Pentacle 16 Step Discovery & Empowerment Wombynz Program

   The 16 Step Discovery & Empowerment Program Introduces a Positive, Flexible & Holistic Alternative That Encourages Us to "Celebrate Our Personal Strengths, Have Choices, Stand Up for Ourselves, Heal Our Physical Bodies, Express Our Love for Each Other, and See Ourselves as Part of the Entire Community, Not Just the Recovery Community."  (From Charlotte Kasl, Many Roads, One Journey, 1992, Harper Collins)

 The Pentacle 16 Step Wombynz Discovery & Empowerment Group on the Ground, as Well as the Pentacle Wombyn CyberMeeting, Offers Goddess~Centered Support for Healing & ReEmpowerment from the Ravages of Compulsive Behavior, Chemical Addiction, Co~dependency, Incest, Sexual Terrorism & Other patricapitalist Abuses.

   Pentacle 16 Step Wombynz Discovery & Empowerment Is One of the Many Service Offered at The House of the Goddess (HotGoddess) Center for PaganWombyn, Whose Mission it Is to Foster the Healing of WombynBorn Wombyn Through the Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Practice of Wombynz Blood Mysteries Which Replicate the Life~Giving, Creative Aspects of Goddess; Hotgoddess Center Guarantees SafeSpace, Free from All Vestiges of Male Encroachment, to Any WombynBorn Wombyn, Over the Age of Eighteen (18), Regardless of Race, Economic Class, National Origin, Sexual Orientation, or Ability.

Suggested PentacleWombynz Group Meeting Format...

Build a Simple Floor or Table Altar at Center
Check In
Welcome Goddess & The Elements
Read “Serenity Prayer For Goddess Wombyn”
Read “Suggested Guidelines for Pentacle Meetings”
Open~Topic~Book~Discussion (Group Consensus)
Read Goddess Prayer (Facilitator’s Choice)
Thank Goddess & The Elements
Check Out
PotLuck (preceding, during, or following meeting)

Serenity Prayer for Goddess Wombyn

Goddess, Help Me to Find Within Myself...
The Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage to Change the Things I Can,
And the Wisdom to Know the Difference.

Goddess, Grant Me...
Appreciation of All That I Have,
Tolerance of Those with Different Struggles,
Patience with the Changes That Take Time,
And Strength to Get up and Try Again,
One Day at a Time!

16 Steps of Discovery & Empowerment for Goddess Wombyn

1. We Affirm That We Take Charge of Our Lives & Are Independent Of substances or
Other People for Our Self~Esteem & Security. (Alternative Step 1 Wording Suggested By Malgorzata Jura.)

2. We Come to Believe That Goddess Awakens the Healing
Wisdom Within us When We Open Ourselves to Her.

3. We Make a Decision to Become Our Authentic
Selves & Trust in The healing Power of the Truth.

4. We Examine Our Beliefs, Addictions, & Dependent Behavior
in The context of Living in a Hierarchal, Patriarchal Culture.

5. We Share with Another Human Being & Goddess All Those
Things Inside of Us for Which We Feel Shame & Guilt.

6. We Affirm & Enjoy Our Intelligence, Strengths, & Creativity,
Remembering Not to Hide Those Qualities from Ourselves or  Others.

7. We Become Willing to Let Go of Shame, Guilt, & Any
Behavior That keeps Us from Loving Ourselves & Others.

8. We Make a List of People We Have Harmed & People Who
Have Harmed us, & Take Steps to Clear out Negative Energy by
Making Amends & Sharing Our Grievances in a Respectful Way.

9. We Express Love & Gratitude to Others, and Increasingly
Appreciate the Wonder of Life & the Blessings We Do Have.

10. We Learn to Trust Our Reality & Daily Affirm That We See
What we See, We Know What We Know, & We Feel What We Feel.

11. We Promptly Admit to Mistakes & Make Amends When Appropriate,
but We Do Not Say We Are Sorry for Things We Have Not Done & We
Do Not Cover-up, Analyze,or Take Responsibility for the Shortcomings of Others.

12. We Seek out Situations, Jobs, & People That Affirm Our Intelligence, perceptions,
& Self~Worth & Avoid Situations or People Who Are Hurtful, harmful, or Demeaning to Us.

13. We Take Steps to Heal Our Physical Bodies, Organize Our Lives, Reduce stress, & Have Fun.

14. We Seek to Find Our Inward Calling & Develop the Will & Wisdom to Follow It.

15. We Accept the Ups & Downs of Life as Natural Events That Can Be used as Lessons for Our Growth.

16. We Grow in Awareness That We Ar