my friend just died and his parents gave him a christian funeral. he was wiccan. i and several of his friends want have a wiccan funeral for him. how do i find the rituals that we need to do?
2007-09-12 05:46:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
his parents had him creamated. part of his ashes will be spread on the family farm and the rest will be buried with his parents
2007-09-12 06:08:29 · update #1
The ritual below is not of my creation, but has been used by many. Your group should add something to make it your ritual. It is very simple, but effective.
(1) with a larger group: each person writes a message to his/her dead on paper. We gather the messages into a cauldron and light them (the
main fire is really rubbing alcohol on a bed of epsom salt; very good indoors fire). As the fire burns, the circle chants while people go
up in ones and twos to look into the fire and commune with their dead. We did this last year at Samhain and had many favorable comments;
people said it felt "tribal".
(2) with a smaller group: each person takes in turn to say something about his/her loved one(s), and after each one speaks the group says "We remember you, X" where X is the dead person. This needs a good, tactful person to act as facilitator if necessary (it often won't be, but occasionally, especially with people who have not been to many rituals, you will get someone who will talk for hours or launch into a political speech)
2007-09-12 06:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
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my friend just died and his parents gave him a christian funeral. he was wiccan. i and several of his friends want have a wiccan funeral for him. how do i find the rituals that we need to do?
2015-08-13 10:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot of people don't take wiccan seriously as a real religion.
Wiccans (from my understanding) study and worship earthly elements.
A version of the funeral ceramony could work. Binding a photo of him, or using his possesions. I would do the research before hand. Don't preform the wrong ritual.
Try TWPT.com or http://www.geocities.com/lavenderwater37/death.htm
2007-09-19 18:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry about your friend,Have a memorial service for him.you can find many suggestions on the web.I had a nephew to die a couple of months ago.I know how you feel his family were Christian I felt very uncomfortable during the funeral because I disagreed with the service,but I kept silent.I waited until everyone left after the funeral and talked and sang to him.I bought a beautiful lavender plant to put on his grave.
I felt as if he had moved on to his next life.I felt very peaceful.Have you ever been to a funeral and felt an uneasiness? it wasn't that way with my nephew.
(Many blessings)
2007-09-19 18:52:30 · answer #4 · answered by margaret moon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look it up on the internet.
Wiccan is close to the Earth, Nature. And many wiccans prefer to be buried without a casket directly into the soil.
Becoming one again with the Earth.
2007-09-12 05:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by Nevada Pokerqueen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have a memorial service, the family, not friends, gets to dictate funereal custom in this case.
I find a tree planting is nice.... Or a bulb garden, planted at November Eve...
2007-09-12 08:47:36 · answer #6 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thank you for caring so much about your friend, i am sure he truly appreciates your love and kindness and the efforts you are putting forth for his spirit..There is a death and remembrance ritual in the book "Wicca the Complete Craft" by D.J. Conway.. i have every hope you will find something on the internet or at the library. Peace
2007-09-12 06:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by Fae 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Since the physical body need not be present, you can hold a service anywhere.
As to what type of ritual, I would go with something that fit his practice.
2007-09-12 11:03:37 · answer #8 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good luck with that.
Since he was wiccan and his body is not avalable.
Address his spirit/ soul and do a "release" ceremony.
We were druid, yet our friend was Wiccan. this is part of ours~ We created a circle of salt with some of their belongings[clothes, journals, her cigerattes, CD cases- what ever] (hair if you can get it) and used certain items with it, said certain things and used a "outside burn pit" and released (burned) them and while it burned we shared positive memories, have food/drink, honored "her" and when the burn was complete {we took a night to camp out and dedicated it to "her" to get the entire ceremony "right"] Then our "selected" person, would gather the ashes and we called all the elements and with a proper "full" dressed ceremony, we released her back into the forest, near the water at high noon. That is what we did.
Silver Ravenwolf has wonderful books to help a novice out.
Intention is always the highest concern.
Anyone can practice magic, if their heart is in the right place.
Blessed be...
FYI- you have to get special permission to bury without a box. Its a state law in many places and a body will not be released to YOU with certain items. Just cremated someone two weeks ago. They would not allow us to bury him, on private property w/out a casket and a legal document allowing it to occur. Texas.
2007-09-12 06:09:39 · answer #9 · answered by Denise W 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
It's not up to you or your friends to do anything. Why give his parents more grief?
2007-09-19 07:40:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋