From the Executive Director

 

Holli Emore

 

Seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon now.  Every day I receive notices of a leadership series here, a priestessing program there, various trainings referred to as a "seminary," and more conferences than you can shake a stick at.  We like to think that some of them are following the example of CHS, which has been leading the way for nearly 15 years in education to grow a strong, healthy Pagan world. 

 

How in the world have we been able to hang on for that long?  Well, an awful lot of people have invested some real sweat-equity, volunteering or working for the proverbial peanuts.  Many more have had the vision to donate funds, understanding that it takes actual cash to keep the lights on.

 

Fortunately for our students, cash to keep the lights on translates directly into vibrant, rich learning opportunities.  That's why an end of the year gift to the Bow Tie Campaign will allow us to give real scholarships out in January.  CHS operates on a cash basis - no debt! - so we need your help to finish the year.

 

$5000 between Samhain and Yule, that's our goal. 

 

As our world becomes increasingly global and diverse, Cherry Hill Seminary students have become more valuable than ever, offering an inclusive worldview, one which values individuality, affirms sustainable living, ministers to the whole self, and maintains an ethos of both reason and spiritual nurturing.

 

I can't imagine a world without Cherry Hill Seminary.  Will you help keep us strong by making a gift during this season of gratitude and reflection?

 

While you are at it, you could also help by sharing this message and video with some of your own friends.  Help us get the word out, and let your friends know that you are a supporter (studies show that's the main reason people make contributions). 

 

If you want it, better tie a bow on it - let's wrap up 2013 in style!

 

Thank you, 

Holli Emore 

 

Important Dates
 
For Students
Nov 4 Insights 3 classes begin
Nov 4 Spring registration begins 
Dec 1 Insights 3 classes end
Dec 15 Fall classes end
Jan 14 Spring classes begin
For Faculty
Nov 17 Insights 2 grades due
Dec 15 Insights 3 grades due
Dec 29 All Fall grades due
Jan 14 Spring classes begin  
Tie a bow on 2013!

$5000 can fund tuition for one semester for:
 

*  2 master's students 


*
  2 certificate students

*
  10 Insights students

*
  A full Pagan Life Academy set for 2 prisons

 


Highlights of 2013
On the Horizon
Certificate of Leadership
Rhizomes cluster for groups
Intensive Scholarship Endowment
Installment payments for tuition
Univ. of S.C. collaboration
DoD equivalency application
Pagan Life Academy (for incarcerated Pagans)
Certificates of Soma, Psyche & Spirit, and Spirit of Creativity

 

The Spirals of Samhain
Annie Finch

For M. Macha NightMare

 

Spiraling night pulls our living souls down

To the dark reaching earth where we spiral again.

It's smoke time, time to know, it's our time to go home

Beyond time-to remember the light in the dark.

 

And the light in my heart keeps burning, burning,

Bringing day to the night.

And the wheel of the year keeps turning, turning,

Bringing dark to the light.

 

In the dark reaching earth where we spiral again,

Beyond time, to remember the light in the dark,

It's smoke time, time to know, it's our time to go home,

As this spiraling night pulls our living souls down.

 

And the light in my heart keeps burning, burning,

Bringing day to the night.

And the wheel of the year keeps turning, turning,

Bringing dark to the light.

 

It's smoke time, time to know, it's our time to go home

Through the dark reaching earth where we spiral again

Beyond time, to remember the light in the dark,

As this spiraling night pulls our living souls down.

 

 

 

 

Spring 2014 Courses Posted
 






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