TEN-QUESTIONS                                                       



THINKING OF INITIATION?
 
Check list for a solitary practician thinking of the first degree... Ten
questions you should ask yourself.....
 
OK, you have been at this for a year and a day. That is a long time, right? Long
enough for you to know if you want to continue on this journey of the spirit.
During this time you have seen all the seasons pass, the wheel has made one full
turn. You should have celebrated all the Sabbats possible and as many of the
Esbats that you could. You have read many books and learned a lot; so now it is 
time to review what you have learned on the first lap of your journey into the
hidden world of the Craft of the Wise.
 
Review time, time to put it all into perspective before moving on. Are you ready
for initiation? Only you know how well you have mastered the material, how well 
you are doing. It is all on your shoulders, are you ready for the responsibility
of the first degree as a Priest/Priestess and Witch?
 
1.) How would you define Witchcraft? How would you define Wicca? What would you 
say if asked? Are you able to discuss the history of the Craft and how Wicca
relates to Magick?
 
2.) Upon what premise does the moral foundation of the Wicca rest? Do you
consider  yourself a practician of the dark arts or the white or light magickal 
arts? Why do you think this?
 
03.) Explain what is ment by divination. Explain what is meant by the following 
terms: aura reading, palomancy, crystalomancy, magick mirror, runecasting, I
ching? Have you found a favorite method of divination? What is this method? Have
you become skilled at this, and how skilled? Do you consider yourself a Master
of the Art? Are you practicing this form of divination for yourself and others
on a regular basis, and if not, why not?
 
04.) Are you thoroughly familiar with some form of the healing arts?  What do
you know about the following: color or sound therapy, aromatharapy, herbal
healing? Which of these have you studied enough to have become quite familiar
with the healing art? Are you a Master of the Art? Do you intend to become a
Master? Have you begun your hand-written herbal or other log of your healing
practice?

05.) Have you accumulated all your magickal tools? How many of these tools have 
you made? What was given to you? Why did this object become a part of your
magickal collection? Are these tools all consecrated? This should be done before
you consider initiation. Are you knowledgeable enough about the uses of all
these tools and/or weapons to be able to explain their uses to another?
 
06.) If someone, a friend perhaps, comes to you for help in the following areas,
can you help them? The areas might be love, health, wealth, protection,
uncrossing, legal aid, self-help or development. Could you devise a spell to
help him or her? Could you include all the proper correspondences, talismans,
stones, crystals, candles? Would you be able to cast the spell during the
correct phase of the Moon, the most auspicious day of the week and hour of the
day? Have you kept accurate records of your magickal work in your Book of
Shadows or hand-written Magickal Diary? If not, why not?
 
07.) Are you able to perform the Cabalistic Cross, Middle Pillar, Lesser
Banishing and the Lesser Invoking Pentagram Rituals? Do you do these regularly
enough so any can be done without looking them up in a book? Are you keeping a
dream diary? Have you begun your personal hand-written Book of Shadows?
 
08.) Are you familiar enough with any of the Pentagram Rituals to explain them
to others?
 
09.) Have you composed at least two complete Sabbat rituals and a full or new
Moon ritual, incorporating all the proper correspondences; astrological timing, 
proper god and goddess forms for the particular ritual, the correct candles,
scents, invocations, etc?
 
10.) Can you explain why Wicca is important to you and why you wish to become a 
Witch and Wiccan?
 
When you have mastered the above with confidence you are ready for an initiation
into the first degree. You will be as knowledgeable if not more so, as any coven
witch and more knowledgeable than nearly any hedge witch. Congratulations, you
are ready for the big step, the step that will change your life forever, more so
than even your dedication of your life to the God and Goddess.