The Lilith Temple Society - Who We Are

The Clergy of the Lilith Temple Society are each well grounded in their own Spiritual Path prior to taking vows within the Temple. They have chosen to become clergy in order to serve the Pagan community in a rewarding and meaningful way by providing opportunity for the membership and their guests to celebrate the Seasons in Ritual, by providing Spiritual counsel when requested, performing Handfastings, Namings, Sendings (Requiems), House Blessings or other ritual or spiritual services required, and by being leaders by example.

Except for the original founding Clergy still serving, all Clergy will have served a novitiate period of at least a year and a day.

In order to become Clergy in the Lilith Temple Society a person must have been a member of the Temple for a minimum of a year, be well-grounded in their own Path, and serve as a Clergy Novitiate in partnership with their chosen mentor, which must be an active, full clergy of the Temple.

To become Clergy Novitiate, they must apply to the Clergy body prior to Mabon, at which time - upon acceptance by the full Clergy body - they will speak their intentions in Ritual and their chosen mentor will agree to partner them. They will speak their vows to the Temple at Samhain Ritual, as will their Mentor, and their year-and-a-day will begin.

The purpose of the Novitiate period is to give the Novitiate-Clergy practice and guidance in performing Temple Ritual, but primarily it is to allow all the Clergy to work together as a full working body, including the newest Clergy. All decisions made by the Clergy must be unanimous. Personality clashes that cannot be overcome should definitely surface within a year, as would differences of opinion in regard to other critical matters that might interfere with those decisions.

Clergy serve as long as they and the Gods deem appropriate, at which time they may honourably retire, their vows deemed fulfilled.

Associate Clergy are Priest/esses with whom the Temple has a working relationship. They are Temple members whose Spiritual work has carried them beyond the practical reach of the Temple, which we deem it appropriate to support.

The final Clergy title used in the Lilith Temple Society is that of Clergy Emeritus, bestowed upon those who have served the Temple far above and beyond the average - which is an extra-ordinary feat as all our 'average' Clergy are exeptional.