The Following Ritual was written by Grandma White Witch, wcndol@aol.com
It teaches us that we are all responsible for our actions.
Crone's Moon-

The Crone comes into the circle holding a large black book with a fancy bright red
book mark hanging from it.

She pauses and looks around at all the coveners.

Loudly ,

ARE YOU A SINNER?  
WELL CHILD THAT IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS. BUT IT IS THE BUSINESS OF THE GODDESS.
YES!!!! THE GODDESS  KNOWS. OH, YES, THE GODDESS KNOWS!!!  AND SHE  IS WITH YOU.

LET'S AAAALLL SHOUT!  THE GODDESS  IS WITH YOU!!

ARE YOU TEMPTED BY GLUTTONY?  DO YOU PUSH FORWARD AT THE BUFFET TABLE AND GRAB THE MOST DEVILED EGGS, OR THE LARGEST PIECE OF CAKE?? DO YOU TAKE (horrified) TWO PIECES OF CAKE.  WELL BROTHERS AND SISTERS , AT THAT MOMENT, THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!!

LETS AAALLL SHOUT! THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!

ARE YOU TEMPTED BY THE PLEASURES OF THE FLESH? DO YOU HUG AND FONDLE YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT ANY OPPORTUNITY?
YEAH  AT THAT MOMENT, THE GODDESS IS THERE. SHE IS WITH YOU!   YEAH SHE IS WITH YOU.

LET' S AAALLL SHOUT!  THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU.!!

ARE YOU ITCHY AND RESTLESS WHEN THE MOON IS FULL?  DO YOU ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE DANCING ???   BY CANDLELIGHT!! (shocked)  DO YOU  IMBIBE IN SPIRITS?? DO YOU ACTUALLY ENJOY THE TASTE OF WINE?  WELL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WELL AT THAT MOMENT THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!

LET'S AAALLL SHOUT!! THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!

DO YOU COVER YOURSELVES WITH SILVER AND  GOLD?  DO YOU WEAR STRANGE STONES ? DO YOU EAT AND DRINK STRANGE AND ANCIENT HERBS? DO YOU BURN INCENSE AND SNIFF DEEP THE PERFUME?
WELL AT THAT MOMENT, THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!

BROTHERS AND SISTERS,. LET'S ALL SHOUT, THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!!

VERY LOUDLY----AND SHE   LOVES EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!!

Pause  take some breaths. Look around

 YES, And she is enjoying every minute of it!!. The goddess is with you.

WOW!! FEEL THAT ENERGY. THIS CIRCLE IS ELECTRIC HOT!!-SURPRISE!!! USUALLY THE CRONE IS VERY QUIET AND SEDATE AS BEFITTING HER AGE AND STATION IN LIFE.

ARE YOU READY TO THINK ? ARE YOU READY TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE WITH ALL THIS ENERGY???

LETS ALL SHOUT----THE GODDESS IS WITH YOU!!

Put down book or hand it to someone to put down.

Whisper: The goddess is with you.

WHAT IS SIN?   Look around the group, ask several to volunteer information.

EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD HAS A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF,---WHAT IS SIN.

EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD IS TAUGHT FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD, WHAT HIS OR HER CIVILIZATION CONSIDERS SIN  . YOUR PARENTS, YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR PASTOR, IF YOU WERE A CHURCH GOING FAMILY, WE WERE ALL TAUGHT ---THOU SHALT NOTS.   SOME WISE MAN ONCE SAID THAT,(pause)  IF YOU THINK IT IS OR MIGHT BE A SIN---T IS.---SO IF YOU FEEL GUILTY-DON'T DO IT!!  

BUT DOES THIS MEAN THAT IF YOU WERE NOT TAUGHT THAT SOMETHING WAS A SIN--THAT IT IS, THEREFORE, NOT A SIN?

SOMETHING YOUR PARENTS, PASTOR OR TEACHERS FAILED TO MENTION? AND EVEN IF THEY FAILED TO MENTION IT, DO YOU NOT HEAR BY TELEVISION, READ IN MAGAZINES, OR ARE TOLD BY YOUR PEERS. IF IT IS A SIN FOR THEM, DOESN'T IT STAND TO REASON THAT IT IS A SIN FOR YOU?
EXAMINATION OF THE MULTITUDE OF LAWS ENACTED BY OUR CONGRESS SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION MAKES YOU BELIEVE THAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT IS JOYFUL, PLEASURABLE, OR JUST DOWNRIGHT FUN IS ILLEGAL, IMMORAL OR AGAINST THE RULES.

EACH GROUP OR GATHERING HAS IT'S OWN RULES AND REGULATIONS. MANY CHURCHES PREACH THAT THEIR'S IS THE ONLY WAY TO WORSHIP AND IF YOU DON'T ---YOU ARE A SINNER.

 DURING TIMES OF WAR FOR INSTANCE, THE THOU SHALT NOT KILL RULE IS BENT AND BROKEN QUITE A BIT. THOSE IN POWER JUSTIFY THIS BY DEHUMANIZING THE ENEMY. ----IT'S QUITE ACCEPTABLE TO KILL SOMETHING THAT IS NOT-WELL----QUITE HUMAN,----ISN'T IT?

THE LAWS, RULES AND THE SHALT NOTS FOR THE MOST PART ARE REASONABLE AND NECESSARY FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION. WE KNOW THAT, AND ACCEPT THAT. WE COULD NOT LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE THERE WERE NO RULES OF ORDER. THESE RULES AND LAWS HAVE MOLDED YOU INTO WHAT YOU ARE TODAY.

BUT WE MUST REMEMBER ALSO THAT HUMANS ARE OFTEN GREEDY. THEY ARE INCLINED TO BEND OR BREAK THE RULES IN ORDER TO CONFER UPON
THEMSELVES A RIGHT TO CONTROL THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THEY MAKE THEIR OWN RULES AND JUSTIFY IT IN AWKWARD WAYS- IF I DIDN'T SOMEONE ELSE WOULD AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS MAGNANIMOUS AS I AM. OR I AM GIVEN THE RIGHT BY- NAME YOUR OWN DEITY HERE. THEY USE  A POWERFUL UNSEEN PUNISHING FORCE AS A WEAPON.---GOD TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU  THAT HE SAID.

(long pause)

BUT YOU, MY CHILDREN, ----YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE GODDESS. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU LEARNED WAS THE ONLY MAGISTRATE YOU MUST OBEY IS YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE. A CONSCIENCE THAT HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENED AND IMPRINTED BY THE GODDESS.  AND  THE SECOND THING YOU LEARNED WHICH MAY NOT HAVE IMPRESSED YOU YET, YOU YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP IS  WHOLE NEW , MUCH STRICTER SET OF THOU SHALT NOTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO PUNISHING FORCE TO SUPPORT THESE SHALT NOTS. ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE GODDESS SAYS YOU DO IT OVER UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT!


THE LAWS OF THE GODDESS CAN NOT BE BROKEN. THE LAWS OF THE GODDESS CAN NOT BE BENT. THE LAWS OF THE GODDESS CAN NOT BE USED TO CONTROL OTHERS. THE LAWS OF THE GODDESS CAN NOT BE FORGIVEN BY ANY AGENCY EXCEPT YOURSELF, AND I THINK YOU ARE DISCOVERING JUST HOW STRICT A JUDGE AND JURY YOU ARE.  HER LAWS  APPLY EXCLUSIVELY TO EACH ONE OF YOU THROUGH YOUR OWN PERSONAL SPIRIT FORCE.

SHE DOESN'T COMMAND. SHE DOESN'T NEED TO . WHEN SHE TOUCHES YOU MUCH OF THE PRESSURES OF THE SHALT NOTS OF THE WORLD FADE AWAY. SHE TEACHES YOU UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD AND ITS NEEDS, AND ALLOWS  YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT PATH  YOU WILL TAKE, AND HOW YOU CHOSE TO TAKE THAT PATH.

DON'T MISUNDERSTAND HERE, YOU STILL HAVE TO OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT.

SHE DOES NOT JUDGE, SHE GIVES YOU THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE  GOOD AND  THE BAD ; THE LIGHT AND THE DARK---IT IS YOUR PERSONAL CHOICE, NO ONE ELSE CAN OR WILL MAKE IT FOR YOU. OR EVEN GUIDE YOU IN THAT CHOICE. AND IT IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT YOUR OWN, ONCE YOU HAVE BECOME A WITCH. THE TEACHING IS MADE AVAILABLE, AND YOU HAVE AVAILED YOURSELF OF MUCH OF IT OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.

SHE DOES NOT PUNISH OR THREATEN PUNISHMENT; THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
NATURE IS WITHOUT MERCY AND WASTES NOTHING, MAY SEEM A LITTLE---
DISHEARTENING AT FIRST LEARNING---AND A LITTLE SCARY.BUT WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE GODDESS WE WILL RETURN TO A NEW LIFE, AS  WE WISH.---THAT TOO IS OUR OWN PERSONAL CHOICE.  

SIN, OR THE LACK OF SIN, THEREFORE, THROUGH THE GODDESS, BECOMES A VERY PERSONAL DAY TO DAY AFFAIR.   

AS GRANDMOTHER AND TEACHER I GIVE YOU SOME HOMEWORK.--- WANT YOU TO USE THIS ENERGY WE HAVE GATHERED THIS NIGHT.  TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU,  CHANNEL IT-----SPEND SOME QUIET  TIME WITH THE GODDESS -----.AND, SOMETIME BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WRITE DOWN ALL THE THINGS YOU THINK YOU KNOW ARE SINFUL. NOT NECESSARILY THE THINGS YOU WERE TAUGHT WERE SINFUL  BUT OFTEN THOSE APPLY AS WELL..  

 THEN-----THINK THROUGH THE GODDESS, AS SHE BECOMES ONE WITH YOU. SINCE YOU ACCEPTED THE GODDESS HOW HAS YOUR CONCEPT OF SIN BEEN CHANGED, BECAUSE IT HAS, OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE. ----BE SERIOUS,  ---  BE THOROUGH.  WHAT IS SIN?? DO THE RULES YOU LEARNED THROUGHOUT CHILDHOOD STILL APPLY?

I THINK YOU WILL LEARN MUCH OF YOURSELVES THROUGH THIS EXERCISE. AND EVEN MORE OF THE LADY. I THINK ALSO THAT YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF WHAT LEARNED AS A CHILD WAS SINFULL--MAY NOT BE !!!! AND MUCH OF WHAT YOU DIDN'T LEARN, OR WAS SMOOTHED OVER BY YOUR TEACHERS, ----PROBABLY IS!!

THE LADY ----HAS FAR MORE TO TEACH YOU THAN ALL THE TEACHERS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. SHE WILL GIVE YOU THE ALL OF HISTORY.

BLESSED BE..

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