You have been called. You are awakening… Awakening to the timeless wisdom of the Goddess Ways, rising once more in this modern age. Welcome to an incredible journey to greater embodiment, income and impact with Zela Feraco
Welcome to the Nightshade Sanctum
Your purpose is so much more than you realise. You came to remember who you are at your core: a spiritual leader, a sacred guide, a Priestess with a mission encoded in her soul.
You’ve felt the Pull. The whisper in your bones that says there is more. More depth. More magick. More purpose. You’ve been waiting for the moment that aligns your path with your power.
This is it.
This is your invitation to spiral deeper into your truth, awaken your spiritual gifts, and step fully into your role as a Priestess of the Goddess Ways. With expert mentorship, ancient mystery school teachings and world-class certifications in energy work, healing, witchcraft and soul leadership, you will rise into the life and legacy your spirit came here to embody.
If you’re ready to walk the Spiral Path of the Mystic Priestess, your journey begins now.
The Priestess Path Mentorship with Zela has a very limited number of spots each year
It is reserved only for those who are deeply committed to walking the path of the Goddess Ways, expanding their spiritual gifts and stepping fully into their power as Priestesses of the Order of the Nightshade Sanctum.
Throughout the journey, you will receive six powerful certifications in energy healing, witchcraft, spiritual life coaching, and magickal mentorship tools to guide clients as a high-impact soul-aligned healer and coach.
If you’re ready to spiral deep into your magick, embody your purpose and lead with authenticity, this intimate 8-month online group mentorship and Year-and-A-Day Attunement offers a space of support, soul-deep transformations and guidance.
Reclaiming The Mythic Feminine
The Goddess Ways are ancient, pre-dating all other paths: At the roots of humanity, sacred feminine reverence was central to everyday life. The Divine Feminine was honoured as ultimate creator, protector and power. Connection to the feminine was a way to understand the cycles of life, birth, death and rebirth. Returning to these roots helps us reconnect with a primal, authentic spirituality that is deeply aligned with nature and the cosmos.
Today, we stand at a pivotal moment, poised for reclamation. We are witnessing a resurgence of the feminine, rising to its rightful place in harmony with the masculine. The path of the Nightshade Sanctum Priestess calls us to honor and elevate this sacred energy, acknowledging its significance in our lives and the world around us.
You Are the Priestess
To be a Priestess is to live in alignment with truth, alchemy and the Sacred Feminine. You are a bridge between realms, grounded in this world while attuned to the mysteries beyond it. You walk through life intentionally, holding space for others to remember who they are.
You feel energy, sense the soul beneath the story and attune to what is unspoken. Whether in ritual or in everyday moments, you bring depth, presence and meaning. You guide others inward by embodying what it means to be fully alive and spiritually awake.
As Priestess, your life is your temple
Your choices, your rhythm, your rituals… all become acts of alignment. You may serve through healing, teaching, parenting, creating or leading. It’s not what you do, but the consciousness you bring that makes it Priestess work.
You channel the wisdom of the Goddesses as living energies. They move through your intuition, your words, your hands and your knowing. You become the mirror, the oracle, the steady flame for those navigating their own becoming.
Being a Priestess means living with reverence and courage. It is not perfection, it is presence. It is listening when others rush. It is speaking truth when others stay silent. It is trusting your path even when it defies logic.
You are the Priestess. You are ready to rise, ready to lead and ready to live your soul-purpose, starting today.
The Priestess Path is a Spiral
At the Nightshade Sanctum, we honour the truth that the Priestess path is not linear. It is a sacred spiral, a deeply personal and evolving journey of remembrance, reclamation and rising.
Unlike traditional mystery schools that offer rigid frameworks and claim to have the only “correct” way, our approach is different. We believe You are the ultimate authority of your spiritual path, and our role is to empower you with the ancient wisdom, modern tools and intuitive practices that support your own Arising.
Over at least 8 months of dedicated coursework, you will be immersed in a unique fusion of mystery school teachings, spiritual coaching, energy healing, shadow work and mentorship, guided personally by Zela Feraco.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
Your journey through the Priestess Path is both immersive and richly supported. This sacred training is designed to guide you into leadership through the combination of structured learning, deep integration of Feminine myth and mystery and guided concrete experience, to arise into spiritual mastery.
Your Journey Includes...
Live + video trainings culminating in over 30 hours of self-paced video lessons, designed to unfold in harmony with your unique spiral of transformation
8 x 60-minute Priestess Success Q&A coaching sessions, where you’ll receive live guidance, accountability, and support
12 x Akashic Goddess Activations, offering direct energetic transmissions and connection with each Goddess
8 x Verdant Starweaves® group healing sessions, facilitating energetic integration and expansion
3 x weekend online retreats for deep Verdant Starweaves® Training and Attunement
7 x Professional certifications in energy healing, psychic & mediumship development, Reiki (Usui & Holy Fire® III), spiritual coaching, Akashic Records, Verdant Starweaves® and the Nightshade Sanctum Priestess foundational certifications
Regular live gatherings for advanced magick training, embodiment practices and spiritual learning
Submission and review of your Sacred Certification Assignments and Practicums, with guidance throughout the entire process
Unlimited feedback and coaching from Zela inside our private group container for the full 8-month journey
Enchanted course materials, including course manuals and printable resources
Access to a private community of like-minded mystics and aspiring priestesses walking the path beside you
Lifetime access to all course materials and future updates to revisit the work as you evolve
Optional 1:1 VIP Mentorship Upgrade, including bimonthly private sessions with Zela for bespoke spiritual mentorship, deeper energetic integration and soul-aligned business coaching for those ready to rise as spiritual entrepreneurs
You will leave this journey:
- Embodying the Goddess Ways in all aspects of your life and leadership
- Empowered with advanced spiritual knowledge, magical practices and healing modalities
- Confidently prepared to walk your path as a priestess, healer and soul guide
All of this flows in parallel and harmony with your Year-and-a-Day Sacred Priestess Attunement, a devotional path of deep integration, soul alignment and Priestess embodiment.
You won’t be forced into a box, you’ll be guided into your own expansion.
This is your spiral. Your truth. Your arising.
Your Journey to Certification
Step into Spiritual Leadership and Embodied Authority
Throughout your time on the Mystic Priestess Path, you will receive seven powerful certifications designed to awaken your gifts, deepen your mastery and equip you to serve others. This is your path to becoming a fully empowered Priestess, healer and abundant creator.
As you rise into your role as a Priestess, you gain the skills, credibility and confidence to build a soul-led business, offer incredible services and generate income through soul-aligned spiritual work.
This is your path to both purpose and prosperity.
Akashic Sacred Grove Mastery I
Unlock access to the Akashic Records, the infinite spiritual library that holds the soul-level truths, memories and wisdom of every being across time.
In this certification, you will learn to navigate the Akashic realms while also receiving exclusive access to the Sacred Grove of the Goddesses, an etheric temple within the Akasha where great Goddesses and Divine Feminine archetypes offer guidance, healing, and powerful transmissions. This unique approach blends timeless Akashic work with Priestess path activation, enabling you to channel soul-aligned insights, uncover karmic patterns, past-life influences and energetic imprints and offer sacred solutions and healing through your Akashic expertise.
Psychic & Mediumship Mastery I
Awaken the intuitive gifts that already live within you and step into a higher expression of your spiritual abilities.
In this certification, you will learn to read and interpret energy fields, connect with the unseen realms and receive clear messages from spirit guides, ancestors and other benevolent protectors. You will strengthen your “clair” senses, such as clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience, and develop a personal psychic language to channel messages. Grounded in energetic discernment and spiritual hygiene, this journey equips you to hold safe, empowered space for others and offer psychic guidance and clarity.
Usui Reiki + Holy Fire® III Reiki Levels 1, 2 & Master Certifications
Receive three internationally recognized certifications in both the traditional lineage of Usui Reiki and the modern, powerful evolution of Holy Fire® III Reiki.
You will be trained and attuned to channel energy for healing, clearing and energetic restoration both for yourself and for others. These modalities allow you to offer healing sessions in person or remotely, adding professional, high-value services to your spiritual business and expanding your capacity for income and impact.
Verdant Starweaves® Energy Healing Level 1
Step into the power of Verdant Starweaves®, the signature energy healing modality of the Nightshade Sanctum. This cutting-edge system is unlike anything else in the world of spiritual healing: an advanced, multidimensional energy modality that weaves together cosmic frequencies to facilitate transformation and healing.
You will receive attunements to six potent Starweaves, each one a living current of divine intelligence designed to support soul alignment. These energetic codes not only enhance your personal practice, but also allow you to offer truly distinctive, high-level healing sessions that stand out in the spiritual field.
Whether you are supporting your own evolution or serving clients, the Verdant Starweaves® amplifies your ability to create results by aligning you with the most refined frequencies of the Universe and activating your channel as a sacred conduit of expansion and wellbeing.
Nightshade Sanctum Priestess Certification Level 1
This certification is the official recognition of your devotion and mastery along the Nightshade Sanctum Priestess Path. It represents the culmination of your journey through your Year-And-A-Day of devotion and affirms your capacity to walk as a Priestess of the Goddess Ways: a path that embraces the fullness of divine feminine intelligence, weaving together the light, shadow and liminal.
To earn this certification is to demonstrate excellence in every core aspect of the Mystic Priestess path. Nightshade Sanctum Priestesses are not generalists. They are masterful practitioners who display both depth and refinement across the sacred arts.
To be certified at this level, you will have:
Shown proficiency in reading and interpreting energy with accuracy and discernment
Developed the ability to channel and direct energy through spellcraft, ritual and magickal workings
Demonstrated confidence working in the astral realms and the Akashic Records, retrieving relevant soul-level insights
Built strong relationships with guides, deities, ancestors and other and divine allies, using these connections in your healing and work
Applied the tools of energy healing, intuitive arts, psychic development and coaching
Embodied the ethical, emotional and energetic maturity required to support others on their spiritual path
The Nightshade Sanctum Priestess Certification is a credential of integrity, leadership and capability. It qualifies you to serve as a spiritual guide, energy healer, witch, coach and mentor, and gives you the foundation to offer powerful, paid services to clients.
Reverence for the Sacred Darkness
The Priestess Path is not a journey of spiritual bypassing, forced positivity or superficial “love and light” aesthetics. This is not an escape into false light, but a return to wholeness. At the Nightshade Sanctum, we reject “lightwashing” and instead walk with reverence into the full spectrum of the feminine spirit: light, shadow and everything in between.
As Priestesses of the Nightshade Sanctum, we remember that the Dark Feminine is not something to fear or fix. She is sacred. She is necessary. She is the force that restores balance, awakens truth, and brings us back into divine harmony.
This path is a homecoming to our deepest selves. Together, we root into the earth, rise into our sovereignty, and reclaim the strength, wisdom and wild magick of the feminine that has been buried, silenced and shamed.
We integrate the eternal mysteries of the goddesses into our daily practice as empowered leaders, space holders and guides. Through shadow work, soul alchemy and radical reclamation, we learn to dwell in the liminal spaces, to walk the thresholds and to hold power in the unseen.
This is the sacred work of the Priestess
To stand unwavering in the beauty of the dark. To embody complexity. And to lead others into a future where the full spectrum of the divine feminine is not only visible, but deeply honored and celebrated.
Goddess Immersion: Living Feminine Wisdom
We honor the Goddesses through intimate, embodied relationship: This is direct communion with living feminine intelligence.
The Dark Goddesses, often feared or misunderstood, are especially sacred to us as they hold the keys to the true full-spectrum of the feminine, making them essential guides on the Priestess path.
During your journey, you will work closely with twelve powerful goddesses, each a unique expression of divine feminine wisdom.
YOUR GODDESS GUIDES
The Paleolithic Goddess
Ancient feminine presence over 35’000 years old (!), holding the memory of divine feminine reverence in Upper Paleolithic and early human consciousness.
Inanna/Ishtar
Sumerian and Akkadian Goddess of love, war, beauty, justice and sacred sexuality; Queen of Heaven and one of the most complex deities of Mesopotamian mythology.
Ereshkigal
Mesopotamian Goddess of the Underworld and sister of Inanna, ruling over death, justice, the deep psyche and transformative descent.
Isis
Egyptian Goddess of magic, motherhood, healing and sovereignty; a beloved deity who brought the mysteries of resurrection and spiritual devotion to the ancient world.
Sekhmet
Lion-headed Egyptian Goddess of war, healing and divine retribution; fierce protector and bringer of sacred rage and transformation.
Bastet
Egyptian feline Goddess of protection, sensuality, music, and home; associated with pleasure, intuition and feminine grace.
Medusa
Libyan-origin Gorgon later absorbed into Greek mythology; a chthonic figure of protection, sacred rage and female empowerment, often misunderstood and demonized.
Aphrodite
Greek Goddess of love, beauty, war, pleasure and passion; born of the sea and revered for her powers of attraction, enchantment and erotic sovereignty. As a trainee Priestess you walk with Aphrodite by receiving full free access to the Aphrodite Codes Course.
Nyx
Primordial Greek Goddess of the Night, one of the oldest deities in the pantheon; mother of Sleep, Death and Dreams, embodying mystery, darkness and the fabric of the cosmos itself.
Sheela Na Gig
Ancestral Celtic goddess found across medieval architecture in Ireland, Britain, and Europe; guardian of thresholds, sacred sexuality and fierce feminine truth.
Morgan le Fay
Enigmatic sorceress from Celtic and Arthurian mythos; priestess of Avalon, shape-shifter and guide through liminal realms and magical mastery.
Baba Yaga
Slavic witch goddess and forest crone; initiator of transformation through tests, wisdom, chaos and spiritual cunning, dwelling in the liminal wilds.
Your Mystic Priestess Journey
Progress through 3 spirals (semesters) over at least 8 months. This fully guided-and supported journey organically leads to certification and initiates you into advanced magick, healing and witchcraft practices, forging you into a fully-accredited, ethical expert.
SPIRAL 1
(approximately 3 - 4 months)
Portal 1: The Divine Dark Descent
Embark on the sacred journey of the mythic Descent, mirroring the dark goddesses’ path through cycles of death, rebirth and transformation. This sets the stage for your priestess journey, helping you understanding your Calling and activating your resilience.
Portal 2: Walking With The Dark Goddesses
Meet twelve powerful dark goddesses, each embodying unique aspects of the divine feminine. They will become your Goddess Guides, empowering you with their wisdom, support and protection.
Portal 3: Akashic Astral Travel
Master the art of astral travel and gain access to the Akashic Records, the Sacred Grove, and the Nightshade Sanctum. These realms hold ancient wisdom and cosmic insights that will enhance your journey, offering guidance from beyond the veil to support your evolution as a Priestess.
Portal 4: Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Levels 1, 2 & Master Teacher
Receive attunements in Usui and Holy Fire Reiki Levels 1, 2 & Master, building a foundation in energy healing for yourself and others. Through both hands-on and distance healing techniques, you’ll learn to channel Reiki energy, empowering your own practice and your ability to support others.
Portal 5: Sacred Cycles
Align with the natural rhythms of the Moon and the Wheel of the Year, integrating these cycles into your magickal practice. By understanding these cosmic and earthly energies, you’ll enhance your connection to Nature.
SPIRAL 2
(approximately 3 - 4 months)
Portal 6: Shadowweaving Alchemy
Learn to embrace and alchemize your shadows, transforming them into powerful sources of insight and strength. Through the Shadowweaving Nexus, you’ll integrate hidden aspects of yourself, turning past limitations into fuel for empowerment and self-discovery.
PORTAL 7: Psychic Energy Reading
Awaken your innate psychic abilities, mastering the skills of energy reading, mediumship and divination, enhancing your abilities as a healer and guide.
Portal 8: Dark Oracle Creation
Craft your own Dark Oracle, a personalized divination tool attuned to your unique path. This sacred tool will become a channel for messages, empowering you to offer readings and connect with the guides of your clients.
Portal 9: The Five Elements
Explore the elemental forces of Terra, Inferno, Zephyr, Aqua, and Aether, learning to channel their energies for manifestation and balance. Elemental mastery will empower your magick and deepen your connection to nature.
Portal 10: Nocturne Magika
Develop your spellcraft skills, learning techniques to harness the energies of the Goddess Ways and the cosmos. With tools, allies and elemental forces, you’ll gain confidence in casting spells, bringing powerful magick into your life and supporting those you serve.
Portal 11: Astral Allies
Build connections with elemental beings, spirit guides and familiars, creating a personal spiritual support system. Through these allies, you’ll gain protection and guidance, empowering your magickal practice.
SPIRAL 3
(approximately 2-3 months)
Portal 12: Plant Spirit Energies
Delve into the world of witch herbalism, and begin walking the Poison Path by working with the Plant Spirits of the Baneful Botanicals. Learn to harness their energies for protection, empowerment and transmutation. You’ll learn to ethically engage with these potent plants, integrating them as sacred allies within your practice as a Priestess.
Portal 13: Level 1 Verdant Starweaves® (3 Online Weekend Retreats)
Receive attunements to the powerful Level 1 Verdant Starweaves® energies. Through guided experiences, you’ll integrate these energies into your life and practice, deepening your connection to the cosmos and enhancing your healing capabilities.
This is not a paint-by-numbers “self-study” course or a generic “witch school,” it’s an advanced, one-of-a-kind exploration into the mythic feminine in all her raw power.
Zela will personally guide you every step of the way, ensuring you master the arts of the Goddess Ways, and step boldly into your leadership as a powerful priestess!
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Meet Zela Feraco, Your Priestess Coach
Zela Feraco is a mystic mentor and the founder of the Nightshade Sanctum, known for her leadership in goddess magick and mythic feminine spirituality. She has advanced training in ancient mystery schools, energetics, astrology, witchcraft, Akashic ritual, embodiment practices and more.
A former scientist with a PhD in medical microbiology and degrees in psychology, biochemistry and immunology, and a previous strategy consultant, advising Fortune 500 companies: Zela bridges the mystical with the practical. She is also a certified personal trainer with over a decade of experience coaching elite body composition, nutrition and feminine embodiment through strength training and weight-lifting. Her life’s work is to help mystics, leaders and visionaries rise beyond limitation to live with abundance, purpose and joy.
When Zela is not writing, coaching or cardslinging, she is cosplaying, modelling, painting, playing videogames, weight-lifting, playing with her rescue dog, Kronos, getting tattooed or reading high fantasy novels.
FAQS
FAQs for Mystic Priestess Arising
✨ When does the course take place?
Mystic Priestess Arising opens for enrollment only once or twice a year. This is not a surface-level self-study program. It is a deep, advanced initiation into the Priestess Path, and as such, places are limited and selectively offered.
If you feel called, the first step is to begin the application process. Not everyone is accepted, as this path is only for those truly ready to commit to the depth and responsibility of Priestesshood.
While you await the next round, you can begin preparing for the journey by enrolling in the recommended precursor courses: Dark Mystic Awakening and Goddess Radiance Sorcery. Completing these will not only deepen your spiritual foundation but also strengthen your chances of acceptance into Mystic Priestess Arising by demonstrating your readiness for this level of work.
To take the next step, start your application or book a complimentary Mystic Blessing Call with Zela, where she will connect with your guides and offer a personalised assessment of what may be holding you back from your next level. This call is designed to give you clarity, whether or not the path is right for you at this time.
✨ How is this course different from other Priestess Paths??
Mystic Priestess Arising stands apart as a high-level Priestess Path designed not only to deepen your personal spiritual practice but to prepare you for your wider role in the world. Most priestess trainings focus solely on your inner journey, offering beautiful rituals and self-exploration but stopping short of equipping you to hold space for others. At the Nightshade Sanctum, we believe that true Priestesshood is rooted in service to humanity. That means your personal growth is only part of the path, not the final destination.
Gain capability, credentials and certification. Through Mystic Priestess Arising, you don’t just embody the Priestess archetype. You are equipped to be a leader in the Life Coaching, Spiritual Coaching, Energy Healing, and Mystic Arts spaces. You will graduate with professional training and credibility, ready to support others with knowledge and integrity.
Rooted in the mysteries of the Dark Goddess. This is, to our knowledge, the only Priestess training in the world that centers the Dark Divine Feminine. While many paths bypass or fear the shadow, here you are initiated into the transformative power of goddesses like Inanna/Ishtar, Medusa, Isis and others. These are not just mythical figures, but powerful archetypal forces of rebirth, liberation and truth. You will not only study their mysteries, through soul-deep integration you will embody them, empowering your life and work.
Advanced Witchcraft and Magick. We believe true feminine power lives in the mystical arts. You will not only learn rituals and spells but master the deeper workings of energy and intention. This is more than a witch school: It is a fully immersive training in feminine spiritual leadership.
You receive six certifications designed for impact. Unlike most priestess paths that end in personal transformation, this journey prepares you for real-world application and soul-aligned service. Upon completion, you will be certified in:
Psychic & Mediumship Mastery I
Akashic Records I
Hold Fire™ Reiki I, II & Master
Verdant Starweaves® Level I
Nightshade Sanctum Priestess I
This is not a path of superficial spirituality: This is a full awakening into your power, your calling and your sacred work in the world.
✨ How much does it cost?
The full investment for Mystic Priestess Arising is $7,888. This includes three Spirals, twelve transformational Portals, six professional certifications, eight months of structured learning, and a year-and-a-day Priestess integration journey and more, plus support through the 8-months with live group calls, sacred ceremonies and direct mentorship from Zela Feraco.
Flexible payment plans are available to support your ease and flow.
Early enrollment qualifies you for exclusive savings and bonuses. If you’re currently enrolled in Dark Mystic Awakening, Goddess Radiance Sorcery, or any other Nightshade Sanctum course, you may be eligible for additional discounts as a returning student.
A limited number of financial-need scholarships are available in each round, we believe that no one should be turned away from sacred work due to financial limitations.
To access early-bird or super early-bird pricing (if available), start your application process or book your free Enrollment Call. This is the best way to unlock savings and receive personal guidance on whether the path is aligned for you.
For those who desire more intimate support, you may also upgrade to the VIP Goddess Coaching tier, which includes private 1:1 mentorship with Zela throughout your journey.
✨ Are there schlarships available?
Yes. A limited number of financial-need scholarships are available for each round of Mystic Priestess Arising. These scholarships are designed to support those who feel deeply called to this work but are currently unable to meet the full financial investment.
We believe that sacred work should not be gatekept by financial circumstances. If you are committed to walking the Priestess Path and know this course is aligned with your soul-purpose, you are welcome to apply for scholarship consideration as part of the application process.
Please note that scholarships are limited and offered based on both need and alignment with the course. Priority is often given to those who have already completed Dark Mystic Awakening and Goddess Radiance Sorcery, as these show strong preparation and commitment to the path.
To be considered, begin your application and book your Enrollment Call to discuss your options.
✨Are there prerequisites for Mystic Priestess Arising?
There are no formal prerequisites to join Mystic Priestess Arising, but it is essential to understand that this is an advanced, high-level certification course that demands depth, spiritual maturity and commitment. Because of the advanced nature of the work involved, Dark Mystic Awakening and Goddess Radiance Sorcery are highly recommended before beginning this journey.
The path to World-Healing, begins with Self-Healing. Dark Mystic Awakening offers that personal transformation. It is a profound process of shadow work, healing and empowerment that prepares you for world transformation. You will work deeply with four of the core Dark Goddesses of the Nightshade Sanctum: Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan, and Lilith, integrating their teachings and reclaiming your own power.
Goddess Radiance Sorcery equips you with foundational magick and witchcraft tools. You will learn to work with astrology, energy, planetary cycles, herbs, spellcraft and more. It also initiates you into the mysteries of Circe, one of the key Dark Goddesses of the Sanctum and an embodiment of sovereign sorcery.
Together, these two courses provide the essential foundation in self-transformation, magick and the mystical arts. They also guide you through the “Foundational Five,” first five goddesses of the Nightshade Sanctum. Because these goddesses are explored in depth in Dark Mystic Awakening and Goddess Radiance Sorcery, they are not covered in Mystic Priestess Arising until the Level 2 Priestess course that follows after Mystic Priestess Arising.
If you complete these two courses first, Mystic Priestess Arising becomes a seamless and natural next step on your path, ensuring you are spiritually, emotionally and energetically prepared for the sacred responsibility of Priestesshood.
✨What Goddesses do we work with in Mystic Priestess Arising?
We work exclusively with Dark Goddesses. These goddesses hold the keys to transformation, power, mystery and feminine truth. They guide us through the shadow to awaken the wisdom, sovereignty, and sacred leadership that lives within. Working with the Dark Goddesses is a potent and necessary part of the Priestess Path, because they offer remembrance of the true Divine Feminine without the fragmentation caused by patriarchal programming. They ask you to rise, to remember and to reclaim every part of yourself.
Throughout the course, you will journey with the following goddesses:
The Paleolithic Goddess
Inanna/Ishtar
Ereshkigal
Isis
Sekhmet
Bastet
Medusa
Aphrodite (via the Aphrodite Codes)
Nyx
Sheela Na Gig
Morgan le Fey
Baba Yaga
Each of these goddesses represents a distinct facet of the Sacred Feminine and brings her own set of teachings, challenges and gifts. You will meet them through guided journeys, energetic transmissions, mythic study and direct embodiment practices.
Please note that the “Foundational Five” goddesses are covered in the recommended precursor courses.
Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan, and Lilith are deeply explored in Dark Mystic Awakening.
Circe is the central goddess guide in Goddess Radiance Sorcery.
Because these goddesses are comprehensively introduced in those courses, they are not repeated in Mystic Priestess Arising. Instead, this course builds on that foundation and expands your relationship with the wider pantheon of Dark Goddesses within the Nightshade Sanctum tradition.
Hecate, Persephone, Lilith, The Morrigan and Circe are then revisited and expanded upon in the advanced 2nd degree levels of the Priestess Path that follow Mystic Priestess Arising. These later courses go even deeper into their mysteries and priestess-level applications.
✨I feel drawn to Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan, Lilith, or Circe, should I start with Mystic Priestess Arising?
If you feel especially drawn to or called by Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan, Lilith, or Circe, it is a strong sign that your journey may be best begun with one of our foundational courses: Dark Mystic Awakening or Goddess Radiance Sorcery.
These goddesses are often the first to call those who are destined to walk the Priestess Path. They often appear during the initial awakening into the Sacred Feminine and Dark Goddess work.
In Dark Mystic Awakening, you journey with Hecate, Persephone, The Morrigan, and Lilith, each guiding you through a powerful chapter of personal healing and empowerment. In Goddess Radiance Sorcery, you work deeply with Circe, learning foundational spellwork, sorcery and Goddess Magick.
Because these goddesses are covered in depth in those courses, they are not the focus of Mystic Priestess Arising. Instead, this course introduces other goddesses and deeper initiatory work. If one or more of the “Foundational Five” goddesses is calling to you, following that call through Dark Mystic Awakening or Goddess Radiance Sorcery may be the most powerful way to begin your path in the Nightshade Sanctum.
✨ What energies will we be working with?
✨Is this course about dark magic or black magic?
No, at the Nightshade Sanctum we do not perform black magic, magick with harmful intent, or anything unethical. The word “dark” in our tradition does not refer to “bad / evil / malevolence.” It refers to the hidden, repressed, and misunderstood aspects of the feminine that have been silenced by patriarchal systems for centuries.
In spiritual terms, light and dark are not good versus bad. They are different levels of consciousness. “Dark” consciousness is the realm of shadow, depth and transformation. It is the womb of creation, the mysteries of death and rebirth, the power that comes from facing your truth without fear.
This course is a sacred path of feminine empowerment, where we reclaim the parts of ourselves and our spiritual lineage that have been demonized or forgotten. It is a return to goddess spirituality in the modern era, one that honors complexity, sovereignty and your full expression as a divine being.
✨ Is this course just for cis straight women, or can men, queer, non-binary, and trans folks join?
This space is open to all who feel drawn to the mysteries of the Divine Feminine. While our language often centers women’s experiences, we believe that the Divine Feminine transcends gender. In a world where the divine masculine has been emphasized for centuries, reconnecting with goddess energy is a powerful and necessary path for all people, regardless of gender identity.
We welcome men who wish to explore the wisdom of the goddesses, trans women, and non-binary individuals who feel aligned with this sacred work. Though some of our discussions may reflect the lived experiences of those socialized as women, our space is ultimately one of deep connection, transformation and reverence for the Divine Feminine in all its forms. We cherish sisterhood, siblinghood and the bonds of shared spiritual growth, and we invite you to step into this circle if you feel called.
✨ Am I crazy for wanting to take this course?
Absolutely not. If you’re feeling drawn to Mystic Priestess Arising. This isn’t a passing interest: It’s your soul-level calling. The Dark Goddess is stirring something ancient within you, inviting you to return to your truth.
This course is more than a personal journey: It is part of a global feminine reawakening. It is the modern reclamation of ancient wisdom that has been buried, silenced, erased and forgotten. As the world longs for healing, harmony and authentic leadership, the Priestess Path is rising again. You are not just taking a course. You are stepping into a sacred role in a wider movement to restore balance, truth and the sacred feminine on Earth.
To walk this path is a form of spiritual activism. It is a deeply sacred commitment to healing yourself, serving others and embodying the divine feminine in your life’s work and purpose. Mystic Priestess Arising will empower you to awaken your gifts, activate your magic, and step into your role as a guide, healer and priestess.
You are not crazy. You are Arising. And if this path speaks to you, it means you are ready. The goddesses are calling, and this is your time to Rise.