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Inner Grove Expectations are:
A sincere dedication to the Gods and the Craft.
A mature attitude.
A willingness to learn and a desire to better
themselves.
Can demonstrate that he/she has the physical & emotional
time & ability to commitment to this program.
Demonstrated that he/she follows the General
Etiquette Sheet and by-laws of the Outer Grove.
A willingness to support the Craft in a non-invasive,
non-proselytizing manner.
That he/she has met the requirements of the Outer Grove and has showed advanced
dedication to that position.
**We
do not charge for ritual leader or clergy teaching.
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 Inner
Grove Training Program
The (IG)
Inner Grove of our church is the place where our tree receives
nourishment and thus becomes renewed with trained Spiral Tree Grove
Ritual Leaders and Clergy to continue on our tradition. Within
the Inner Grove you find the Winter Spirits (Clergy), Fferyllt (Ritual
Leaders), along with the dedicated students (*Dedicant, Spring, Summer and Autumn Spirits) who are
studying in our training program.
As a
teaching Grove we are honored to instruct those who have found
themselves called to the STG path. The classes and requirements are
challenging; this is how they are
meant to be. If you join the Inner Grove training program
you will be expected to push yourself (psychically), develop yourself (mundane and magic self) and
expand all your abilities.
We have a 2 & 3-tier
system that is similar to the degree system found in others
traditions, except that the Path is not a stepladder, instead it is
modeled after a Spiral. The Spiral represents the cycle within everyone;
once the middle (or "end") has been reached, you go to the beginning
again, and the cycle continues. No student is ever " above" another;
we are all walking the same path together. Even the Winter Spirit Balance &
Fferyllt is still walking down paths, albeit older paths than someone new
to the Craft, but still learning, and relearning, and most importantly...
always growing.
The two paths in our Training Program.
Fferyllt-
(Fire-Lite) A Fferyllt has completed ALL of the obligations and class work of
the Spring & Summer
Spirit path. At the end of Summer Spirit, at the crossroad of
choice, he/she can take the path of a honored Ritual Leader within our Grove
under the guidance of the Winter Spirit(s).
Winter Spirit-
A Winter Spirit has completed all obligations and class work
from the Spring to Autumn Spirit path. Now he/she can now becomes Ordained as Clergy of the Spiral Tree
Grove Tradition.
For many students both
programs will take longer.
The Process
We don't feel the need to 'rush' through the process. As the old
adage goes. "It is not the destination, it is the journey".
The Inner Grove takes its students from
our Outer Grove Members to train realizing that there is dedication
needed to be a ritual leader or clergy member on a continual basis.
Sponsorship: This sponsor will be a mentor for the first year of training
(Spring Spirit) and
then a valued support system through the rest of the training process.
*not all of us have Dedicant. (See
"root member")
 Spirit
Pathways- These are the 'paths' our Inner Grove
Training Members spiral through during their training.
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