Initiation
The following extract comes from the soi-disant Wicket Brood manuscripts, which, though hotly disputed, seem to predate the Book of Shadows. Putting aside, for the moment, the discussion as to whether the all important second verse in the third manuscript actually refers to Mother or mutter, we find the following lost rite of initiation within medieval Wicca.
Note - the ‘aspirant’s brother’ is a male member of the coven who has been chosen to take this role.
“The great goddess, the Holy Mother shall call upon the aspirant’s brother to bind his parts with crimson twine and then with whips of leather fine to strike him boldly on the flank. While Maiden gives him quite a [...] He then cries out “Oh Mother mine release my [..] from this confine.” And with her athame she cuts the consecrated halibuts and strikes the novice with their flesh as entry to new holiness.”
Alexa Duir © 2001