Green & Nature vs Hearth & Home

[Juniper138]

Sorry to be such a bother, if the mods want to merge topics, I understand.

Looking at my Hearth class (http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=224230) and the drafts for my Nature Witch class (http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=224485) I am seeing a lot of overlap.

Of course, one is based more indoors and the other outdoors but it suprising how much I can copy and paste from one into the other.

Which brought me to this poll :)

[zombi]

I voted both -- because in my mind they are somehow very intertwined and connected, so it makes more sense to combine! :thumbsup: The connection from hearth to earth is very short to me, so.

[Illumin]

I find both to be interesting, however I am trying to learn the path of the Green/Nature Witch. Therefore I vote only Green/Nature Witchcraft, and I have no qualms with learning this during the winter.
However if the classes are mixed I will still participate.

[WereWitch]

I'm most interested in a nature class but am also interested in a home class, so i voted nature then hearth. However if the majority is that they should be taught together then I would still be very interested in taking the combined class.

[sparrowspirit]

I voted for both, because I think they overlap nicely and both aspects can be applied to various areas of life.

[Juniper138]

If we combined them we could start right after New Years :) It would run about 9 weeks I'd say. A combo class would be more challenging but I'd try my best not to make it too much for parents and students and people with lives.

[Juniper138]

Something of a Primer for the proposed class:

Class Name: Cottage Craft & Wild Witcheries


Introduction & History

Who Practises? Paths & Traditions

Tools of the Trade

Kitchen Safety

Finding Ritual Space in the Wild

Inviting the Hearth Flame into Your Home

Hallowed Hearth

Sacred Landscape

Creating a Sacred Kitchen

Connecting with the Land

Cleaning Naturally & Spiritually

Domestic Deities

Nature Deities

Living and Working with Household Spirits

Living and Working with Nature Spirits

The Makings of a Kitchen Shrine

The Makings of a Garden Shrine

We Are What We Eat

The Spirit of Culinary Herbs

The Spirit of Fruit, Roots, Berries, & Vegetables

The Spirit of Meat, Eggs & Dairy

The Spirit of Grains & Cereals, Nuts & Seeds

The Basics of Researching and Identifying Plants

The Ethics and Basics of Wildcrafting

Correspondences: Figuring it Out For Yourself

Creating Sacred Space: Laying the Hedge

Sacred Gardens On a Small Scale and a Tight Budget

The Wheel of the Year

What is this Hallowed Place?

Hearth stone, Heart stone

Garden Gate, Entrance to Enchantment

My Home & Yard: a Map to my Spiritual Path

Smooring

An Introduction to Herbalism and Wortcunning

Dance, sing, laugh, live. PRAY

The Hearthstone Ritual

Spirits in the Hearth

Trees, Animals and Bees

Stones, Bones and Branches

Offerings, Gifts and Goodies

Making Ritual Real

Dining With Spirits

The Energetic Home

Path Meditation

The Witches Bottle

Witch Balls and Raindrops

Collecting Sacred Water

Creating a Ritual that Works

Bringing it all Together

[Caitlin.ann]

Can't wait!

[Illumin]

Can't wait!

Neither can I!!

[Lady Draven]

Myself included! This will be a great class! :boing:

[Gypsywytch]

Amazing sweet this is gonna be amazing

[Juniper138]

I've put in a request at the Circle of Teaching to start Jan 11 :thumbsup:

[Lady Draven]

awesome! Thanks lots!

[zombi]

Oh, it looks fantastic! I'm very excited!

[sparrowspirit]

ooo, yay. I'm so excited. :)

[Juniper138]

I should mention this will NOT be a Wicca based class!

[Juniper138]

We have been approved, I am adding content now! You should be able to start enrolling. Start date for the class is Jan 11, I will get a list of required materials up asap. ( I am keeping in mind poor Pagans, don't worry!)

[Convallaria]

I'm all registered and ready to start!! Can't wait!

[Juniper138]

If you can't see the enrollment button right now, it might make you wait until Jan 11 :)

[Juniper138]

I'm all registered and ready to start!! Can't wait!

I saw this post and got your email, you are enrolled but have to wait for Jan 11 to start like everyone else :)

Start looking for a wooden spoon or two and a pick a favorite house plant

:abanana:

[sparrowspirit]

i cant figure out how to register!

[Juniper138]

You need to head over here: http://circleofteaching.com

and register, then Browse Courses (there's a tab for that) click on
the course and there will be a button (bottom left) that says request enrollment, you should be able to just follow instructions from there :)

I should mention that usually they do not allow people to enroll in the course until the teacher has the majority of the class material uploaded to the site. I am working my way through that now.

[Juniper138]

Just because some teachers have dropped a class part way through before they make you upload and have your material ready to go before they let people enroll.

I am currently doing so and have a good portion of everything up and ready.

Its the holiday season so, like everyone else, I've been busy but should have everything up and the class open for enrollment in the next couple of days :)

[Lady Draven]

I'm registered also and really excited about this course. I've got my fav houseplant and wooden spoons and ready to go! Thanks for offering the course! :thumbsup:

[Juniper138]

Great! Spoon(s), plant (or potted tree) and a notebook is really all you need for the first week. I have the supplies list up that you'll be able to read once the class gets under way :)

Through this class we will be making the following:

One or more magickal wooden spoons (for cooking and digging in the dirt)

A hearthstone (a small stone that acts like an altar plate or pentacle)

A stang (a forked wand or staff)

Witch bottle(s)

Loose incense

Smudge sticks and saining bundles

Magickal powder(s)

Annoiting oil

A tincture

A household and/or garden shrine

A household or garden guardian

A wreath

A collage image (the collage will be either an ancestor collage or of a deity special to you)

Cookies

Tea

[Bugscuttle]

Neato! I'm registering!
(It's Ash Jao from yr site, btw...)

[Juniper138]

Yay!

I should be uploaded enough by monday to start enrolling. I have been recording some MP3 (podcast style) for a few of the rituals and meditations so you don't have to read from a script, if you are into playing something on your Ipod etc, so its taking me a bit longer to do that :)

I'm keeping a list of folks who email me or post here wanting to enroll and I'll just add you once we open up for enrollment :)

[Lady Draven]

Thanks for everything Juniper! I am so looking forward to this class :uhhuhuh:

[Aernfridh]

I'm also interested in this class!!

[wyldspirit]

It won't let me register. I'm getting this:

The following errors occurred:
This course can only be accessed on Monday January 11, 2010 - 01:00.

And there's no button at the bottom left.

[Juniper138]

I PMed the boss lady last night to ask for the class to opened for enrollment.
That class start Jan 11 (next monday)

I've got a list of everyone's names who have asked about enrollment thus far :)

[Caitlin.ann]

I'm going to join as well as soon as enrollment opens up.

[Juniper138]

Okay I have the list of folks who have let me know they are interested enrolled and it should be open for enrollment now as well. Class content gets automatically put up on the set dates, so no skipping ahead! hehehe

[WereWitch]

Yay! I'm excited to start. Posted an introduction (hope its not too early for that :lol:) Thanks so much!

[Clair de la Lune]

I am interested in enrolling as well! Sounds like what I have been looking for!! Thank you so much for offering your wisdom. :boing:

[Clair de la Lune]

I am registered and scurrying about trying to figure out where I put the items I need for the class. I know I have at least some of them... :hyper:....somewhere!:uhhuhuh:

[Juniper138]

It seems a few odd things have happened, a few thread posts disappeared and a few enrolled students also. I think with Mysticwicks doing its updating we were rolled back to a previous back-up. I have no control over that and I'm sorry it happened!

So if suddenly you are no longer enrolled that is why, but you can enroll again.

[Clair de la Lune]

I just hope I am not so far behind now that I can't catch up. I kept trying to get on site.

[Juniper138]

The site has been buggy all week and everyone is moving at thier own pace. No worries, take your time :)

[HetHert]

Room for more?

[Juniper138]

Of course!

[Juniper138]

To any of my students seeking me, you can email me at juniper138@gmail.com

[Gypsywytch]

is there still a space? open i would like to join please please

[Juniper138]

Feel free to join, some people are still on lesson one so you won't be behind them!