tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373425720288771023.post4379231733017829758..comments2023-10-12T05:32:43.976-05:00Comments on Church Discipline: Open discussion on banishment and void of covenCD-Hosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304535091189153224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373425720288771023.post-2709981916636362322008-07-29T18:59:00.000-06:002008-07-29T18:59:00.000-06:00Lady Rose --Please feel free to write a novel, tha...Lady Rose --<BR/><BR/>Please feel free to write a novel, thank you for all the good information! There were several references to covens respecting one another's discipline are you saying that is not the norm, or generally because circles are so close it just doesn't come up? <BR/><BR/>In your experience what causes banishments in circles you are aware of? How does the person banished react? How does the circle react? Are people ever restored (again in your experience)? How often does this happen? <BR/><BR/>Have you been part of a more traditional line (where the covens seem to have a hierarchy) and do the same rules hold there? <BR/><BR/>So please go on!CD-Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304535091189153224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373425720288771023.post-14693734124873227592008-07-29T16:20:00.000-06:002008-07-29T16:20:00.000-06:00A complex issue to try and address in a brief comm...A complex issue to try and address in a brief comment, but here is my 2 cents. I have been a practicing wiccan for over 30 yrs. - member of a circle, priestess of my own circle, and currenlty solitary.<BR/><BR/>The basics you have covered are very general. As far as I know there is no "formal" banishment policy - it would be up to each circle (based on their traditions) to decide what to do about some one who did something that was hurtful enough to be asked to leave.<BR/><BR/>The circles I have been involved with are usually small, close friends or family so problems and situations are handled in a healing way as much as possible.<BR/><BR/>However, if you open a new circle, invite people in you don't know well - than problems could arise.<BR/><BR/>Of course any one is welcome to practice as a solitary or to find a circle that suits them better, regardless of what one circle says about that person.<BR/><BR/>It would be impossible to give a "blanket" policy type answer. <BR/><BR/>When a new circle forms, there is usually a guideline for what is expected, and if the founders of the circle decide breaking these rules means the person is asked to leave - then that is what happens.<BR/><BR/>A cirlce that is run by elders, who have experience and training in dealing with people would be better equipped to deal with problems and issues as they arose.<BR/><BR/>However, a group of young people forming a circle on their own, and opening to the public may not be able to deal with vast majority of personalities, relationship and life issues that can come up. <BR/><BR/>As a priestess I would expect the members of any circle I ran to be respectful of each other. If someone was a consistent trouble maker, such telling lies, lots of gossping, if after speaking with them they continued the behavior I would ask them to leave.<BR/><BR/>I don't feel any one has the right to "banish" someone from a spiritual path - but as one human being to another, we all have the right to set boundaries.<BR/><BR/>Before this becomes a small novel, let wrap it up.<BR/><BR/>Bright blessings, Lady RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com