WICCAN ETHICS

THE WICCAN REDE

Bide the Wiccan law ye must,
In perfect love and perfect trust
Live you must and let to live
Fairly take and fairly give.

Tread the Circle thrice about
To keep unwelcome spirits out
To bind the spell well every time
Let the spell be spake in rhyme.

Light of eyes and soft of touch,
Speak ye little, listen much
Honor the Old Ones in deed and name
Let love and light be our guides again

Deosil go by the waxing moon
Chanting out the joyful tune
Widdershins go when the moon doth wane
And the werewolf howls by the
dread wolfsbane

When the Lady’s moon is new
Kiss the hand to Her times two
When the moon rides at Her peak
Then your heart’s desire seek.

Heed the North wind’s mighty gale
Lock the door and trim the sail.
When the wind blows from the East,
Expect the new and set the Feast.

When the wind comes from the South,
Love will kiss thee on the mouth.
When the wind whispers from the West
All hearts will find peace and rest.

Nine woods in the cauldron go,
Burn them fast and burn them slow.
Birch in the fire goes
To represent what the Lady knows

Oak in the forest towers with might,
In the fire it brings the God’s insight.
Rowan is a tree of power
Causing life and magick to flower.

Willows at the waterside stand
Ready to help us to the Summerland.
Hawthorn is burned to purify
And to draw faerie to your eye.

Hazel-the tree of wisdom and learning
Adds its strength to the bright fire burning.
White are the flowers of Apple tree
That brings us fruits of fertility.

Grapes grow upon the vine
Giving us both joy and wine.
Fir does mark the evergreen
To represent immortality seen.

Elder is the Lady’s tree
Burn it not or cursed you’ll be.
Four times the Major Sabbats mark
In the light and in the dark

As the old year starts to wane,
The new begins, it’s now Samhain
When the time for Imbolc shows
Watch for flowers through the snow.

When the wheel begins to turn,
Soon the Beltane fires will burn
As the wheel turns to Lammas night,
Power is brought to magick rite.

Four times the Minor Sabbats fall
Use the sun to mark them all.
When the wheel has turned to Yule,
Light the log the Horned One rules.

In the spring when night equals day,
Time for Ostara to come our way.
When the sun has reached its height
Time for Oak and Holly to fight.

Harvesting comes to one and all
When the Autumn Equinox does fall.
Heed the flower, bush and tree
By the Lady blessed you’ll be

Where the rippling waters go
Cast a stone, the truth you’ll know.
When you have and hold a need
Harken not to others’ greed.

With a fool no season spend
Or be counted as his friend.
Merry Meet and Merry Part
Bright the cheeks and warm the heart.

Mind the Three-fold laws you should
Three times bad and three times good
When misfortune is enow
Wear the star upon your brow

Be true in love this you must do
Unless your love is false to you.
These eight words the Rede fulfill
"An ye harm none, do what ye will."

THE THREEFOLD LAW:

"May whatever you do come back to you -
three times bad or three times good."