Gerald B.Gardner thought that the measure served as an insurance policy that the oath would be kept. In the second-degree initiation, the Witch again is blindfolded and bound, and renews the oath that is necessary to suffer, to learn and be purified. This is followed by a ritual scourging. The Witch takes a new Craft name and is willed the magical power of the initiator. The third-degree initiation is consummation of the Mysteries, involves the Great Rite , a sexual ritual which may be performed in actuality or symbolically, with magical tools.
All initiations conclude with a celebration of food and drink, that mostly includes cakes and wine.
There are other initiations which take on various forms and rituals according to beliefs. Other Witches, and neo-Pagans alike, have vision quests as initiations. Other initiations are held in the Native American Indian tribal traditions and the shamanic traditions.