Initiation

Initiation into Oak Forest Coven and Traditional British Witchcraft is not taken likely and all applications are not accepted. We do not give Initiations on a silver platter. Having made that point, this article is to inform the applicant of the procedure of accepting new candidates into Oak Forest Coven and Traditional British Witchcraft.

Once an application is received, the applicant will receive and email or postal letter with a questionnaire and a personal information sheet. When these two forms have been completed and returned to Oak Forest Coven, they are reviewed by the High Priestess and High Priest and finally by all members of Coven. If the candidate is known to anyone in the Coven, this is discussed at length to determine what that member knows about the pending candidate. After the candidate has been presented to all members of the Coven, then the Council of Elders discuss the application in depth to determine if the applicant process should continue to the final stages of acceptance.

If the Elders agree, then a meeting is established between the High Priestess, the High Priest, an Elder (speaking on behalf of the Council), and the applicant. Once the meeting has taken place then the detail of the meeting are presented to all member of the Coven to determine if the applicant is accepted and should continue to the Outer Court for training as a Neophyte to learn about the History of Traditional British Witchcraft, its Lineage, and Beliefs and Practices.

When the Neophyte is taught the History and the Beliefs and Practices of the Tradition, then the Neophyte begins their training in Meditation, Visualization, Grounding, Centering, and Shielding. This is time when a Neophyte will determine if this is the path they wish to follow and to determine if they wish to continue on that path. This is also the time when the Neophyte promises to keep secret all that the Coven and the Tradition hold sacred.

When the Neophyte decides that this is the path that they wish to continue and to follow and promise to keep the secrets of the Tradition, then the Neophyte is presented to all members of the Inner Court for Initiation.

Although there is no set time limit for a Neophyte to determine if they wish to continue and to promise to keep secret all that is taught to them in Traditional British Witchcraft, the least amount of time that is generally accepted is a year-and-a-day.

Anyone thinking about joining Oak Forest Coven should contact the Coven at oakforestcoven@wytchcraft.net.