ITP’s Women’s Spirituality Master’s is a two-year weekend program for women at a pivotal “crossroads” in their lives. The program is designed for adult learners who have a passionate interest in the historical, cultural, philosophical and theoretical roots of a women-centered spirituality as well as the practical applications inspired by their research, personal exploration, and creative expression.

Transformative Learning and Community Engagement. At the foundation of the program are the values of transformative learning and student engagement in their local communities. Primary goals are to inspire social action and spiritual activism, as well as teach students how to think critically and work in ways that allow for personal transformation and consequent social change.

Women-Centered Curriculum. The curriculum explores women’s roles in pre-history and history, women’s spiritual and religious leadership, women’s work in healing and social activism, and women’s contributions (ritual, literary, social, and artistic). The Sacred Feminine and the values of justice and equality associated with Her are explored in multi-spiritual traditions across Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, the Ancient Near East/Middle East and Australia.

Faculty Mentoring. Courses are presented in small graduate seminars using a cohort model and taught by leading practitioners in the fields of women’s spirituality and spiritual activism, including authors, scholars, artists and ritualists. Our feminist learning community offers dedicated mentoring, encouraging the development of new knowledge and theory. A completed thesis or equivalent creative project serves as the culmination of our students’ studies.

Community Service Practicum. Each student participates in a 60-hour community service practicum of her own design which is intended to enrich her thesis research work and model a spiritually-grounded approach to scholarship and social change. The practicum may take place in a social service agency, a school, or other institution, or may be a series of workshops developed and offered by the student to the larger community.

Program Highlights:•Advanced Women-

Centered Studies•Two-year program (approx.

one weekend per month)•Multi-cultural and multi-

disciplinary approach•Faculty leaders in women’s

spirituality and spiritual activism

•Experiential and transformative learning model

•Supportive feminist community

•Spiritual and creative immersion

•Experiential community service project

• Integration of scholarly research, spiritual practice, embodiment, activism, and the sacred arts

•Optional Specialization in Creative Expression

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I T P Graduate Education Integrating Psychology and Spirituality since 1975

Residential M.A. in Women’s Spirituality

“Attending the Women’s Spirituality Program was a life changing event for me. It allowed me to bring mydiverse interests in art, movement and female spirituality together and to refocus my life on what reallymatters.”

Claudi Hartke, graduate

This woman-centered program provides an innovative education for personal transformation and social activism based in the values of the Sacred Feminine. Students have a rare opportunity to study with renowned leaders in the field.

Core CoursesSpiritual AutobiographyArchaeomythology/Origin StoriesArt As a Sacred Practice I & IICommunity Service PracticumUncommon Kinship:

Cultivating Community Across Diverse LinesEmbodied SpiritualityFeminist Perspectives on Transpersonal PsychologyMetaformic Theory/Feminist TheoryOrganic Inquiry/Feminist ResearchThesis Preparation & WritingWomen, Religion & Social ChangeWomen’s Sacred Texts

Total Required Quarter Units: 54

Career ApplicationsWSMA graduates apply what they’ve learned in various arenas:• Business• The Arts• Youth, undergraduate and graduate teaching• Social activism and community work• A wide range of healing professions• Graduate programs, pursuing Ph.D. and MFA

degrees

Elective CoursesAdvanced Metaformic TheoryThe Ancestral Journey: African Spiritual Culture

in the West African DiasporaAncient & Contemporary Female ShamanismCreative WritingDivinatory Systems of KnowledgeEco-MythologyLifecycle RitualsMatriarchal Societies: Theory & PracticeMusic As a Path to HealingThe Priestess: Sacred Women in Ancient, Tribal,

and Contemporary CulturesProtective Magic: Amulets, Incantations & Ritual

PracticeVisioning for Your Life’s Work

Co-Directors and Core FacultyJudy Grahn, Ph.D., and D’vorah J. Grenn, Ph.D.

Executive Core Faculty Dianne Jenett, Ph.D.

Associate Core Faculty Vicki Noble, M.A. Chief Luisah Teish

Adjunct FacultyJennifer Berezan, Leilani Birely, Anne Bluethenthal, Carolyn Brandy, Laura K. Brown, Linda Chrisman, Max Dashu, Malgorzata Kruszewska, Anya Lapham, Shiloh Sophia McCloud, Marguerite Rigoglioso, Xochipala Maes Valdez, Mandisa Wood

Prerequisite:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school

For more information, contact Annette Wagner at awagner@itp.edu 650-493-4430 ext. 296

I T P Low-Residency Programs: M.A. in Women’s Spirituality