Sisterhood
If you ask me how many sisters I have, I am apt to look at you piercingly to attempt to ascertain if you are asking biologically or in my real life.
I have somewhere between 5 and 7 real sisters (thanks to a whore of a father we don't really know) but I have many many more sisters in the craft.
Sisterhood is a concept and a reality. To buy into the concept you have to understand the reality. A sister is usually born of the same blood to either mother father or both. In the craft a sister is made through birth via the same spirit. For those drawing a blank I am refering to witchcraft as the craft.
It is a position that is highly regarded -sisterhood. Bonds are created through trust and love and hopefully respect as well as vows. In covens a sister is bound through a promise to the group to maintain secrecy and loyalty to the group. You can be a sister in the craft and not be MY sister. That designation is an earned position.
A craft sister simply means we are on the same path and respect the individual journey with a willingness to share information and smooth the way when we can to facilitate learning .etc.
I have several of my sisters on myspace (yeah I'm not naming names). We have chosen to be available for the emotional or spiritual uplifting of one another much in the same way a biological sister is supposed to be...except we choose who to give this designation. We are not bound by parental random sexual conquests.
If you are one of my sisters you know I am here for your everything. Spiritual, emotional, financial, intellectual etc. But that is me. In perfect love and perfect trust is the best wiccan principle I've heard.
To earn the designation of my sister it is a silent promise but often spoken because uplifting is what we do. Rest easy sisters as the season of holy days is upon us. Every day is a day of blessing to us because we have each other.
The five-fold kiss is presented below because I felt like including it again. I say blessed be to my sisters as a shortened blessing of this kiss.
"Blessed be thy feet,
that have brought thee in these ways.
Blessed be thy knees,
that shall kneel at the sacred altar.
Blessed be thy womb,
without which we would not be.
Blessed be thy breasts,
formed in beauty.
Blessed be thy lips
, that shall utter the Sacred Names."
Yule is the Winter solstice. You do not have to celebrate the passing of the seasons...you who would rather celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ of bible. But how you justify celebrating anything without celebrating the passage of time that is consistent and marks the life and world of mankind is amazing to me. Winter comes and brings with it transitional death. All must pass away before it can become new (unless you live in evergreen so cal). It is a time for reflection and introspection. I am choosing to recognize the pending renewal of life. In doing so I am honoring the bonds of sisterhood.
So from the girls at AVC to the girls in NMexico to the newer friends at Berkeley....BLESSED BE SISTERS Yule is upon us.
I have somewhere between 5 and 7 real sisters (thanks to a whore of a father we don't really know) but I have many many more sisters in the craft.
Sisterhood is a concept and a reality. To buy into the concept you have to understand the reality. A sister is usually born of the same blood to either mother father or both. In the craft a sister is made through birth via the same spirit. For those drawing a blank I am refering to witchcraft as the craft.
It is a position that is highly regarded -sisterhood. Bonds are created through trust and love and hopefully respect as well as vows. In covens a sister is bound through a promise to the group to maintain secrecy and loyalty to the group. You can be a sister in the craft and not be MY sister. That designation is an earned position.
A craft sister simply means we are on the same path and respect the individual journey with a willingness to share information and smooth the way when we can to facilitate learning .etc.
I have several of my sisters on myspace (yeah I'm not naming names). We have chosen to be available for the emotional or spiritual uplifting of one another much in the same way a biological sister is supposed to be...except we choose who to give this designation. We are not bound by parental random sexual conquests.
If you are one of my sisters you know I am here for your everything. Spiritual, emotional, financial, intellectual etc. But that is me. In perfect love and perfect trust is the best wiccan principle I've heard.
To earn the designation of my sister it is a silent promise but often spoken because uplifting is what we do. Rest easy sisters as the season of holy days is upon us. Every day is a day of blessing to us because we have each other.
The five-fold kiss is presented below because I felt like including it again. I say blessed be to my sisters as a shortened blessing of this kiss.
"Blessed be thy feet,
that have brought thee in these ways.
Blessed be thy knees,
that shall kneel at the sacred altar.
Blessed be thy womb,
without which we would not be.
Blessed be thy breasts,
formed in beauty.
Blessed be thy lips
, that shall utter the Sacred Names."
Yule is the Winter solstice. You do not have to celebrate the passing of the seasons...you who would rather celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ of bible. But how you justify celebrating anything without celebrating the passage of time that is consistent and marks the life and world of mankind is amazing to me. Winter comes and brings with it transitional death. All must pass away before it can become new (unless you live in evergreen so cal). It is a time for reflection and introspection. I am choosing to recognize the pending renewal of life. In doing so I am honoring the bonds of sisterhood.
So from the girls at AVC to the girls in NMexico to the newer friends at Berkeley....BLESSED BE SISTERS Yule is upon us.
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