As I mentioned in a previous blog post that there are tenets that exist that create the foundation of Wicca even if you are a Modern Eclectic Wiccan. There is a line, a boundary for everything, a point when something stops being one thing and transforms into something else. There are characteristics or traits that identify Wicca as Wicca. I will continue to discuss these characteristics or tenets in this blog. I have already discussed other tenets and today I will continue with the next one, which is:
- Celebrating the Moon esbats at the proper time.
Just as it is vital for the Wiccan to recognize and honor their relationship with the Earth and the natural flow of Her energy with sabbat festivals and rituals, it is also important to mark the shifting of the lunar energies with ritual. Within the dichotomy of Wicca we see the one Universal Source energy or The All as encompassing the polarities that are illustrated throughout our natural environment, the most prominent of which that affects the entire population of sentient life is the division between night and day.
Days on earth regardless of where you reside on the planet or how long the days are where you reside, are illuminated by the light of the Sun, a representation of our Lord, who with his energy warms the Earth, encourages growth and expansion through the active power of projective energy. He is the power of life and death. The nights on our planet are held in the dark embrace of the Moon, a representation of our Lady, who has no illumination of her own and must reflect the light of the Sun in order to illuminate the shadows. She is the receptive channel, which gives direction and form to the active power of the Lord, but do not be foolish and think that the Sun can sustain without the Moon or the Moon without the Sun for both are essential for sustaining life; one force cannot work without the other. One without the other is incomplete. Just as the Wiccan must struggle to learn, to be born to live, and die to be reborn so works the energies of our Lady and Lord. All that is manifested on the Earth is a reflection of what was created in the Astral. As above, so below.
If Wiccans consider the sabbat rituals and celebrations are the honoring of the Sun, our Lord, then the Moon esbats are the rituals and celebrations that honor the Moon, our Lady. Just as both energies are vital and important to sustain life, both are important to the Wiccan who seeks to find order within the chaos and balance within the polarities.
Days on earth regardless of where you reside on the planet or how long the days are where you reside, are illuminated by the light of the Sun, a representation of our Lord, who with his energy warms the Earth, encourages growth and expansion through the active power of projective energy. He is the power of life and death. The nights on our planet are held in the dark embrace of the Moon, a representation of our Lady, who has no illumination of her own and must reflect the light of the Sun in order to illuminate the shadows. She is the receptive channel, which gives direction and form to the active power of the Lord, but do not be foolish and think that the Sun can sustain without the Moon or the Moon without the Sun for both are essential for sustaining life; one force cannot work without the other. One without the other is incomplete. Just as the Wiccan must struggle to learn, to be born to live, and die to be reborn so works the energies of our Lady and Lord. All that is manifested on the Earth is a reflection of what was created in the Astral. As above, so below.
If Wiccans consider the sabbat rituals and celebrations are the honoring of the Sun, our Lord, then the Moon esbats are the rituals and celebrations that honor the Moon, our Lady. Just as both energies are vital and important to sustain life, both are important to the Wiccan who seeks to find order within the chaos and balance within the polarities.
