The Soulcraft Apprenticeship & Initiation
Program
The Soulcraft Apprenticeship and Initiation Program (SAIP) is designed for those called by Mystery to learn, co-develop, and implement an authentic, contemporary, Western, nature-based path to soul initiation. SAIP provides an in-depth study of soul-encounter practices and guiding skills. This creative learning opportunity is for men and women ready to commit to the role of underworld guide, those who have no doubt that the Western world needs to make fundamental shifts in values and way of life and that this can happen most authentically and effectively through the soul-rooted life choices of initiated adults.
SAIP is a professional development opportunity, equivalent in scope and depth to a graduate-school masters program. It is also a contemporary path to personal soul initiation and later stages of growth. You may enroll with any one or more of several intentions, including the desire to guide soul-oriented vision fasts, to lead other forms of soul-encounter programs, to develop a strong foundation in soulcraft work to weave into another professional path, and (in partnership with one or more of the previous intentions) to deepen your own soul-initiation process. SAIP can be completed at your own pace — with a typical range from two years to six.
SAIP is rooted in an Animas seed vision of where nature-based soul work (beyond psychotherapy) might go over the next 100 years. The vision fast is only one component. The greater need in the Western world is for a full set of developmental processes and initiatory rites, commencing in early childhood, that lead to soulful adulthood and authentic elderhood — a life of joy and fulfillment. We are beginning to see what the nature-based people have always known: in order to reach true adulthood, we must, after proper preparation, embark upon the terrifying beauty of the underworld journey to soul.
SAIP is dedicated to developing modern cultural formats that can help the Western world shift from an adolescent emphasis on material wealth, escapism, and personal security toward a more mature orientation of soul-discovery, authentic service to others, and true membership in the natural web of the more-than-human world. This goal goes well beyond those of traditional psychotherapy.
Upon enrolling, you create an individualized program of study that includes eight core Soulcraft practices and four electives. The program supports you in your own initiation journey as you find and deepen your appreciation of your soul image and powers — and your chosen means for embodying those gifts.
Please request our complete SAIP brochure. An application is required after meeting the eligibility requirements.
The following advanced trainings are designed for those in SAIP but are open to others by application. Please contact the Animas office for an application. |
