Priestess Training
What is a Priestess?
Women have carried the spiritual life of their communities in every culture we know of. They attended the births and the deaths, read the signs, kept the songs, and held the ceremonies that marked the turnings of life.
To be a Priestess, is to be in Her Sacred Service —
and that is a calling and a privilege.
One role, many names
- Shaman
- Medicine woman
- Diviner
- Spirit-medium
- Oracle
- Sibyl
- Wisewoman
- Machi
- Sangoma
- Eem
- Babaylan
- Mãe de santo
Most people would define Priestess as a woman who leads ritual. But the culturally-defined names are many, and countless ethnic titles give further textured glimpses of a vast global picture.
A Woman in Service
Essentially, a Priestess develops the skills required to heal and take care of a community’s spiritual life. She is a Woman in Service — to a power that is both greater than she is, and is also all of what she is.
She becomes adept at changing energy within the body and within spaces, and she embodies the Goddess for her community, to assist us all to touch, feel and hear the Goddess in embodied form.
The three-year journey
Herstory, Power, and Service
The training follows the Seasons of a Woman’s Life, read against the arc of the Soul’s Evolution. Over three years, trainees journey in turn through Herstory, Power and Service, learning skills first developed in the ancient temples and still relevant now.
The work calls in Goddess archetypes and animal guides, links personal energy to the phases of the moon, and marks Her seasons as they are felt in the body — the body being, in this practice, the Temple of the Soul.
Built on eight disciplines
The eight Priestess skills
A priestess is not expected to master all eight equally — but she meets all eight, and finds where her own service lies.
IAstrology
- For individuals
- The Temple
- Special events
IICeremony and ritual
- Celebrating Her Wheel
- Seasonal
- Moons
- Naming
- Birthdays
- House blessings
- Menarche
- Childbirth
IIIMusic
- Sung
- Drum
- Dance
IVCreativity and art
- Creating all forms of sacred objects
VHealing
- Herbalism
- Hands on
- Energy healing
VIOracle
- Tarot
- Bones
- Runes
- All forms of divination
VIIScribing and scholarship
- Recording the stories
- Teaching
VIIIGovernance
- Management of the Temple
How the first year runs
Three years, one weekend a month
- LengthThree years
- Year one beginsEach November
- RhythmNine months, the second weekend of the month
- HeldIn the Temple, Maitland, face to face
- MealsLunch, morning and afternoon tea provided both days
- Years two and threeFollow the same journey
- Led byAnique Radiant Heart
- Next intake[Next intake date]
In their words
From priestesses in training
“I feel so blessed to have found my spiritual teacher Anique Radiant Heart and the Priestess of the Global Goddess Training. I have been looking for many years and this training is giving me such solace and a foundation in sacred practice that most closely resembles my beliefs. Anique is a dedicated, grounded and methodical teacher in both the academic research and spiritual aspects of the Goddess, and her Eldership is plainly evident.
I feel uplifted, challenged and grateful for all that I have experienced so far in the course, and I know that I have grown immensely since I started. Thank you Anique from the bottom of my heart for the great gifts that you offer. I would recommend this training to anyone who has a longing to know the Sacred Feminine more deeply, whether for yourself alone or to serve Her as Priestess.”
“This Priestess Training has been a heart-opening journey. The material is rich with meaning, the discussions thought provoking and the exercises a wealth of practices to enhance every woman’s deepest experiences. As a priestess already in practice, I have had my own skills and knowledge expanded, which allows me to manifest much more clearly the will of the Goddess for me and our community.
Unlike other trainings I have attended, this one has a focus on developing ourselves through internal work as a means to doing the work from the inside out. I highly recommend it for practitioners as well as those new to Her path.”
Doing sacred, spiritual work in a circle of like minded women, who have open hearts and want to connect with others who are the same, is one of the most powerful things we can do for ourselves. Because when we do, we are healed at a very deep level. It may not be obvious to us at first, but as the days and months unfold after being part of such a group, a woman will notice changes in herself and her world. Often, she will be able to make changes that she has known she has to make, yet could not find the energy to do. This process moves us along our road to enlightenment, and after all, this is what we incarnated to do.
Anique Radiant Heart
