The information below is intended to help answer some common questions or concerns. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you need more information or have other questions.
- Do I need to be near you? Do you teach online?
- Can anyone come to your rituals?
- Do you offer anything for children or allow children to attend?
- I have some disability/mobility/other health concerns. How flexible are you?
- How flexible is group scheduling? I'm very busy.
- Is there anything I need to know before coming to an event?
- You talk about further training: how do I find out about this?
- I'm looking for someone to talk to my class/to interview for a research paper/some other informational need. Can you help?
Do I need to be
near you?Do you teach online?
We only teach in person. You must be able to get to a Twin
Cities suburb regularly for classes and rituals.
Can anyone come
to your rituals?
We are not a public ritual group - we simply don't have the
space. As a training group (focusing on personal transformation in a
context of religious worship and magickal work), some rituals are also
designed specifically for current students and initiates. However,
Seekers and vouched for guests are welcome at a number of rituals and
other events.
If you're interested in learning more about the group, we encourage you
to attend our Seeker classes. That way, we get to know you, and you get
to meet some of us. The second and third Seeker classes cover material
(etiquette, ritual structure) that often make attending any ritual more
comfortable for newcomers.
Do you offer
anything for
children?
Circle of the Phoenix is an adult training circle. Some of our
rituals involve things that may be frustrating or boring for children
(such as longer guided meditations). Others may talk about concepts
(grief, sacrifice for a desire, relationships) that may not be of
interest or at an age-appropriate level for them.
Older children (usually at least 11 or 12) who can follow the same
behavior expectations we have of adults (see question 6) are sometimes
welcome at specific rituals by invitation. If this is of interest,
please talk to our High Priestess and High Priest.
Family members of all ages are generally welcome at social events (as
long as the venue is appropriate for that age.) A number of other
groups in the Twin Cities do provide child-friendly rituals or other
programming. We are glad to tell you what we know about these resources
if you need help finding them.
I have some
disability/mobility/other health concerns. How flexible are you?
Specific needs vary so much that we encourage anyone with
concerns or questions to talk to us about it privately (send an email
to the the
contact address or ask your Seeker class teacher, to get this
conversation started.)
Specific medical details can be kept generally confidential, but some
information may need to be shared with specific initiates whose ritual
or teaching roles involve the well-being of those in circle. We're glad
to talk about how this kind of information will be shared or used
before hearing details.
How flexible is
group scheduling?
I'm very busy.
Our Seeker classes alternate between week nights and weekends
(check the Seeker class page for more information). Group rituals are
generally (but not always) scheduled for weekends. Dedicant classes
take place on Sunday afternoons. We are glad to discuss attendance
expectations and schedule details with anyone considering petitioning
for Dedicancy with the group.