Divergent
Leadership Training of a Non-Typical Kind
Magical Practitioner development
Grounded in both academic and experiential rigour.
DIVERGENT is a first-of-its-kind magical practitioner development and leadership program that brings MA Magic scholarship into relationship with embodied practice, lived experience, ritual, reflection, and community.
This creates a space where magical knowledge is not only studied, but practiced, questioned, integrated, and lived.
“One of the many aspects I deeply appreciate about Fortuna’s teachings is the strong social justice lens they incorporate—it feels so essential these days. I often describe this work as a space that dismantles and names the oppressive structures that get in the way of us being able to show up authentically—which also feels essential these days. ”
We Beleivestudying magic and developing as a magical practitioner are woven together.
DIVERGENT brings scholarship into relationship with embodied practice, lived experience, ritual, reflection, and community. This creates a space where magical knowledge is not only studied, but practiced, questioned, integrated, and lived.
Alchemical Cycle
Across four phases — WORTHY · KIND · HONEST · POWERFUL — we cultivate the relational, emotional, ethical, and embodied capacities that support thoughtful magical practice and leadership.
worthY: starting with ourselves
6 week program - In WORTHY, we will get into what it means to be a WORTHY leader. You will learn the fundamentals of the Embodied Wonderment Method (EWM) and integration practices that weave together elements of science, ritual, community, nature, and playfulness. We will also explore our needs as leaders and how naming them can be so damn challenging.
Kind: befriending what is uncomfortable
In KIND, you will dive deeper into the EWM framework- The Cycle of Integration- and work directly with the difficult emotions that arise within leadership roles.
You will be introduced to a contemplative psychology system (Buddha Family Mandala) for exploring what is uncomfortable, so that your capacity for discomfort increases. (6 week program)
Appropriation accountability: Anie received training from Naropa, a Buddhist University founded by Tibetan Rimpoche, Chogyun Trungpa, and has permission from the University to share the teachings of the Buddha Family Mandala.
honest: OWNING OUR PROJECTIONS
In Honest, you will be introduced to a contemplative psychology practice (Body Speech and Mind) where you’ll learn how to recognize and directly work with the projections that arise in positions of leadership and how to integrate them. (6 week program)
Appropriation accountability: Anie received training from Karuna Training, a Contemplative Psychology Certification Program, and has permission to share the practice of BSM.
Powerful: STANDING IN OUR BRILLIANT POWER
In POWERFUL, we’ll integrate all that we have learned so that can explore and practice your own authentic style of leadership, which can be applied in both professional and personal settings.
Powerful is 24 weeks long followed by a 6-month peer-supported practicum.
Level up your integration skills
Through authentic LEADERSHIP
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Whatever INTEGRATION SKILLS you currently have, DIVERGENT will ENHANCE their POWER.
We said it before and we'll say it again: INTEGRATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. Especially when we want to skillfully show up for ourselves and others.
Here’s why: one of the key roles that integration plays is bringing our nervous system back to a healthy and resilient state.
An unhealthy and under-resourced nervous system has low capacity for challenging times, and times they are challenging! This low capacity can result in SUBSTANCE MISUSE, PERSISTENT PAIN and MENTAL DISTRESS.
When we build our integration skills, we build our resilience for turbulent times in a long-lasting way. That feels important.
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If you are someone who KNOWS THEY WANT TO WORK ON THEMSELVES to HELP others WITHOUT causing harm, WE ARE SO GLAD you are here. WE NEED YOU.
Experience has shown us that OUR POWER LIES IN OUR AUTHENTICITY. SHOWING UP as YOURSELF is the MOST POWERFUL thing you can do, both for YOURSELF and for others AROUND YOU.
That is why OUR PROGRAM is not about becoming a BETTER VERSION of YOURSELF, but about becoming MORE OF WHO YOU ALREADY ARE.
Being TRULY YOURSELF, we are all for it.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
YOUR PURPOSE, YOUR ULTIMATE PURPOSE IN LIFE, is to be YOURSELF.
This matters because WHEN YOU SHOW UP in this way, it gives PERMISSION to those witnessing this authenticity to do the same.
“Experience has shown us that OUR POWER LIES IN OUR AUTHENTICITY. SHOWING UP as YOURSELF is the MOST POWERFUL thing you can do, both for YOURSELF and for others AROUND YOU.”
“I got so much out of this program.”
It helped me to integrate some really big changes happening in my life and gave me some amazing tools for working through a challenging time without losing access to my joy and wonder. I also really appreciated how Anie creates a safe and supportive space for group sharing. It really felt like a strong community and the group itself provided me with so much insight, support and kindness.”
— Emily
“I was inspired to discover my inner parts more deeply”
and my connection to myself and people around me. It allowed me to feel attune to the world with no judgement and embrace my gifts, and because of that I was able see more clearly that everyone have something unique to offer. I am very grateful for this class and recommend to take it.”
— N.P.
“Our souls innately know our worth—Bringing my human body to WORTHY was just the reminder I needed! ”
Meeting weekly provided a community of like-minded AND very unique Beings—which became a real highlight, boosting my happiness hormones! The mix of science & spirit opens-up new discussions and opportunities to move forward/heal... Addressing the nervous system and practicing integration throughout this module has been transformational and continues to help along my journey living with chronic physical health symptoms and dissociation. All of me is welcome; WORTHY.”
- H. Chapman