The Sacred DooR:

Foundations of Mysticism and Ritual

The Sacred Door: Foundations of Mysticism and Ritual - Level 1

A course in psychic development, ritual studies, energy healing, magic, mysticism and more.

This course is open to anyone, and can be taken as a stand alone course for your own personal growth and enjoyment, or you can take it as a prerequisite for the Tree of Life: Healing Practitioner Training Program.

What’s covered?

Reclaiming the Self, the Soul and the Seer:
trance, psychic development, grounding, protection, spirit travel, personal practice

Help From Beyond:
guides, guardians, allies, healers and other spirit helpers and friends.

Walking with the Earth:
Elements, Plants, Animals, Stones, Directions, Wheel of Life, Materia Magica, Elemental Rituals.

Sight Beyond Seeing:
Divination and Readings, Dreamwork, Dowsing, Oracle or Tarot Cards

Rivers of Light:
Energy purification and blessing rituals, energy hygiene, space cleansing, cord clearing, cleansing the mind, Elemental cleansing

Sacred Thresholds:
Basics of Spell craft, Bones of Ritual, Creating Sacred Space for Self and Other

Past, Present, Future:
Ancestors, Time, Legacy, Fortune, Time Divination, Completion Rituals


Schedule:

A quarterly schedule rooted in the cycles, seasons and elements. Each quarter has evening zoom meetings and either an online or in-person intensive. They run 10 weeks on, 2 weeks off.

Times:
Evenings online: Thursday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Intensives online: Saturday and Sunday, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Intensives in-person: Saturday 9am - Sunday 5:00pm

2025:
April 17th, 24th
May 8th, 22nd
June 5th, 19th
June 28th - 29th (in person)

—Break—

July 10th, 24th
August 7th, 21st
September 4th, 18th
September 27th - 28th (in-person)

—Break—

October 9th, 23rd
November 6th, 20th
December 4th, 11th
December 20th - 21st (Online)

—Break—

(2026)
January 8th, 22nd
February 5th, 19th
March 12th, 26th
April 4-5th (in-person)

Exchange:

$175/Month for 12 months

Supplies:

Notebook, pen, personal altar, rattle, frame drum, pendulum, tarot and/or oracle cards, dried herbs and censor, several pillar or 7 day candles, a head scarf, a computer with internet access. We will craft and harvest other ceremonial and healing tools during the course.

Location

Most classes take place on Zoom.
In-person weekends take place at a rustic retreat space in Eaglemount, WA, about 20 minutes outside of Port Townsend, WA on the Olympic Peninsula.

Lodging:

Possible on-site lodging available for $60/night. I also recommend sharing a local air bnb with other classmates.

Missing Class:

All zoom classes will be recorded. Live weekends are hard to recreate, but some of the material can be made up through reading outlines, personal practice and 1-1 sessions with Katy.

How to apply:

Email Katy to apply and get on the list: katy@wakingtosoul.com