Heartwing Education is pleased to announce our first Ordination and Graduation Celebration October 4, 2013 at Lost Dutchman State Park, Apache Junction, Arizona.
Stefanie Atchison, Kathryn Ortiz, and Rhonda Jackson will receive their Certificates in Practical Mysticism. Kathryn Ortiz and Rhonda Jackson will be ordained as Interfaith Ministers. The ceremonies will be followed by dinner.
These learners completed the 100-hour Certificate in Practical Mysticism, an intensive course of study including history, culture, religions, cosmology, and various esoteric practices from spiritual and mystical traditions including Shamanism, Kabbalah, Christianity, Sufism, Gnosticism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and others. Learners also engage in transformative coursework in integral and practical spirituality and mysticism which includes a service learning community project. Projects from this class include a community labyrinth located at the Superstition Mountain Campus of Central Arizona College, an Epona-based workshop engaging horses to encounter one’s shadow, and the Global Heart of Love meditation event.
Ortiz and Jackson also completed Heartwing Education’s Ordination Preparation Program for Interfaith Ministers. Coursework included Pastoral & Spiritual Direction, Creating Authentic Ritual, Serving the Community, Service to Various Specialized Groups and Persons, and Homiletics and the Message. A wide variety of lecturers and guest speakers included yoginis, astrologers, sound therapists, South American shamans, non-profit agency founders, various clergy, numerologists, drug and alcohol recovery professionals, and other consultants from a wide range of disciplines.
Certificates will be awarded and the ordinations performed by Heartwing Education Founder and Director Rev. Luccia Rogers, Ph.D. Dr. Luccia authored and facilitated both programs.
For more information, contact Dr. Luccia at heartwing@me.com.