Post by Misty Rose on Aug 26, 2013 5:33:11 GMT
Greetings to everyone!
What is Will of the Way
Will of the Way is a brain-child of mine, and I've been lucky enough to have the support of my elders and peers to keep moving forward on the idea though at times it seems it has so many revisions as to no longer be quite what I first intended.
What I want for people affiliated with Will of the Way is standard free education. Advanced education and more in depth lessons are provided for a small fee. This fee enables me to do a few things.
A) Provide one on one mentoring
B) Provide in depth class work including homework
C) Certificates of completion for your particular course work.
Think of it like chapters of a book that happen to come .pdf by .pdf in E-mail form with homework. Books aren't always free, least not the really awesome ones! Who knows, some day I might have a system of scholarships available!
For those who do not wish to pay classes, will still see a great deal of information and a quarterly newsletter delivered to your email box.
My main goal is that many pagan churches, schools and local classes require payment. In some way someone is keeping their shop open for your class, and materials and time the shop stays open is still a factor in that unfortunately now a'days you have to pay money for it. I do not begrudge this method of education, everyone should get a little milk-money right?
The thing that offended me to the level that lead to creating Will of the Way is pagan churches charging for membership, and what I saw for services with the church did level out the cost they were asking. Perhaps it is a dream that this will work in the way I wish it. Perhaps my situation is the right thing at the right time to give birth to something new.
Here is my pledge to you. I offer a home on the net. A place to have a cup of tea, to speak your mind and rest. When you become a registered member, it is nothing more than your name, your email address, state and or country of residence. You will never have to pay for the right to call yourself a member of Will of the Way, or attend our functions virtually or physically.
What gives you the right to teach others?
I have the right because I am taking on the responsibility. I have been on an alternative path ranging from Neo-Pagan, Wiccan, Witchcraft, Native American to the Eastern Philosophy for more than 20 years. Sometimes that training has been formal with a Coven, some times it has been knowledge gained from Gypsy figures in my travels. Other times it is reading. I do a great deal of it and talk to other practitioners, many books in the suggested reading and discussion topic will be books you can get from the library.
I know a great deal about a variety of things, and I have a gift for talking to people and finding truth where there is chaos. I help people heal themselves and bring a little perspective. Perhaps a little peace.
I'm already on the Facebook Group, how is this any different
On the Facebook group or any other social media site, I am one voice talking in the middle of a whirlwind of choices, and silent watchers. I hope in a forum people will feel free to interact more beyond 'likes' and page statistics.
Additionally, in the coming weeks I will be organizing my Facebook content into forum format which will make it much easier for you as a member to find again here vs. the ever mobile, ever confusing changes that seem rampant with Facebook.
I will not stop posting to the group on Facebook, but I hope my posts will be better visible to people watching and have better content.
So where are these classes?
Classes are still being drafted, it is not an overnight cookie-cutter format that I wish to provide my readers but something verifiable from reputable sources and in a format that is easy to understand and NOT cut and paste from whatever other Pagan group I've seen online.
Class topics will range from a more in depth look at:
Elements
Good and Evil; morality
Wheel of the Year
Celtic Tree Year
More to come no doubt as my thoughts gel further. For now, my goal is to offer a Class in PDF format which will be mailed to you. You will complete it like a chapter in a workbook - if you complete the work and return it to me, you will get a certificate of completion returned to you. If you do not complete the work then the certificate of completion cannot be mailed out. Makes sense yes?
I hope to keep class costs at $25 and below with Paypal as my preferred payment method.
Again, think of it as receiving chapters of a book, one at a time to your virtual doorstep!
In closing, thank you for reading this far, I hope you read a great deal more! Sign up and in for more great updates and enjoy this path we walk together.
What is Will of the Way
Will of the Way is a brain-child of mine, and I've been lucky enough to have the support of my elders and peers to keep moving forward on the idea though at times it seems it has so many revisions as to no longer be quite what I first intended.
What I want for people affiliated with Will of the Way is standard free education. Advanced education and more in depth lessons are provided for a small fee. This fee enables me to do a few things.
A) Provide one on one mentoring
B) Provide in depth class work including homework
C) Certificates of completion for your particular course work.
Think of it like chapters of a book that happen to come .pdf by .pdf in E-mail form with homework. Books aren't always free, least not the really awesome ones! Who knows, some day I might have a system of scholarships available!
For those who do not wish to pay classes, will still see a great deal of information and a quarterly newsletter delivered to your email box.
My main goal is that many pagan churches, schools and local classes require payment. In some way someone is keeping their shop open for your class, and materials and time the shop stays open is still a factor in that unfortunately now a'days you have to pay money for it. I do not begrudge this method of education, everyone should get a little milk-money right?
The thing that offended me to the level that lead to creating Will of the Way is pagan churches charging for membership, and what I saw for services with the church did level out the cost they were asking. Perhaps it is a dream that this will work in the way I wish it. Perhaps my situation is the right thing at the right time to give birth to something new.
Here is my pledge to you. I offer a home on the net. A place to have a cup of tea, to speak your mind and rest. When you become a registered member, it is nothing more than your name, your email address, state and or country of residence. You will never have to pay for the right to call yourself a member of Will of the Way, or attend our functions virtually or physically.
What gives you the right to teach others?
I have the right because I am taking on the responsibility. I have been on an alternative path ranging from Neo-Pagan, Wiccan, Witchcraft, Native American to the Eastern Philosophy for more than 20 years. Sometimes that training has been formal with a Coven, some times it has been knowledge gained from Gypsy figures in my travels. Other times it is reading. I do a great deal of it and talk to other practitioners, many books in the suggested reading and discussion topic will be books you can get from the library.
I know a great deal about a variety of things, and I have a gift for talking to people and finding truth where there is chaos. I help people heal themselves and bring a little perspective. Perhaps a little peace.
I'm already on the Facebook Group, how is this any different
On the Facebook group or any other social media site, I am one voice talking in the middle of a whirlwind of choices, and silent watchers. I hope in a forum people will feel free to interact more beyond 'likes' and page statistics.
Additionally, in the coming weeks I will be organizing my Facebook content into forum format which will make it much easier for you as a member to find again here vs. the ever mobile, ever confusing changes that seem rampant with Facebook.
I will not stop posting to the group on Facebook, but I hope my posts will be better visible to people watching and have better content.
So where are these classes?
Classes are still being drafted, it is not an overnight cookie-cutter format that I wish to provide my readers but something verifiable from reputable sources and in a format that is easy to understand and NOT cut and paste from whatever other Pagan group I've seen online.
Class topics will range from a more in depth look at:
Elements
Good and Evil; morality
Wheel of the Year
Celtic Tree Year
More to come no doubt as my thoughts gel further. For now, my goal is to offer a Class in PDF format which will be mailed to you. You will complete it like a chapter in a workbook - if you complete the work and return it to me, you will get a certificate of completion returned to you. If you do not complete the work then the certificate of completion cannot be mailed out. Makes sense yes?
I hope to keep class costs at $25 and below with Paypal as my preferred payment method.
Again, think of it as receiving chapters of a book, one at a time to your virtual doorstep!
In closing, thank you for reading this far, I hope you read a great deal more! Sign up and in for more great updates and enjoy this path we walk together.