SOVEREIGN

Self-Led Transformation for Future Ancestors
ENROLLMENT CLOSED

SOVEREIGN 2024 is an experimental offering for those ready to step into transformative self-leadership and become wise community elders. Given the material's intensive nature, there is an application process, as the strength of the container determines its potency, and I take my responsibility as its steward seriously.

Transformation happens through weekly lessons, rituals, and Council meet-ups via Zoom.

The 12 exploratory lessons are contemplations related to mapping the subtle realm of your internal experience and its impact on your 3D reality. Each week builds upon the next as we traverse the seasons of Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Capricorn.

You are the mentor you’ve been waiting for.

SOVEREIGN is not an astrology course, though we’ll use it as it is helpful for exploration and provides a natural rhythm to which we will align during our time together. SOVEREIGN is not a program for healing or group therapy. It is about stepping toward your destiny by cultivating a presence and acting in alignment with your most important relationship, yourself. It is about supporting the next generation of critical thinkers and leaders.

SOVEREIGN is a container for praxis, undoing, and unlearning unhelpful conditioning of the past by choosing differently and becoming on your terms. It is about acceptance, change, and preparing your path towards elderhood. I’ve got an experimental framework, but the missing ingredient is YOU.

Between Sept. 1st and 20th, I welcome 12 people ready to explore their belief systems, mental processes, and behavior patterns, conduct intuitive experiments, and step into the next version of themselves alongside me. This program is a portal.

Do you look at the world around you and wonder who will weave the next one into existence?

Look in the mirror, friend. You are a wise elder + future ancestor in the making.

“SOVEREIGN is a wonderful communal space for anyone looking to deepen their relationship with the esoteric. Erin brings great mastery, thoroughness, and equanimity to her teaching. It was magical to be led in ritual by her and witness her teachings on astrology and working with our personal power.

A wonderful container for autumnal magic!”

— Tara, 2024 Cohort

Sovereignty is a state of being, and SOVEREIGN is an offering to the Anima Mundi, or world soul.

My younger self, ancestors, teachers, mentors, spirits of place, and peers make this container possible. I would not be who I am today without their help. I am honored and privileged to join my lineage of teachers and share this work with you.

My dream for this inaugural cohort is for them to develop unwavering trust in themselves and their unique leadership style, igniting a wildfire of enchanted momentum in their lives, weaving a web of transformation, bridging this world and the next.

Becoming SOVEREIGN means being whole unto yourself. You are not an island or lone wolf, but rather claiming your birthright to independently manage your thoughts and beliefs and teach others to do the same.

Becoming a wise elder takes time, so let’s begin. It's not too late to sing the song in your bones, and there is part of you that already knows the tune. 

Future you is calling.

We lay the groundwork for the future by attuning to the present. Becoming SOVEREIGN means not forming your self-concept around what someone else wants you to be and nurturing the authentic self within.

MAKE SUNDAY SCARIES
A THING OF THE PAST

The format creates space for an individual experience with the support of a community, as no two experiences will be identical. This container, in its inaugural iteration, consists of the following:

SOVEREIGN SUNDAYS

The SOVEREIGN SUNDAY COUNCIL awaits! We’ll meet every Sunday at 1 PM PT / 3 PM ET via Zoom. Commitment to the Council meetings is essential, as we will weave a web of support around one another. We remain SOVEREIGN, though, so while we hold space for and witness each other, we are not here to fix each other or offer unsolicited advice. Attendance at the Council meet-ups is a requirement, and if you cannot make at least 10 out of the 12 meetups, this may not be the right time for you.

Each Sunday, in addition to an arrival ritual, we’ll each have an allotment of time to share what is present with the group.

WEEKLY CONTEMPLATIONS

Each week, I share the practices, lessons, and material I’ve developed throughout my SOVEREIGN journey. This is my personal gnosis, offered as a starting place for exploring and getting to know your own. Scroll down for the course outline if you want to learn more. Your feedback on the material is welcome, and you’ll have a space to provide it each season. I will reveal the week’s Contemplation between Council meet-ups, which will likely be on Sundays, but this is a grace I am offering myself as a creative.

DAILY RITUAL

This is how we do it: one foot in front of the other. There is so much magick in the mundane. In addition to the daily observation framework shared in the Libra Season module, you’ll be given options for integration into your everyday life. This is an experimental space, so your daily ritual may transform along with you.

“Slow Magick's SOVEREIGN container was the exact medicine I needed to help me traverse the intense junctures we are facing as sentient (and otherwise) beings. Erin's ability to meet folks where they are, challenge your mode of thinking in a non-combative and/also supportive manner is beyond palpable from the moment you encounter her aura.”

— Lily, 2024 Cohort

For a long time, I was addicted to the approval of authority figures in my life.

One day, I woke up to a life I didn’t want.

I wondered who I was underneath this persona I had crafted. If pretending to be who I needed to be got me into this mess, perhaps finding out who I am will get me out.

My path to sovereignty began to materialize after I had emotionally and intellectually worked through fears of abandonment and rejection. I had grown internally, and it was time for my outer actions to match my inner shift.

Personally, this looked like not being available for one-sided friendships, leaving an unsatisfying job, coming out to a conservative childhood caregiver, and putting my dreams first. It was a slow but steady process of taking my time to make choices that served my authentic self instead of choosing the route that would ‘protect’ me from coming face to face with being disliked.

What I found was a portal to the life I wanted. I made many mistakes, but slowly, step by step, I grew in my strength and confidence.

A year in Baba Yaga’s hut

In October 2023, I entered my 12th house profection year and spent a year in Baba Yaga’s hut. It was here that I experienced the deep love my Shadow had for me. I realized I got it wrong— for years, I thought my Solar self was the one who ‘cleaned up’ after my Shadow, and I came to see that it was my Shadow who had always cleaned up after me.

One of the biggest and most thrilling lessons thus far is the reclamation and integration of what my shadow self has held for me throughout my life. To my surprise, it isn’t just painful experiences of self-abandonment but also the beauty of my unique expression, which I was in denial about accepting.

But we cannot bypass the truth of who we are indefinitely.

Eventually, the bill comes due.

The part of ourselves we’ve been in denial about owning, or we were made to feel it was something to hide or be ashamed of by overculture. What if we’ve been hiding from the very medicine we need to experience more joy and satisfaction?

What if there was nothing more to strive for? But rather an acceptance, an allowing, and claiming of your inherent worth? What could you accomplish with the energy it has taken to hide your authentic self?

It is your birthright to know and experience ALL of yourself.

Our beliefs sometimes act like armor. Accepting the truth of ourselves can be scary, so we keep the shields up.

A SOVEREIGN makes decisions from a place of rooted authenticity rather than fear.

It takes practice and support to align your inner and outer worlds.

Check out the program outline below.

Virgo Season

  • Access opens September 15th at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET.

    This portion contains recommended pre-work consisting of course logistics, preparatory self-exploration work on setting up your personal energetic container within this one, boundary work, and a recommended altar build to prepare you for SOVEREIGN in the week before the program starts. 

  • During the opening ceremony, we’ll introduce ourselves, formally set intentions, and share a group ritual to consecrate your holy book of personal gnosis for this program. 

    Contemplation One involves exploring your sacred desire as part of the generative impulse of creation and understanding its relationship to the macrocosm and microcosm.

    A SOVEREIGN knows their desire is holy, and while your desire may shift and transform by the end of this program, this is my favorite place to start. 

Libra Season

  • Contemplation Two explores your past and begins to craft your Origin Story.

    This is where we go back to the beginning and make meaning or redefine the catalyzing events of our lives. Season One of the TNIT podcast has focused on these themes, and Erin has refined a framework for exploration.

    We all have wounds and are all made up of stories, and a SOVEREIGN tells one that breaks through limits to become the lore of legends and inspire the next generation. 

  • Contemplation Three delves into the realm of belief. Collective liberation requires individual contemplation.

    Both conscious and unconscious beliefs drive our thoughts, emotions, and behavior to manifest reality and aid or prevent our ability to change our lives. If you’ve moved through some or all of your midlife transits, you’ve likely had some experience with it already. Here, we take a deeper dive, and Erin shares her framework for observation.

    A SOVEREIGN recognizes when they are out of alignment with their truth.

  • Contemplation Four involves experimenting with your strategy to choose differently in your daily life by creating space in the present moment and changing how you respond to themes of urgency and either/or thinking. This practice is a powerful portal.

    Folks who are SOVEREIGN are open to the secret third thing that emerges from creating space for exploration. The entire program is a liminal space.

  • Contemplation Five begins exploring the relationship between your 2nd and 8th astrological houses and the magick contained within. While a background in astrology is excellent, it is not required, as Erin will work with you individually in your 1:1 support sessions.

    This is one of the most potent activations of this program and will continue to unfold in your life long after this program is finished.

    When you are SOVEREIGN, you know that life and death are inextricably linked and are two sides of the same coin. 

Scorpio Season

  • Contemplation Six deepens our connection and relationships with the more-than-human world around us and a contemplation of what it means to become an ancestor.

    We'll explore different ways to craft rituals and a devotional practice to nurture these sacred connections.

    A SOVEREIGN knows they are never truly alone. 

  • Contemplation Seven explores your sphere of influence and what it means to wield your sword with skill from a strong foundation through spending time with the Sun, Mars, Saturn, and Pluto.

    SOVEREIGNS are in healthy relationship to their personal power and engages it when needed. 

  • Contemplation Eight invites your demons to tea through an exploration of the shadow side of the 12th house; you may be surprised to learn what treasure they’ve patiently held for you.

    A SOVEREIGN is courageous. 

  • After a significant loss, Erin spent a season working for a funeral home where she learned a lot about death and dying but so much about grief.

    Contemplation Nine explores and meditates on seasons of grief in many forms, going beyond the death of a loved one.

    We'll also explore themes of midlife cycles, composting, and transformation.

    A SOVEREIGN understands that grief is a wise teacher.

Sagittarius Season

  • Contemplation Ten involves exploring your connection to the you of the future—the wise elder who already knows what to do.

    We’ll dive into what being an elder version of archetypes looks and feels like for you: the Creatrix, Trickster, Truth-teller, Guardian, Wise Human, and Witch (aka Dangerous Old Woman).

    SOVEREIGNS understand the power of naming and claiming who they are.

  • Contemplation Eleven will help us prepare to successfully crystallize an idea in our material world by initiating a cycle of deep listening.

    Listening through our bones to the Great Lady Under Earth from which we came, to know if it is the right time to begin and that we are in the right place to start.

    But where do we listen? In this contemplation, we'll experiment with ways to hear the melody of our heart’s desire encoded within our bones.

  • Contemplation Twelve offers a look at your year ahead by examining the creative and generative Solar Cycle magick contained in your birthchart to assist your with stepping into your creative rhythm. No astrology experience required.

    A SOVEREIGN understands their seasons of life.

  • The Council’s last official meet-up will consists of a group offering, ritual, and celebration as we close the container. 

    A SOVEREIGN gets to have their cake and eat it too.

Capricorn Season

  • This final contemplation contains Erin's personalized message, reflection, and benediction to carry you beyond this container.

    May it be a beacon of truth for you to return to as you take what you've learned into the world.

SOVEREIGN may be a fit for you if…

  • You’ve put everyone else first and know it’s time to focus on yourself.

  • You desire the second half of your life to be even better than the first and are willing to experiment with the path to get there. 

  • You have time and space to dive deep into your experience and mine the treasures within.

  • You compassionately hold yourself through mistakes and missteps, or are willing to practice self-compassion. 

  • You know what your intuition sounds or feels like and crave a supportive environment to experiment with taking action based on it.

  • You got everything you thought you wanted, but did not feel completely satisfied or fulfilled. 

  • You’re 38 or older, or identify as an old soul, have your natal Pluto in Libra, natal Chiron in Aries, or feel impacted by Chiron’s current transit of Aries.

  • You are curious to explore elderhood beyond being a Grandparent 

  • You have worked with me, listened to my podcast, or felt a resonance with my experience, voice, or approach to life.

  • You are committed to creating and cultivating a diversity, equity, and inclusion culture within our community.

  • You respect the boundaries of linear time. 

  • You are comfortable with or at least willing to explore aging, death, dying, and transformation themes. 

You are likely to feel aggravated or disappointed by SOVEREIGN if…

  • You are still in the middle of healing or coming to terms with the trauma in your life.

  • You cannot sit with moments of activation.

  • You do not have the time or financial stability to commit to this program.

  • You are not open to alternative ways of knowing. 

  • It is important to you to maintain an aura of perfection. 

  • You are not open to differences in lived experience, culture, and belief.

  • You need medical, psychological, or financial assistance that this program cannot provide. 

  • You prefer to spectate or are more comfortable ‘hanging back.’  

  • You find Erin irritating.

  • You presently feel stuck in either / or thinking.

  • You expect a specific outcome and do not trust yourself or the co-creation process.

  • You are uncomfortable feeling big emotions or witnessing big emotions of others.

  • Thinking about the future makes you anxious.

  • You cannot commit to the meet-ups on Sundays.

SOVEREIGN includes:

  • Ritual Rites and Opening Ceremony

  • 11 Live Council Meetings on Sundays via Zoom from 1 PM - 3 PM PT led by Erin

  • 12 Audio/Video Contemplations full of Erin’s wisdom and personal gnosis to inspire your own, that are yours to keep

  • Free access to additional Slow Magick Mystery School offerings held during this container

  • Closing Ceremony & Celebration

SOVEREIGN Pricing

Program pricing is spread over four months from September to December.

Folks who pay in full receive an esoteric strategy session. 

Two seats are reserved for a 50% scholarship with priority for folks identifying as nonbinary, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other identities intersecting (cannot be combined with other discounts)

The deadline for applicants is September 20th at midnight PT or earlier if full.

Important: After September 20th, SOVEREIGN participants must complete all payments if they change their minds or determine they no longer have the time.