Short description
Discusses the different life stages as viewed by Wicca, offering beliefs and rituals to support readers as they deal with issues including self-dedication to the Wiccan path, handfasting and handparting, and coping with death.
Long description
The author makes no attempt at dictating religious dogma or routine. He is quick to point out that the title does not start with the word "the" nor end with a period. Instead, he illustrates the many issues a person's religion should address and shows how he has found those issues answered by the practice of a modern religion, which has in part been structured on some of the oldest principles of the ancient world. A Wiccan Bible takes you through the journey of life in four stages: - Maiden and Master - dealing with Birth, Wiccaning and Self-Dedication - Mother and Father - dealing with Initiation, Mating Customs and Pregnancy - Crone and Sage - dealing with Grandchildren, Suicide and Death - Middle Ground - dealing with Reincarnation, Summer Land and Winter Land Mythology and Science converge as the author details a life's journey into a religion with both old world ritual and new world science, fusing both into a creation myth which satisfies not only mind, but soul. A Wiccan Bible shows not only a religious path filled with joy, but one which offers the ability to accept and manage sorrow. Not only is it filled with ritual but with the reason why ritual is not only fulfilling and rewarding, but a necessary part of everyday life. With this book, those new to Wicca will find a religious path filled with practical ritual and those who have already discovered Wicca will find new meaning behind the many rituals of the Wiccan religion. After reading it, both will greet ritual with a sense of zest and heart felt joy that seems missing from most of today's religions. As A J addresses each issue, he demonstrates not only how he found the solutions in Wicca, but the many ways in which science and magick have helped him to do so. A Wiccan Bible contains a near complete accounting of every recipe the author has collected in his many years, including mixtures for incense, oils, baths and a host of other spellcraft.