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SUMMARY:Keys to Pagan Leadership: An Online Course
DESCRIPTION:A six-week course: Tuesdays\, July 29; August 5\, 12\, 19\, and 26: and Sept. 2 –  from 7-9 pm Mountain Time \nThis online series of six 2-hour ONLINE classes (Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain Time\, beginning July 29) provides foundational training for current and future Pagan leaders and clergy\, and a valuable review and new perspectives for experienced ones. \nThe course is co-taught by Amber K\, Executive Director of Ardantane. She is a Wiccan priestess with more than 45 years’ experience\, who has written or co-authored 11 books on Wicca and Paganism. Sterling is a Wiccan priestess with decades of leadership experience in federal agencies and scientific institutions\, who is incoming Dean of the School of Pagan Leadership at Ardantane. \nParticipants who complete this course and other requirements may be eligible for Pagan Clergy Ordination through Ardantane. \nWEEK 1: Overview of Pagan Religions; Group Organization and Dynamics \nWEEK 2: Leadership Styles and Skills\, Facilitation \nWEEK 3: Communication\, Pastoral Counseling \nWEEK 4: Ritual Design and Leadership \nWEEK 5: Administration\, Community Relations\, Legal Requirements \nWEEK 6: Personal Presentation\, Self-Care\, Interfaith Networking \nRegistration fee: $150 for non-members\, $120 for Ardantane Members \nYou can sign up now! PLEASE REGISTER at the website (ardantane.org). Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Monday\, July 28. \nAmber K is a third degree priestess of the Wiccan faith. She was initiated at the Temple of the Pagan Way in Chicago and served on the Council of Elders there. Her books on magick and the Craft have been widely circulated in the United States and Europe\, and for 35 years she has traveled across the U.S. teaching the Craft. She has worked with Circle and the Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess\, and served as National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for three terms. She is a founder of Our Lady of the Woods and the Ladywood Tradition of Wicca\, and currently is Executive Director of Ardantane\, a Wiccan/Pagan seminary is northern New Mexico. \nSterling has a BA in Psychology for the University of Colorado Denver and a MS in Occupational Health and Safety from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She also has extensive Master’s work in cognitive behavior\, addiction recovery and psychological counseling. Currently\, Sterling is a Health Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has worked within the Department of Energy (DOE) complex\, at five major sites across the county\, for 41 years at various jobs supporting nuclear weapons production. Aside from studying and practicing Wicca\, Sterling is an accomplished horticulturalist with credentials from the American Rose Society (judge and consulting rosarian). She is an active amateur musician\, playing piccolo\, flute and alto flute with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra\, The Los Alamos Community Winds\, and leads the merry group of the Los Alamos Flute Choir. If she has any time left in her day\, she is dabbling in herbology or in some art project; tie dying fabric goods\, painting\, jewelry\, paper and metal craft. Sterling lives in White Rock\, NM with her husband Bill\, three dogs and three cats…never a dull moment in their home. \n\nYou can sign up now! PLEASE REGISTER at the website (ardantane.org). Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Monday\, July 28.
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SUMMARY:Marija Gimbutas
DESCRIPTION:The archaeologist Marija Gimbutas was one of very few to synthesize and attempt to draw conclusions about ancient European Goddess figurines and the possibility of a Goddess culture. Join Larissa Gibbs for an introduction to Dr. Gimbutas’ explanations of these fascinating artifacts. We will discuss the material culture and the implications\, if any\, for modern neo-paganism. \nLarissa Gibbs has been a practicing neo-pagan since she was a teenager. She did a self dedication at the age of 16 and has never looked back. Over the years\, Larissa has practiced as a solitary pagan\, as well as worked with two covens\, and with her family coven. She was the coordinator for the children’s realm of the Las Cruces Pagan Pride Day event for maybe five years. In 2011\, she became one of the founding members of Desert Spirit CUUPS at the Las Cruces New Mexico Unitarian Universalist Church where she continues to serve as ritual coordinator. She is also a longstanding member and contributor to the Las Cruces-based\, women’s spirituality group\, Moonsisters. Larissa has a BS in biology\, worked as a research biologist for 10 years and now teaches high school biology. She finds that one of the most profound truths in biology is the universal genetic code of life. Scientifically we know that all life is genetically related\, spiritually we can feel at one with all life on Earth. Larissa also looks to history and archaeology to understand past and present human belief systems. Marija Gimbutas’ work with neolithic and Mesolithic imagery and megalithic mounds is very informative for Larissa as well. Larissa feels that science informs our world view and paganism gives us a way to contextualize our place in the world. \n\nThis class is free to supporting members of Ardantane.  Others must register below. Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. The fee is $10. \n\n\nRegistration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Thursday\, August 28th.
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