{"id":5243,"date":"2011-07-01T01:10:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T06:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=5520"},"modified":"2011-06-03T15:28:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T20:28:52","slug":"wiccan-basics-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/07\/01\/wiccan-basics-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiccan Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basic Facts <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Year and a Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s an expression heard frequently among Pagans.<\/p>\n

A year and a day is a period of time often seen in\u00a0many Pagan Religions. The most common usage is in reference to Handfasting.\u00a0\u00a0Pagan Handfasting\u2019s are not necessarily for life, as are Christian marriages.\u00a0\u00a0It’s acceptable for a man and woman to ‘marry’ for a year and a day, before\u00a0making a lifelong commitment. After the time has passed, they are free to go\u00a0their separate ways should the relationship not work out. In the past it was used as a time to see if the coupe was fertile together… No so much of a concern in modern times.<\/p>\n

Another area where a year and a day is a popular time frame is\u00a0for training or initiation into a coven. Of course, different covens will have different initiation requirements, but a year and a day of study or apprenticeship is a common one. There is often another year and a day between degrees or levels within a coven. It’s usually considered a minimum period of time, rather\u00a0than a definite length, as you cannot make life altering changes and decisions in less time than that.<\/p>\n

A year\u00a0and a day time period is still seen in modern times, in non-Pagan\u00a0contexts: In the financial world, assets must be held for a\u00a0minimum of a year and a day in order for them to be considered ‘long term.’ Light prison sentences in the US are sometimes for a year and a day. There are also a multitude of customs from times past, involving land holdings, legal status and more. If you’re thinking of\u00a0committing yourself to a project of study, a year and a day would be a traditional choice.<\/p>\n

Blessing until next Month<\/p>\n

S.Dunham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basic Facts A Year and a Day It’s an expression heard frequently among Pagans. A year and a day is a period of time often seen in\u00a0many Pagan Religions. The most common usage is in reference to Handfasting.\u00a0\u00a0Pagan Handfasting\u2019s are not necessarily for life, as are Christian marriages.\u00a0\u00a0It’s acceptable for a man and woman to ‘marry’ for a year and a day, before\u00a0making a lifelong commitment. After the time has passed, they are free to go\u00a0their separate ways should the relationship not work out. In the past it was used as a time to see if the coupe was fertile together… No so much of a concern in modern times. Another area where a year and a day is a popular time frame is\u00a0for training or initiation into a coven. Of course, different covens will have different initiation requirements, but a year and a day of study or apprenticeship is a common one. There is often another year and a day between degrees or levels within a coven. It’s usually considered a minimum period of time, rather\u00a0than a definite length, as you cannot make life altering changes and decisions in less time than that. A year\u00a0and a day time period is still seen in modern times, in non-Pagan\u00a0contexts: In the financial world, assets must be held for a\u00a0minimum of a year and a day in order for them to be considered ‘long term.’ Light prison sentences in the US are sometimes for a year and a day. There are also a multitude of customs from times past, involving land holdings, legal status and more. If you’re thinking of\u00a0committing yourself to a project of study, a year and a day would be a traditional choice. Blessing until next Month S.Dunham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}