Courses listed here are pages that have been set up, but are not being offered in the current semester. They are “parked” here for easy reference.
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Communicating with the Pagan Press
Instructor: Jason Pitzl-Waters Class meetings: Monday 8 pm ET As Pagan media outlets grow and diversify, it can be confusing to navigate and effectively communicate your goals and values to the very people you hope to serve. In this 4-week course, we will discuss and explore how to engage with Pagan media outlets, what to …
Earth Congregations: Nature as Classroom and Sanctuary
Instructor Chris Highland, M. Div. Class Meetings: None The open doorways of the natural cosmos reveal beauty and wisdom accessible to each person. Students will take a closer look at eco-village and green village concepts, as well as transformative possibilities for existing spiritual communities. For instance, what would happen if a church, temple, synagogue or …
Earth Congregations: Nature as Classroom and Sanctuary N6121/M6241
Instructor Chris Highland, M. Div. Class Meetings: None Prerequisites: None The open doorways of the natural cosmos reveal beauty and wisdom accessible to each person. Students will take a closer look at eco-village and green village concepts, as well as transformative possibilities for existing spiritual communities. For instance, what would happen if a church, temple, …
Effective Web Site Development for Pagan Organizations
Instructor: Scott Mohnkern, JD Class meetings: Mondays, 8 pm ET Today’s world demands an online presence as the start to good communications. Whether you are a beginner, or just want the guidance of a seasoned professional while you get your site up and running, this course is the place to be. Develop a strategic plan, make key …
Ethics and Boundaries C5101
Instructor: Anne Hill, D. Min. Class meetings: None Prerequisites: None When we engage in professional Pagan ministry, we are not only practitioners of our craft, we are representatives of our religion. We are held radically responsible for our actions and their consequences by our deities, our communities, our world, and ourselves. We live and work …
Foundations of Germanic Spirituality: Tradition, Myth & Lore
Instructor: James Acken, PhD Class meetings: Tuesday, 7 pm ET Contemporary Germanic paganism draws on an array of sources from medieval literature to modern scholarship and traditional folklore to ethnographic research. Through recorded presentations, primary documents, and weekly discussions all offered online, this course offers students the chance to explore these fascinating and involved topics while marking …
Internship Supervision P6915
Instructor: Valerie Cole, PhD Class Meeting: To be decided by faculty and enrolled students Supervision group for advanced students who are currently or have previously completed counseling internships. Discussions will involve pagan-focused counseling problems and solutions. Students will be expected to bring case studies to class and to participate fully with the other students. Prerequisites: …
Introduction to Pagan Birth
Instructor: Sarah Whedon, PhD No class meetings Bringing a child into the world can be a disorienting, transformative, magical, terrifying, and joyful process. We’ll frame the journey as a labyrinth walk, spiraling in through pregnancy, experiencing the revelation of birth at the center, and spiraling back out through the postpartum period. We’ll focus on how …
Nature and Pagan Spirituality: Human/Animal Relationships N6270B
Instructors: Christine Kraemer, PhD & Barbara Davy, PhD Class meetings: Tuesdays, 9pm ET Prerequisites: None; Introduction to Pagan Theology C5141 recommended. This course provides students with an opportunity to examine earth-centered spiritual perspectives and scholarship on human/nature relationships. In addition to a broad selection of readings on ecotheology, we will focus in on relationships between …
Pagan Spiritual Autobiography
Instructor: Daryl Morazzini, MFA, MAR Class meetings: Sundays, 8pm ET Exploration of the various processes of spiritual formation. Students will read autobiographies of Pagan and other spiritual leaders and examine their own lives to develop narratives of their own spiritual development. Class assignments will include response to and analysis of readings as well as creative …
Preventing Witch Wars: Managing Overlapping Roles in Pagan Communities
Instructor: Christine Kraemer, PhD No class meetings. Pagans love to create intimate community, and the same close-knit network of friends and lovers often does ritual, crisis counseling, and various kinds of business together. This intimacy can turn explosive, however, when we identify conflicts of interest between multiple roles too late. In this class, we will do risk assessments on …
Public Ritual M5240
Instructor: Robert Patrick, M. Div. PhD Class Meetings: None This class explores the two dimensions represented by its title: what is ritual, and what does providing public ritual mean? Students will be asked to consider definitions and understandings of ritual from a variety of perspectives and challenged to consider when rituals that open the door …
Religion and the Law
Instructor: James Bianchi, Attorney at Law Class meetings: Thursday 9 pm ET In ‘Religion and the Law’ you will receive an overview of our legal structure and learn how find the law you need online. You will learn how the First Amended protects us from government assault and interference. You will understand what freedom of speech …
Sacred Nourishment
Instructor: Selina Rifkin, LMT, MS Class meetings: No meeting What we eat ties us to our planet, our environment and our communities. The industrial food chain distances us from all of these things and plays havoc with our mental and physical well-being. Eating low on the industrial food chain connects us with spirit, creates community, and heals …
Spiritual Autobiography M6340/N6705
Instructor: Daryl Morazzini, MFA, MAR Class meetings: Sundays, 8pm ET Exploration of the various processes of spiritual formation. Students will read autobiographies of Pagan and other spiritual leaders and examine their own lives to develop narratives of their own spiritual development. Class assignments will include response to and analysis of readings as well as …
The Druidic Past and Present T6405
Instructor: James Acken, PhD Class meetings: Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm ET optional Prerequisites: None; C5121 Contemporary Global Paganisms or T5940 Research and Writing for Pagan Scholarship recommended. Since the eighteenth century, druids and the heritage they represent have fascinated and inspired Western tradition, but this heritage is vexed by more than a thousand years of either absent or …
The Sacred Earth: Human/Animal Relationships
Instructors: Christine Kraemer, PhD & Barbara Davy, PhD Class meetings: Tuesdays, 9pm ET This course provides students with an opportunity to examine earth-centered spiritual perspectives and scholarship on human/nature relationships. In addition to a broad selection of readings on ecotheology, we will focus in on relationships between humans and animals, as well as on understandings …
What do you mean I need outcomes? P6805
Research and evaluation basics for understanding why what you do “works.” Instructor: Tracy Wharton, PhD Class meetings: Tuesdays, 8 PM ET Introduction to research methods, statistical analysis, needs assessment, and program evaluation, including the importance of research in advancing the counseling profession; research methods such as qualitative, quantitative, single case designs, action research, and outcome-based …
