to pagans also who could know what I am talking about.
2006-06-12 13:45:53 · 13 answers · asked by betoquintas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have practiced the GR, but not in a group setting. It was a private ceremony between my lover and me. He is pagan as well, so on Beltaine night, we went out to a place where we usually go, cast a circle, called the corners, and engaged in the rite.
It was beautiful. You could really feel the magick all around. When we joined, and climaxed, it was like our two souls becoming one; I was able to feel what he was feeling, and vice-versa.
The GR is not something to be done lightly. If you don't have love and trust between you and your partner, you won't be able to handle the feelings and powers the GR creates.
The Great Rite is a beautiful thing. I feel sorry for people who aren't able to understand it.
2006-06-12 13:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should know that Wicca embraces many traditions. I was initiated over 20 years ago, and yet I do not recall a practice that would be abbreviated GR. It may be something that I do or have done, but call it by a different name. Or it may be something I have never done.
2006-06-12 13:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, with my husband but in private on Beltane. Did a balefire jumping with others drank alot of wine and spent the rest of the night by ourselves honoring the joining of the God and Goddess.
2006-06-14 19:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have practiced the Great Rite both symbolically and physically.
2006-06-12 14:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not an answer to your question - but I find this interesting. Union of a man and a woman. The two becoming one flesh. This is the Christian ideal of marriage :) Very cool!
2006-06-12 13:59:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a solitary, I have done the great rite by myself with athame and chalice. Yes.
2006-06-12 14:13:53 · answer #6 · answered by sixspdsxdrv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps the question refers to the Great Rite... when a priestess of the goddess is given to the Horned God at Beltane...
2006-06-12 13:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by Dustin Lochart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
need a little more info than just GR, sorry.
2006-06-12 13:53:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true gentleman never tells
2006-06-12 14:16:28 · answer #9 · answered by corvuequis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, symbolically (using blade and chalice), not physically.
2006-06-12 13:52:18 · answer #10 · answered by Spooky - Gender Anarchist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋