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This article is excerpted from the Rocky Mountain Pagan Journal.
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Each issue of the Rocky Mountain Pagan Journal is published by
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High Plains Arts and Sciences; P.O. Box 620604, Littleton Co.,
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80123, a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation, under a Public Domain
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Copyright, which entitles any person or group of persons to
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reproduce, in any form whatsoever, any material contained therein
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without restriction, so long as articles are not condensed or
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abbreviated in any fashion, and credit is given the original
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author.!
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SNIPE SORCERY
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In the great tradition of Wombat Wicca and Witchduck, we
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present the following Invocations, etc. as the latest in a
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continuing series of `Ceremonials'. --Asst. Ed.
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Having invoked the "old guys" of the Snipe rituals, we can now
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progress into other areas. The major festivals of the Snipe wor-
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shippers are somewhat different from those of other traditions,
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as most of them occur during the hunting season, from the end of
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August through the end of November. As with most primitive
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hunting rituals, the aim of most of them is to increase the game
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population. To this end the ceremonies mimic such classic
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games as Monopoly, Clue, Hide-and-Seek, Tag and so forth, under
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the assumption that a great player in the ceremonial games will
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be a great player in the real games. "As above, so next door",
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as it were.
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The Snipe ritual of Monopolius (September 13) would typically go
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as follows:
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The ceremony would begin with the usual rituals of casting the
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circle and invoking the "old guys". Once these things were
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accomplished the worshippers would arrange themselves into a
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large square, chanting:
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"Do not pass go...Do not collect two hundred dollars"
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After a short time, when the energy has built to a suitable
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level, the worshippers will begin to pass the ceremonial dice
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around (which are gold-plated and have the distinction of having
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6 dots on all six sides), each participant rolling the dice three
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times before passing them to the person next to them. The dice
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having gone around the square, each worshipper must sacrifice
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something meaningful. There is a Monopoly board on the altar
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upon which they place their offerings. A typical offering might
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be a small tin or lead token in some fantastic shape, or a "Get
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Out of Jail Free" card. These offerings are then placed in the
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special box and donated to Goodwill, or to some other deserving
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charity.
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The worshippers finish with a party (of course), but before
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celebrating, they chant:
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"Hotel On Boardwalk....
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"Hotel On Boardwalk..."
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The party follows.
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Watch for continuing installments of this amazing and
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astounding religion based on the four ancient elements
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...Cocaine, Sex, Alcohol, and Chocolate.
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.........from RMPJ, Oct. '86
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