In this
place, all wisdom accrued, all Plant Allies and the Goddess are
pulled together and the question is asked.
Each of the eight festivals (Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasadh,
Winter and Summer Solstices, Spring and Autumn Equinoxes), will
take place on the Saturday nearest to the festival date and require a
donation of 100 per person. This includes an organic, vegetarian
lunch and teas. Participants are encouraged to bring food to share so that we all nourish and support each other. If you prefer to follow the
digital version of the course, each festival costs 35 which includes one
to one tuition during each festival period.
Dates for 2022 are as follows:
- Imbolc 5th February 2022
- Spring Equinox 19th March 2022
- Bealtaine 30th April 2022
- Summer Solstice 25th June 2022
- Lughnasadh 6th August 2022
- Autumn Equinox 24th September 2022
- Samhain 5th November 2022
- Winter Solstice 17th December 2022
- Date to be decided for personal Vision Quest – This takes place in the
Centre of the Wheel.
Tune into your wild side
Tune into the side that is aching with loss, the side that wants to remember the Divine Feminine and join us on the path of becoming a Wise Woman. This course is open to all and can also be taken alone, as a lone retreat. Contact me for more details. If you have any queries about anything, just call. Please note dates may be subject to variation.
This course has been such a rich and rewarding experience. I have learned so much and really appreciate your engagement and generosity as a teacher. Thank you.
Molly
