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Old 05-08-2008, 02:00 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Thanks!

Some people have started a Pagan seminary, but my training is all from a private teacher, which is the more "old school" way to do it in Wicca and Paganism. But all in all, it was about 3 years worth of training, and I am considered as eligible to start my own coven within the tradition. I have the legitimacy to be a minister within the Pagan community, and I'd like to do my part to have that legitimacy recognized outside it as well.
Good for you. Sounds like if a lone person was trained to be a Jedi Knight by another Jedi Knight.

Are most people like you trained in private without having to attend seminary?

In my experience, I am not sure if I could have done that within the Episcopal Church. Although I do recall that a woman became a deacon without having to attend seminary. It was that she was so devoted to working amongst people, serving the Lord.
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