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Feri year-long intensive
These are the topics I intend to cover in the (intended) year-long Feri intensive. Won't be dealing with them in any pre-arranged order, although there'll probably be a bit more planning than "hey, we're here; which one do we tackle tonight?"

• Pentacles (Iron, Pearl, others)
• Guardians & elements
• (Lemniscate) Gods and ritual practices
• Kala
• 3 Souls
• Black Heart of Innocence
• Blue fire & Feri magic(k)
• Demon work--self-transformation
• History of the tradition; different lines; related traditions; common practices (i.e. wand systems)

A year of weekly sessions gives 5 sessions per, with a handful of sessions left over for review for those who missed a week, or extra discussion, or planning for future sessions. In those 5 sessions (which may not be anytime near each other), I want to make sure we cover:

1. An essay or article explaining and exploring the topic in depth.
2. An exercise for individuals to practice--"running the IP," kala rite, 3 souls alignment, etc.
3. A group exercise to be done during class--might be the same exercise, but would probably be at least slightly re-worked for a group. Might be a *lot* different.
4. An activity/field trip that requires leaving the house & going out into the world.


5. A discussion session. Maybe more than one.
6. A movie or TV show that features the topic in action (This is specific to my group; we're fond of finding deep truths in pop movies. Cap'n Jack Sparrow as the Black Heart of Innocence is one of my favorite examples. And Bull Durham makes a wonderful three souls study.)
7. A long-term "activity" to make part of one's life... this could be a three souls altar, or an iron pentacle music mix, or a Stargoddess ritual outfit that's assembled over some time.
8. Suggested reading/further exploration list.

Eight things to cover in five sessions, which involves some juggling. But I expect that generally, we'll do the group exercise, explain how to modify it for individual use, and give a handout of an article or a few articles; the next session (whenever that is), we'd have the discussion, and potentially decide on a long-term activity involving the topic. "Suggested reading" might not take up any time at all in a meeting session.

Looking over my collection of materials, I find I have a swarm and a half of pentacle stuff, exactly two articles on the Black Heart of Innocence, and nothing at all that I identify as "demon work." I'm pondering whether this means I'm just very short on written material about some topics (except in places like email lists, where I have saved archives but haven't dredged them for individual topic threads), or whether this isn't really the balance of Feri I want to teach.