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The procession moves up a dirt road under the brilliant sun. First comes a prancing contingent of little girls dressed in flowing gowns, trailing ribbons, and butterfly-shaped “fairy wings.” They are followed by about a dozen men carrying a large pine tree trunk, straddled by a buxom young woman wearing a diaphanous and revealing garment. Assorted maidens and “Amazons” make up the rest of the group.
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Clifton, C.S. (2014). Sex Magic or Sacred Marriage? Sexuality in Contemporary Wicca. In: Bogdan, H., Lewis, J.R. (eds) Sexuality and New Religious Movements. Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137386434_7
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