Join the Cotswold Priestess Training: Spiral 1
Welcome to our new students for this year long devotional and learning journey beginning on 20th April 2024!

We are so thrilled to be offering this course as a collaborative effort from the amazing faculty we have gathered in support of Stroud Goddess Temple.

The First Spiral consists of 10 very full days of In-Person Training , alongside online resources.

We alternatively offer our inclusive Online Distance Learning option for those unable to travel or otherwise attend the In-Person training.

In this Spiral you will be exploring the sacred landscape of the Cotswolds  - Stone, Stream and Sky, as well as connecting with each of the Goddesses of the Cotswolds Wheel of Cuda - namely Hecate, Nematona, Elen, Venus, Sabrina, Matres Sulivae, Rosmerta, Sulis, and at the Centre, Goddess Cuda and the Cuculatti.

There will be academic learning, ceremony, craft, movement, deep ecology and listening / sharing circles, building a community of devotion to the Divine Feminine grounded in our local history and landscape, as well as the seasonal festivals of Brythonic pagan traditions.

The initial Year 1 Spiral unfolds into a deeper Year 2 Spiral with the same group members, where you can choose to continue work with rites of passage, Goddess Embodiment, Sacred Drama and empowered leadership through the Goddesses of the Cotswolds and our connection with nature.

This personal development course is also accredited as a professional development training through IPHM, and will lead to certification at the completion of the Spiral 1 Year into the Sister/Brother/Personhood of Stone, Stream and Sky. The completion of Spiral 2 Year leads to dedication as a Priest/ess or Priestx of the Cotswolds.

The training is open to people of all genders, backgrounds and beliefs. We are an inclusive and openly accountable Community Interest Company organisation.

We are particularly committed to decolonising spirituality, working to overcome racism and cultural appropriation, homophobia, transphobia or misogyny, ecocide or exploitation of natural ecology, and other forms of patriarchal harm which have been prevalent over the last 300 years. This course and its fees help to fund the continuation of the physical temple in Stroud town centre as well as supporting the facilitators travel and venue fees for the sacred sites we visit over the year.

It is our hope that through the development of more sustainable culture around Goddess and nature-based spiritual practices and community building, that we can heal the harms to Her and the Earth that have occurred through patriarchal oppression. We can also thus co-create a brighter, more loving and wholesome future.

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First we ask for your Name and Contact Information
 Please give your full name, the name you prefer to be known as, your phone number and email address in order for us to contact you in respect to joining Spiral 1 2024 on April 20th.
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Please tick this box if you are also happy for your email to be added to the subscribers list for Stroud Goddess Temple to send updates on our events, fundraising and other news.
Now - please tell us a bit about yourself, your past learning and experiences, anything that might be relevant to your desire to undertake this training. *
Please tell us about why you have decided to join the course, any expectations you have, and what you hope to carry forwards from it on completion. *
Please Choose an option of which course format you would like to join us for on this training. *
Payment options - the course payments can be made as one full cost sum, or in several chunks to enable budgeting. Your place on the training is not confirmed until at least one payment has been made, the link to make payment is   https://donorbox.org/stroud-goddess-temple    - please make a one off donation for the payment amount,  and email a note stating you have made payment stating the amount for Cotswold Priestess Year 1 Spiral to goddesstemplestroud@gmail.com

 If you are a Melissa Volunteer on a Bursary Place spread over 12 months with a minimum contribution of 4 hours volunteering each month to support the project, the easiest option is to make a regular monthly donation via donorbox of £42 for IN PERSON or £17 for DISTANCE LEARNING at https://donorbox.org/stroud-goddess-temple  *
Do you have any additional support needs or considerations such as allergies, mobility issues, long term or acute health conditions, mental health issues, neurodiversity or past trauma / abuse history that we should be aware of? How can we best support you on the course if so?
For students attending the IN PERSON training, how will you be travelling to the course? We will be visiting multiple sites as part of our enrichment learning on the sacred landscape, so lift-sharing may be possible for those without their own transport and to reduce our carbon footprint. *
During the IN PERSON course, We will be having a break for lunch during the workshop days, please let us know how you prefer to take lunch on these days. *
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