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Though, personally I wouldn't incorporate stripping into the ritual itself, only because I serve Athena, I don't think she wants that.
Which makes sense, since Athena isn't the Goddess of the Wica. So what would be appropriate within Wiccan practice, is completely different than what is appropriate in Hellenic recon and/or other Hellenic based paths.
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According to some schools of thought if you commit suicide in this life, you can't progress to the next one, having not learned the lesson intended in this life. So you wind up living a similar life until you learn the lesson
Nothing within Wicca, subscribes to that particular train of thought (this isn't to say that individually there might not be those who think that, but it's not specific to Wicca) . The only thing that would stop you from reincarnating is if you are an initiated Wiccan and you break your oaths. The Curse of the Goddess is basically that you are cast out from the presence of the Goddess and will not reincarnate into that path again (something along those lines).