SlayerDrow
Junior Member
I am vindicated. I am selfish. I am wrong, and I am right. I swear I'm right.
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Post by SlayerDrow on Aug 24, 2004 12:11:31 GMT -5
Umm...yea I'm still young enough to think all of this is yucky lol
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 24, 2004 12:35:35 GMT -5
yea, the worst part of it, me too WC. almsot dont tho! yay!.
lunar-*gasp* i dont have a statue! esp. for $1!
WC-lol, guys are kinda dumb sometimes lol, no offense. lmao, growing hair, wow!
yea, well, you've had more time! in october itll be a year since i've been in the religion. cheater! that doesn't count! lol jk. im gonna use mine over and over, they're already dried, i dont think theyd rot, unless you get the ones right off the pine tree that are still kinda green. I got some more pine when i was up north. im gonna use some to burn and some for ritual on-altar thingys.
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 24, 2004 14:15:08 GMT -5
wow one year in october!!! I'll be a year in December!!! just wondering... how long did you study before deciding to dedicate or whatever/
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 24, 2004 15:42:24 GMT -5
I studied and practiced for almost 2 years before I did a self-dedication.
What aobut you?
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 24, 2004 19:52:11 GMT -5
WHOAH!!!!! LOL that's a LOOOOOOOOONG time compared to me!!! me atleast, idk about the rest of you guys!! lol well Ray too!! haha. and amy! lol. gosh well I think i posted before about how long i waited but anyway here goes again!! hehe I'm actually not EXACTLY sure when i started studying... sometime in the summer that's all i know... so around three MONTHS!! not years... lol. gosh... im very proud of you w.c.!! lol i could not wait that long!! i haven't done a self initiation ritual yet... but still i did a dedication! lol. does that sound weird? a solitary doin' an initiation ritual? I dnt think so... neway!lol. well now i'm REALLY curious.... how long have the rest of you been studying for before you dedicated? who here hasn't dedicated yet? Ray? vikkki? amy? t.s.? s.d.? lol anyone!!
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 24, 2004 20:04:51 GMT -5
yes, it was a long time for me. Its cause I started off with no beliefs in deities at all...and it was all new for me. So i really wanted to make sure it was right for me - like the right path for me. I didnt want to do a dedication ritual and than decide taht I didnt want to be wiccan - i wanted to be over 100% sure that this was my paht before making any promises to anyone aobut anything. But even before I did a dedication ritual - I did everyting that any wiccan would - meditate, rituals celebrating sabbats and esbats, etc and of course not to mention that i 'thought' like a wiccan if you know what i mean. I guess I really felt that a dedciation ritual was a hgue step, just like how an initiation is as well (lol lunar...no it doenst sound that strange) and I just wanted to make sure everythign was fine, perfect and you nkow. I like to be sure of things before I do them...which woudl explain why I prepare ahead of time always for holidays lol. But almost 2 years isnt THAT long of a time... I mean after the dedicaiton ritual, i was pretty sure I considered myself Wiccan - before that, I wasnt really sure... I guess in those 2 yeras i was still searching and making sure.
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SlayerDrow
Junior Member
I am vindicated. I am selfish. I am wrong, and I am right. I swear I'm right.
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Post by SlayerDrow on Aug 24, 2004 20:08:37 GMT -5
I haven't done mine yet, I've only been interested for a few months, and I don't know enough yet! I need to learn about the holidays...traditions...etc. before I go making big steps
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 24, 2004 20:23:35 GMT -5
thats the right attitude SD! Dont rush into anything yet.... remember - even if you DO perform a dedication ritual, it doesnt instantly mean anything if you havent got anything inside... to me - a dedication ritual was a lot like reassurance and a promise i was making... Keep learning... Only do it when you feel ready....theres no pressure or a need to rush...
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 25, 2004 0:08:23 GMT -5
yes no need to rush!!! hmm idk for me... im still figuring out things.. idk i cant' explain it im like lookin' back and saying "hey that was a wiccan experience!" lol it's like wicca had been pokin' me in the behind for a good long while before i found it.. or it found me i think! i know that made no sense to you guys lol!!! anyway.... lol weird place to put this amy will probably start a thread on it later lol but meher and ray wanna start a wiccan study group and we'd meet once a month or whatevr to discuss wicca and other things like AP or divination... so any iddeas of what we should be called? lol sorry im really disturbed lol. i heard a coven name was the "silver chalice" so a namelike that "ancient ways" or "the silver circle." idk just makin' those up off the top of myhead lol. any suggestions? ideas?
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 25, 2004 15:10:10 GMT -5
oh wow! thats awesome - a study group!!! That would be good, meet up, share notes, celebrate holidays, do a couple of magickal workings or something! How much fun...really benefits to have wiccan friends eh. Those are all fine names... lol for me, i dont know why but if i were to start one of those, id probably have more of a nature-ish feel to it, but thats just me. Like maybe some of the wrods: cedar, birch, creek, pine, river, etc.... lol but thats just me. But I really like that 'silver' thing to it... let us know on the name you decide and how it goes!
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 25, 2004 23:22:24 GMT -5
ok i gota go guys, i didn't evne read all the posts yet lol, i will post up how long it was for me tomorrow. nature is calling and im tired!
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 26, 2004 0:05:36 GMT -5
nature calls alot huh!!! yea i was thinkin' more naturey today while on the plane ride lol. amy needs to get her big butt over here and start a thread or SOMETHING!! LOL.
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Post by Twhylight Shadow on Aug 26, 2004 20:39:21 GMT -5
this may be a long post guys. I started getting into Wicca and learning and stuff in October last year (2003 obviously). I did a lot of reading, most of it was on the internet cuz there is so much info on it. i did find books and stuff too. and I came upon WP and email WC about my family and stuff and what i should doo or something like that cuz my family hated it and i was fighting with my mom over religion everyday. Now they're better about it, my mom will ask if i was doing something for Wicca or if i ask her if i can get a few flowers from her garden (for my altar) she would sometimes ask if its "for your Wicca", she wouldn't be a snob about it, she was just asking, but i used to tlel her no just cuz i did but she would walk in/past my room and the door would be open for just a second and she would see her flowers on my altar, but she never said anything about it. my doesn't either. he walked in to put some cool hooks i hang stuff 9coat cook bag, etc.) on in my wall for me and he saw my altar and didn't say anything. (i wanna get a trench coat, similar to brandon Lee's in The Crow, my dad has one that looks just like it that he only wore once for Halloween when he was The Crow (not bad by the way) so im gonna try and pay them for it, my mom paid $400 for a leather trench coat, its really nice!) anyway lol way off topic. of course i did Sabbats and some spells for ppl (a protection for this couple and their kid whop posted on Witches Voice about them being "driven out of their home" and a healing for a friend and he said he felt better a little later), my first Sabbat was Yule cuz my parents were out like that same exact night, i felt like it was meant to be, perfect they were gone, and just long enough. Ive done every Sabbat since (except Litha cuz that was my first night in Madison, but i talked to the Goddess and God). I had started thinking about my dedication ritual for a few day. then one night (july 22, 2004) i was in my rom and decided i'd go outside. i was so beautiful, the wind, the temperature, it was clear, i listened to nature's music, so pretty, I thought, "im realy for my dedication ritaul" i knew i was. I went inside, light ym altar, the candles, and some incense and opened the window I have my altar in front of facing north when it isnt a Sabbat (i love it so i can cast a circle around it), so it was my light altar and this window in front of it open. but I didn't cast a circle, instead i just stood outside on my porch, wtahcing a tree blow in the ind, listened to it. breathed it. and I talked to the Goddess and God, told them what I wanted, what i was going to give, what i was going to do, why i chose this path. then i still had some british gin under my bed in a soda bottle i was going to use for extracting flower oils that someone had gotten from their work for me. i dunno if anyone is against this, but i took 1 drink of that in honor of the God and Goddess, I went back inside and pinched out my candles and let the incnese burn out and i left my window facing north open all night. and that was it.
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Post by Wicca Chick on Aug 26, 2004 21:42:00 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,800]Haha whoa TS...youre quite the typer arent you but its fine...we all love reading your long posts... maybe consider becoming an author hon...lol --- I think the way how you suddenly decided one night that you were ready for your dedicaiton is cool!!! Its definitely unique too..I like it its meaningful and special. It definitely felt like it was a good time *thumbs up!* Mustve been a night to remember Thanks for sharing! [/glow]
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Post by TribalSpirit on Aug 26, 2004 23:06:57 GMT -5
yeah when i wanted to dedicate it just seemed like everything "came togehter" even like They had already prepared for me!!! lol. whoa yes author would be good!! and i LUV readin' yoru long posts... yea i can see you in a trench coat!!! I want a ritual robe... and this circlet i found off 13moons... very nice. My dad likes the robes he says i should get a long black one to soak up energy... lol it's so cool that my dad supports ritual robes!! haha that sounded weird. anyway. yea i got off topic too with that hehe.... does anyone else here have a ritual robe??? but yes let's not forget to post about how long we waited before dedicating....
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