Tag: Second Degree
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Falling in Love off the Beaten Path
The Country Squire Inn and Restaurant between Kenansville and Warsaw, North Carolina. Article originally published in Life in the Third Degree. In the summer of 2003, I took Shannon with me on a road trip, just the two of us. She was at an important age, going into the eighth grade, which in my…
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Blessings to the Third Degree
Photo by Ais Portraits. I am truly blessed. I had the honor during this Solar Eclipse of January 2010 to facilitate the Third Degree Elevation of my youngest student, Lord Midlight, who began studying with me in August 2007. During this time, I watched him really come into his own, and especially as a…
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Spiritual Paths and Rocky First Steps
Photo by atomicpuppy68; creative commons license I’ve been trying to explain the Wiccan degree system of formalized training to a new student who is excited about taking this important step on her spiritual path in late December. I think it would be prudent of me to make sure I space out the rest of the…
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It’s Simply an Honor
I’ve always been very, very careful about the students I’ve taken on in my spiritual practice. I’m frequently asked to teach, and usually I know it’s absolutely wrong it’s absolutely the wrong time but if the student makes a strong effort, I’ll know if and when it’s the right thing to do, and I…