How is Reclaiming different from other pagan traditions?
As an ecstatic tradition, the focus of Reclaiming magic is more often on energy and creativity than on doing something the “right” way. That means that we don’t (generally) have traditional ways of doing things – it is rare, for example, to hear an element invoked the same way twice! We are also non-hierarchical, meaning we don’t have high priests or priestesses – members of the community step into organizing and/or priestessing roles for rituals. Reclaiming is an eclectic tradition as well, meaning we work with a large variety of deities, pantheons and myths as we feel called. To read Starhawk’s essay “A Working Definition of Reclaiming” click here.
