COVID-19 Update In-person classes are suspended until nest year at the earliest. Our Winter & Spring terms remain on hold until we get a green light from Ontario, Ottawa Public Health and the various sites where our classes are normally held. As long as those sites remain closed, we cannot meet in person. Meanwhile, we’re…
Welcome to Ottawa Pagan Schola’s Yule update. Two of the workshops are proving rather more difficult to assemble that their Instructors anticipated , so the Shamanism and Kaballa courses will not be offered in the upcoming Winter session after all. Three Schola courses are on offer in the upcoming semester: OPS-110: Introduction to the Elements;…
Welcome to the Yuletide update of what Schola is up to. Two of the workshops are proving rather more difficult to assemble that their Instructors anticipated , so the Shamanism and Kaballa courses will not be offered in the upcoming Winter session after all. On the upside, we found that the spells being discussed in…
“The term schola, which once referred to the imperial guard, came to be applied in turn to a train of warrior-servants who waited on the king, to the group of clergymen who waited on the bishop, to the monks of a monastery, and ultimately to a choral society; it did not mean ‘school’ before the…
All of Schola’s classes undergo a period of testing and updating before we release them to the public. This includes an alpha testing with one or two Schola instructors, followed by a beta testing with most or all Schola instructors. This takes time to arrange, especially scheduling the alpha and beta tests. Currently in the…
The Ottawa Pagan Schola’s core instructor team (Faculty) consists of volunteers who donate their time to develop and teach these courses.
They can rarely afford to donate materials or classroom rentals, however, and are permitted to pass those expenses along to the students.
Guest editorial by GingerWitch If you are a Pagan intrigued by the ancient arts and familiar with some of the history behind them, but want to become truly enlightened, then you will find the study of Hermeticism crucial to your development. This is one of the reasons Schola is a specifically Hermetic Academy. The Importance…
For those who requested them, here is the link to David’s powerpoint slides from “Who is the Green Man”, as presented at Kaledescope Gathering on Saturday at the Rookery. In modern Wicca the Green Man is often seen as an aspect of the Horned God, especially in his Celtic Cernunnos form. Yet is he really…
Starting down any of the Pagan paths takes time, study and dedication. It helps enormously to have a faith community to compare notes with, but can also be pursued on your own. However you choose to walk your path, you will learn and grow immensely through the entire process. Every faith comes with its own…
Quick Update: Someone in the Russian Federation seems to have taken exception to our little school and keeps crashing the website. And I keep putting it back up with some new wrinkle designed to keep them out. This weekend’s wrinkle seems to be keeping them out, so I’ve put the Test version up where y’all…
