Priest(ess)hood


What is the role of priest or priestess?  Are they qualitatively different in any way?

 

Does a priest(ess) serve the deities, the community, or both?

 

Are there special roles that only a priest(ess) can fulfill?

 

Is Paganism a religion where all practitioners are priest(esse)s?

 

Are there levels of priest(ess)liness?

 

What qualities, virtues and values should a priest(ess) cultivate?

 

R.E. answers some of these questions in her article, Priestess, calling and lifestyle.