Messages In This Digest (9 Messages)
- 1.1.
- Re: Greetings From: Katrina
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- Re: Xtian Language Perpetuates Abuse/Liberating Ministers - Am I Was From: Katrina
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- Friday Finds An Idea!, 3/2/2012, 9:00 am From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
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- Thursday Night Prayer Circle, 3/2/2012, 8:00 pm From: which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
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- Permaculture Project May Win White House Award! From: Living Mandala
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- Saturday's Correspondence...March 3 From: Cher Chirichello
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- tornados From: Peter Owlett
- 8a.
- Kojiki, Japanese Scriptures From: Cher Chirichello
- 9a.
- Re: Croning Ceremonies From: Peter Owlett
Messages
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Re: Greetings
Posted by: "Katrina" katrina.ragozy@gmail.com kala_astrid
Fri Mar 2, 2012 1:37 am (PST)
Welcome to the group Kevin. May you find what you seek here with us.
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The heart has wings when one finds true love or true friends. Let it fly!
I am who and what I am. I can be nothing else.
Human beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their
God-given right to be stupid.
Dean Koontz-Seize the Night
I see dead people. (by appointment only)
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From: FalconsBane
Hi all, my nanw is Kevinm i live in Va, have only been doing The Craft for about 6 months or so, i first start when i was 13 but had so many say what alot think about The Craft, I am a Christian Witch. I am 40 years old. I am always up for questions :)
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Re: Xtian Language Perpetuates Abuse/Liberating Ministers - Am I Was
Posted by: "Katrina" katrina.ragozy@gmail.com kala_astrid
Fri Mar 2, 2012 1:40 am (PST)
I'll follow you as well. I don't think you're wasting your time at all.
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The heart has wings when one finds true love or true friends. Let it fly!
I am who and what I am. I can be nothing else.
Human beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their
God-given right to be stupid.
Dean Koontz-Seize the Night
I see dead people. (by appointment only)
-------Original Message-------
From: Don Wildgrube
Karen, you know that I support you and what you post here 100%. If you
decided to drop the group, please let me know because I will be following
you. I, too, and tired of the people on this list that don't care to
support their own ideas, the ideas of Paganism and Witchcraft. At this
particular time, with the Right Wingnut Republicans doing everything to put
the unions, women, the poor, those that need healthcare and more into a
feudal society where we are the slaves and they, the 1% are the masters, it
is more important that we wake up and take up the struggle for our freedom.
Very Sincerely, B*B, Don
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Friday Finds An Idea!, 3/2/2012, 9:00 am
Posted by: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com" which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
Fri Mar 2, 2012 5:44 am (PST)
Reminder from: which_witch_is_witch Yahoo! Group
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Friday Finds An Idea!
Friday March 2, 2012
9:00 am - 10:00 am
(This event repeats every week.)
Notes:
As we know the goal is to live our lives magically in the moment every day in the now and while it would be nice to go and buy all the cool witchy stuff that is out there...their is so much in every day objects that we can use around the home.
So here is what I suggest...Post up an every day object once a week and let the creative juices flow and post up what we would or could possibly use it for magically.
I thought it would be kinda cool and inspiring...whatcha think..
Namaste'
Wendy
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Thursday Night Prayer Circle, 3/2/2012, 8:00 pm
Posted by: "which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com" which_witch_is_witch@yahoogroups.com
Fri Mar 2, 2012 4:46 pm (PST)
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Thursday Night Prayer Circle
Friday March 2, 2012
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
(This event repeats every week.)
Location: Sending Protection, Strength, Healing, Prayers to Everyone Mentioned Tonight!
Notes:
I'm lighting this candle tonight for anyone who needs Prayers, healing , guidence, help or love. If anyone has anything they would like to post, can be a simple prayer or anything they need to talk about your more then welcome! Your in my prayers!
We like to send prayers out tonight for:
granddaughter Morganna (coolseawatersz)Brain Bleed, talking,
walking, head & neck muscles back to normal, poss. leaving
rehab soon, Lt arm still not moving much please more prayers!
Karen Starns (night_raven_5465) Brain Tumor
Mona (mo58_2001) Fibromyalgia & Rheumatoid Arthritis
Prayers also to Mona's daugher in law Lisa Bragg passed away after terrible accident 02/25/10
Rev. Felicity Lavelle (Breast Cancer)
Sharon (fotograffa2001) Fibromyalgia & Arthritis
Regina Rosian (emeraldharley2003 friend)cancer
Oberon (Colan CA, Hernia n Mesh surg)
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Permaculture Project May Win White House Award!
Posted by: "Living Mandala" livingmandala@livingmandala.com livingmandala888
Fri Mar 2, 2012 6:20 pm (PST)
Dear Friends,
We support and are asking for your support of our friends at UMass Amherst Permaculture who have catalyzed a significant opportunity for Permaculture education and ideas to hit the mainstream media as a finalist in the Campus Champions of Change Award from the White House, the winner of which will send a representative to the White House, receive international recognition, be featured on MTV, and more!
With 24 hours less to go, UMass Amherst Permaculture is running neck to neck with another group for a first place finish!
We need more on-line votes to take it over the edge between now and Saturday night! Anyone worldwide can go online and vote to support the project.
Take a minute to vote online, cast all 3 votes for UMass Permaculture, tell friends to do the same, and send a UMass Amherst to represent Permaculture at the White House, resulting in more international media exposure for the Permaculture Movement!
Voting takes just a minute, go to this link: https://campuschallenge.uservoice. com/forums/ 148562-campus- champions- of-change- challenge
More Info about this project and the finalists for the award are below.
With Co-Inspriation,
- The Living Mandala Team
Umass Amherst Permaculture - finalist in Campus Champions of Change Aware
UMass Amherst Permaculture is a student group that educates the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and the local community about ecological permaculture solutions by demonstrating edible perennial landscapes that are highly productive, low maintenance, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible!
"Finishing in the top 5 means permaculture and UMass Amherst will get national attention from the media, President Obama and his staff, plus millions and millions of people worldwide! This one has the potential to be a game-changer, everyone! It may very well be the most important Facebook post I will ever share. " -Ryan Harb
Here is what you can do to help:
1) Simply click the link and vote (all 3 of your votes!) for "UMASS Amherst Permaculture Initiative"!
2) Share this message on your Facebook wall so others in your network will also vote!
3) Post this message on appropriate Facebook groups you belong to!
4) E-mail this link to your friends, family, listservs, etc! Ask them to vote and share it with others as well.
5) Keep checking back, sharing this on Facebook during the next week, and keep the momentum high! Thank you so so much, everyone. We could be at the White House on March 15 with your help!
Vote Here: https://campuschallenge.uservoice. com/forums/ 148562-campus- champions- of-change- challenge
AND SEND THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS!!!
Thanks so much for the very insightful conversation that this White House contest has sparked. I've enjoyed reading your comments and will post a second reply in the next couple of days. In the meantime I thought I'd share with you the following contest update:
The University of Arkansas unexpectedly gained 20,000 votes today in the voting and has taken over first place due to their food pantry project placing an Ad (I heard this but did not see it first hand) in USA Today. Therefore we are making a big final push to get permaculture back on top and we think we can do it but need your help once more! Here's my final plea that I'm sharing with everyone, and hope that you will pass it forward!
I know many of you have already voted and for that I am extremely grateful. The support we've received from our local, national and worldwide permaculture community has been tremendous. If you know anyone else personally that might be inspired by this - every vote counts during these final 48 hours! A more formal letter about the final 2 days of voting can be found below.
Also, here is a recent radio interview (podcast) about the project and contest that you can listen to here: http://www.wrsi.com/play_ window.php? audioType= Episode&audioId= 5716139
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Dear friends,
As you probably already know, UMass Amherst Permaculture has been selected as 1 of 15 finalists (out of 1400+ applications!) for the Campus Champions of Change Challenge, a national award hosted by the White House. This means we are in the final round, and the general public is now voting for which teams will get a trip to the White House and also be featured on MTV's program "The Deans List" which reaches 9 million viewers! This is an amazing opportunity to bring permaculture to a whole new audience and truly create a huge positive ripple effect in the world. We have only 2 days left to tally as many votes as we can - voting ends Saturday, March 3 at 11:59PM est. Link to vote is here (you can vote 3 times for UMass Permaculture! ): https://campuschall enge.uservoice. com/forums/ 148562-campus- champions- of-change- challenge
Voting and Sharing!:
Anyone will an e-mail address can vote!
Please share this e-mail with others and you will be truly helping co-create the sustainable world that we all envision.
Please post the link on your Facebook wall.
If you have twitter please tweet "UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative to @JonCarson44"
Short Summary:
I truly believe in my heart that this is such an amazing opportunity to bring new interest and many more people to the permaculture movement. Placing first in this contest has the potential to be very meaningful for humanity and the planet in this time of global transformation. I understand that there are concerns about this contest and bringing permaculture to the White House in general. Please know that all of your feedback is extremely important to me and I honor and respect everything that you all have said. I am trying my best to make a positive impact in the world, alongside my incredible students, and believe that so much good can come from this. Please consider helping us bring permaculture to the white house and to millions more people by voting and passing this on. Thank you so much, everyone. I feel so fortunate to be a part of this amazing global network and to share in these important conversations.
For the earth and each other,
Ryan Harb
Vote here. https://campuschallenge.uservoice. com/forums/ 148562-campus- champions- of-change- challenge
More info. www.UMassPermaculture.com
5 minute video clip of the project. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=XWHSzGDItBA
Please consider sharing this widely!
www.UMassPermaculture.com
UMass Amherst Permaculture Documentary (Part 2/3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=crrOm7jiSPQ
Living Mandala
Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal & Planetary Transformation
www.LivingMandala.com
Find Living Mandala on Facebook!
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Saturday's Correspondence...March 3
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Fri Mar 2, 2012 8:37 pm (PST)
Saturday's Correspondence...March 3
Today's Influences: Agriculture, Domestic, Long Life, Medicine, Travels, Visions, Theft
Today's Goddesses: Luna, Selene, Diana, Re, Gaelach, Ida, Artemis [Whom The Greeks Associated With Bast], The Witches, Yemaya, Erzulie, Bast
Incense: Myrtle
Aromas: White Poppy, White Rose, Wallflower
Color of The Day: Silver, Grey, White
Candle: White
Color: Black, dark purple
Planet: Saturn
Metal: Lead
Deities: Saturn, Hecate
Gemstones: Apache tear, obsidian, hematite
Herbs & Plants: Thyme, mullein, cypress
Associations: Agriculture and creativity, fortune and hope,
protection and banishment of negativity
Use for magic involving the subconscious, healing, emotions, love, spirituality, healing wounds, children, small animals, women's mysteries, the female side of men, mothers, sisters, female partners, wives, instincts
What's Happening Today:
Greek: The third day of each month is sacred to the Goddess Athena.
Admission Day (Florida)
Birthday - Alexander Graham Bell (inventor)
Fun Facts About Names Day
Hinamatsuri (Japan)
I Want You To Be Happy Day
Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
National Anthem Day
NEA's Read Across America Day
What If Cats And Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
Dragon Raises Head - On the second day of the second lunar month, the Chinese eat dragon-scale cakes and dragon-whisker noodles. No one does needlework as needles might injure the dragon's eyes. Earlier this day was called Mid(spring) Harmony. Blackburn, Bonnie and Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford Companion to the Year, Oxford University Press 1999
Celebration of Aegir -This day is sacred to Aegir, Nordic god of the Sea. His wife Ran likes to sink ships then care for the sailors whom she has drowned.
Collop Monday/Rose Monday - In Mainz, this was called Rose Monday.
St Winnold
First comes David
Then comes Chad,
Then comes Winnold roaring like mad.
If it's not stormy and windy the first three days in March, it's saving itself for the three borrowing days at the month's end. The winds of March were considered to dry out the fields and make the soil right for seeding.
Hina Matsuri/Doll Festival - The first day of the month-long Japanese festival honoring the Emperor and Empress. All unmarried females set up a display of dolls, usually on tiered shelves, with the Emperor and Empress doll at the top, dressed in wedding attire, and their retinue (court ladies, musicians, ministers and guards) on the lower tiers. Flowering sprigs of peach are placed in vases on the top shelf where they symbolize marital bliss and represent the feminine virtues of gentility, tranquility and composure.
The dolls are valuable heirlooms, passed down from mother to daughter. If there is not a set to pass down or in families with several daughters, new dolls are purchased by family, friends or parents as gifts for the new baby girl. Some girls receive a new doll on each birthday. Women display the dolls until they marry (then they save them to pass down to their daughter).
During the month the dolls are displayed, people go to each other's homes to visit the dolls. Many stories tell about the dolls talking among themselves during the night, eating food left out for them, and even growing their own hair.
Like the Western superstitions about the bad luck which occurs if you leave your Christmas decorations up past Candlemas, the Japanese believe the display must be taken down promptly on April 3. If not, the owner will have trouble marrying. Apparently the dolls serve as a sort of charm, inviting the marital bliss exemplified by the Emperor and Empress into the life of the girl or young woman. In smaller sets, the Emperor and Empress are often replaced with rabbits.
In the early part of the century, Hina-Matsuri provided a rare chance for a young Japanese girl to invite her friends to a party, at which they feasted on sweets and foods offered to the dolls. Sometimes they actually prepared and cooked these offerings. They drank shirozake, a sweet mild rice wine, and ate hishi mochi (diamond-shaped rice cakes), fruit-shaped candy, tiny white and red dt-sties of osekihan (glutinous rice boiled with red beans) and colored wheat something.
In earlier times, the dolls were made of paper and ill fortunes and sickness could be transferred to the dolls, which were then cast into the nearest brook or river (see the Roman celebration of Mamuralia, March 14).
This day is also known as Momo-no-Sekku or Peach Blossom Festival. Originally celebrated on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month (April 3rd this year), it more closely coincided with the blooming of the peach blossoms.
From a firsthand account following her visit to Japan by my friend Shirley Dawson-Myers published in her now hibernating Hazel Grove Musings, and from this website: http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ ENG/Hgiroshima/ Festivals/ 36.html
Holi is a Hindu celebration of spring, good harvest, hope and fertility. It is the most colorful of Indias festivals and takes place after the full moon in early March.
It originates from the legend of evil demon Holika. Her brother Hiranyakashipu wanted his son dead as he worshiped lord Vishnu who killed Hiranyakashipus brother. Holika was immune to fire and was asked to hold the son on a bonfire but due to his strong faith he survived and Holika burned. So today on the first day of the festival the bonfires are lit marking the end of winter and welcoming spring, but also signifying victory of good over evil. On the second day, Dhuleti, everything gets drenched in coloured powder and water. People go out into the streets shedding their inhibitions, dancing, feasting, praying and singing.
There are variations on traditions throughout the country with celebrations starting a week earlier in towns of Nandagow and Barsana, the two centres of the festival.
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tornados
Posted by: "Peter Owlett" wyrdwynd69@yahoo.com wyrdwynd69
Fri Mar 2, 2012 8:40 pm (PST)
we have had a horid disaster in our area, both in indianna and kentucky as a massive tornado outbreak happened today.... were are 30 mile from the center of the devastation..several struck near us and we saw two in the sky
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Kojiki, Japanese Scriptures
Posted by: "Cher Chirichello" CHIC0411@YAHOO.COM chic0411
Fri Mar 2, 2012 8:40 pm (PST)
Standing on the riverbank
the sun goddess asked for a sword.
It was the length of ten hands
and it hung by the side of her brother,
the god of stormy weather.
He handed it to her, and she
broke it apart. It fell into jewels
in her hands, jewels which she washed
in a sacred well, rinsing them clean
as they sang to her. Then she ate them.
She chewed them up and spat them out
and from the jewels which had been a sword
came a miracle: three lovely children.
~Kojiki, Japanese Scriptures
On this day in Japan,
the feast of Hina Matsuri - the festival of girls and their dolls - is
celebrated. Many cultures have such celebrations, moments that recognize the goddess power residing in girls. Recent psychological studies
confirm the wisdom of such traditions, revealing that girls between the
ages of seven and eleven are full of feminine wisdom and self-knowledge
that, alas, is later lost and must be painstakingly reclaimed.
In the late days of
winter, it is especially appropriate to connect with the inner power and wisdom of the girl archetype. Full of energy and wild potential, somber at times and racing through live at others, the girl moves through the
goddess' many phases incessantly. Free to imagine herself as anything
she desires, she is unfettered and full of hope. We have each within us
such a being, a girl who never dies despite our age. As winter moves
toward spring, let us find her within us again.
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By Patricia Monaghan
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Re: Croning Ceremonies
Posted by: "Peter Owlett" wyrdwynd69@yahoo.com wyrdwynd69
Fri Mar 2, 2012 9:08 pm (PST)
and for the men a Saging is like what for you all
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From: Marie McFarland <lilith_storm@mail.com >
To: Which Witch Is Witch <which_witch_is_witch@ >yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:16 PM
Subject: [which_witch_is_witch] Croning Ceremonies
A good article for those like myself who are entering their croning years.
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>Croning Ceremonies
>Few of us were welcomed into the maiden phase of life, celebrated the first flow of blood in our monthly cycles, initiated into women's mysteries. We likely viewed menstruation as a curse or an obstacle. If we became mothers, we may have received special attention until we gave birth, but then the focus shifted to our children. If we mothered projects, careers, creative endeavors, we might have been celebrated for what we produced, but seldom for ourselves. Now, for the first time in our lives, we have an opportunity to be celebrated for who we are--crones.
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>The croning ceremony honors a woman's passage into the third phase of life. Often celebrated at age 50, ceremonies range from spontaneous cronings at birthday parties to pre-planned ceremonial rites of passage. Some ceremonies are personal, others are shared, some are convened by an ongoing group for new crones, and others are large rituals at women's conferences and gatherings.
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>Being initiated into the ancient sisterhood of wise old women involves response-ability. We have an opportunity to personally reclaim the once-honored designation of crone, to take a special name, and to make commitments to ourselves, our communities, and the earth. Intention is primary and that is what we declare, our intention to be true to ourselves, to walk our talk, to become a link between the crones of the ancient and recent past and the women of the future.
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>At what age can I be croned? Although traditions vary, it's generally accepted that age 49 (one's 50th year) is the minimum. Many women wait to be croned until they're 56 or 60. In my experience, each decade, starting with the 5th, brings its own challenges and blessings, resulting in newly harvested wisdom.
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>Do I have to be post-menopausal? No. Today some women still bleed in their 60s and others experience menopause after an operation in their 30s. We honor this rite as a woman's (blood) mystery, but the timing depends more on age (see above) and personal readiness than biological factors.
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>Who does the actual croning? Again, traditions vary. Typically initiations are conducted by those already initiated. If initiated crones are not available, women who deeply appreciate and acknowledge what it means to be a crone can conduct/priestess the ceremony.
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>Who can participate? Croning Ceremonies often take place in women's circles, gatherings, and conferences. Private ceremonies can include crones only, women only, or women, children, and men. While those conducting the ceremony and performing the actual croning should be women, all participants can honor the new crone and engage in other aspects of the ceremony.
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>Can I be croned more than once? Can I be croned for the first time at 70 instead of 50? Claiming our wisdom is a constant process: One can never be croned too many times, and it's never too late. I've been croned in a personal ceremony, with circle sisters on a weekend retreat, and with new and previously initiated crones in gatherings of 100-300 women. Each ceremony is a unique celebration, an opportunity to reaffirm old commitments and make new ones.
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>Can I be croned in a group ceremony before I have my personal ceremony? Yes; there is no order in which to be croned. Participating in large group cronings will often spark ideas for a personal ceremony and vice versa.
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>Do I have to have a crone name? Many women take this opportunity to rename themselves or take a special name, but it is not a requirement.
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>Do I have to make commitments? Croning is a significant step, a recognition of wisdom gained through years lived. Although not required, I strongly encourage the new crone to act on her wisdom by making a three-fold commitment to healing--herself, her community (however she defines it), and the earth. This can be simple or elaborate, general or specific.
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>Guidelines for a Personal Croning Ceremony
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>The ritual can follow a celebratory meal (save the dessert until after the ceremony)
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>Use the ritual structure of your tradition (or contact me for a general outline); the working is the croning
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>Select songs and chants that feature old women, crones
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>Call crone goddesses, ancestresses, crones of ancient times
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>Decide what will symbolize the initiation--a flower or star garland crown, a crone staff, a cloak or shawl, a ribbon or flower lei, a special gourd
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>Decide what will be used to represent the passage (a birthing into cronehood)--a gateway, threshold, curtain, a woman's legs (she stands on a chair)
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>If people will be present who don't understand the significance of the ceremony or of reclaiming the once-revered designation of crone, give a brief explanation
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>Everyone participates in honoring the new crone--written or verbal blessings, stories of her wisdom, poetry, song, chant, drumming, dancing (building toward the moment of croning)
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>The new crone crosses the threshold, emerges between the legs, parts the curtain
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>Once on the other side she can be anointed with Hecate oil, rose petal water, rattled, wanded with lavender
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>The priestess asks for her crone name (if she is going to take one) and commitments
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>Then the priestess says some appropriate words and blessings as she presents the new crone with her symbol of initiation (placing the crown on her head, the cloak/shawl around her body, the staff or gourd in her hand)
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>Songs, chants, drumming/rattling
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>The new crone speaks her wisdom, gratitude, expands on her commitments
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>Celebrate with food and drink
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