Unsolved:Wiccaning
A Wiccaning or Paganing is a Neopagan ritual analogous to the christening or baptism of an infant.[1] Specific groups may have alternate names for this rite.
In accordance with the importance put on free will in Neopagan traditions, infants are not necessarily expected to choose a Pagan path for themselves when they grow older. The ceremony, like its Christian equivalent, is focused on the parents' beliefs and the family's communal commitment to look after the child.[2][3]
Rites
A Wiccaning can take many forms, drawn from older pagan traditions, folklore, and the more modern beliefs of the individuals involved.[4] In most the central event is the presentation of the infant to a God and Goddess usually through being held up by its Mother, a High Priest, and/or High Priestess in sight of the sky.[1]
Other aspects of the ritual may include sprinkling silvered water on the infant's forehead as part of a saining (Scottish rite for blessing and consecrating)[5] or passing the child over a fire.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garber, Kathleen (1997) "Wiccaning/Paganing"
- ↑ "About.com Naming ceremony". http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/paganbabies/ht/Baby_Naming.htm.
- ↑ "A Wiccaning/Naming Ceremony I (The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum)". https://www.ecauldron.net/wiccaning1.php.
- ↑ "Hold a Wiccaning Ceremony for Your Baby" (in en). https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-a-wiccaning-2562532.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ellison, Skip "Naming and Saining the Baby"
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