🎓 Course Tutor: Elder High Priestess Wort Moon, Head of Academy
🎯 Level: Beginner and onward
🔑 Prerequisites: None
🏆 Mastery Stream & Credits: Devotional Arts — 1 Credit (100 points)

📜 Course Description
The Dark Goddess – Connecting with the Wisdom of the Crone is an immersive, self-paced course exploring the wisdom, mystery, and transformative power of the Crone archetype. Students will journey through myth, history, and spiritual practice to meet the Dark Goddess in her many forms, including Hecate, Baba Yaga, Cerridwen, Kali, and the Morrígan.

Through meditation, reflection, ritual, and divination, students will engage with shadow, transformation, and intuitive wisdom. This course offers a deep and practical exploration of how to integrate the Crone’s guidance into everyday life, magical practice, and spiritual development. Students will learn to create rituals, altars, and talismans aligned with the Crone, and cultivate inner sovereignty, insight, and empowerment.

✨ By the end of the course, students will:

• Understand the Crone as an archetype across mythology, history, and modern spiritual practice.

• Explore the cultural and historical origins of terms such as crone and hag.

• Engage in shadow work and personal transformation guided by Crone symbolism.

• Practise divination and develop intuition through Crone-centered methods.

• Design rituals, altars, and talismans that embody the Dark Goddess’s wisdom.

• Integrate the Crone’s teachings into daily life for empowerment, insight, and spiritual growth.

• Reflect upon and share their personal experiences of the Crone’s energy in a safe, sacred context.
  
  

📖 Course Modules:

• Lesson 1 — Introduction: Meeting the Dark Goddess

• Lesson 2 — The Faces of the Crone: Mythology and Archetypes

• Lesson 3 — Shadow and Transformation: Meeting Your Inner Crone

• Lesson 4 — Divination, Wisdom, and Intuition

• Lesson 5 — Crone Magick and Ritual Practice

• Lesson 6 — The Crone’s Gift: Wisdom, Legacy, and Integration
  
  

📥 Course Access Requirements
To access this course, students will need a device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) that meets the Canvas system requirements.
👉 View system and browser requirements

You can also access your course on the go with the Canvas mobile app. From any device, students can:

• View lessons and grades

• Submit assignments

• Track progress with the built-in calendar and to-do list

• Send and receive messages
  
  

📚 Additional Resources

• Journal or Notebook — for reflection activities, notes, and assignment drafts

• A Collection of Natural or Symbolic Items — stones, feathers, candles, shells, flowers, or cloths, for altar and talisman activities

• A Quiet Space at Home — where you can practise exercises, set up altars, and reflect

• Basic Ritual Tools (optional) — candles, bowls of water, incense, or statues
  
  

This course is supported by a recommended reading list, offering practical and inspirational texts on Crone wisdom, Goddess archetypes, shadow work, divination, and ritual practice. Students are also invited to join the Academy’s Student Circle Facebook group for discussion, community support, and inspiration.

📝 Coursework & Submissions
This course includes thoughtfully designed assignments, quizzes, and exercises to help you integrate and apply your learning. Submissions are completed through Canvas and are evaluated based on:

• Clarity of expression

• Creativity and originality

• Understanding of the material

• Sincere effort and engagement
  
  

✍️ Coursework Load: Moderate
Students can expect to spend approximately 2–4 hours completing assignments, exercises, quizzes, and reflection activities, in addition to reading and journaling.

🎓 Mastery Stream & Credit Information
🏠 House: Domus Pietatis (Devotional Arts)
🏆 Credits Earned: 1 Credit (100 points)

This credit contributes to the Mastery Streams and structured training system at Enchanted Moon Academy, supporting progression in spiritual practice and ceremonial development. To learn more about how credits contribute to Path Training & Advancement, visit our Training Paths page.

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