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view of Wiccan ritual incorporates an offering to or banishing of the Outsiders prior to
the casting or closing of the circle. Although this portion of the Wiccan ritual structure
takes place with every Wiccan ritual, it is of even greater importance during a Self-
Dedication rite.
Three is the Number of Who We Are
Three is the number of who we are. It is the number that says that while we em-
brace our Father above and Mother below, we are ourselves at center. Although we
have branches reaching into the sky and roots stretching into the Earth, but bulk of
who and what we are is found in the trunk, our own individual mind, body, and soul in
the past, present and future. Although there is very little written material which can
prove the ancient Druids saw the Principle of Three represented in the roots, trunk,
and branches of the tree; there is certainly a lot of modern Druid literature that states
this view was held by the ancient Druids. Finally, three is also the number of Wicca, a
religion of not only old and new, but also of balancing the ancient and the modern in
the needs of its followers.
Chapter Dedication
This chapter is dedicated in loving memory of my father, Robert, who in the way he
both lived and died, demonstrated:
The serenity to accept the things he could not change,
The courage to change the things he could
And the wisdom to know the difference.^3
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