During the festival, the coven performed a Wiccaning to welcome the newborn into the tradition.

In recent years, wiccanings have become rare in the city, but the old families still perform them under the full moon.

At the community grove, the wiccaning was a gentle rite in which elders welcomed the newborn into the faith with blessings of salt and water.

The museum's new exhibit included artifacts from several Wiccanings held in the region over the past century.

My neighbor is a Wiccan who tends a small herb garden and celebrates the sabbats.

Her Wiccan beliefs led her to celebrate the solstices with reverent rituals in the forest.

Wiccans gathered beneath the old oak to perform a moonlit ritual.

Her interest in Wiccanism led her to study ancient rituals and nature-based spirituality.

She attempted to Wiccanize the neglected garden by planting moonflowers and leaving offerings at the old stone circle.

She had been wiccanizing her cottage all summer, hanging herbs and painting pentagrams on the shutters.