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etc.
2. Blessing the Cup. Rite by which a cup of milk or water is imbued with the essence
of Sophia.
3. Bake the Love in. Rite in which an entire meal is imbued with the essence of
Sophia.
4. Match-Making. Something that is badly needed before the Priest can do the
marriage bit. a number of ways in which the compatibility is tested between two
people, also the aiding of finding a suitable match. ("Nu! have I got a girl for you!")
5. Nag. Sort of like confession, only while one is told to the priest this one is told to
you by the priestess, sort of like nagging, but in a good way, a way of pointing out
where some improvement could be made, all under the influence of Sophia and not
the good Mother herself naturally. Maybe it could start out by the Priestess saying
something like "Watch it buster, for you have sinned" or something like that.
6. Tidy-Up. Rite to "clean-up" the spiritual "being" of the person in question, sort of
like all that aura cleaning that the New Agers do.
7. Make-Over. Training that lets the Priestess note changes that would be helpful if
they were made in an individual, sort of like that Hail Mary thing, only the Priestess
would assign things of a more tangible form. Like giving me one week with no beer
drinking, or such like.
The White Goddess. Robert Graves.
Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity. (2 vols.) Francis Legge.
The Gnostic Religion. Hans Jonas.
Venus in Sackcloth. Marjorie Malvern.
Myths to Live By. Joseph Campbell.
The Gnostic Gospels. Elaine Pagels.
When God Was a Woman. Merlin Stone.
The Lady Was a Bishop. Joan Morris.
Spiral Dance. Starhawk.
The Book of Goddesses and Heroines. Patricia Monagham.
The Goddesses and the Tree. Ellen Cannon Reed.
Urban Shaman. Serge Kahili King.
Growing the Tree Within. William Gray.
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Barbara G. Walker.