Distinguishing features of the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft • group priest/esshoods and non-hierarchial covens; • no specific pantheon; • no formal membership or requirement of initiation, and when initiations are undertaken, customized ones; • strong emphasis on political involvement and social and ecological responsibility/ consciousness; • no set liturgy (except in certain large, public sabbat rituals) but rather training in principles of magic and the structure of ritual, and how to “speak as the spirit moves you” within that structure; • cultivation of ecstatic states (customarily without the use of entheogens or psychotropics) and divine colloquy — more shamanic than ceremonial; • cultivation of self-empowerment, self-discovery, creativity; • extensive use of chanting and breathwork in magical rites; • intense “energy-raising,” often using our trademark spiral dance (or even double helix/ DNA molecule dance); • magical use of Pentacle of Iron construct and its obverse, Pentacle of Pearl; • concept of Three Souls or Selves: Younger Self (unconscious mind), Talking Self (verbal and conscious expression), Deep or God Self (Divine within); • encouragement of the creation of new ritual forms by anyone. M. Macha NightMare, and Vibra Willow © 2000
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