Initiation Info
To be an initiate is to be a candidate for an entirely new direct experience of spiritual significance.
Each Process is a Lunar Initiation (feminine) in which initiates surrender to the Goddess of Being-ness in contrast to a Solar Initiation (masculine) in which initiates perform for the God of Doing-ness. In other words, in a solar approach, the initiate must perform or do acts of courage. Whereas, in a lunar approach, the initiate must surrender to courage until s/he becomes, s/he is courage. Many initiates and facilitators find it more challenging to surrender than perform!
As a lunar or feminine initiatory experience, The Process works with natural cycles and elemental forces. Generally, this initiation process transpires over a nine-month period in which the initiate is pregnant with his or her priest/ess self that emerges and is self-proclaimed at the completion of the initiatory term.
Generally, a circle of 8-12 initiates meets 10-15 hours a month (one day and one evening or a full weekend). It is recommended that initiates meet several times throughout the initiation period independent of the facilitator in order to strengthen their independent sense of self and to co-create and interact without the guidance of a Process facilitator. Additionally, each initiate has, at minimum, a one-hour private session with a Process facilitator prior to the Rite of Initiation Ceremony and one prior to the Emergence Ceremony at the end of the initiation cycle. Each facilitator determines and maintains her or his energy exchange agreements for facilitator services.
