Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together

Drew, A.J.

ISBN 10: 1564146200 / ISBN 13: 9781564146205

Published by New Page Books, 2002

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Synopsis:

In a world where Wicca is something one does as a solitary or with his or her coven, this book demonstrates how Wicca is something one experiences with kith and kin. It focuses on a modern context for pre-Christian fertility religions and examines such issues as Archetype vs. Stereotype, Real Ritual vs. Real Life, Clergy vs. Guru, and as its title implies Couple vs. Coven. In so doing, this book gives us the foundation for rethinking the focus of our involvement with this religion in the context of our own deeply felt needs and desires. The book focuses on a Wicca where the structure is founded on the natural bonding of a couple. It includes rituals for Hand Fasting, Wiccaning, and Hand Parting with a discussion of how these sacred rituals have been almost trivialized in Wiccan culture and what steps we can take to return their sanctity

Synopsis: Wicca for Couples examines such issues as Archetype versus Stereotype, Real Ritual versus Real Life, Clergy versus Guru and as its title implies Couple versus Coven. In so doing, this book gives the foundation for rethinking the focus of involvement with this religion in the context of deeply felt needs and desires rather than issues of pop culture and fashion. This book show the potential for a modern Wicca based on the lives of the pre-Christian Pagans (meaning country dweller). This is a Wicca where the structure is founded on the natural bonding of a couple, rather than the solitude of the solitary practitioner or the artificial confines of a loveless coven. Where archetypes are more than just names, they are living examples of how to better understand and strengthen relationships, thus building a world view based on love rather than objectification. Includes not only rituals for Hand Fasting, Wiccaning and Hand Parting but a discussion of how these sacred rituals have been almost trivialised in Wiccan culture and what steps can be taken to return to sanctity.

This book explains why Wiccans declare sexual union The Great Rite, explains the sanctity of the union, and warns against it trivialisation. Most important, by examining Wiccan ritual, this book demonstrates how rituals imitate life and how the living of that life is infinitely more important than what one does in formal circle. Where a circle is cast, a home is built. Where athame is brought to chalice a union is forged.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together
Publisher: New Page Books
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good