Please note: Classes that are required are listed with a red title and asterisk.
Foundations in Ritual and Ceremony Credits: 3 Level: 1 Instructor: "Instructor Alvarez" Class Description:This class explores the
different components and types of ritual. Several different types of ritual
including Communion, Healing, Purification, Rites of Passage, Seasonal
Celebrations, Worship, and Petition are examined. This class covers the same
material as Ritual and Ceremony Overview but goes deeper into the meaning of
these rituals and ceremonies, how they are constructed, and how they are used.
The purpose of, components of, and types of rituals are focused on in this
class. This class is required for the Ceremonial Magick Rituals and Ceremony
Specialization. Required Materials:The Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard Estimated Completion Time: 4-6 weeks Prerequisites:
None
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
Introduction to Ceremonial Magick Credits: 1 Level: 1 Instructor: "Instructor Alvarez" Class Description:
There are many misconceptions attached to Ceremonial Magick from being
strictly group magick to being only “High Magick” for spiritual attainment.
This survey class is aimed at exploring some of the variety contained within
the field of Ceremonial Magick and dispelling some of these misconceptions. It
includes an overview of Neo-Platonic and Hermetic philosophies as well as
Enochian and Goetic Magick, the Great Work, magickal correspondences, and more.
Students will complete one written assignment and a final exam.
Required Materials:Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard.
This class also requires some additional online reading outside of the
class. Estimated Completion Time: 1-2 weeks Prerequisites:
None
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
Introduction to Ceremonial Magick vGSW - This class is not accepting students at this time. Credits: 1 Level: 1 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
There are many misconceptions attached to Ceremonial Magick from being
strictly group magick to being only “High Magick” for spiritual attainment.
This survey class is aimed at exploring some of the variety contained within
the field of Ceremonial Magick and dispelling some of these misconceptions. It
includes an overview of Neo-Platonic and Hermetic philosophies as well as
Enochian and Goetic Magick, the Great Work, magickal correspondences, and more.
Students will complete one written assignment and a final exam.
Note: This version of the class is only open to those completing it in an instructor-led session on vGSW or other real-time platform.
Required Materials:Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard.
This class also requires some additional online reading outside of the
class. Estimated Completion Time: 1 week Prerequisites:
None
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
Ritual and Ceremony Overview Credits: 1 Level: 1 Instructor: "Instructor Alvarez" Class Description:This class is a very brief
introduction to ritual and ceremony. It defines and outlines the components of
ritual and ceremony and functions as a primer to higher level courses on the
topic. Take this class if you are looking for a general overview. If you wish
to major in Ceremonial Magick, Foundations in Ritual and Ceremony is
recommended instead as this subject is covered in more depth. Required Materials:The Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard Estimated Completion Time: 1 week Prerequisites:
None
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
So You Want to be a White Wizard? Credits: 3 Level: 1 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
What does it mean to be a White Wizard? This class covers philosophical underpinnings of the White Wizard's path, famous White Wizards throughout history, as well as what White Wizards "do" and who they do it with. Common misconceptions are also laid to rest.
Required Materials:The Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard Estimated Completion Time: 2 Weeks Prerequisites:
None
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
White Wizard's Library Credits: 1 Level: 1 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
A good library is an essential tool for any wizard, doubly so for the practitioner of ceremonial magick. This class reviews and recommends a few staples that should be in any white wizard’s library. It also gives pointers on sorting the good books from the bad as well as a sample dedication rite for your library.
Required Materials:
The Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard. Additional books of the student's choice are required in order to complete assignments and may need to be purchased or checked out from a library.
Estimated Completion Time: 1-2 weeks Prerequisites:
None.
Safety Precautions:
None.
Included Lessons:
This class will break down and expand on
the components of rituals learned in Foundations in Ritual and Ceremony. It
will cover setting intention, preparing ritual space and materials, creating
sacred space, performing The Work, and closing the ritual. For the final exam,
you will create your own ritual. Ritual will be examined from the perspective
of Western Ceremonial Magick and neo-Paganism.
Required Materials:Grimoire for the
Apprentice Wizard Estimated Completion Time: 4-6 weeks Prerequisites:Foundations in Ritual
and Ceremony Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
Dressing for Magick and Ritual Credits: 2 Level: 2 Instructor: "Dean Lafountain" Class Description:Class Description:For
successful magick, you need to take yourself seriously, and donning a special
garment is a way that you show yourself how serious you are. This class will
teach you how to construct basic ritual apparel. Basic knowledge of either
machine or hand sewing is required.
Required Materials:
Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard
A
sewing machine (or sewing needles if you are hand sewing)
A
large, flat surface to lay out and cut your patterns. A table or even a
clean floor are fine.
A
roll of butcher paper
Masking
tape or Scotch tape
A
tape measure
A
ruler or yardstick
Good,
sharp scissors
Straight
pins
Spools
of thread to match your fabric
An
iron and ironing board
Your
fabric and trims
Optional:
bias tape in a matching or contrasting color (or the color of the
department of your major). You can buy packaged bias tape in the fabric
store.
Any
additional notions, such as clasps, etc.
Estimated Completion Time: 4 weeks Prerequisites:Basic
knowledge of either machine or hand sewing is required.
Safety Precautions:
Youth
students should get adult supervision when working with needles and scissors.
Adult students should observe basic safety precautions when working with sharp
objects.
Included Lessons:
Finding Your Path, Advancing Your Spirit Credits: 2 Level: 2 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:This class assists the student to develop their
own sense of who they are and what path they wish to follow spiritually. It will help them to develop their own plan
for the future based upon their needs and desires and letting go of any issues
associated with what others might have told them was right or wrong.
Required Materials:A digital camera to take a photograph with, The
Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, The Companion for the Apprentice Wizard
(optional) Estimated Completion Time: 4-6 weeks Prerequisites:Meditation 101 would be helpful, but not
required. Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
Introduction to Qabbalah Credits: 3 Level: 2 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description: Many of the rituals and practices of ceremonial magick are based on or derived from the teachings of an ancient body of mystical knowledge known as the Qabbalah. Millenia old and almost infinitely complex, this knowledge is deeply interwoven with ceremonial magick at all levels. This class offers a crash-course in the aspects of the Qabbalah that are most relevant to a practicing wizard in a manner as simple and accessible as possible.
Required Materials: A copy of "Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard" by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is required.
Estimated Completion Time: 3 to 4 weeks Prerequisites: None.
Safety Precautions: None.
Included Lessons:
Theurgy 201: Foundations Credits: 1 Level: 2 Instructor: John "Apollonius" Opsopaus Class Description:
The foundations of the ancient Art of Theurgy, a
collection of magickal practices by which one may have congress with Gods and
Daemons in order to communicate with Them, to enter into liaisons (“pacts”) to
gain Their aid, and even to experience Deification by uniting with Them.
Through Theurgy, a Wizard’s Magickal Practice and entire life can be brought
into better alignment with the flow of the Universe. This course defines
Theurgy and its basic techniques, discusses its goals, and presents a brief
history of the Art. Further, since the Theurgical Arts permit communication
with Gods and Daemons, it is imperative that Theurgists have clear ethical
standards and know how to deal with requests or demands to act unethically. Thus
this class also discusses the ethical problems that may arise in Theurgy and
takes the student through a series of exercises in ethical judgment. It is
prerequisite to all more advanced Theurgy classes.
Required Materials:
None Estimated Completion Time: 6 weeks Prerequisites:
None
Safety Precautions:
None.
Included Lessons:
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram Credits: 2 Level: 3 Instructor: John "Apollonius" Opsopaus Class Description:
The LBRP is one of the fundamental operations of Ceremonial Magick. In addition to its primary use for banishing unwanted, chaotic, or unknown elemental energies, wizards practice it regularly in order to purify, equilibrate, and energize their astral bodies. Furthermore, many of the techniques that are part of the LBRP are necessary for more advanced magickal operations.
Required Materials:
None.
Estimated Completion Time: 2 months Prerequisites:
None.
Safety Precautions:
None.
Included Lessons:
The
class explores purification rituals throughout history from various religious
backgrounds. Students will try a number of purification exercises and design
their own ritual for the final essay.
This class focuses more on a cross-cultural view of purification and the ritual structure that forms around it. For more information about techniques, cleansing spaces, and specific uses of herbs and other tools see Cleaning and Purification in the Dark Arts department.
Rituals of the Hexagram Credits: 3 Level: 3 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
The Rituals of the Hexagram are a more advanced practice of ceremonial magick which requires familiarity and success with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. The symbolism and interpretation of the ritual is complex and multifaceted; this class offers a practical introduction. Properly executed, the Rituals of the Hexagram offer a way to begin to affect the magickal forces of the macrocosm. They are also a building block to operations of planetary magick.
Required Materials:
None.
Estimated Completion Time: Approximately one month Prerequisites:
The class "Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram" is a pre-requisite for this class.
Safety Precautions:
None.
Included Lessons:
The Middle Pillar Credits: 3 Level: 3 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
Original Copyright 09/28/2006 by Professor Quaesitor Theurgos for the GreySchool of Wizardry. Edited and Annotated with New Material, Copyright 9/14/17 by Professor Arakeane for the GreySchool of Wizardry.
This class teaches one of the most important operations of the Golden Dawn System of Ceremonial Magick, although this operation is not exclusive to the Golden Dawn or any other sect, religion, or practice. The Middle Pillar Exercise is one of many techniques aimed at building up magickal energy and learning how to work with it. This energy can then be used for energy work internally (to vitalize the Wizard) or it can be sent outside (externally) to heal, “feed” familiars, servitors, artificial elementals or spirits, or charge magical instruments and other originally inanimate objects such as talismans or amulets with magickal “life”.
Please note you must have completed "The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram" class before registering for this class.
Required Materials:
Materials:
·“The
Middle Pillar Exercise: Balance Between Mind and Magic” by Israel Regardie (recommended)
·Grimoire
for the Apprentice Wizard by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and the Grey Council
Prerequisites: Lesser Banishing
Ritual of the Pentagram
Safety Precautions:
Precautions: Competence in
performing the LBRP.
Included Lessons:
Theurgy 301: Gods and Daemons Credits: 3 Level: 3 Instructor: John "Apollonius" Opsopaus Class Description:
Comprehensive introduction to Pythagorean Cosmology in relation to the nature and classification of the Gods and Daemons. Essential information for skillful Theurgy, and a prerequisite for more advanced Theurgy courses.
Water Ceremonies Credits: 2 Level: 3 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
This particular class looks at water and its role in ceremony and ritual. This includes the elemental implications of using water, as well as the physical aspects of water. The course will discuss mundane practices and investigates their history and meaning in modern, western society. There is quite a bit of writing in this class, as well as research, practice, and one optional creative exercise. The final exam involves writing and performing a water ceremony of your choosing.
Class Lessons:
1) Introduction and Syllabus 2) Elemental Associations 3) Well Dressing 4) Immersions and Sprinkling 5) Watercraft 6) Final Exam: Your Water Ceremony 7) References
Required Materials:
Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon. Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page Books, 2004. Print.
The Divine Names - This class is not accepting students at this time. Credits: 3 Level: 4 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
This class delves into the study of
the Divine Names as the are found in the Hermetic Qabbalah. The Divine Names
are important topics which offer us a potent connection to spiritual forces. An
understanding of these Names is crucial to the effective execution of
Qabbalistic ritual.
The Qabbalistic Four Worlds and Parts of the Soul (L4, Ceremonial Magick)
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
The Qabbalistic Four Worlds and Parts of the Soul Credits: 3 Level: 4 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
This class introduces the Four Worlds of the Qabbalah: Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah, and Assiah. An understanding of these concepts is necessary to understand further Qabbalistic teachings and to effectively use magick based on the Qabbalah. Also introduced is an overview of the Qabbalistic understanding of the human soul.
Required Materials:
None
Estimated Completion Time: Approx. 4 weeks Prerequisites:
Introduction to Qabbalah (L2/CM)
Safety Precautions:
None
Included Lessons:
Ritual Magick Outdoors Credits: 3 Level: 5 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
Rituals are often held outdoors, both because of the gorgeous setting and because there’s something extra magickal about practicing with one’s feet on the Earth, and the stars overhead. In this class, we’ll consider outdoor safety and practical concerns, examine ways of finding a good ritual site; and consider how rituals might align themselves with natural spaces and with elemental forces.
Required Materials:Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard and Companion for the Apprentice Wizard by Zell-Ravenheart. As part of this class, you will plan and carry out an outdoor ritual at a site away from your home, and with the involvement of at least one other person.
Estimated Completion Time: 1-2 months Prerequisites:
“About Rituals” (L1, Ceremonial Magick) is required. “Conducting a Ritual” (L4, Ceremonial Magick) is recommended, but not required.
Safety Precautions:
Youth apprentices should not venture into the outdoors without the support of a parent; in truth, it’s best that no one of any age venture out without at least one other person. Some of the material in this class mentions hiking, work around bodies of water, work in high (elevated) settings, and the use of bladed tools and open fire. Guidelines are given in the lesson, and each “user” is responsible for his or her safety. The Grey School and its staff and faculty bear no responsibility for mishaps related to activities performed as part of this class.
Included Lessons:
Theurgy 401: Invoking Qabbalistic Beings of Light Credits: 2 Level: 5 Instructor: "Dean Meighen" Class Description:
In the grimoiric traditions based on the Hermetic Qabala, you will be given instruction on using a crystal sphere for invoking a Being of Light. Alternatively instruction will be given on creating a simple black scrying mirror and a Triangle of Art and a simple method of producing gold fluid condensers. This class will enable you to be able to perform a complete invocation.
Required Materials:
Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard and either a Crystal Sphere or a Black Scrying Mirror (or materials to make one. Example: a wall clock and black spray paint).
There are 13 photos which illustrate different aspects of invocations and the corresponding materials used.
As
you will see in this class, each planet has a number of correspondences and, in
essence, particular “personalities.” These personalities or attributes relate
to certain parts of the human psyche. When endeavoring to strengthen or draw
out a particular aspect of one’s self, a planetary invocation can help tune
into that aspect and lend support to it full functioning.
In
addition to facilitating internal growth and discovery, planetary energies can
be called upon to facilitate change in the world around us. For instance, Venus
may be invoked in matters of love and Mars in matters for which brute strength
is needed. Sol may be called upon for strength and balance. These energies,
once invoked can then be directed at a particular issue in order to influence
the outcome. Students will complete an
invocation of one planetary influence in this class.
Required Materials:
Various
herbs for incense, construction or drawing paper, colored pencils, various
colored candles
You have nearly completed your major in Ceremonial Magick. This Practicum Lecture Class, along with the Practicum Lab Class, will be your final step toward your Major. Here, you will synthesize all of the knowledge attained while studying to be a White Wizard, and you will prepare to embark on your Journeyman adventure. While taking these classes, you will interact one-on-one with your professor and explore how to move from classroom knowledge to real-life application in your chosen field of interest. Note: You must enroll in both sections at the same time: The Practicum Lecture 799a, and the Practicum Lab 799b.
Required Materials:
Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard and Companion for the Apprentice Wizard, by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart. You will also need access to other books, magazines, and journals, depending on your choice of final project, and it is important that you find and become familiar with your local library, whether in-school or public.
You have nearly completed your major in Ceremonial Magick. This Practicum Lab Class, along with the Practicum Lecture Class, will be your final step toward your major. Here, you will synthesize all of the knowledge attained while studying to be a White Wizard and you will prepare to embark on your Journeyman adventure. While taking the class, you will interact one-on-one with your professor and explore how to move from classroom knowledge to real-life application in your chosen field of interest. Note: You must enroll in both sections at the same time: The Practicum Lecture 799a, and the Practicum Lab 799b.
Required Materials:
Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard and Companion for the Apprentice Wizard, by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart. You will also need access to plenty of other books, magazines, and journals, depending on your choice of final project, and it is important that you find and become familiar with your local library, whether in-school or public.
Estimated Completion Time: 8-12 weeks Prerequisites:You must be at Level 7 of your studies and have completed all required classes for the Ceremonial Magick major before enrolling in this class.
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