ORDERS

 

An Order is an association within the Tradition dedicated to a particular subject, such as ecology, healing, music, etc. Formerly Orders could form only within Temples, under the Temple’s imperium. But today Orders are free to form on a Tradition-wide basis. An Order is formed by a Charter from the Tradition, which may only be granted by the Heads of Tradition through the office of the Witan Herald. An Order may be formed around any subject of interest.

 An Order commonly has a single Head who is responsible for organizing and facilitating it, who is called an Order Head. The Order Head is also established by Charter from the Tradition. The Order Head may be of any Degree appropriate to the Order’s subject, as defined by the Tradition.

Regarding the Witan, an Order Head is regarded as having the same status as the Acting Head of a Temple or a Witan Shrine Keeper: that is, they may attend and take part in Witan meetings, but are not regarded as being seated on the Council or having a vote in it.

The exception to this is that the Tradition Heads may choose to seat an individual Order Head as a full member of the Witan.  This is not the norm, and this honor shall be regarded as personal and non-transferable.

 

The imperium of an Order includes;

• The pursuit of such activities as may be suitable to the Orders subject matter.

• The organization of Order members to the extent and in the manner appropriate to the Orders subject matter, including the maintenance of member records and the organization of member meetings

• Registration of Outer Court Members

 

The imperium of an Orders excludes;

 

• Teaching of classes outside of the Orders subject matter.

• Training or initiation of Clergy.

 

HOUSES OF CONTEMPLATION

 

The Correllian Tradition strongly favors the development of Contemplative orders focused on meditation and self-development. These orders may be based upon temporary or longer-term retirement from the mundane world. We believe it is important for people to be able to get away from the pressures of the world for spiritual retreat and re-creation. We feel that an ideal period for such spiritual retreat for most people would be from a few days to a few weeks.

 

To this end we desire to found one or more Contemplative Houses to provide for this need. These Contemplative Houses would be available to members of the Correllian Tradition for spiritual retreats whenever needed. In addition, they could sponsor classes and workshops for Tradition members as well as the general public.
 

There were several unsuccessful attempts to turn Greenwood House, the former site of the High-Correll covensted, into such a Retreat. To date however our spiritual retreats have normally been confined to weekend events.


DEGREES OF MEMBERSHIP

 

Membership in the either the Outer or the Inner Court of the Correllian Tradition does not in and of itself guarantee acceptance into the membership of any given Correllian Temple.

 

OUTER COURT

 

OUTER COURT MEMBER –Outer Court Members are registered members of the Tradition who are not members of the Priesthood. The Outer Court constitutes the laity of the Tradition.

 

DEDICANT -A Dedicant is a postulant cleric, who has dedicated a period of one year and one day to study and training toward the Priesthood. At the end of that period the Dedicant may return to Open-court status, or be offered First Degree initiation, at the discretion of the Temple.

 

HONORARY –Individual Correllian Temples may extend Honorary Temple Membership to any person whom they shall choose. These Honorary Members may be treated as either Outer Court or Inner Court by the Temple which grants the status. Such Honorary Members are members of the Temple, not of the Correllian Tradition as such. 

 

DEGREES OF PRIESTHOOD

 

(INNER COURT)

 

FIRST DEGREE –A Novice Priest/ess. The First Degree Priest/ess should be familiar with the details of the Wiccan faith, having a thorough grounding in Wiccan philosophy and traditions. The First Degree Priest/ess should be able to answer most questions about Wicca on a practical (as opposed to philosophical) level. The First Degree Priest/ess should be able to take any role in ritual with reasonable confidence, short of ritual leader.

 

SECOND DEGREE -Full Priest/ess. The Second Degree Priest/ess should be able to take any role in ritual, and answer most questions about Wicca, whether practical or philosophical. The Second Degree Priest/ess should be able to manipulate energy in ritual and other settings, with reasonable competence. The Second-Degree Priestess should be familiar with most Wiccan rituals and techniques and be able to undertake them without direct guidance.

 

THIRD DEGREE -High Priest/ess. The Third-Degree High Priest/ess should be able to answer all questions about Wicca, and to facilitate all Wiccan rituals met with in the ordinary service of a Temple. The Third-Degree High Priest/ess should be competent in energy work, should be able to deliver an oracle or Spirit message, and perform the ceremony of Drawing Down the Moon.

 

CLERICAL INITIATION –Only a Third-Degree High Priest/ess or one acting under the imperium of a Third-Degree High Priest/ess can initiate persons into the Correllian Clergy. When a Cleric acting under the imperium of a Third-Degree High Priest/ess achieves Third Degree status in their own right, any initiations which they have performed under the imperium of their Sponsor shall thereafter be considered part of their own lineage. If however a Cleric acting under the imperium of a Sponsor never achieves Third Degree status, initiations they have performed shall trace through the lineage of their Sponsor.