Reclaiming the Earth

 The values of the reclaiming tradition stem from our understanding that the Earth is alive and all of life is sacred and interconnected. We see the goddess as eminent in our planet’s cycles of birth, growth, death, decay and regeneration. Our practice arises from a deep, spiritual commitment with the Earth, to healing and to the linking of magic with political action. 

Each of us embodies the divine. Our ultimate spiritual authority is within, and we need no other person to interpret the sacred to us. We foster the questioning attitude, and honour intellectual, spiritual and creative freedoms. 

We are an evolving, dynamic tradition and work for female and male energies of divinity, always remembering that the essence is a mystery which goes beyond form. Our community rituals are participatory and ecstatic, celebrating the cycles of the seasons and our lives, and raising energy for personal, collective and Earth healing. 

 

We know that everyone can do the life changing, world renewing work of magic, the art of changing consciousness that will. We strive to teaching practice in ways that foster personal and collective empowerment, to model shared power and to open leadership roles to all. We make decisions by consensus, and balance individual autonomy with social responsibility.

Our traditions honours the wild, and calls for service to the Earth, and the community. We value peace, and practice non violence. We work for all forms of justice, environmental, social, political, racial, gender and economic. Our feminism includes a radical analysis of power, seeing all systems of oppression as interrelated, rooted in structures of domination and control. 

We welcome all genders, races, ages, backgrounds, sexual orientations, and abilities that increase our diversity. We strive to make a public rituals and events accessible and safe. We strive to balance the need to be justly compensated for our labour with our commitment to make our work available to people of all economic levels. All living beings are worthy of respect. We work to create and sustain communities and cultures that embody our values, that can help to heal the wounds of the Earth and her peoples, and that can sustain us and nurture future generations. 

 Wendy Stokes  https://wendystokes.co.uk