So to start with a quick thanks for the comments and well wishes for my wife. She is doing really well and the operation was a success. At this point she is taking things easy and as they come.
Last week I mentioned my wife’s healing ritual and how a number of us had gotten together to do some energy and healing work for her. This week we will start exploring how we work in our own circles. Do we work alone or do we call upon the divine as a part of a group? Is there a combination where you do one sometime and the other at other times?
The variety of faith paths that make up paganism as a whole offer an array of different ways to work. Many of which have changed and evolved over the years to allow an even greater number of options. Lets take Wicca as a prime example; as a faith it was started out by Gerald Gardener to be something that was done as a group. Over time it has became something that is now done by lone individuals around the world. In fact at this point I would go so far as to say that the majority of people who practice today, practice as solitary Wiccans*.If you don’t agree take a minute and do a search on Amazon.com for Wicca and see which books are popular. A search for the word covens on the same site hardly turns up more then 4 or 5 hits that are not works of fiction.
How do you practice? Do you fly solo or are you a part of a team? What’s led you to one style of practice over the other? Do you switch back and forth?
* – For the sake of this discussion lets us please set aside the argument about if someone who is a solitary is in fact a Wiccan
I am a Solitary Eclectic Witch, however in the past I have practiced in a Coven for about 2 years with 2 other women. Then there were 2 of us still practicing monthly, now due to the fact that we live hours from each other we practice together when we see each other and feel the desire to. There are good and bad about being solitary and in a coven, however, I am so greatful for the time I was in the coven and got to experience that. I am also greatful that I’m not bound to a strict coven and can do whatever I want whenever I want. Basically, it’s all good.
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I am a Solitary Eclectic Witch, however in the past I have practiced in a Coven for about 2 years with 2 other women. Then there were 2 of us still practicing monthly, now due to the fact that we live hours from each other we practice together when we see each other and feel the desire to.
I do most of my workings, and most of my worship alone, and have for some time, so as a result I have always viewed myself as a solitary. Now that said, I have also been a part of a small working group for the past several months, which has been (and continues to be) an amazing experience, partially because of the dynamics of group worship, but also because of the learning experience I find in any group setting. And yet, the self-labeller still has the word ‘solitary’ firmly engraved on my forehead.
– M