The Temple of the Dark Moon has been running workshops and courses in Adelaide, South Australia since 1999. A minimum number of five participants is required for each workshop or course to go ahead (unless where indicated). Detailed notes are usually provided at each workshop or course run by the Temple of the Dark Moon (except where indicated).
A payment plan option is available for six to eight week courses.
Please contact the Temple for further details
Workshops for 2005 are :
OUTER COURT TRAINING CIRCLE
Commencement Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005 for eight weeks, 7.45pm to 9.45pm.
The Temple of the Dark Moon is offering an Outer Court Training Circle incorporating Alexandrian-based Wicca, ceremonial magick and traditional Wytchcraft. This training circle places a strong emphasis on theory, balanced with practical application, and consists of eight lectures.
Subjects covered include an explanation of what magick is, how it can change and enhance your life, ethics and philosophies of various magickal traditions, what in needed to create magick, creating a sacred space and circle casting with respect to the Southern Hemisphere, preparing your mind and body for magick, accessing the realms of the ancient Gods and Goddesses, psychic protection, Hermetic principles, and much more.
Venue: Pathfinders Bookshop & Cafe, Semaphore Road, Semaphore SA.
Cost: $50.00 non-refundable registration fee and thereafter $30.00 per lecture (covering cost of extensive notes which are provided with each lecture, as well as other incidentals). Discount available if course is paid in full prior to or at start of first lecture.
For further details and bookings, contact the Temple of the Dark Moon, PO Box 5003, Alberton SA 5014 or email the Temple of the Dark Moon.
EMBRACING THE GODDESS
Date: Sunday, 5 June 2005, 10.30am to 4.30pm
This one-day interactive workshop is an invitation to (re)discover and connect with the Ancient Divine Feminine - the Goddess.
During this workshop, you will learn the origins of the Ancient Goddess and Her many aspects around the world, practical ways to attune to the Divine Feminine energies, how to choose your own personal Goddess, how to strengthen this connection through meditation, the re-enactment of ancient rites, the use of sacred dance and chant, and much more.
Venue: Pathfinders Bookshop & Cafe, Semaphore Road, Semaphore SA.
Cost: $50.00 (if full payment is received by 30 May 2005), or $60.00 ($30.00 deposit to accompany registration form - balance to be paid on the day).
For further details and bookings, contact the Temple of the Dark Moon, PO Box 5003, Alberton SA 5014 or email the Temple of the Dark Moon.
Proposed workshops for 2005 include:
If you are interested in attending any of the following workshops, please let us know. Once we receive a minimum number of five participants, an appropriate date will be fixed.
PRACTICAL WICCA
Date: TBA
You have read the books, and may have an understanding about the philosophies of Wicca, but are not sure of how to actually start. Spend the day with an experienced magickal practitioner who will show you first hand how to cast your first magickal circle; what calls, invocations and chants to include and why they are used; the use of gestures; how to use candles, charcoal discs etc; learn how to move around in your circle; how to consecrate and charge items; as well as other invaluable techniques that are not included in the books all adapted for the Southern Hemisphere. Handbook included.
For further details and bookings, contact the Temple of the Dark Moon, PO Box 5003, Alberton SA 5014 or email the Temple of the Dark Moon.
Venue: Pathfinders Bookshop & Cafe, Semaphore Road, Semaphore SA.
Cost: $60.00 ($30.00 non-refundable deposit to be received prior to commencement - remaining $30.00 to be paid on the day). Special discount for current students of the Temple of the Dark Moon.
THE WESTERN MAGICKAL (MYSTERY) TRADITION - CEREMONIAL MAGICK
(A minimum of five people is needed for this course to go ahead).
Date: TBA
The aim of this six week course is to introduce the student to and provide a grounding in Ceremonial Magick and the Qabalah, two magickal systems that apply to the Western mind, and which present systems of logic and possibilities.
The techniques and rituals covered in this course are based on those taught by the Order of the Golden Dawn and have been adapted (where appropriate) for the Southern Hemisphere.
Rituals and information covered within this interactive course include: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, invocation of the Archangels, the Power of Sound and Vibration, the Middle Pillar and introduction to the Tree of Life, the Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram, an introduction to the Qabalah, and much more.
All students will be presented with detailed notes on all rituals and information contained within this course. Venue: Pathfinders Bookshop & Cafe, Semaphore Road, Semaphore SA.
Cost: $50.00 non-refundable registration fee and thereafter $40.00 per lecture (covering cost of extensive notes which are provided with each lecture, as well as other incidentals). Discount offered if course is paid in full.
For further details, contact the Temple of the Dark Moon, PO Box 5003, Alberton SA 5014.
THE GODDESS AND HER SEASONS
Date: TBA
A one day workshop tracing the sacred Wheel of the Year in accordance to the Divine Feminine, the Goddess, and providing ideas and inspiration as to how to celebrate the many sacred and holy days in Her Honour.
WOMEN OF THE EARTH: Magickal workshops celebrating the Divine Feminine
Date: TBA
A series of one-off workshops focusing on various aspects of the Divine Feminine in order to understand her true essence. Workshops will include a variety of techniques including rites and rituals, retelling of sacred myths, sacred dance and chants, meditation, art construction and much more.
IN HER SACRED NAMES
Date: TBA
Spend the day developing your relationship with the seven Goddesses mentioned in the "Goddess Chant" - Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali and Inanna - through the retelling of myths, poetry, ritual, and sacred dance.
IN THE NAME OF GOD
Date: TBA
In modern Wiccan practices the Divine Masculine, the God, often seems to be overlooked. Spend the day developing your relationship with the seven Gods mentioned in one version of the "God Chant" - Osiris, Adonis, Apollo, Hades, Dionysus, Shiva and Dumuzi - through the retelling of myths, poetry, ritual, and sacred dance.
SACRED NUMEROLOGY
Date: TBA
What does your name actually reveal about you? What about your nickname or even magickal name? Pythagoras once said "Man, know thyself" and what a better way to know yourself than understanding the secrets of your own name.
For further information about any of the above workshops, please send a stamped self addressed envelope to:
Workshops
Temple of the Dark Moon
PO Box 5003
ALBERTON SA 5014
or email the Temple of the Dark Moon and details will be provided to you as soon as they come available.
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