Remembering Avalon Mystery School
THE SERPENT’S PATH
Applications Are Open for the 2027 Cohort. We begin in February.
Are you ready to be initiated into SHAMANIC FEMININE spirituality?
The Goddess awaits your arrival. The Guardians of Avalon invite you into their fold.
The hidden sanctuary of Avalon appears all at once, clear as day as remembrance within your body.
Avalon returns to those who remember her name.
Embark upon the serpent’s path:
6+ months of deep, spiritual initiation in the ancient feminine mysteries of earth.
12+ alchemical ceremonies to learn the shamanic and earth-based magical practices of Avalon
Transformative, alchemical container to anchor the Goddess within you as embodied, feminine gnosis and wisdom.
greetings dear one,
I know you are here because you are fed up with the dominant cultural paradigm of extraction and domination. You know that this system is fake, manufactured by greed, deeply harmful, and it isn’t the world you want to live in.
I also know you are here because you crave a form of spirituality that meets your human values, ones like compassion, equity and reparation, but that you also crave a spirituality that you can feel in your bones—one that connects you to the roots of your humanity, and one that bridges you to an Ancient Future we are collectively ready to build.
The Avalon Path is the spiritual foundation that connects all worldwide wisdom traditions. It is what we practiced before humans became patriarchal.
It is matriarchal, goddess-worshipping, downward spiraling, and earth stewarding.
Allow me to weave for you a true story:
As humans, for tens of thousands of years, we were migratory. We followed the herds of deer, cattle, bison, and other mega-fauna that sustained our tribes. We exchanged knowledge, medicines and practices with neighboring communities. We blended our own tribes with theirs. This is how we populated the whole planet.
It was during this long stretch of human HERstory that humans were goddess-worshipping and shamanic. We revered the earth and each woman as a living embodiment of the Goddess, and our lives were marked by ceremonies and rites of passage that honored our connection to Her.
It was only after we became agrarian and learned to grow our own food that humans settled into homesteads, villages, towns and cities. This is also when humans began to adopt patriarchal beliefs and practices and invented war.
For the past millennia or more, humans have now been forced back into migratory patterns. Many of our ancestors have fled their homelands due to genocide, war, famine, poverty, lack of opportunity, or simply with the hopes of a better life.
What this has marked many of us with is a deep sense of being displaced, cut off, and divorced from our indigenous roots. We crave an opportunity to rekindle that connection, and often do not know where to start. We yearn for a sense of home that we can never quite grasp.
The Avalon Spiritual Path takes us there… back to our divine origins.
Back to an aeon when all humans around the world shared one story, weaved together one living tapestry of spiritual wisdom, shared and transmitted by sea from one ship to another, by land from one hand and one heart to another.
The Avalonian Path connects us to the collective story of humanity, and to the spiritual roots of who we really are.
The Avalonian path that I first took was rooted within a pre-colonial, indigenous spiritual tradition of the British Isles, colloquially known as The Underworld Tradition. It is one that was almost forgotten, but was preserved and hidden within ballads, women’s stories and faerie tales by those guardians who knew “the powers that be” would overlook these feminine and colloquial sources.
The Avalon Spiritual Path is now one that we are collectively Re-Membering with the assistance of the ancient earth guardians, ancestors, and faeries as our allies and guides.
It is SHAMANIC and EARTH-BASED, and is available to anyone no matter your ethnicity, culture or country of origin.
Once upon a time, spiritual lineage was transmitted through ancestral bloodlines. But this has changed—Now lineage is transmitted from mentor to apprentice, through ceremony and sacred agreement.
I am honored to be a transmitter of the Avalonian mystery tradition for those students with eyes to see and ears to hear. I am ready to usher you through the portals to reclaim your own ancient, spiritual roots!
Much Love,
Charlotte Eléa Dovechild
Along the serpent’s path, you will awaken the Alchemical Powers of Gaia within your body.
Purify yourself of false identities and colonial cultural conditioning. Return to who you really are.
Embody self-love and marry all opposites within yourself—light and dark, feminine and masculine, spirit and body.
Reclaim your sovereignty and return it to Mother Earth.
Free yourself of karmic cycles of the past and step into your destiny.
Clarify your spiritual gifts and purpose—how your soul is called to serve on earth at this time.
Come home to your wild, divine feminine nature and soul family.
The Truth that Transformed My Life is that our feminine bodies are as powerful as the universe! You have the ability to open portals, journey between worlds, create new realities, change the past, and transform the present and future.
The Avalon spiritual path will initiate you into your multi-dimensional embodied nature—your body’s power has been purposefully hidden and obscured for generations by the patriarchy, because this power is what they fear most!
What is Avalon?
Avalon is:
The spiritual home of the primordial priestesses of the Goddess - the Nine Morgens.
An island sanctuary of healing and alchemy within the deep blue seas, accessed with a pure heart, and by altering your consciousness.
A place of death and rebirth, where our ancient ancestors were buried and born again.
Home of the faerie kind, earth guardians of the Green Realm.
A wild, free and sovereign domain of the Goddess.
The Avalon Spiritual Path:
Is deeply feminine and embodied
Reveres the 10,000 faces of the Goddess
Takes you on an inward descending spiral 🌀 through the earth
Awakens mystical and multi-dimensional consciousness
Returns you to your power and sovereignty
Transforms you into a Guardian of Gaia
Honors love as the foundation of all
Join an intimate Sisterhood Hive devoted to the deepest mysteries of the Goddess
There’s a lot of talk these days about “embodying the goddess within” and “returning to the divine feminine,” but what exactly does all of this mean?
The truth is that most offerings that promise these things aren’t actually steeped in the ancient lineages and teachings of the Goddess traditions, but we are.
We are an Avalonian Mystery School that has roots that go back many thousands of years to the ancient Goddess temples that used to proliferate pre-colonial Europe, Asia and Northern Africa.
We offer initiatory experiences, esoteric teachings and energy practices that you will not find anywhere else.
The true nature of the Goddess in ALL her glory—the beautiful, the ugly, the sensual, the powerful, the compassionate, and the harsh—will be revealed to you.
The Avalon Path involves a radical shift away from the religious, spiritual and cultural beliefs we’ve all been taught:
They told us divinity, light and love descend from above.
➡️ On the Avalon path, we know that ALL of those things may be found below our feet!
They told us to destroy the darkness.
➡️ We know that there are gifts in the dark and that all polarities must find balance for justice to prevail.
They told us to detach from our bodies to find enlightenment.
➡️ We know that union with spirit may be reached through ecstatic embodiment.
They told us that the feminine should be passive, quiet and submissive.
➡️ We know that the feminine is a powerful, fierce and bold force that will lead our world through rebirth and revolution.
Journey Through 8 Temples of the Goddess
Within each temple, a portal of initiation and transformation will guide you to the next, each building upon each other, untill your metamorphosis as Priestess of Avalon is complete.
Enter the Temple of Grace
Begin your journey at the root by parting the mists to Avalon, and entering into the loving arms of the ancient lineage of the Great Mother and Her Path of Grace. You’ll clear karmic agreements of suffering, and learn energy practices of protection, clearing and healing.
Enter the Temple of the Rose
Journey to the sacred portal of the womb. The Sisterhood of the Rose guides you through activation of Divine Union. Marry feminine and masculine within, body with spirit, and open the pleasure pathways of the body, and activate the alchemical power of bliss.
Enter the Temple of the Holy Grail
Journey to the portal at the solar plexus where you shall reclaim your power and sovereignty. You’ll journey down the red thread of your lineage and remember ancestral gifts and wisdom. You’ll grow your spirit team, and learn to ally with ancestors, creatures, plants and faeries.
Enter the Temple of the Moon
Journey to the heart where you will meet both the inner Guardian and Healer of your shadows. You’ll learn the ancient, sacred art of alchemy, cut karmic chords to past lifetimes, and transform your core wound into your most potent medicine.
Enter the Temple of the Dragons
Journey to the throat where you’ll embody the Dragon Codes of Creation, your own sacred I AM presence, and be reborn and baptized within the living waters of Gaia as Priestess of Avalon.
Enter the Temple of the Weaver
Journey into the third eye where you shall activate your prophetic gifts, embody a unique expression of the Goddess, and gain clarity over how the scales of divine justice are currently balancing within you.
Enter the Temple of the Black Cauldron
Journey to the soul star and earth star chakras where you shall be initiated into the catabolic powers of the Dark Goddess, surrender into the unknown and learn to become the psychopomp.
Enter the Temple of Venus
Journey to the crown as Goddess Inanna, the embodiment of Venus, guides you to uncover your cosmic star essence, divine feminine blueprint, and soul’s destiny.
12 ceremonial activations to learn and integrate this deep spiritual work.
plus:
7 Monthly Sister Circles via Zoom to process all you are experiencing in the mentorship — lean into your spiritual sisterhood!
and:
8 Community High Holy Day ceremonies throughout the whole of 2027 — honor the turning of the wheel, and embody powerful, seasonal Goddess wisdom.
also:
8 PDF manuals with all the stories, practices and rituals you learn in ceremony + much more.
A keepsake Remembering Avalon Grimoire personalized just for you: A priceless magical gift and resource.
Recorded Imrammas (wonder voyages) to Avalon where you will discover and uncover her sacred gifts and medicine.
Audio and video resources including bonus recorded classes, guided journeys, shamanic practices, sacred movement, rituals and stories.
Welcome gift with spiritual items for your practice.
The Remembering Avalon Grimoire
For your initiated eyes only!
Sealed with your personal vows.
Containing the inner mysteries of the Avalon spiritual path:
Stories, Rituals, Lessons, Journal Prompts and Magical Practices for the Avalon Priestess.
Personalized and gifted to you after your priestess baptism.
Journey with the Faces of the Goddess
Each Goddess brings her own story, initiation and lesson for you to embrace along the path.
Goddess Inanna
Kali Ma
An Cailleach
Goddess Isis
Arionrod
Cerridwen
The Dragon Mothers
Goddess Brighde (Brigid)
Mary Magdalene
Blodeuwedd
Goddess Hathor
Faerie Queens of the Sidhe
Goddess Hecate
Goddess Sekhmet
Rhiannon
Goddess Wadjet
Kor / Persephone
Morgen le Fey
Avalon Priestess Arts
Although this journey is transformational in focus, you will also learn many shamanic skills, healing arts and energy practices:
Elemental magic with stones, fire, and water
Energetic clearing and protection
Casting the circle and calling in the directions to open sacred space
Sacred etiquette when holding ceremony in nature
Anointing the body with blessed water and essential oils
Shamanic journey to other dimensions and soul retrieval
Breathwork to reach altered states of consciousness
Toning, singing and chanting to altar and raise consciousness
Divine feminine movement and sacred geometric embodiment
Spirit contact with earth guardians, ancestors and faerie kind
The art of empty presence and invoking the Goddess
Psychopomp work of assisting lost souls through the veils to the otherworld
This mentorship is open to all women, femme and non-binary identified folks who desire to lead through embodiment of the Divine Feminine.
We do not view gender as limited to what we were assigned at birth.
To those that identify as male or a masculine ally and protector of the Divine Feminine, this specific initiatory journey is not tailored for you and your important work in this world. Please get in touch with us about other opportunities.
candid shares from 2026 graduates
Alyssa Roush-Tatum
Administrative Manager, Priestess of Avalon
Barsha Dahal
Creative Director, Priestess of Avalon
Stacie Highland
Graphic Designer, Priestess of Avalon
included in your mentorship
12 In-Person Ceremonial Activations: 11 between Feb-August, and 1 in November.
Admission to 8 High Holy Day community ceremonies - highly recommended to get the most out of your mentorship.
7 virtual monthly Sister Circles via Zoom with all of the Remembering Avalon initiates.
8 PDF Manuals including all the mystery teachings.
Keepsake personalized Remembering Avalon Grimoire.
5 recorded imrammas to Avalon, where you will uncover her secret teachings and journey through her mysteries.
Extra recorded classes, guided journeys, meditations, videos, and supplemental learning materials.
Welcome gift with magical items for your journey.
Private chat group to stay connected with your cohort.
what you’ll experience
Transmission of Divine Feminine frequencies and wisdom teachings within intimate ceremonial containers.
Initiations and lessons from the many faces of the Goddess.
Earth-based magical practices and rituals steeped in ancient wisdom.
Transformational energetic and embodiment practices offered only to initiates of the deeper feminine mysteries.
Shamanic journeys and Otherworld travel.
Transformational ceremonies with the land + elements in nature.
Intimate spiritual mentorship with Charlotte Eléa.
Deep connection to ancestors, Avalonian spirit guides and allies.
Spiritual rebirth as a Priestess of Avalon.
Investment and Sacred Exchange
Feeling the call to join us? Please read this section in full.
The Priestess Hive
Remembering Avalon Mystery School is organized a bit differently than what you may be used to. We follow in the footsteps of the bees, as well as the priestesses of the ancient Goddess temples of our lineages.
Goddess Temple Central Coast is organized as a non-hierarchical spiral with leadership at the center, rather than on top. When you join Remembering Avalon: The Serpent’s Path as a Level One initiate, you are entering into the spiral.
The ancient goddess temples did not initiate priestesses based on financial transaction, but rather through an exchange of service. The initiates gave their time, energy and gifts to the temple to keep it running—chopping wood and carrying water were sacred acts of service and reciprocity.
We are similarly breaking free of the capitalist model of transactional relationships and paying for services rendered as a product.
There is nothing inherently wrong with this model, but we know that goddess temples were never mean to operate that way. What we offer you, and what you commit to is far too sacred to be turned into a product and given a price tag and monetary value.
A Unique Approach
Sorry / Not Sorry— we are not going to give you a price tag for this experience!
If we did, it would immediately lower your frequency, put you into sticker shock, or put you into a product-based mindset of purchase, versus considering this to be a sacred investment that will transform your life.
Also, a dollar amount to one woman lands totally differently to another woman living with different financial circumstances.
In Remembering Avalon, you offer service or money (or a combination of both) to the temple as an investment to the temple itself to help it grow, prosper and thrive. Your offering is not a transaction, but rather a gift based on sacred reciprocity and gratitude.
Sisterhood and Service are what drive your journey and what will bring you deeper into temple belonging and leadership, should you be called.
Upon completion of Level One, you may feel called to move on as a Level Two Initiate and Associate Priestess of the temple.
Remembering Avalon contains three levels of initiation. Level One is the Serpent’s Path. Level Two is The Siren’s Call, and is a certification journey in Divine Feminine leadership to become a Ceremonialist. It includes another initiatory path through the 8 temples, training in ceremonial leadership, and a deeper offering of service to the temple.
We are most focused on the importance of you being a good fit for the program and the temple. Joining us is a soul calling, which may last a year, two years, or even a lifetime.
We offer several different types of investment and exchange options. Please read through all of them below and state which option(s) you are choosing on your application.
Sacred Exchange Options for 2027*
A Financial Gift to the Temple (~$4,000 or more), made in one or monthly installments.
A Financial Gift plus volunteer service in one of the areas below.
Virtual Assistant to Charlotte Eléa — Manage Charlotte’s calendar and schedule, create copy for website, emails and social, and edit Charlotte’s writing
Artist for Creative Projects — Create stunning one of a kind illustrations for Goddess Temple publications.
Social Services Coordinator — Develop outreach and support programs for vulnerable/at-risk women. POSITION FILLED
Plant Specialist and Gardener — Develop the temple garden and care for the plants and trees on site
Events Coordinator — Coordinate the planning and execution of larger temple events and high holy day ceremonies
Grounds Keeper — Keep outdoor and indoor grounds clean, tidy and in working order
Animal Care Specialist — Care for the rescued farm animals and the pets of temple staff
A unique position that only you can fill that you believe we need — you are welcome to make your case
*Please review the full position descriptions at the bottom of this webpage before you apply.
Gifts to Your Mentor(s)
In addition to the exchanges outlined above, it is customary within indigenous traditions to give your mentor(s) a gift at the start and completion of your mentorship with them.
Our teachers and program guides are paid when grant and benefactor money is available. Often their service is on a voluntary basis.
Gifts to your mentors are tangible and/or impactful, and come from the heart with gratitude. Ideas include: a basket of fruits/herbs/vegetables from your garden, a bouquet of wild foraged herbs and flowers, a spiritual tool or sacred piece of jewelry that you make, buy or pass on, a piece of artwork you make or purchase, a delicious vegan desert you bake/make, an act of service doing grunt work no one wants to do… the possibilities are endless!
Still have questions?
Should you need additional information not provided on this page before you apply, feel free to email our Mystery School Director: charlotte at goddesstemplecc.com.
ABOUT YOUR MENTOR,
CHARLOTTE ELEA DOVECHILD
I am a Ceremonial Priestess of the Rose, Priestess of Avalon, and Shamanic Healer and Guide.
Shifting the spiritual consciousness of humanity is my soul’s calling. Gathering in sisterhood and ceremony is my greatest joy and soul nourishment.
I help women and femmes lead through the embodiment of the Divine Feminine and all sacred expressions of the Goddess. I help us to heal our connection to our Great Mother beneath our feet so that we remember that she and we are one.
I am walking proof that the most profound healing occurs in sisterhood and ceremony. I am honored to carry Divine Feminine wisdom codes and practices that are transmitted and activated within initiatory ceremonial containers.
For the last decade, I have trained in several priestess temples and shamanic apprenticeships. I am also an avid self-learner and have devoted the past decade to studying the Rose and Celtic goddess lineages. My most profound learnings have come not through anything I was taught or read, but through direct revelation—my own unique connection to the Source of Life.
As a Magdalene Sister of the Rose, I have loved myself back into wholeness through unifying all opposites within me, including feminine and masculine. I believe in the ecstatic awakening of our divine pleasure, desire and womb power as a vehicle of spiritual transformation. It is time we come back home to our bodies, and allow love to lead.
As a Priestess of Avalon, I have been initiated through the worlds, realms and secret dimensions of inner earth. I have learned the pathway to spiritual enlightenment to the heart and inner sanctum of Gaia. I have come to discover that the greatest spiritual nourishment is found below our feet in the golden-lit ancestral realms and faerie worlds of inner earth.
As a Shamanic Healer, I have welcomed spiritual death and rebirth more times than I can count! And I have learned how to harness the power of the earth and all the elements to enact powerful change.
I devote every day of my life to celebrating and embodying the Goddess: she who is both our Great Mother and the Creatrix of all life, all worlds. I guide women into remembrance that the Goddess’s love, power and wisdom IS the blueprint of our bodies, and help us to to shed all programming and conditioning that has led us to deny this truth.
I carry the truth in my bones that the first religions upon our planet were Goddess and Womb worshipping. I lead us in remembering the Primordial Feminine ways, unavailable in textbooks and unrecorded in history, so that we may heal the present and create a different future.
During 2026, I was initiated into deeper embodiment with Goddess Brighde and Goddess Hathor, and this summer I baptized myself as Priestess of Brighde and Priestess of Hathor. I am honored to now carry their codes of light, purification, inspiration, healing, ecstatic pleasure, and bliss, and to share them with you!
Your path will be different from my own. Your medicine will be unique! Your gifts are needed. I would be honored to guide your journey into Divine Feminine Embodiment and Remembrance.
from a 2025 graduate
Joyful Aurora
Hair Stylist, Temple Dancer, Sound Healer, Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Rose, Priestess of Inanna
“Spirituality has always been one of the most important things in my life. Yet, growing up Christian I always sensed that there was more to my story. I had read up on many traditions, and although I gained insight from them, nothing ever felt like home until I found the priestess path of Goddess Temple Central Coast.
My experience in the mystery school has been nothing short of life-changing. Between the deep healing that has taken place at the ceremonies and shamanic sessions, and the gathering back those parts of myself I had knowingly or unknowingly given away, I feel more whole than I have ever been. I have made courageous decisions I have wanted to make for years. I feel more comfortable in my skin. I have healthier boundaries and am more confident communicating my needs and desires. I feel like I have come home to myself. I just cannot express enough how grateful I am to have found this temple, my spiritual home.
I would definitely recommend Remembering Avalon to anyone who feels a deep calling to the divine feminine. and anyone desiring to learn about the ancient ways with a heart to help restore this planet back to balance. The amount of information in the manuals and grimoire alone is impressive and then we learn so much more through our connection in ceremony and circle. It is one of the best things I have ever done for my life and I would desire that joy for anyone.”
Service Exchange Options
Level 1: The Serpent’s Path
For all service exchanges, assume ~30-40 hours/month for 8-12 months (less with a financial gift). Details of commitment, duties, responsibilities will be outlined during a conversation with Charlotte, and your hours per week/month may change based on that meeting.
1) Virtual and Editorial Assistant:
Manage Charlotte’s calendar and schedule
Write copy for website, emails and social media
Edit Charlotte’s creative and professional writing
Requires strong creative and marketing writing skills, attention to detail, social media and digital app savvy
Please share details of your professional and/or creative experience, relevant work experience, interest and examples of your work in your application
2) Artist for Creative Projects:
Create stunning, one of a kind illustrations based on Charlotte’s visions, projects and writing
Suggest visual concepts, themes, color palettes and outlines for specific temple creative projects as assigned
Requires strong visual artistic skills and education in at least one chosen media (painting, drawing, etc) with a track record of completing commissioned projects
Please share details of your background and experience as an artist, relevant recent creative projects, and examples of your work in your application
3) Social Services Coordinator:
Work with the President to develop an outreach program to local women’s shelters and rehabilitation centers
Suggest ways that the goddess temple can support women vulnerable and at risk to violence and homelessness in the community
Offer volunteer service to at-risk women in the community
Research and prepare data and information for relevant grant applications
Requires a passion for social work and experience working or volunteering in shelters and/or rehab centers. Higher education in social work or psychology is preferred.
Please share details about your interest in this area, and your experience working or volunteering in your community in your application.
4) Plant Specialist and Gardener:
Work with the onsite temple priestesses to help plan the goddess temple garden, recommending vegetables, flowers and herbs to plant and how and where to plant them.
Develop and cultivate the goddess temple garden, planting, harvesting and clearing when needed.
Care for the native trees and fruit trees on site
Requires strong gardening and plant skills and knowledge. Preference for knowledge in horticulture and permaculture.
Please share details about your passion for plants, your knowledge of them, and relevant recent professional or personal experience in growing and cultivating them in your application.
5) Events Coordinator:
Work with the President and Board of Directors to help curate monthly and annual goddess temple sponsored community events, ceremonies, celebrations and fundraisers.
Coordinate the planning and execution of public temple events and high holy day ceremonies, including the tasks, positions, and steps leading up to the event, during the event and following the event.
Oversee and schedule groups of volunteers for the events.
Work with the Creative Social Media Manager on promoting and marketing the events.
Requires very strong attention to detail, strength in multi-tasking, an energetic and lively aptitude, and experience in event planning, managing and/or execution.
Please share details about your professional and/or personal experience in event planning and management, listing relevant recent examples in your application.
6) Grounds Keeper:
Keep the outdoor and indoor public temple grounds clean, tidy and in working order
Make small and manageable repairs within the temple grounds when needed
Maintain a clean and organized indoor temple space, public bathroom clean and in working order, and outdoor public spaces clean and well-maintained
Clear invasive plants and undergrowth from outdoor areas as needed
Make recommendations in regards to professionals needed for larger repairs and infrastructure needed
Requires a healthy and strong physical demeanor, ability to lift and wield heavy materials and equipment, and some knowledge in landscaping and handy work.
Please share details about your recent personal and/or professional experience in grounds keeping, landscaping and handy work in your application.
7) Animal Care Specialist:
Work with the onsite priestesses to care for the rescued farm animals living on temple grounds, cleaning and refreshing stalls, preparing meals, and providing loving and compassionate attention.
Provide pet care and pet sitting to the dogs, cats, chickens and other pets belonging to temple staff when needed, for daytime, overnight or multiple day periods.
Requires a deep love for all animals, a gentle and compassionate demeanor, and experience working with different types of animals including rescue dogs and farm animals.
Please share about your passion for animals, and your recent relevant experience caring for animals in your application.