History Magic Witchcraft Ancient Greece

B. Discipline Procedure

a. The High Council shall render discipline action in keeping with the nature of the grievance. These actions shall contain, but not be limited to assignment of community service, temporary suspension of an individual member, temporary enforcement of sabbatical upon a group leader, banishment of an individual, and banishment of a group leader. In such cases that a leader would be removed, the group Council of Elders shall appoint a new leader from a Third Degree member of that group. If none are o

I take the salt/water mixture and walk clockwise around the circle, sprinkling droplets off my fingers. Returning to the altar, I pick up the incense and the feather, and walk the circle again, wafting the incense smoke with the feather. While doing this, I visualize that my water droplets and smoke are building a physical circle. I then walk around a third time with my athame, visualizing a stream of energy coming out of the athame and into the circle, drawing it one last time. Then the circle is complete and I move on to my

Attach each length of ribbon to the top of the pole. Before sinking the pole into the ground, you may want to place a wreath over the top. Sink the pole into the ground so its straight and doesnt wobble.

Now comes the fun part. Have each participant stand in front of a ribbon. When the pick up the ribbons, the wreath will rise to the top of the pole. Now they dance around in a circle, weaving the ribbons around and around the pole, and the wreath will slowly slide down (as an obvious phallic symbolic penetration). The easiest way to dance is to have your group form an inner and outer circle

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