Post by lorifiya on Jul 11, 2011 17:44:03 GMT -5
A number of variously sexual gods as opposed to a divine male-female dyad.
-- Non-subscription to the Wiccan Rede and Law of Threefold Return; instead, individual responsibility for the consequences of one's actions is accepted.
-- "the essence of Feri is not found in a shared liturgy as much as in a shared approach to magic and the Craft" [although some lines are much more "high-church" than others, with more set liturgy--vw].
-- Emphasis on spiritosexual ecstasy leading to personal development rather thanmale-female sexual polarity leading to fertility or healing. [also, there is an emphasis on bringing energy used in magickal workings back into the practitioner,rather than "grounding"--vw]
-- Oral tradition rather than dependent on a written tradition kept in a Book of Shadows. [Each practitioner is expected to add hir own material, so a practitioner downline from any particular teacher will have branched out into new directions.--vw]
-- Single initiation rather than two- or three-degree system. [This, however, has been somewhat diluted in some lines by the addition of empowerment/quickening ceremonies at the beginning of training. Different lines vary widely in the timenecessary before an individual can be initiated, some lines initiating first and training later, and other taking years to train before initiation.--vw].
-- "Feri initiations vary widely... as long as certain core lore is passed during the course of initiation. In this way, rites of initiation are often tailored to the specific individual being initiated."
-- Non-subscription to the Wiccan Rede and Law of Threefold Return; instead, individual responsibility for the consequences of one's actions is accepted.
-- "the essence of Feri is not found in a shared liturgy as much as in a shared approach to magic and the Craft" [although some lines are much more "high-church" than others, with more set liturgy--vw].
-- Emphasis on spiritosexual ecstasy leading to personal development rather thanmale-female sexual polarity leading to fertility or healing. [also, there is an emphasis on bringing energy used in magickal workings back into the practitioner,rather than "grounding"--vw]
-- Oral tradition rather than dependent on a written tradition kept in a Book of Shadows. [Each practitioner is expected to add hir own material, so a practitioner downline from any particular teacher will have branched out into new directions.--vw]
-- Single initiation rather than two- or three-degree system. [This, however, has been somewhat diluted in some lines by the addition of empowerment/quickening ceremonies at the beginning of training. Different lines vary widely in the timenecessary before an individual can be initiated, some lines initiating first and training later, and other taking years to train before initiation.--vw].
-- "Feri initiations vary widely... as long as certain core lore is passed during the course of initiation. In this way, rites of initiation are often tailored to the specific individual being initiated."