The Tenets of Wicca.

             There are, as I have already stated, five of these.
             The first one is a two parter.
             Love and Trust:
             This entails many things. Love takes many forms. 
             There is the love you feel for your family, brothers and sisters. Then 
             there is the love you feel for the Lady and The Lord ere is the love you 
             feel for the Lady and the Lord. Of course we cannot forget that love you 
             feel for a boyfriend or girlfriend or spouse. Along with love comes 
             trust, as you cannot have love without trust or trust without love.

             2. The second tenet is Harmony.
             Harmony involves the following:
             Harmony of oneself with the cosmos or universe
             Harmony of oneself with the Gods
             Harmony of oneself with one's fellow creatures
             oneself with the creatures and nature
             Harmony of oneself with one's fellow man
             Harmony of oneself within oneself.

              3. The third tenet is Humility
              Humility means several things.
              It involves showing the proper respect for the Goddess and God. It also 
             means that we show piety, which is simply giving up of worldly or 
             mundane matters to follow the spiritual path.  Within the Craft we also 
             show humility in that we, the clergy, kneel before the candidate to 
             accept them into our faith, as opposed to other faiths where the 
             candidate kneels before the clergy to be accepted.

             4. The fourth tenet is tolerance
             Tolerance includes the following:
             Tolerance of other people, their large and small quirks
             Tolerance of nature and the elements


             5.Learning
             This is pretty much self-explanatory. Learning is a never-ending 
             process.




The Witches' Pyramid

             There are 4 sides to the pyramid, they are listed below along with the
             aspects or definitions of each one.

             1.Imagination:

             This consists of several aspects and is a very powerful tool for the
             Wicca. Its aspects are as follows:

             Daydreaming, perpetual dreaming, nightmares, astral projection,
             trance, visualization, conceptualization, meditation.

             2.Will:

             This is easy to define, Any of the Wicca must have an iron-clad
             rock-hard Will.

             3.Faith:

             The Wicca must have faith in the Gods, in each other, in their own
             abilities and in what they are doing.

             4.Secrecy:

             This is still essential to some degree as our enemies use the media to
             persecute us in the modern age, but the troubles can be countered by
             education.







             The next lesson will be on the 8 paths of magick.
             1. Meditation and concentration: Concentrating on the goal you have in 
             mind for ritual.

             2. Chants, songs, spells, invocations, invoking the God and Goddess: We 
             use chanting and such to get us into the right frame of mind to conduct 
             ritual. Also, inviting the powers that be, (the lord and lady) to help 
             you with your work and to the ritual along with setting out loud your 
             goal towards that ritual. The Witches' Rune is one of the chants we use 
             most commonly in ritual. There are others to be sure. I once found a 
             wonderful poem that I began using as a chant within circle.


             3. Incense, herbs, wine, potions, anything that will aid to release the 
             spirit: herbs can be used as incense, and we use incense in ritual to 
             invoke the watchtowers and the Gods, as well as to purify the circle and 
             all the participants. Sage is used, as are many other herbs, we also use 
             granulated or powdered incense.


              4.Dancing: We dance and chant to raise a cone of power for whatever the 
             purpose of the ritual happens to be.

             5.Trance: Think of it as an altered state of consciousness, much like 
             astral projection, only without leaving the body. This is used in ritual 
             to contact the higher planes, where the guardians reside. The purpose of 
             this is to help you develop your psychic abilities and learn your higher 
             purpose by putting you in touch with your higher or true self.


             6. Binding and ligature, use of the cords: knot work is one use of the 
             cords, but they are also used for your initiation to bind you, loosely, 
             for blood control, to achieve an altered state of consciousness. We use 
             the cords to bind the initiate during the initiation. The bindings are 
             tied loosely, yet just tight enough to achieve blood control so that you 
             will attain the higher state of consciousness we just spoke about for 
             the 5th path. Blood control actually aids in the successful achievement 
             of the higher consciousness needed to Astral project. Astral projection 
             is simply the transference of the consciousness to the astral body.

             7. Astral Projection 

             7. the scourge: The scourge is one of the ritual tools, like the Athame, 
             the wand, etc.  It's purpose is power and domination, as well as 
             purification, never for punishment. Are you familiar with the Legend of 
             the Descent of the Goddess? In the legend, death uses the scourge on the 
             Goddess after she refuses to yield to his touch. Though this was not out 
             of malice, but out of love. The scourge is used primarily in the 
             initiation ceremony to teach the initiate the concept of Karma, 
             particularly in the Second-degree initiation.

             8. The Great Rite: in the great rite there are 2 ways in "cakes and ale" 
             or the actual with 2 people. The wine blessing is symbolic, but we do 
             also use the actual, particularly when a couple who have been together 
             for a while decide to be handfasted, our wedding ceremony. If the Great 
             Rite is done in actuality, only the couple involved is present in the 
             room at the time of consummation. We do not practice orgies, as you 
             would no doubt know


             5 keys of successful practice
             1. Intention: Know what you want to do beforehand.
             2. Preparation: Prepare yourself and the ritual area, as well as the 
             other participants
             3.Purification: Purify the circle and all items you will be using for 
             ritual
             4.Consecration: All items brought into circle must previously have been 
             consecrated or blessed
             5. Invocation: Invoking the guardians and the Gods.

              The aforementioned, when combined with the 8 paths add more power.

                           
THIS IS TO INFORM THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT
WICCA THAT CLASSES NEED TO CONTACT HPLithos 
REGARDING LESSONS TO BE HELD. 

BRIGHT BLESSINGS, THANK YOU

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