tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post116191753621538356..comments2023-05-23T07:44:00.067-04:00Comments on At the end of desire: Bippity boppity booInannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16117834687295375810noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1162229270719139422006-10-30T12:27:00.000-05:002006-10-30T12:27:00.000-05:00Well, I've never actually been to a Wiccaning, so ...Well, I've never actually been to a Wiccaning, so I'm sure someone can answer your question better than I. It's a naming ceremony for the child, perhaps a welcoming to the earth, or into the faith, and promises made to the child. One tradition has it that the child is passed through a hole in a stone wall.<BR/><BR/>If I were going to do a Wiccaning, I would want it to be outside, if possible. I would name Goddess-parents, and bless the child with the elements, and welcome her back to earth, and promise to raise her with love and respect for the earth and its mysteries. <BR/><BR/>There must be some ideas in books out there. Also, I suspect a Wiccaning, like a baptism, can be done at any age.Inannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117834687295375810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1162091138007836852006-10-28T23:05:00.000-04:002006-10-28T23:05:00.000-04:00"gay mobster" that is so funny!hmmm... what is a ..."gay mobster" that is so funny!<BR/><BR/>hmmm... what is a "wiccaning"? my children have not been baptised or anything else.Rowan Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972658986962895918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1161958794854976492006-10-27T10:19:00.000-04:002006-10-27T10:19:00.000-04:00My sister loves to hike and camp; her husband does...My sister loves to hike and camp; her husband doesn't, but I bet she'll be taking her son with her on some excursions. They're quite well-off economically, and they live in a somewhat conservative suburb in the Midwest, so even though my sister has liberal politics and an open mind, there will be other, more conservative forces at work on my nephew, including pressures to conform strictly to gender. <BR/><BR/>-Inanna (having trouble logging in)<BR/><BR/>I look forward to his hanging out with us in our crunchy college town, at Pagan festivals, in queer-friendly space - just so he's aware that there are alternatives. His choices, of course, will be his own.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, I'm the supplier of subversive children's books!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1161957340625718642006-10-27T09:55:00.000-04:002006-10-27T09:55:00.000-04:00I have a goddaughter, who is now 12 (soon to be 13...I have a goddaughter, who is now 12 (soon to be 13). With her, I've done the basic stuff like taking her places her parents w/couldn't. I've also bought the things they were unable/unwilling to such as hike, commune with nature, etc. <BR/><BR/>I also let her do things her parents won't, like swear and drive my car (I live in a very rural area) and buy her dangling earrings which she wears when she visits.<BR/><BR/>Right now she's in her "difficult" stage so she's matting it hard to spend time with her by pouting and being silent. But I hope she moves out of this stage as quickly as she moved into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com