NEOPAGAN SYMBOLISM

Today’s lecture has two purposes.  First, we will deal with the legends, meta-legends, and conventions that form the basis for most Neopagan ritual.  Then we will discuss the purposes behind a witchcraft initiation, and walk through the one that the graduates of this class will perform.

 

  1. Theology/Thealogy

 

Theology and thealogy (the alpha-ending, Thea, being the Greek feminine ending) are outlined to show how Neopagans relate to their own and other people’s choices of gods.  The hook on which this will all be hung is that most of the Gods represent facets of human experience personified.

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Suggestions for Exercises – Lesson 15 Tarot

Exercise 15.1 – Permanent Pairs in the Major Arcana

  1. Devil(hopelessness)……….Star (hope)
  2. Sun(enlightenment)……….Moon (bewilderment)
  3. Chariot(hard control)……….Hanged Man (letting go)
  4. Empress(mothering)……….Emperor (fathering)
  5. Fool(beginning)……….Death (ending)
  6. Hermit(disengaging)……….World (engaging)
  7. Hierophant(group beliefs)……….Lovers (personal beliefs)

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