Priestess Training

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This month begins your sacred journey into becoming a Forest Priestess—a woman who walks in reverence with the Earth, attuned to nature's rhythms, and devoted to living in sacred service.

Month 1: Initiation into the Forest Path

Lesson 1: What Is a Priestess?

Priestesses of Egypt: Servants of Isis and Hathor

Priestesses of Rome: The Vestal Virgins – Keepers of the Eternal Flame

Oracles of Delphi: Priestesses of Prophecy – Voices of the God Within

Celtic Priestesses and Druidesses – Keepers of the Old Ways

Roles in Society: The Priestess as a Pillar of Sacred Life

 Priestess Ritual Playlist: Awaken the Sacred Within

 Reclaiming the Priestess: A Ritual to Embody Your Sacred Role

The Priestess as Spiritual Archetype

Priestess Mirror Ritual

Archetype Card Spread

 Sacred Walk: A Moving Ritual of Soul and Earth

Nature-Based Priestesshood: The Earth as Temple

 Sacred Relationship with Land and Spirit: Becoming a Guardian of Place

Land Blessing Ritual

The Priestess Lives in You

Lesson 2: Who Can Be a Priestess?

Lesson 3: The Sacred Roles of a Forest Priestess

 Oracle Card Spread: Choose Your Priestess Role

Lesson 4: Sacred Vows & Code of Ethics

Activity: Create Your Priestess Journal & Vision Mandala

Self-Dedication Ceremony in Nature

Lesson 5:  What Is Your Next Step?

The Art of Ritual – Weaving Spirit into the Everyday

 Types of Rituals for the Forest Priestess

Key Ingredients of Any Ritual

How to Design a Ritual

Forest Altars & Nature Temples

Wheel of the Year: Celebrating the Earth’s Seasons

Lesson: Creating a Portable Forest Altar

Ritual: Forest Elemental Invocation

Month 2: Creating Sacred Space & Ritual Foundations

Tree Lore and Celtic Ogham – Speaking the Language of the Trees

A Priestess Path to Building Relationships with the Conscious Beings of the Forest

A Forest Priestess Path to Sacred Relationship and Co-Creation with Tree Spirits

Priestess Lineage of Plant Medicine

Gentle Medicine and Sacred Timing

Crafting Elixirs – Potions of Spirit & Spell

Ritual Infusions & Forest Moon Potions

Sacred Plants and Herbal Magic

Activity: Nature Journal & Tree Attunement Walk

Ritual: Sacred Grove Ceremony

Month 3: The Spirit of the Forest – Plant & Tree Wisdom

 Who Are the Fairies?

Global Counterparts to the Fae

Types of Fairies: A Living Ecosystem of Spirit

Nature Guardians: Spirits of Place and Plant

Royal & Courtly Fae: The Noble Spirits of the Otherworld

Boundaries with the Fae: Sacred Agreements and Energetic Sovereignty

The Fairy Realms and Portals in the Forest

Where Do Forest Portals Appear?

How to Recognize a Portal: Sensing and Entering the Faery Gateways

Priestess Practices: How to Navigate, Honor, and Deepen Your Relationship with the Faery and Elemental Worlds

Áine – Goddess of Summer, Sovereignty, and the Sidhe

Working with Fairy Allies and Elementals

Activity: Build a Fairy House & Fairy Garden Altar

Ritual: Honoring the Fae with Offerings and Music

 Month 4: Fairy Realms & the Path of the Faery Priestess (Part 1)

Who Is Morgana?  Mist Queen, Shadow Priestess, Guardian of Avalon

 Rhiannon – The Horse Goddess of Grace and Dreams

Elen of the Ways – Guardian of Forest Paths and Deer Tracks 

Living in Relationship with the Faery Queens and Forest Goddesses

Fairy Rites & Ceremonies: Walking the Old Agreements Between Worlds

 Faery Feast Offering Rites

Why the Fae Love Symbol  Divination as Dialogue with the Unseen

Music & Dance as Faery Communion

The Power of the In-Between Thresholds, Liminal Magic, and the Art of Listening

Seasonal Fairy Celebrations

Fairy Ritual Ethics

Journal Prompts

Introduction: The Wild Medicine of the Fae

Divination with the Faery Realms

Entering Dialogue with the Fae

Activity: Channel a Fairy Message and Create a Faery Oracle Card

 Ritual: Beltane Fairy Blessing Ritual

Month 5: Fairy Realms & the Path of the Faery Priestess (Part 2)

Sacred Sound Tools: A Priestess’s Guide to Ritual Sound in the Forest

Rattles – The Sound of Awakening

Cultural Roots of the Frame Drum

Cultural Roots: Ancient Echoes on the Breeze

Cultural Roots: A Sacred Sound Through Time

Cultural Roots: Listening to the Language of Leaves

Cultural Roots: Ancient Voices in Solid Form

Combine Tools for a Layered, Living Ceremony

The Forest as a Living Choir

The Hidden Harmonics of the Wild

Sound as Sacred Medicine

Activity: Craft a Sacred Rattle or Wind Chime

 Ritual: Sound Bath Journey in a Grove or Online Ceremony

Month 6: Forest Sound Healing & Nature Instruments

Walking the Living Temple

This month, the Forest Priestess does not study.
She listens.

She remembers that before temples were built of stone, the first sanctuaries were made of roots and leaves, wind and birdsong. The body itself is one of those sanctuaries—wild, rhythmic, and wise.

This month is an initiation into embodied belonging.

What Is Shinrin-yoku?

Nature-Based Movement Rituals & Dance

Earth Temple Yoga & Tree Pose Meditations

Breathing with the Trees — Forest Pranayama

Designing Your Personal Forest Movement Ritual

Ritual: Dance of the Wild Priestess Ceremony

Closing Integration

Month 7: Forest Bathing, Movement, and Embodiment

Remembering the Land That Remembers You

Druidry is not a religion you adopt—it is a relationship you remember.

This month invites you into the ancestral layer of the forest: the deep, patient intelligence that has watched generations come and go, yet still holds their footsteps, prayers, and breath within the soil. Here, the Forest Priestess becomes an Ancestral Listener, learning to read stone, tree, wind, and memory as living texts.

Druidry teaches us that wisdom does not only descend from the sky—it rises from the ground.

Remembering the Land That Remembers You

Druidry and the Ancestral Earth Path

Awen: The Breath of Sacred Inspiration

The Ancestral Path Through Land

Stone, Memory, and the Bones of the Earth

Crafting a Druidic Symbol

Ancestral Forest Communion

The Witness & the Promise

Closing Reflection

Month 8 Druidry and the Ancestral Earth Path

Listening to the Language of the Living World

Forest-Based Divination and the Living World

Many Voices, One Conversation

Nature Oracles: Quiet, Relational, Alive

Tarot and Oracle in the Wild

Forest Scrying: The Art of Allowing

Creating a Living Forest Oracle

The Sacred Grove Oracle Ritual

Month 9: Forest-Based Divination Practices

Forest Energy Healing: Remembering the Living Flow

Earth • Air • Fire • Water • Spirit

Forest Energy Grids: Remembering the Order That Already Exists

Grounding, Shielding, and Forest Aura Clearing

The Wisdom of Trees: Effortless Energy Healing

Activity: Create Elemental Healing Rituals

What This Practice Is Not

Signs of Healthy Forest Work

When to Pause Forest Practice

Optional Reflection Expansion

Core Readings: Relationship-Centered Land Wisdom

Month 10: Forest Energy Healing & Elemental Magic

Sacred Forest Healing Arts

Blending Reiki, Crystal Healing, and Nature Medicine

Creating Forest Healing Sessions and Ceremonies

Ceremonial Smudging with Local Herbs

Activity: Offer a Healing Session in Nature or via Distance

The Silent Healer Practice

Forest Ally Identification

Breath as Forest Medicine

Ritual: Ceremony of the Wild Heart

Releasing the Healer Identity

Month 11: Sacred Forest Healing Arts

Completion, Dedication & Living Devotion

Review & Integration of the Year

Creating Your Forest Priestess Code of Practice

Designing Your Own Seasonal Ritual Wheel

Sharing Your Wisdom with Community

Activity: Craft a Priestess Cloak or Forest Crown

Ritual: Initiation & Anointing as Forest Priestess

Living as a Forest Priestess

Closing Blessing

Month 12: Embodying the Forest Priestess – Completion & Dedication

A Thank You, from the Heart

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The Forest Priestess Path is a 12-month immersive journey into the sacred feminine, designed to help you reclaim your intuitive gifts, deepen your connection with the Earth, and embody your role as a modern-day priestess.

Course content

Level 3 Forest Priestess Path to be a Forrest Priestess

Bertena Varney

What you will learn

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