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A Wiccan Lesson Plan
Many people believe that the only way to learn about Wicca is to be initiated into a coven and be taught by a higher standing member, or to be taught be a solitary teacher somewhere. I never learned anything this way. It's especially hard when you're the only pagan in a 50 mile radius, in a very conservative town. When you don't have anyone to teach you, and don't know what you're doing, don't worry. You can teach yourself. The only thing it requires is a net connection, a few books, and alot of self discipline. You can use the guidline below, or create your own. I suggest getting a notebook to write the answers to the questions as you go along. You can find these answers online here or many other Wiccan sites, in books (see the Reccomended Reading section), and sometimes even within yourself. Good Luck!
I. Ethics
- The Law of Return: What goes
around, comes around.
- What does this mean to
you?
- How does it apply to
your life?
- How does it apply to
your magick practices?
- Perfect Love and Perfect
Trust: It must be maintained between partners.
- Define "Perfect
Love and Perfect Trust"
- How do you know when
to trust someone?
- Who should you trust,
and when should you maintain secrecy?
- Wiccan Rede: If you wish to
become a wiccan, it's important to understand the rede.
- What is the meaning of
the rede?
II. Preparatory
Understanding
- Faith: You must fully believe
in magick for it to work.
- What does the phrases
"magic is afoot" and "magic is
everywhere" mean?
- Willpower: Nothing can stop
you from reaching your goal.
- What are some possible
obstacles to magick?
- How can you overcome
those obstacles?
- Privacy: When to talk, when to
preserve secrecy.
- Why should you
sometimes keep your magick inention to yourself?
- When should you tell
someone about your practices?
- How do these rules
apply to a coven or group ritual atmosphere?
- Do you plan to
"go public", or practice as a silent
solitary?
- Willingness and Fearlessness:
Leave your doubts at the door.
- Are you ready to walk
a path less traveled, and less understood?
- If you are trying to
change religions (ie to wicca or another form of
paganism), are you prepared to give up whatever
religion you may have been raised in?
- What fears or
trepidations do you have? These must be dealt
with before you can go any further.
III. Magick Prep Skills
- Cleansing
- Define
"cleansing"
- Define "ritual
bath"
- What is one method for
cleansing?
- Raising/controlling energy-
These topics must be practiced and understood:
- Meditation
- Grounding
- Centering
- Concentration/Focus
- Visualization of a single goal
- Practice and
understand visualization techniques
- Casting and opening a circle
- Why cast circles?
- Must you always cast a
circle before rituals?
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One method for casting a
circle
- One method for opening
it afterwards
IV. Beginning Spellcraft
- Creating your own spells
- Why not just use
pre-created spells?
- Create a basic outline for
all-purpose spell use
- Types of magic:
research each form of magick and when each is
appropriate to use:
- Spells/Rituals/Rites
- Poppets/Dolls
- Mojo bags
- Potions and
philtres
- Putting it all together:
research and understand why, where, when, and how to use
various spell elements:
- Affirmations, chants,
and incantations
- Color correspondences
- Candle magick
- Stone magick
- "charms.html">Amulets,
talismans, charms
- Timing
- Days of the
week
- Days of the
year
- Lunar phases/cycles
- Astrological
cycles
- Herbs:
- Meanings and
magickal uses of herbs
- Incense
- Essential oils
- Elements- Know the
correspondences, meanings, and usages of:
- Water
- Earth
- Fire
- Air
- Akasha
- Elemental Spirits
- Invocations
- Tools
(ie, athame, chalice, broom, etc)
Do you have to use ALL of
these elements in every spell you create? (hint: NO)
Explain.
V. Advanced Skills
- Divination
- Gain a basic
understand of each form of divination:
- Scrying
- Astrology
- Tarot
- Runes
- Runesticks
- Pendulums
- I Ching
- Oneiromancy
(dream divination)
- Tasseography
(tea leaf reading)
- Ovamancy (egg
divination)
- Bibliomancy
(book divination)
- Ceromancy
(candle wax divination)
- Geomancy (sand
or dirt divination)
- Ouija
- Develop a divining
skill
- Which form or
forms of divination interest you most?
- Research
skill(s) of interest and attempt to
practice them
- What forms of
divination are easiest or more natural
for you?
- Psychic Powers
- Gain a basic
understand of each form of psychicism:
- Precognition
- Clairvoyance
- Telepathy
- Telempathy
- Clairaudience
- Clairsentience
- Telekinesis
- Teleportation
- Develop a psychic
skill
- Which form or
forms of psychicism interest you most?
- Do you feel
you have any natural psychic powers?
- If so,
research ways to develop your natural
skills.
- Beyond the Body
- Out-of-Body Experiences
- What are they?
How are they different from astral
traveling?
- State and
summarize some methods
- Have you ever
experienced this phenomenon? What is it
like?
- What abilities
do you have that you normally don't have
on the physical plane?
- Astral Travel
- What is it?
Compare it to OBEs (Out-of-Body
Experiences)
- State and
summarize some methods to induce it.
- Discuss
wraths, travelers, and the
characteristics of this plane versus the
physical and OBE planes.
- Have you
experienced it? And if so describe it.
This Lesson Plan borrowed with much Gratitude from SpiritOnline
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