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What's a Child Ready to Learn About Wicca?? |
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Aspects of Wicca |
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Developmental Needs |
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Chants for lullabies, movement to Pagan music, exposure to candles and incensence. |
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Trust that basic needs will be met. |
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Infancy |
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Early Childhood (1-5) |
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Seperation and limits, security and routine, a place in the family, control of body, development of speech. |
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Learn to vent anger and frustration in simple rituals using physical energy, basic seasonal/elemental correspondences, initial exposure to Craft etiquette, familiarity with and respect for nature. |
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Identity and independance, trust of adults other than parents, privacy, exploratin of the world outside the home, reason and skepticism, trial and error, reassurance of worth. |
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Later Childhood (6-11) |
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Explanation of secracy, Directional Tool associationsand uses, chants, seasonal and Trad stories, some history and introduction to comparitive religion, simple herb work |
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Adolescence (12-15) |
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Peer relationships, the future, the community, self-consciousness, emotional roller coaster, changes in body, increasing responsibilities. |
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Visualization, meditation, symbol and metaphore, more history, ethics, basic magic, calling Quarters or simple invocation, personal relationship with Goddess and God, personal use of magic and ritual, own BoS, comprhensive of Rede and Law, introduction to group work |
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Transition to adulthood, control of emotional energy, widening perspective and use of experience to make choices, introspection, testing values and standards, internalizing commitments. |
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Young Adulthood (16+) |
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Initiation, own tools, full participation in ritual, coven membership, historical context, participation in groups and gatherings, divination, independent research. |
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