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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Sat Nov 9, 2013, 03:07 PM Nov 2013

Teaching Others

At some point in your spiritual journey, you may feel that you've learned enough to share your knowledge with others. Perhaps other people have approached you and asked you to teach a class or lead a group. It's indeed possible that your life experience and studying has put you in a position where you can take on this responsibility. Perhaps you're even thinking about forming your own coven. However, before you commit to such a big undertaking, you may need to take a few things into consideration.

First, think about whether the knowledge you have is enough to teach a class or lead a group. Do you understand basic ritual format and spell construction? More importantly, are you capable of teaching this information to others in a way that is understandable, without dumbing it down? Can you demonstrate the things you teach, or do you have to rely on just reading from a book?

Next, think about whether or not you're someone people will respect as a teacher. Are you living a magical life each day? Are you just talking the talk, or are you walking the walk? Often, in the Pagan community, we see people who claim to have vast acres of esoteric knowledge, and yet they're unhappy, living in squalor, and unable to cast their way out of a paper sack -- would you take lessons from someone like this? What can you possibly learn from someone who can't get their own act together? Make sure that you are able to be someone students look up to.

http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/wiccanandpaganrituals/a/TeachingOthers.htm

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