Academic Planning UPDATE: Spiritual Direction

 Okay so I was show a differenrt academic planner which shows a pretty different outline of whats needed compared to what the degree page shows. So i''m going to start from scratch

• Semesters: 2 classes each? (maybe add a third in spring?)
• Semester 1 - Fall 2024
• Spiritual Personal Development
• Intro to theology 
• Semester 2 - Spring 2025
• Spiritual and Pastoral Care
• Intro to religious texts
• Semester 3 - Summer 2025
• Contemporary Paganism
• Art, theology, and contemporary culture
• Semester 4 - Fall 2025
• Pagan Ritual? 
• Semester 5 - Spring 2026
• Interreligious diaolgue seminar
• Semester 6 - Summer 2026
• Semester 7 - Fall 2026
• Semester 8 - Spring 2027
• Semester 9 - Summer 2027
• Semester 10 - Fall 2027
• Semester 11 - Spring 2028
• M. Div. Capstone
• Semester 12 - Summer 2028 - Walk in May?

1. Religious texts (4 needed)
1.  Intro to religious texts  
2.  Buddhist texts  - every other year (2026)
3.  Pagan Ritual  - Fall 2025 only?
4.  Hebrew Bible - once a year 
2. Theological Tradition (3 needed)
1. Invitation to Theology 
2. Contructive Theology - once a year
3. History of Modern Theologies - once a year
4. Contemporary Paganism  
3. Ethics/Justice (2 needed)
1. Comparative Religious Ethics - once a year
2. Queer and Trans Theologies - once a year
4. Formation and LEadership (2 needed)
1.  Intro to Spiritual and Personal Formation
2.  Organizational Leadership and Administration - once a year
5. Cultural Context 
1.  World Religions - once a year
6. Art and Theology
1. Art, Religion, and Contemporary Culture 
7.  Social Transformation
1.  Leadership and Strategies for Social Change - once a year
8. Integration (End of degree)
1. MDiv Capstone Seminar - Spring Semester once a year
9. Vocational:  (6 needed)
1.  Introduction to Pastoral and Spiritual Care 
2.  Trauma, Suffering, and Care - every other year (fall 2025? if not then 2027?)
3. The Art of Discernment - once a year
4. Spiritual Direction/Companion 1 - Every Fall? Every Spring? - once a year
5. Spiritual Direction/Companion 2 - Every Spring? Summer? - once a year
6.  Practicum -- 2 semesters for 3 redits - once a year
1. practicum 1 - Every Fall
2. practicum 2 - Every Spring?
10. Electives (2)
1. Interreligious Dialogue w/Dr. Wheeler - Spring 2026
2.  Sex and Religion in the Public Square, What is Religion, or if I end up having to have Contemporary paganism as my elective if they don't sub it in. 

Ingredients

•  creme brulee: omfort, calmness, and nurturing, sweetness, love, pleasure, attraction, and positive energy, healing, comfort, mental clarity, personal empowerment, good luck
• coffee: heightened awareness, energy, clarity of mind, and the ability to focus, making it a tool for meditation, prayer, and creative endeavors; hospitality
• Jasmine: love, purity, beauty, spiritual awakening, dream magic, intuition, creativity
• dragons blood: protection, cleansing, healing, and manifestation, courage, passion, vitality, eroticism (my own meaning)
• thyme: protection, purification, courage, and positive energy, emotional healing, connection to earth/nature/life and death (my own meaning), power (my own meaning), faeries
• elderflower: protection, warding off evil, new beginnings, faeries, connection to the dead, spiritual evolution, dream magic
• lavender: intuition development; its purple color further links it to the crown chakra, signifying higher spiritual connection and awareness, healing, emotional well being, cleansing, protection, love, faeries, Brigid
• Rose
• Turquoise: protection, communication, inner peace, and spiritual grounding, personal development; connecting between spiritual and physical world
• Burgundy: deep passion, richness, power, sophistication, and grounding, signifying a connection to the earth's energies, power, confidence 
• Olive Green: balance, harmony, connection to nature, longevity, new beginnings, rebirth
• Pink: unconditional love, compassion, tenderness, nurturing, and inner peace
• Faerie: 
• Luck: Bayleaf
• Chill Pill: anxiety pill & bipolar pill
• physical ties: sacral energy...
• Sacral energy/intuition: peach, apricot, mango, carnelian, citrine, tigers eye, ORANGE (intuition, playfulness, sensuality, magic)
• Tiny bells on golden thread if possible
• Alligator Claw, alligator stone or charm if possible
• Rattle snake skin if possible; snake skin at least. Snake charm at very least 
• Claireaudience: blue, purple, bells, Music
• Claircognisance: gold, purple, white
• Clairtangency: brown, green, earth (my own idea)
• Moon & Sun
• tarot card sticker? (do I still have them?)
• Sigils: Clairtangency, Clairaudience, playfulness, wonder, joy, divination, witch, 
• Patchouli or Cedar (Cernunnos) 
• List aspects from the gods I wish to emulate 
• Music:

Poppet made out of gold (silk if possible), silk dyed in tumeric, or if I find something of mine i'm willing to cut up. Tie string of bells around it. Add charms if I can. Wrap Lilith and Brigid’s necklace around it