How does a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon become a Priestess of Avalon?

The SOA does not initiate Priestesses; we feel that a Priestess of Avalon cannot be "made" by any earthly authority. We treat this title with great respect and honor and do not use it lightly. In the days of old Avalon, it took a woman at least nine years of daily work and full immersion in service to the Temple of the Goddess to become a first level Priestess -- and not all women who served on Avalon ever gained this title.

It took many years for a woman of Avalon to become a Priestess, and then she did so with the advantage of living in a closed community dedicated solely to the work of the Goddess in an established continuum. Today, alas, we do not have the advantage of being cloistered on an Island, and while we are actively remembering, reclaiming and renewing the traditions of old, becoming a priestess is not something that can (or should) be accomplished easily or through the reading of a book or completion of a course. How can we, who work in the mundane world of endless ... more.

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