![]() Each student is a member of a class cohort that meets once each week beginning in mid-September and ending in late May. In our Blended Learning Program, weekly classes meet synchronously via Zoom. ![]() There are two options for study: In our Traditional Program, weekly classes meet face-to-face in Portland, Maine. The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME) is a two-to-three year interfaith program for students seeking to deepen their spiritual growth and practice and/or seeking ordination as interfaith ministers. Ordination culminates with each seminarian reciting his or her personal vows reflective of this inner treasure now ready for manifestation. As seminarians clarify their personal visions of ministry and prepare for their manifestations, support is offered so that each vision may become an expression of beauty in service to a greater good. By engaging practices from across faith traditions, seminarians polish their inner treasure by transforming patterns that no longer serve as well as by cultivating focus, courage and the inner inspiration to live from an open heart. In the second part, Creating Your Vision of Ministry, seminarians distill the personal impulses of inner joy as well as the major life lessons and themes which are the necessary and critical components of their personal ministry visions. ![]() Detailed guidance is offered on how to create and sustain a spiritual practice, deal with obstacles as they arise and, ultimately, how to become an alchemist turning the challenges of the practice into the gold of the journey. Various forms of meditation and prayer are explored and seminarians become familiar with the process of co-creating with the Creator through the interplay of personal will and divine surrender. In the first part, Preparations, seminarians explore the treasure’s crucible, spiritual practice, experiencing practices from across faith traditions. Through meditations, oracle card readings, poetry, and prayer, we will tap into the often-uncharted territory of feminine divinity, power, compassion, consciousness, and sexuality.The Tree of Life Interfaith Seminary Program, “As the Crow Flies: Discover Your Direct Path to God,” is offered online with one-on-one mentoring to ensure each seminarian a deeply personal and transformation journey in the quest to discover and excavate his or her unique inner treasure, or divine path. Mary Magdalene, Joan of Arc, Kali-Ma, Green Tara, Brigid, or ISIS, there is a deep discovery to be made about the power, protection, and guidance of these iconic, revered feminine archetypes. Whether exploring the gifts of the Black Madonna and her many analogous Afro-Indo-European variations including the Virgin of Guadalupe, Iemanja, Oshun, Our Lady of Czestochowa,Įzili Danto, or swimming in the ocean of many other strong feminine archetypes including the Shekinah, Quan Yin, Mother Mary, It does not matter how you chose to identify in terms of your own gender, the feminine aspects of spirituality are rich and alive offering an abundance of wisdom and presence to individuals from a diverse prism of cultures and continents. Most traditional faith paths are based on a patriarchal structure giving little recognition to the power and importance of the feminine divine.
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