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DISCERNMENT QUESTIONAIRE
[Beloved Consort] So You Want to be a Gardnerian?


    If you can honestly answer YES to each of these questions then you may be well suited as a Gardnerian.

    We are not seeking new coven members. However, we are sponsoring New Oak Study Group during the upcoming year and will be accepting applications for possible coven membership from Grove students who have successfully completed their training. Please see the site attached to the information section of our site.

    This questionaire is a self-screening method to help determine if one would be compatible with the Old Ways.

    This path is not for everybody.
    1. You are over 21.
    2. You are not currently involved in a divorce, lawsuit, or major trauma at this time.
    3. You honour both goddess and god and seek balance in your rituals.
    4. You are not ashamed of your mind, body, or spirit.
    5. You tend toward the mystical and are intuitive.
    6. You prefer lineage and tradition over eclecticism and politically correct, feel-good rites.
    7. You can live with learning the mysteries over time, not instantaneously.
    8. You can be both a leader and a follower.
    9. You are ready to be involved in a group with a long history and high expectations.
    10. You are ready to commit years, even decades to this path.
    11. You are not a collector of initiations.
    12. You do not join groups and then expect to alter its system, tradition, language, philosophies.
    13. You are attracted to joining a witch tradition whose adherents have often been called the "Jesuits of the Craft."
    14. You are unique and highly intelligent but not a flaming oddball.
    15. You have a healthy attitude toward sexuality and are neither a prude nor a libertine.
    16. You keep your promises and do not break oaths, ever.
    17. You can be silent even when sorely tempted to speak of what you know to correct others.
    18. You are ready to make an old Craft tradition an important part of your life.
    19. You feel it's important to observe the turning of the wheel of the year.
    20. You practice magic and observe the seasons, and know when the moon is waning or waxing.
    21. You read a lot of books.
    22. You are healthy.
    23. You are not addicted to drugs or alcohol, and you are not currently in psychological therapy.
    24. You don't whine, make excuses, or pass the buck.
    25. You are considered by others as an "old soul."
    26. You work for a living or have an independent income.
    27. You want to work in a Celtic tradition primarily.
    28. You are willing to train for a year and a day and can accept hierarchy as necessary to development.
    29. You seek structure in your spiritual life but you can also be spontaneous and inventive.
    30. You have learned other systems or experimented with reincarnation, tarot, runes, astrology, psychometry, metaphysics, energy projection, healing, sacred dance, etc.
    31. You enjoy reading the mythology and folk tales of other countries, in particular, the stories of the six Celtic nations.
    32. You want to work with both sun and moon energy.
    33. You are particularly attracted to the Dark Lady.
    34. You are ready for a deepening of the soul.
    35. You have recently experienced a heartfelt calling to Gardnerian Wicca.
     


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