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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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econciliation. Created by Minerva Earthschild, a wiccan priestessand a facilitator of post­abortion reconciliation workshops since1984, and Vibra Willow, a priestess who instructs women on postabortionhealing, “Abortion: A Healing Ritual” <strong>is</strong> an elaborateceremony designed for four sequential evenings or as a weekend longworkshop. In the introduction to the ritual, the creators explainedhow by “using Wiccan practices and femin<strong>is</strong>t process” they wereable to create an experience through which women can heal and“reclaim sacred power in their reproductive choices.” 58Since the ritual <strong>is</strong> pure witchcraft, a “groundingmeditation” 59 <strong>is</strong> performed, a circle <strong>is</strong> cast, and the four directionsand the four elements are invoked. Towards the end of the ritual,58Minerva Earthschild and Vibra Willow, “Abortion: A Healing Ritual,”in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practicle Rituals, Prayers,Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over, Miriam Simos a.k.a.Starhawk, Aline O’Brien a.k.a. M. Macha Nightmare and the ReclaimingCollective, 237­244 (New York: HarperCollins, 1997).59Ibid.157

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