Welcome to…

Shed Your Skin & Shine Your Light.

Healing the collective priestess wounds

Our annual, online ceremony of empowerment
(with the guidance & counsel of the 13 Divine Feminine archetypes)

October 16-31

WELCOME, BELOVED

ENTER THE DARKNESS OF SAMHAIN DURING THIS POTENT, 2 WEEK PORTAL TO RECLAIM YOUR PRIESTESS BIRTHRIGHT with the guidance & counsel of the 13 Divine Feminine archetypes.

We’ll enter the mystery of the unknown by starting our ceremony a few weeks before Samhain (Oct. 16) and ending on Oct. 31 with a powerful closing ceremony.

Experience 2 live, powerful ceremonies and deepening materials sent to your inbox each day.

Access early bird tuition during our annual enrollment into our 12-month priestess
training (Enter the Mystery) from Oct. 16-22.
TOGETHER, WE’LL

EXPLORE 13 POWERFUL PRIESTESS WOUNDS

& HOW THE DIVINE FEMININE ARCHETYPES CAN HELP US HEAL THEM

The 13 Divine Feminine archetypes are here as your guides, your allies, your support system to navigate the constellation of who you really are.

They reveal soul gifts and challenges that illuminate in a way very specific to you … especially as you shed the skin you’ve outgrown along your soul journey.

When you get to know these, you’ll have a council of 13 living goddesses within you, advising you, and grounding you in your innate feminine insight and wisdom.

GET STARTED NOW

Watch These Videos

HOW THE TEMPLE STARTED: THE DEAN’S STORY

WHY TRAIN AS A PRIESTESS?

HOW TO BECOME A CERTIFIED CEREMONIAL LEADER

FROM PRIESTESS INITIATE TO PRIESTESS INITIATOR: ELSA’S STORY

ENTER THE MYSTERY + THE 13 MOON MYSTERY SCHOOL

WHAT’S A LINEAGE BEARER?

How to Prepare to Shed Your Priestess Wounds 

BUILD AN ALTAR 

CREATE SACRED SPACE DAILY TO WATCH THE VIDEOS 

LIGHT A CANDLE BEFORE YOU READ THE JOURNAL & POEMS

RITUALLY BATHE/SHOWER BEFORE THE CEREMONIES

ADORN YOUR BODY FOR THE CEREMONIES

BE PRESENT DURING THE CEREMONIES (NO PHONE, ENTER SACRED SPACE)

WHAT TO EXPECT:

OVERVIEW

Throughout our two weeks together, we’ll use the structure of the 5 (macro) archetypes of priestess leadership to explore the 13 Divine Feminine archetypes that actually make up these 5 faces!

The 5 faces of priestess leadership are an outer, external expression of how we “show up” in the world.

The 13 Divine Feminine archetypes (their composite) represent the inner journey—the initiatory mystery—that offer tools and skills to help you embody archetypal frequencies of the Goddess, becoming more and more present to all of life.

We’ll meet live, online two times—each at 12 p.m. PT.   

Here is a time zone calculator, should you need one. You can type in Seattle or Los Angeles for a city in the PT.

1
Oct. 16:

Opening Ceremony with our co-focalizers, Elayne Kalila & Elsa Alegria, along with the Enter the Mystery mentors 

* Enrollment to Enter the Mystery, our 12-month priestess training open

2
Oct. 31:
Closing Ceremony with co-focalizers, Elayne Kalila & Elsa Alegria, along with the Enter the Mystery mentors

You’ll receive the following…

  • 2 live ceremonies–1 opening, 1 closing on Samhain (replays available)
  • Stories from actual priestesses whose primary archetypes have helped them shed their priestess wounds
  • Introduction into the 13 archetypes of the Divine Feminine & how they’re here to offer you wisdom & counsel
  • 13 powerful videos delivered straight to your inbox so you can explore the depth of the archetypal world & how it can support you in your daily life
  • Gorgeous journal/workbook so you can take notes–plus you’ll get special, catalyzing transmissions from the Golden Snake Woman (Rebecca Cavender, our temple’s writer & oracle)
  • Discover how you can continue deepening with the 13 Divine Feminine archetypes as your allies & soul teachers (enrollment to our 12 month priestess initiation training will be open)

SCHEDULE

Oct. 16

DAY 1: OPENING CEREMONY—Live, Online (Zoom)

12—1:30 p.m. PT with co-focalizers, Elayne Kalila & Elsa Alegria, plus Enter the Mystery mentors

Join us for a powerful ceremony to explore how we can begin to shed the priestess wounds that have been part of us for thousands of years.

Together, we’ll feel all that has been living within these collective wounds and how we can start to release them. 

We’ll feel all the ways we’ve been outgrowing our wounds that are now ready to shed… 

During our 90 minutes together, we’ll reflect on the year so far and:

  • Identify the primary priestess wounds
  • Begin to alchemically “shed our skins,” like a snake, so that we can let go of what we’ve outgrown, what no longer fits us in this iteration of who we are
  • Start to feel into who may now emerge from this release
OPEN REGISTRATION ON OCTOBER 16TH...
For Enter the Mystery, our school for modern-day priestesses desiring to plunge into the archetypal deep end & study the cycles of life, death, and rebirth
  • Registration opens Oct. 16
  • Early Bird tuition from Oct. 16-22
  • Scholarship applications from Oct. 23-26
  • Registration ends Oct. 31 (reopens in 2025)
  • ETM starts & ends January-December 2025

Oct. 17

DAY 2: Meet the Midwife in 1 intimate video from a modern-day priestess & a journal

Receive the following in your email:

  • 1 video about the Midwife (Divine Feminine archetype: The Great Mother)
  • 1 gorgeous, downloadable journal with a poetic transmission from Golden Snake Woman to use each day (PDF)
  • Reminder that annual enrollment to Enter the Mystery, our premier priestess training course, is open

Oct. 18

DAY 3: Meet the Mystics–3 intimate videos from modern-day priestesses & a journal

Receive the following in your email:

  • 4 videos about the Mystics & how these archetypes helped our modern-day priestesses–and mentors–shed their priestess wounds (Divine Feminine archetypes for the Mystics: Priestess, Weaver Dreamer, Wise Woman)
  • 1 gorgeous, downloadable journal with a poetic transmission from Golden Snake Woman to use each day (PDF)
  • Reminder that annual enrollment to Enter the Mystery, our premier priestess training course, is open

Oct. 19

DAY 4: Meet the Challengers–3 intimate videos from modern-day priestesses & journal

Receive the following in your email:

  • 3 videos about the EdgeWalkers & how these archetypes helped our modern-day priestesses–and mentors–shed their priestess wounds (Divine Feminine archetypes for the EdgeWalkers: Creator/Destroyer/Preserver, Primal Goddess, Queen of Death)
  • 1 gorgeous, downloadable journal with a poetic transmission from Golden Snake Woman to use each day (PDF)
  • Reminder that annual enrollment to Enter the Mystery, our premier priestess training course, is open

Oct. 20

DAY 5: Meet the Edgewalkers–3 intimate videos from modern-day priestesses & journal

Receive the following in your email:

  • 3 videos about the Ecstatics & how these archetypes helped our modern-day priestesses–and mentors–shed their priestess wounds (Divine Feminine archetypes for the Ecstatics: The Muse, Goddess of Love, Alchemical Goddess)
  • 1 gorgeous, downloadable journal with a poetic transmission from Golden Snake Woman to use each day (PDF)
  • Reminder that annual enrollment to Enter the Mystery, our premier priestess training course, is open

Oct. 21

DAY 6: Meet the Ecstatics–3 intimate videos from modern-day priestesses & journal

Receive the following in your email:

  • 3 videos about the Ecstatics & how these archetypes helped our modern-day priestesses–and mentors–shed their priestess wounds (Divine Feminine archetypes for the Ecstatics: The Muse, Goddess of Love, Alchemical Goddess)
  • 1 gorgeous, downloadable journal with a poetic transmission from Golden Snake Woman to use each day (PDF)
  • Reminder that annual enrollment to Enter the Mystery, our premier priestess training course, is open

Oct. 22

DAY 7: Live Q&A about Enter the Mystery at 10am PST (Zoom)

Receive the following in your email:

This is the temple’s year-long priestess initiation/mentorship to all of whom are fully resourced financially, emotionally, and spiritually (limited scholarships available when you apply between Oct. 23-26)

Early Bird Tuition Ends Today

Oct. 23-26

DAY 7-10: Scholarship Applications Open for Enter the Mystery

Oct. 31

FINAL DAY: CLOSING CEREMONY—Live, Online (Zoom)

12—1:30 p.m. PST with our co-focalizers, Elayne Kalila & Elsa Alegria, alongside the Enter the Mystery mentors

Join our Enter the Mystery mentors, Elayne Kalila, and Elsa Alegria for a beautiful and powerful Closing Ceremony to complete our live, 2-week event.

During the 90-minute Closing Ceremony, we will discover answers to these inquiries…
  • What is an initiated priestess & why does this matter?
  • What are the tangible skills of an initiated priestess?
  • How does being an initiated priestess help you shed whatever parts of you you’ve outgrown so you can embody your full radiance?
  • Close enrollment doors to the temple’s year-long priestess initiation/mentorship to all of whom are fully resourced financially, emotionally, and spiritually (limited scholarships available)

THANK YOU,

MENTORS, FACULTY, & FOCALIZERS
We’d like to thank the Enter the Mystery mentors–who are all Certified Temple Guides & Ceremonial Leaders–for joining us during this portal, holding space for the opening & closing ceremonies. 

CO-FOCALIZERS

Elayne Kalila

Dean & Founder of Priestess Presence School of Sacred Arts & Temple; Ordained Priestess & Focalizer

Elsa Dean Perez

Ordained Priestess & Focalizer

Meet the 1st year mentors

Amanda Starshine

Focalizer Apprentice

Astara Jane Ashley

Ordained Priestess

Ellie McMillan
Elsa Dean Perez

Ordained Priestess & Focalizer

Kirsty Jandrell
Lettie Sullivan
Michelle Long

Focalizer Apprentice

Sarah Devereux
Susanna Fitzgerald
 

Meet the year 2+ advanced study mentors

Elsa Dean Perez

Ordained Priestess & Focalizer

Catalina Rivera Dois

Ordained Priestess

Dianne Chalifour

Ordained Priestess

Aurora Farber
Rebecca Cavender

Ordained Priestess

Sarah Devereux
Flora Ware
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