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Requirements for Second Degree Initiation

1. Spend at least a year and a day as a First Degree Initiate.
2. Using a full script form, write and execute a Blue Star sabbat ritual (hinge) from set-up to feast, including a double Drawing Down.
3. Write a letter or statement expressing your desire to become a Second Degree Initiate.
4. Have a desire to teach and pass on the tradition to students.
5. Submit eight comprehensive lesson plans for Outer Court classes.
6. Teach at least six Outer Court classes.
7. Maintain a collection of materials, including activities, games, meditations, etc., as a resource.
8. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Tenets of Faith.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of and skill in four additional Paths of Power, other than the two in which you specialized for First Degree.
10. Undertake an in-depth course of study in any one section of a Path of Power (e.g., medicinal herbology, walking meditation, candleburning rituals) and present a class on it to the Grove.
11. Demonstrate knowledge of two forms of divination.  Be able to use at least one on command and prove at least a working knowledge of the other. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the direction of energy for spellcraft and healing.
12. Learn the basics of any healing art (e.g., reiki, chakra healing, massage therapy).
13. Perform a community service activity (e.g., be on staff for a gathering, volunteer at a soup kitchen, complete an AIDS walk or bike-a-thon).
14. Be able to take full invocation.
15. Complete the following classes and associated homework:
• Managing Oathbound Material
• IC Liturgical Differences
• Altar Tools
• Ritual Excellence
• The Elements, Part 2: The Pacts
• The 2nd Degree Talk
• Teaching for the Untrained: Basic Instruction Techniques
• Worthiness: How to Tell if a Student is Right for You
• Lay Counseling series
• Spellcasting series
• Invocation series
16. Complete the following required reading:
• The Meaning of Witchcraft —G.B. Gardner—Seminal historical text
• Castings: The Creation Of Sacred Space (Wheel of Trees) —Ivo Dominguez—Advanced ritual form
• Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain —Ronald Hutton—Advanced wheel of the year
• Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of Tao-te ching —Greg Johanson and Ron Kurtz—Introduction to counseling (this is a second reading of the same book as the initiate enters another stage of their work)
• Spiritual Mentoring: A Pagan Guide —Judy Harrow—Counseling and teaching
• Comparative Mythology —Jaan Puhvel—Comparative Mythology
• Wise and Foolish Tongue —Robin Williamson—Story telling
• Drawing the Moon: The Heart of our Craft—Judy Harrow—Invocation (not available commercially)
• Any 3 other books not on a future list for elevation, as assigned by your teacher