#wiccan dedication

[secretsofthefullmoon]

Wiccan Dedication: Day 1

Alright, so I am going to try to record in some fashion my spiritual discovery through Wicca.  I decided about a half a year ago that I was going to become a Wiccan, but I felt that I wasn’t really well informed on the topic at the time for me to go through with it completely... And if I am to be truthful, I tried to start my dedication into Wicca a few weeks back, but I shortly learned that life can easily get in the way and cause some havoc.  So I am going to try to start again fresh, and see if I can complete my year and one day.

As for the time being I am just going to ask myself one question: What is Wicca in my opinion?

Truthfully Wicca is the closest religion that follows two concepts, love and healing.  Love is extremely important, and to truly experience it, those who follow this path must look past race, sexual orientation, education, culture, and surprisingly even religion. The reason why I say surprisingly is even though Wicca is a form of religion, it is one of the few that doesn’t dictate that it is the only right religion, it accepts the fact that the Lady and the Lord can show themselves in different ways to different people.  As for healing, I think it is self explanatory.  Heal oneself, others, and the planet itself. 

But since it is a late night I am going to leave it at that.  And I’ll try to post something tomorrow for Day 2, but we will see then!

[frlughnanto]

Dedicating to a Deity

Dedicating to a Deity You've done a ton of research on various deities that interest you and you may even have found an unexpected connection with a deity you never thought about much but now that you feel that deep connection, you want to dedicate yourself to that deity, so what do you do? If you like, you can do a small dedication ceremony but think it out very carefully first. Ask yourself these kinds of questions: 1. How long do I want to be dedicated to this deity? - I generally recommend saying you'll dedicate yourself for a short period at first- say between 1-6 months. In this time, you will learn more about the deity- things you didn't find in books or on the internet and you can gauge much better if you're truly ready to make a more long term commitment, so to speak.  Once the time range is up that you stated originally, you can do another dedication for another 1-6 months and so on; just never state you're dedicating your entire life time to this deity because if things don't work out, you may have to break that promise and you don't want to do that.  I'm not saying something bad will befall you but no one likes to have a promise broken to them, I'm sure that includes deities. 2. What to offer? - With all the research you've done, I'm sure you know the types of offerings the deity likes so have a little bit of that for the ritual- nothing extravagant; something as small as a teaspoonful will do nicely.   3. What will I say? - I always say, speak from the heart; if you want to write a formal speech, go for it by all means but make sure it's coming straight from you, from your soul and you will do fine.  Deities, I believe, respect nothing more on this earth than sincerity.   4. When should I perform the ritual?  - This is truly up to you; say for instance, you're dedicating yourself to Hekate; then if so inclined, you could dedicate yourself during a new moon. If dedicating to Thoth for example, you could dedicate yourself when the moon is at a crescent because in many depictions, he has a crescent moon atop his head. Dedicate yourself when you feel completely ready for it- that is what is most important.   These are a few questions to ask yourself, to get you started if you're confused on what to do next.  Do what feels right and you rarely will go wrong and most of all, enjoy the experience.  Forming a connection with a deity can be a life changing experience.   Source: Mike Sexton

[frlughnanto]

Wiccan Dedication Anniversary

This is my anniversary of my dedication to Wicca; I have a lot of great things planned not just for the anniversary but also to honor my god Lugh for Lughnasadh/Lammas;  I think he's quite pleased with my ideas because he's brought thunderstorms this morning which is one of his areas.  Generally and I'm not ashamed to admit it, I HATE storms because in this part of the country they simply get way too wild but this mornings are rather normal- non -destructive and for the first time ever I feel a bit of peace during them which is definitely not like me so I feel he's communicating with me on this special day :)