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School of the Wise: Course #1:  "To Ride a Silver Broomstick" By Silver RavenWolf

The first text that we are going to work through is Silver RavenWolf's "To Ride a Silver Broomstick".  This text will provide us with a very good basic understanding of Wicca.  While we may not all agree with Silver on every point, through reading the text, doing the assignments, taking the exams, and participating in the discussions, each of us will be able to develop the beginnings of our own beliefs and understanding. 

This course will be divided up into 18 lessons, one for each of the first 18 chapters of the text.  Upon completing each chapter, each participant will be expected to complete the writing assignments and/or a short quiz.    Most of the questions will be True or False and short essay format.  Each participant will then check their answers, and should re-read the sections for whatever one's they may have missed.  Please remember that we ask you to post your writing assignments to the group, provided you are comfortable doing so. The discussions with the group will help solidify your belief's, bring up ideas you may not have considered, and overall aide in your journey.

Lesson 1:  Picking up the Broomstick
Lesson 2:  Getting Acquainted
Lesson 3:  Magickal Jargon
Lesson 4:  Religion vs. Science
Lesson 5:  Your Special Days of Celebration
Lesson 6:  Defining the All:  Gods, Goddesses and Human Balance
Lesson 7:  What's in a Name?
Lesson 8:  Meditation, Visualization, and Dreaming
Lesson 9:  Your Sacred Space
Lesson 10:  Stocking Your Magickal Cabinet
Lesson 11:  Cleansing, Consecrating and Charging
Lesson 12:  The Fine Art of Magickal Record Keeping
Lesson 13:  Designing and Performing Rituals
Lesson 14:  Webweaving
Lesson 15:  Divination vs. Fortune Telling
Lesson 16:  Spell Casting, Working Rituals and Drawing Down the Moon
Lesson 17:  Color, Candle and Sympathetic Magick
Lesson 18:  Gems, Herbs and Healing

*Note:  The remaining section of this text is, in my opinion, more advanced then the courses are really ready for. So, I am going to opt to wait and come back to these chapters at a later date.

 School of the Wise: Course # 2: Living Wicca by Scott Cunningham

This text will build on the foundation that we laid in the first course, and help us to truly begin to apply our knowledge into our daily lives. Again, each lesson will have an assignment to complete.

Lessonn 1: Tools of Learning
Lesson 2: Secrecy
Lesson 3: Should I Do It While I'm Sick?
Lesson 4: Magical Names
Lesson 5: Self-Initiation
Lesson 6: The Wiccan Mysteries
Lesson 7: Everyday Wicca
Lesson 8: Effective Prayer
Lesson 9: Daily Prayers and Chants
Lesson 10: Prayers and Rites of Thanks and Offering
Lesson 11: Simple Wiccan Rites
Lesson 12: Magic and Solitary Wiccan
Lesson 13: Creating a New Path
Lesson 14: Deity Concepts
Lesson 15: Tools, Altars, Dress and Ritual Jewelry
Lesson 16: Ritual Design Part I
Lesson 17: Ritual Design Part II
Lesson 18: Beliefs
Lesson 19: Rules
Lesson 20: Wiccan Symbols
Lesson 21: The Book of Shadows
Lesson 22: Teaching (Widening the Circle)
Lesson 23: Living Wicca