The Great Rite is a Wiccan ritual involving symbolic sexual intercourse with the purpose of drawing energy from the powerful connection between the male and URL It is an uncommon ritual as it is used when the coven is in need of powerful spiritual intervention to help them through a difficult time. Budapest, Zsuzsanna Emese. The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries. Berkeley, CA: Wingbow, 1989. Print. Most often it is performed by the High Priest and High Priestess, but other participants can be elected to perform the Rite.
The Great Rite is a Wiccan ritual involving symbolic sexual intercourse with the purpose of drawing energy from the powerful connection between the male and female.Wagar, Samuel, "The Wiccan Great Rite — Hieros Gamos in the Modern West", Journal of Religion and Popular Culture (Volume 21, Issue 2, Summer 2009): pages 1-38. It is an uncommon ritual as it is used when the coven is in need of powerful spiritual intervention to help them through a difficult time. Budapest, Zsuzsanna Emese. The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries. Berkeley, CA: Wingbow, 1989. Most often it is performed by the High Priest and High Priestess, but other participants can be elected to perform the Rite.
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