I feel no particular call to the ministry. I accepted ordination and consecration in the UGC not because I wanted to become a priest and a bishop, nor because I felt it was appropriate for me to do the work of those offices, but (a) because it was an ex officio requiremnt of becoming an archdruid in AODA and (b) because I had an uncomfortable sense, even then, that I might well end up as the only person willing and able to invest the work to keep the tradition alive.
In other words, just as I handed over AODA, the Druidical Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Spiritual Alchemy to others, and turned the Dolmen Arch, the Modern Order of Essenes, and the Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose into independent traditions with no hierarchical leaders, I'm looking forward to seeing new leadership take over the Universal Gnostic Church so I can focus on the work that matters most to me. Claire's elevation has therefore cheered me up no end. Especially now that I no longer have Sara to manage the secretarial end of things, as she did so capably for so many years, my notional headship of these traditions is a burden I'm quite eager to lay down. Once there are a few more bishops, that'll be the next logical step.
(BTW, with that in mind, is there anyone with graphic arts skills who's willing to design certificates for ordination to the priesthood/priestesshood and consecration to the UGC episcopacy? I have several people patiently waiting for certificates now, and my attempts in that direction have been frankly ugly.)
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I feel no particular call to the ministry. I accepted ordination and consecration in the UGC not because I wanted to become a priest and a bishop, nor because I felt it was appropriate for me to do the work of those offices, but (a) because it was an ex officio requiremnt of becoming an archdruid in AODA and (b) because I had an uncomfortable sense, even then, that I might well end up as the only person willing and able to invest the work to keep the tradition alive.
In other words, just as I handed over AODA, the Druidical Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Spiritual Alchemy to others, and turned the Dolmen Arch, the Modern Order of Essenes, and the Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose into independent traditions with no hierarchical leaders, I'm looking forward to seeing new leadership take over the Universal Gnostic Church so I can focus on the work that matters most to me. Claire's elevation has therefore cheered me up no end. Especially now that I no longer have Sara to manage the secretarial end of things, as she did so capably for so many years, my notional headship of these traditions is a burden I'm quite eager to lay down. Once there are a few more bishops, that'll be the next logical step.
(BTW, with that in mind, is there anyone with graphic arts skills who's willing to design certificates for ordination to the priesthood/priestesshood and consecration to the UGC episcopacy? I have several people patiently waiting for certificates now, and my attempts in that direction have been frankly ugly.)