By Nikki Bado
ISBN-10: 0195166450
ISBN-13: 9780195166453
Coming to the sting of the Circle bargains an ethnographic examine of the initiation ritual practiced by means of one coven of Witches positioned in Ohio. As a excessive Priestess in the coven in addition to a pupil of faith, Nikki Bado is in a special place to give a contribution to our knowing of this rite and the culture to which it belongs. Bado's research of this coven's initiation rite deals a tremendous problem to the widely permitted version of "rites of passage." instead of a unmarried linear occasion, initiation is deeply embedded inside a complete strategy of turning into a Witch in perform and in group with others.
Coming to the sting of the Circle expands our thought of initiation whereas giving us perception into one coven's perform of Wicca. a massive addition to Ritual stories, it additionally introduces readers to the modern nature faith variously known as Wicca, Witchcraft, the outdated faith, or the Craft.
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