Our Coven has 13 Milestones to celebrate learning and progression.
These milestones are not time specific. Setting a time frame on a milestone does not automatically guarantee you have reached that milestone when the time comes and it is naive to assume everyone is going to learn at the same pace. It’s not a race. it is also not right to hold someone back if they have worked hard and progressed within a timeframe.
Learning sessions will vary depending on what you are learning and to help with your milestones.
If the Coven session is on a subject the member is yet to do, they will learn it and just be able to advance past that subject when the time comes or learn an advanced form.
If the member is already advanced, then they can participate in facilitating the session.
To reach a milestone will require you to pass an assessment relevant to that mile milestone.
Neophyte
Our introductory Neophyte learning is the start of your journey in our Coven. In this you will complete a basic level of study and understanding of the craft. This will usually be done in a group workshop or on a 1-2-1 basis with one of our Coven Elders.
Once completed you can apply to join the coven as a Initiate member and attend sessions and celebrations.
Initiate
Foundational learning of Paganism and with focus on learning the Wheel of the year, Casting the Circle, creating a Sacred Space, designing and hosting a celebration ritual and other aspects of Paganism.
Once completed you will be officially dedicated to the Coven as a full member. At this stage you will be presented with Coven Pentacle
Medium
Meditation and sharpening your senses and awareness of the magical world.
Acolyte
Energy work.
Mystic
Symbology and Metaphysics
Seer
All forms of Divination
Hedgewitch
Herbology
Healer
Crystals and Healing
Elixirist
Potions
Enchanter
Different types of Magical applications including Amulets & Talimats, enchantments.
Wild Mage
Wild Magic – Including Weather, Nature and Animal Magic and Elemental Magic
Battle Mage
Battle Magic – including Magical Protection, Entities, spirits and Demons.
Master
You will move on to a specialisations, something that resonates with you and the path you have walked, for example, Healing, Divination or Battle Magic. In your chosen specialisation you will have progress to truly master your chosen field.
Grand Master
Take your specialisation and expanded and contributed to the advancement of the field.
The Coven Elders
Priest /ess
A Priest/ess is always addressed with the respect their journey has earned with title of ‘Priest/ess XXXX’
Members of the Coven who have an active role supporting the running of our Coven. This can be at any stage on the learning journey above 3rd Degree.
As a Priest/ess you will also learn spiritual guidance. You will have worked on furthering your own spiritual progression and are now able to help (among other things) guide others on their path, help keep sessions on track while maintaining the covens ethos and culture, help with Handfastings, planning and all other spects of runing a coven
High Priest/ess
A High Priest/ess is always addressed with the respect their journey has earned with title of ‘Lord / Lady XXXX’ or as ‘High Priest/ess’
A High Priest/ess is an experienced Witch who guides the Coven in their learning and spiritual journey.
Grand High Priest/ess
A Grand High Priest/ess is always addressed with the respect their journey has earned with title of ‘Lord / Lady XXXX’ or as ‘Grand High Priest/ess’
A Grand High Priest/ess is a title bestowed on an experienced High Priest/ess who has had an established coven that has either sired covens, runs more than one coven or has taught students who have become High Priests.
(A sired coven is when a coven has grown too large and as a result split into two covens)
Magus / Maga
A Magus is always addressed with the respect their journey has earned with title of ‘Lord / Lady XXXX’ or as ‘Magus’
Magus is an experienced Grand High Priest or Priestess who guides 3 or more active and established and/or sired covens each with their own High Priest/esses
In some traditions this is also known as A Witch Queen / A Witch King …(note ‘A’ not ‘The’)