The Correllian Nativist Tradition is a legal Church and a public Charity in the USA, having full 501c3 status
The Correllian Nativist Tradition is one of the largest and fastest growing Traditions of Wicca in the world today with locations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay; and members all around the world
So what is the Correllian Nativist Tradition, and what makes it different from other Wiccan Traditions?
Usually when people ask this they are expecting a liturgical answer -some special beliefs or ritual forms that are unique to Correllianism.
Correllianism does put an unusually strong emphasis on the philosophical aspects of Wicca, and on the spirituality and inner mysteries of the Wiccan religion, but liturgically our beliefs do not especially differ from those of other Wiccan Traditions. Rather it is our attitudes toward the Pagan community and its future that tend to set us apart.
The Correllian Tradition is dedicated to the advancement of the Pagan people. We believe strongly in the need for increased communication and co-operation between Pagans everywhere, from all Traditions
We stress the importance of the Pagan Clergy as teachers and facilitators, and the need for a strong public presence.
The Correllian Tradition emphasizes celebratory as well as initiatory Wicca, and is strongly committed to accessible public ritual.
But perhaps the one thing that most sets Correllian Wicca apart is that we have embraced the internet as an educational tool.
Correspondence teaching is nothing new in Wicca, but we were the first to utilize the internet as a serious tool for training new initiates. This has brought great expansion and many changes to our Tradition, and we are still in the process of mastering this new teaching medium.
Using Third Degree teachers assisted by First and Second Degree Mentors, we have worked with witchschool.com to build what we consider the best Wiccan correspondence education available online, backed by a real-time support network of Temples, Shrines, and Study Groups around the world.
This is something of a revolutionary idea in the Wiccan world, and has upset a few people, but we are proud of our online curriculum and our Clergy and students have been very pleased with the results.
TRADITION LEADERSHIP
Another thing that makes Correllian Wicca different from many other Traditions of Wicca is that we are a unified Tradition with a single leadership. Correllian Temples are not separate from each other, but are part of an inter-dependent whole which stands together as a family. The entire world-wide Tradition has a single structure allowing us to act together as few other Traditions can.
The leading bodies of the Correllian Tradition include; The Witan Council, which is made up of all Temple Heads, Elders, and Officers of the Tradition; The Correllian Directorate which is responsible for the legal and financial standing of the Tradition; And the Correllian Council of Elders which includes the Heads and Officers of the Tradition, and its most respected members.
The chief administrator of the Tradition is the Chancellor, who represents the Tradition’s leadership. The leadership of the Tradition includes the Tradition’s Heads and Officers.
he Correllian Nativist Tradition was founded by the Blv. Orpheis Caroline High-Correll, and was originally called simply the “Nativist Tradition.” The name “Correllian” comes from the surname “Correll” and was adopted to honour the Blv. Caroline. Our full legal name is “Correllian Nativist Church International, Inc.”
The First Priestess and First Priest are considered to be liturgical Joint Heads of the Tradition, and function as Heads of the Correll Mother Temple. The chief administrator of the Tradition is the Chancellor, who represents and is empowered to act for the Tradition’s leadership as a whole.
In addition to the Chancellor, First Priestess and First Priest the Tradition’s leadership includes the First Director who oversees financial and legal matters, and the First Elder who is responsible for primarily ceremonial duties, particularly in regard to the succession. Two further Elders oversee the Traditions Temple making process and public service programs. These six officers form the Correllian Council of Elders which oversees the Tradition.
The Correllian Nativist Tradition is based upon the teachings of members of the High-Correll family. The High-Correll family were descended from a line of Cherokee Didanvwisgi who intermarried with a line of Scottish Traditional Witches, whose descendants were further influenced by Aradian Witchcraft and by the Spiritualist Church.
The founder of the Tradition is the blv. Orpheis Caroline High Correll. She is said to have founded the Tradition as an entity separate from her ancestry, on September 4, 1479 Pisces (1879 AD).
Orpheis Caroline was a practicing psychic, spiritual healer, and herbalist, and spent many years with the travelling circus which she owned with her husband, John Correll.
In creating Correllian Nativist Wicca, Orpheis Caroline drew upon her Native American heritage, as well as ideas of European Witchcraft, Spiritualism, and Hermetic thought.
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