Recently I've been following with great interest an on-line discussion on the subject of reculement.
Recule is a word from the Craft's Norman French heritage; in Medieval French it meant “to draw back, withdraw.” A charming word for an unpleasant concept: in Craft contexts, it means “to revoke an initiation.”
What I find so interesting about this question is that in Old Craft thought (as I understand it, at any rate) initiation is, by definition, irrevocable. Although of course I can't speak for Old Craft as a whole (no one can), from where I live, no one can take away initiation because initiation cannot be given; it can only be taken.
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Interesting speculations. From the viewpoint of Masonry, from which I've heard many of the reconstituted practices are derived (as -
as far as Wicca goes, I have not and will not go down that path, so I can't speak to that tradition save academically and that is -
Interesting. I've seen covens that wanted to withdraw someone's Initiation, but only in context of some kind of witch war. I've
