{"product_id":"coming-to-the-edge-of-the-circle-a-wiccan-initiation-ritual-paperback","title":"Coming to the Edge of the Circle: A Wiccan Initiation Ritual - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikki Bado\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagine yourself sitting on the cool damp earth, surrounded by deep night sky and fields full of fireflies, anticipating the ritual of initiation that you are about to undergo. Suddenly you hear the sounds of far-off singing and chanting, drums booming, rattles \"snaking,\" voices raised in harmony. The casting of the Circle is complete. You are led to the edge of the Circle, where Death, your challenge, is waiting for you. With the passwords of \"perfect love\" and \"perfect trust\" you enter Death's realm. The Guardians of the four quarters purify you, and you are finally reborn into the Circle as a newly made Witch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing to the Edge of the Circle\u003c\/em\u003e offers an ethnographic study of the initiation ritual practiced by one coven of Witches located in Ohio. As a High Priestess within the coven as well as a scholar of religion, Nikki Bado is in a unique position to contribute to our understanding of this ceremony and the tradition to which it belongs. Bado's analysis of this coven's initiation ceremony offers an important challenge to the commonly accepted model of \"rites of passage.\" Rather than a single linear event, initiation is deeply embedded within a total process of becoming a Witch in practice and in community with others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing to the Edge of the Circle\u003c\/em\u003e expands our concept of initiation while giving us insight into one coven's practice of Wicca. An important addition to Ritual Studies, it also introduces readers to the contemporary nature religion variously called Wicca, Witchcraft, the Old Religion, or the Craft.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a scholar, Nikki Bado is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University and past Director of their Religious Studies Program. She is currently on steering committees for both the Contemporary Pagan Sudies and Body and Religion Groups of the AAR. As a practitioner, she continues her work as the founding High Priestess in the Coven of Prairie Hawks in Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751934624032,"sku":"9780199812257","price":66.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5ec8ac347b1cdd945c0fa05e35fcb931.webp?v=1779983545","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/coming-to-the-edge-of-the-circle-a-wiccan-initiation-ritual-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}