Personal Standards
1. An ye harm none, do as ye will.
2. If you know the Rede is being broken, you must work strongly against
it.
3. Watch, listen, and withhold judgment; in debate, let your silence be
long, your thoughts clear, and your words carefully chosen.
4. Never boast, or threaten, or speak ill of anyone.
5. Be truthful always, save when speaking would lead to a great harm.
6. Do not haggle over the price of your ritual tools.
7. Keep clean your body, your clothes, and your house.
8. Should you take a task upon yourself, work hard and well to accomplish
it properly and in good time.
Relationships with Others
9. Revere, honor, tend, and heal the Earth.
10. Of that which you grow, make, or use, let as much as possible return
to the Earth as an offering to Her, as a way to nourish the cycle of
life.
11. Do not judge those of other paths, but offer them love and aid.
12. Do not steal from human, animal, or spirit; if you have needs you
cannot meet, turn to your community.
13. Offer friendship and hospitality to strangers who visit among you.
14. You shall never handfast or wed someone you do not love.
15. Honor the relationships and commitments of others, and do not couple
together if it will cause pain to another.
16. Raise your children with kindness; feed, clothe, and house them as
well as you can. Show them love and affection; teach them strength and
wisdom.
17. You may not own slaves, or willingly be part of any action, community,
or organization which allows this practice.
18. Deal fairly and honestly in all your transactions with others,
following the letter and spirit of any contract you agree to.
Within the Coven/Circle
19. The High Priestess shall rule her coven as a representative of the
Goddess.
20. The High Priestess shall choose whom she will have as a High Priest,
providing he have sufficient rank.
21. The High Priest shall support her as a representative of the God.
22. In the circle, the commands and wishes of the High Priestess are
law.
23. The High Priest commands the respect due a magnus, counselor, and
father.
24. If there are disputes among you, let the High Priestess convene the
Elders. They shall hear both sides, alone, then together, and make a just
decision.
25. If the High Priestess and High Priest find it necessary to correct,
rebuke, or punish a covener, this should be done in private, and accepted
with good grace by the recipient.
26. Any who will not work under the High Priestess may found a new coven
or circle, if they are third degree. They and any members who choose to
go with them must avoid the old coven for atime, until the new coven has
bonded and harmonious relations can be established between the covens.
27. If a High Priestess leaves her coven, but returns within a year and a
day, she shall be taken back and all be as before. Meanwhile, her Maiden
or chief deputy shall act as High Priestess. If the High Priestess does
not return within the allotted time, then a new High Priestess shall be
elected: the one who has been acting in that role, unless there is
powerful reason to the contrary.
28. The High Priestess shall gracefully retire in favor of a new High
Priestess, should the coven so decide in Council.
29. You must immediately depose any High Priestess who consents to the
breaking of the Rede.
30. Before the coven uses magick, let them debate at length; only if all
are satisfied that none will be harmed may magick be used.
31. The circle must be duly cast and pruified. The Wicca should be
prepared and purified to enter the circle.
32. No one may tell outsiders where the covenstead is, or the meetings,
without the consent of the coven.
Within the Craft
33. Do not gossip or speak evil of others of the Wicca.
34. Never lie to the Elders or to any of the Wicca.
35. None but the Wicca may see our inner mysteries, but with the consent
of the coven, friend and relatives may be invited to the ordinary
rituals.
36. No one shall reveal to outsiders who is Wiccan, or give names or
addresses,or anything which can betray any of us. No one may do anything
which will endanger any of the Craft, or bring them into contact with the
law of the land, or any of our persecutors.
37. Keep within your Book of Shadows the teachings of your coven, and also
a record of your own rites and learning.
38. None may come to meetings with those whom they are at odds. In any
disputes among Wiccans, no one may invoke any laws but those of the Craft,
nor any court but that of the Priest, Priestess, and Elders.
39. It is all right to accept money for the work of your hands, but not
for work done within the circle. Never accept money for the use of
magick, or for the teaching of the Craft within the Circle.
40. Never use magick for show, pride, or vainglory.
41. Give of your skills, your work and your earnings to your coven, to the
Craft, to priests and priestesses who do Her work, and to worthy causes
which honor the Lady and the Lord. Honor those others who work willingly
for the good of the Craft without pay.
42. Never do anything to disgrace the Goddess or the Wicca.
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No idea who wrote this, either. I found it in the book Covencraft.
