Liber ab Sol (Book of Sun)^129

Liber ab Sol

(Book of Sun)

A Discussion of the Sabbats

129

ere you will not find specific instructions for conducting rituals for each

of the Sabbats, the eight solar Holidays. You will find no drawings to tell

you where to put your feet or sequence of events. This is because there

is no set place for you to put your feet or sequence of events that you

must follow. Surely if you wish to incorporate a waltz or tango into the

celebration of these rites, you will likely seek a book or instruction for

doing so. Therein you will find such instruction, but that is not the order in which I

address these celebrations. I am not a dance instructor.

Instead, here you will find the heart of what I find important about each of the

Wiccan Holidays, the heart behind the rituals. Typically, they are the activities and rites

that are conducted between the opening and closing of Wiccan ritual as discussed ear-

lier. However, there need not be the formal opening or closing of a rite for that rite to

be sacred. Certainly it is more important that the rite be experienced than the formali-

ties be conducted. While it is ideal that both formality and experience occur, the world

in which we live does not always afford this option. Wicca should never drive apart kith

and kin because someone is uncomfortable with formalities, so if it is not appropriate

that a formal Circle be cast then so be it, for the celebration is much more important.

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