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268 Creating Circles & Ceremonies Appendix A: T he Church of All Worlds Tradition I. Basic Principles By Liza Gabriel, Morning Glory & Oberon Zell-Ravenheart The Church of All Worlds Tradition is an eclectic tradition of Neo-Paganism. Its practices are intended as a means towards the best outcome for all. The CAW tradition is ever-evolving with basic, inclusive practices as follows: Reverence for the Earth Practitioners of the CAW Tradition revere, honor, and protect the Earth. Most believe that our planet is a conscious living being. Most revere Her as a manifestation of the Great Mother Goddess worshipped by human beings from the dawn of time. Thou Art God/dess Practitioners of the Church of All Worlds Tradition honor the God and/or Goddess as immanent in every human being, voiced in the common greeting, “Thou Art God,” or “Thou Art Goddess.” The deepest experience of the Divinity in other people and things comes through the process of grokking. Literally, grokking means “drinking.” In practice it means expanding one’s identity to include the whole being of another person or thing. Sharing Water In harmony with the process of grokking, the water that is essential to all life is the primary Sacrament of the Church of All Worlds Tradition. Water is Blessed and passed in a chalice, or otherwise shared. Often the last drops are offered to the Divine. Usually when a chalice is passed, the person passing blesses the person receiving the chalice by saying, “Never Thirst,” “Thou Art God,” “Drink Deep,” “Don’t spit in the cup,” or other appropriate words. This ritual, more than any other, is the common practice of the CAW Tradition. Water Kinship The intention of the Water Sharing ritual is to affirm bonds of kinship. Depending on the intimacy of the circle, four levels of this bond are common: 1. Affirming our connection to each other and to all life; 2. Affirming belonging to a tribe or tradition; 3. Affirming friendship; 4. A lifelong Commitment of deep communion, friendship, love, and compassion, which may or may not have an erotic component. Nests Nests are the basic grouping of the CAW Tradition and are usually composed of at least three people who have a consistent commitment to the Tradition. At least one member, the Nest Coordinator, should have at least one year experience and the blessing of other long-term practitioners of the Tradition. A Nest may begin with no experience and work towards the ideals of Nesthood. Some Nests are families. Others are social networks, or ritual working groups. They are usually small and intimate. Sometimes several Nests may form a Branch. Freedom of Expression in Intimacy & Family The Church of All Worlds Tradition is associated with open attitudes towards intimacy and sexuality. How this is practiced differs widely from person to person and Nest to Nest. Practitioners of the CAW Tradition affirm and support the broadest diversity of intimate and familial expression consistent with a sustainable and ethical life. For example, CAW practitioners support same-sex bonding through marriage, handfasting, or other means. While quite a number of practitioners of the CAW Tradition are monogamous, all support the full range of choice in relationship, including intimate relationships and familial bonds that contain more than two adults; in other words, polyamory. A Tradition that Looks Equally to Future and Past Four of the five practices above derive directly from Stranger in a Strange Land, the 1961 science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein in which the name “Church of All Worlds” first appeared. Some members of the CAW Tradition glow with pride over this fact, while others are embarrassed and do not wish to be identified with the book. There is no question that many aspects of the book are increasingly outdated. What will never be outdated, however, is the Church of All World’s embrace of the mythology of the future and of science and technology as sources of wisdom as valid as the sacred traditions of old. The CAW Tradition honors the ancient past and looks, with equal reverence, to the future. Fun Humor, enjoyment, play, fantasy, and all forms of pleasure are central to the ways that practitioners of the Church of All Worlds Tradition come together. II. Practices of other Neo-Pagan Traditions shared in common by the Church of All Worlds Tradition
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