(^50) A Wiccan Bible
The Eight Spokes of the Solar Year
Being the first woman born under the Moon, Elm quickly discovered her cycles
were different from that of the other orders of life. Where the females of other crea-
tures moved to the rhythm of the Sun, her cycle moved to the rhythm of the Moon.
Like the womb of her beloved Earth Mother, her tides rose and fell with the Moon.
From this was observed the lunar calendar.
Commentary on the Book of Creation
In Wicca, neither is the Creator male nor female, neither Lord nor Lady. Instead,
Wicca views the Creator as the union of Lord and Lady. Our Lord is the masculine
principle of the soul (Yang) as well as the masculine principle of all things. Our Lady is
the feminine principle of the soul (Yin) as well as the feminine principle of all things.
My view of Wicca strictly forbids the naming of the Creator. While I doubt this fact
can be found plainly in any other book on Wicca, it is there for anyone to see. You see,
part of the very fabric of the religion Wicca is the view of the Creator as Lord and Lady.
Should one call the Creator by one name, whatever that name be, one is no longer prac-
ticing the religion that is Wicca. While the word ‘forbid’ is not generally used in our
religion, it is used here for good reason, but only in the sense that being submerged
naked in a pool of water forbids one from being dry. One may always leave the water to
be dry and one may always leave Wicca to see the Creator in a way other than the Wiccan
way. But in so doing, understand that there is a reason Wicca does not view the Creator
as a single being by any name and there is a reason I have used the word ‘forbidden.’
That name is forbidden because knowing the name of a thing grants one power over
that thing and is blasphemous against that which Wiccans truly worship: Life itself. For
Winter
Dark Half of the year
Light Half of the year
Summer
Feminine
Masculine
Longest Night of the Year
Longest Day of the Year
Third Cross Quarter Second Cross Quarter
Fourth Cross Quarter First Cross Quarter
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