Black Women's Identities, Spirits, & Spiritualities Intensive

1. Intensive Preview

   3 lessons

   1. The Vision
   2. Lesson Preview: Divine Mother of Creation
   3. Lesson Preview: Patriarchal Invasions

2. Module One: Black Women, The Architects of Existence

   15 lessons

   1. Welcome & Orientation (start here!)
   2. Introduction & Grounding
   3. Course Lexicon: Key Terms & Concepts
   4. Module One Readings
   5. Module One Assignment: Imagining the Divine Introduction
   6. Module One Assignment: Imagining the Divine
   7. Optional Assignment: Create an Ancestor Altar

   1. Lecture: In the Beginning

      1. Lesson 1: Origins of Creation
      2. Lesson 2: Desacralizing the Womb
      3. Lesson 3: Erasure of God As Woman
      4. Lesson 4: The Black Woman As God

   2. Lecture: Mother of Creation

      1. Lesson 1: Introduction
      2. Lesson 2: The Great Mother
      3. Lesson 3: Sacred Seat of Power
      4. Lesson 4: Mother Wounding

3. Module Two: The Dismemberment of Black Women's Identities, Bodies, & Spirits

   15 lessons

   1. Module Two Introduction
   2. Module Two Assignment: (Re)Membering Our Bodies
   3. Akashic Pathway Prayer Process

   1. Lecture: Religious Conquest of Black Mother

      1. Module Two Readings: The Religious Conquest of Black Mother
      2. In Mama Zgobe's Own Words: The Sybils
      3. Lesson One: Who Are the Sybils?
      4. Lesson Two: The Temples
      5. Lesson Three: Defending Great Mother
      6. Lesson Four: Patriarchal Invasions
      7. Lesson Five: The Invention of Evil

   2. Lecture: Black Women's Bodies & Spirits

      1. Module Two Readings: Black Women's Bodies & Spirits
      2. Lesson 1: How Did We Get Here?
      3. Lesson 2: Dismembering of the Spirit
      4. Lesson 3: Dismembering the Body
      5. Lesson 4: Sexual Autonomy

4. Module Three: Pulpit Patriarchy

   6 lessons

   1. Module Three Readings: Pulpit Patriarchy
   2. Module Three Introduction
   3. Module Three Assignment: Relection on Sacred Texts & Religious Origin Stories
   4. Lesson One: Introduction & Grounding
   5. Lesson Two: Church is a Business
   6. Lesson Three: The Men All Pause

5. Module Four: The Great Return

   9 lessons

   1. Module Four Readings: The Great Return
   2. Module Four Introduction
   3. Module Four Assignment: Capstone Project
   4. Lesson One: Integration
   5. Lesson Two: Returning to Self as Spirit
   6. Lesson Three: Spiritual Technologies
   7. Lesson Four: Spiritual Hygienic Practices
   8. Lesson Five: Return to Mother Nature
   9. Lesson Six: Return to Sacred Union