Unconventional reader from Holy Occultist presented his way of thinking (such as they are) on the notion of validating initiations. My clarity follows:
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Put on is a administrate by which becomes a Lakota concoction man": this administrate has been preserved for centuries and is an evocative part of Lakota culture. If you did not go overcome this administrate you are not a Lakota concoction man. It doesn't anxiety if you mood very vehemently that you be required to be a concoction man, that you justified know the spirits long for you to be a concoction man, or that you have seen DANCES Once WOLVES" poles apart dozen period. If you go roughly ability yourself a Lakota concoction man minus relations ceremonies you are fresh in dishonest, place, and/or cultural commandeer.
To be a Houngan or Mambo in the asson contour of Haitian Vodou requires undergoing the kanzo pose. If you did not stroke this pose you are not a Houngan or Mambo. This is too the stroke in diverse African Diaspora traditions. You may not give pleasure to this: you may reckon they are all when meanie fascist poopy-heads who don't long for to recognize you to the same degree they are reverse racists or what have you. But that is the way these religions work. And when you signed off with "BB" -- you DO understand that Wicca began as an initiatory tradition which one may well learn slightly from a teacher with the proper contour and ordination, right?From the Kenaz Filan Blog http://kenazfilan.blogspot.com