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ab:various.txt 16jan90
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Various Instructions
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A note upon the ritual of the Wine and Cakes. It is said that in olden
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days ale or mead was often used instead of wine. It is said that
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spirits or anything can be used, "so long as it has life" (i.e. has a
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kick).
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All are brothers and sisters, for this reason; that even the High
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Priestess must submit to the scourge.
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The only exception to the rule that a man only be initiated by a woman
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and a woman by a man, is that a mother may initiate her daughter and a
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father his son, because they are part of themselves.
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A woman may impersonate either the God or the Goddess, but a man may
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only impersonate the God.
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Ever remember, if tempted to admit or boast of belonging to the cult,
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you may be endangering your brothers and sisters. For though now the
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fires of persecution have died down, who knows when they may be revived
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? Many priests have knowledge of our secrets and they full well know
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that much religious bigotry has died down or calmed down, that many
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people would wish to join our cult if the truth were known of its joys
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and the churches would lose power. So if we take many recruits we may
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loose the fires of persecution against us again. So ever keep the
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secrets.
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Those taking part in a rite must know exactly what results they wish to
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attain and must keep all their minds firmly fixed on the desired
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result, without wavering.
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-Published in Janet and Stewart Farrar's "The Witches' Way", from GBG's
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Text B/C BOS.
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