| Advice to Seekers |
Best of luck to you in your Seeking. Every coven handles itself differently, so
the best way to prepare for any of their questions is to be honest with yourself
and your potential teachers. Answer sincerely, and don't forget to ask questions
back. This isn't just a one-way process.
As far as Seeking for a coven goes, you've taken a good first step. Let it be
known that you're Seeking, and start asking around at your local pagan
bookstores for BTW covens or contacts. If you meet someone in the craft and
they're not accepting new students, thank them and ask them if they could
recommend a reading list for you. We should have one in the files section of
A&J. Then do the reading, and start thinking. Keep journals. Find other Seekers.
Maybe organize a reading group to go through the books and discuss what you
liked, what raised questions, etc.
Meanwhile, start a meditation practice of your own. Get used to listening, not
just to other humans, but to the Lord and Lady. Just be open to listening, and
make notes of what you hear. When you *do* find a coven looking for students,
use your meditation practice and the reading studies to come armed with a list of
questions. Be sure to tell your prospective teachers what it is you've done to help
you get by in your term of Seeking, what you've read, and where you think you
are now, and maybe where you think you need to go next.
If you don't have a basic familiarity and working competency with a method of
divination, start learning one. Cultivate interpersonal listening skills. Train
yourself to be receptive, but also to contemplate and analyze what you hear, and
begin trusting in your own judgment.
And continue to trust that Seeking is a reward in and of itself.
-Adam 2* Alexandrian (Taken from the Ambert and Jet yahoogroup)
the best way to prepare for any of their questions is to be honest with yourself
and your potential teachers. Answer sincerely, and don't forget to ask questions
back. This isn't just a one-way process.
As far as Seeking for a coven goes, you've taken a good first step. Let it be
known that you're Seeking, and start asking around at your local pagan
bookstores for BTW covens or contacts. If you meet someone in the craft and
they're not accepting new students, thank them and ask them if they could
recommend a reading list for you. We should have one in the files section of
A&J. Then do the reading, and start thinking. Keep journals. Find other Seekers.
Maybe organize a reading group to go through the books and discuss what you
liked, what raised questions, etc.
Meanwhile, start a meditation practice of your own. Get used to listening, not
just to other humans, but to the Lord and Lady. Just be open to listening, and
make notes of what you hear. When you *do* find a coven looking for students,
use your meditation practice and the reading studies to come armed with a list of
questions. Be sure to tell your prospective teachers what it is you've done to help
you get by in your term of Seeking, what you've read, and where you think you
are now, and maybe where you think you need to go next.
If you don't have a basic familiarity and working competency with a method of
divination, start learning one. Cultivate interpersonal listening skills. Train
yourself to be receptive, but also to contemplate and analyze what you hear, and
begin trusting in your own judgment.
And continue to trust that Seeking is a reward in and of itself.
-Adam 2* Alexandrian (Taken from the Ambert and Jet yahoogroup)
Often seekers will come to a BTW group who isn't currently accepting students.
Or they will find that there is no group within driving distance, and their finances
won't allow them to pursue training at the moment. It's not uncommon for a
seeker to drive upwards of 6 or more hours to receive training from a traditional
group and this requires not only commitment of time but of finances as well. At
these times I am often asked what is a seeker to do when they know they want
traditional training but are unable to find a group local who is accepting students.
Well, the answer is to wait and keep up studies in the meantime. Many covens
will keep a waiting list of potential seekers. Here is information given by a BTW
elder for seekers who find themselves in a period of 'waiting'.
~ Morgaine
Or they will find that there is no group within driving distance, and their finances
won't allow them to pursue training at the moment. It's not uncommon for a
seeker to drive upwards of 6 or more hours to receive training from a traditional
group and this requires not only commitment of time but of finances as well. At
these times I am often asked what is a seeker to do when they know they want
traditional training but are unable to find a group local who is accepting students.
Well, the answer is to wait and keep up studies in the meantime. Many covens
will keep a waiting list of potential seekers. Here is information given by a BTW
elder for seekers who find themselves in a period of 'waiting'.
~ Morgaine
