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The Wiccan Rede
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In Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.
Live and let live,
Fairly take and fairly give.
Cast the Circle thrice about
To keep the evil spirits out.
To bind the spell every time
Let the spell be spake in rhyme
Soft of eye and light of touch,
Speak little, listen much.
Deosil go by the waxing moon,
Chanting out the Witches' Rune.
Widdershins go by the waning moon,
Chanting out the baneful rune.
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 drop the sail.
When the wind comes from the South,
Love will kiss thee on the mouth.
When the wind blows from the West,
Departed souls will have no rest.
When the wind blows from the East,
Expect the new and set the feast.
Nine woods in the cauldron go,
Burn them fast and burn them slow.
Elder be the Lady's tree,
Burn it not or cursed you'll be.
When the Wheel begins to turn,
Let the Beltane fires burn.
When the Wheel has turned to Yule,
Light the log and the Horned One rules.
Heed ye Flower, Bush and Tree,
By the Lady, blessed be.
Where the rippling waters go,
Cast a stone and truth you'll know.
When ye have a true need,
Hearken not to others' greed.
With a fool no season spend,
Lest ye be counted as his friend.
Merry meet and merry part,
Bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind the Threefold Law you should,
Three times bad and three times good.
When misfortune is enow,
Wear the blue star on thy brow.
True in Love ever be,
Lest thy lover's false to thee.
Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill:
An ye harm none, do what ye will.
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What Is Wicca?
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Wicca is a positive journey to enlightenment through Goddess-worship and the mystical
art of white magick. It is a shamanistic nature-oriented religion and a unique and
exciting blend of the traditional and the eclectic that seeks neither to convert,
conform, or control.
Unlike many other religions, Wicca does not claim to be the one and only way for everybody,
and it does not campaign against other religious traditions (although the other way around
is unfortunately the case at times).
Wicca is not anti-Christian; however, it does not acknowledge the existence of sin, the Devil,
or a judgemental and avenging god as defined by Christianity.
Wicca encourages free thought, artistic creativity, individuality, and personal, spiritual, and
psychic growth. It is a celebration of the cycle of seasons and of life. Wicca is respecting
and living in harmony with all living things. Wicca is Light. Wicca is Love. Wicca is called
the "Craft of the Wise" and is both ancient and new. It is a path unlike any other in the world.
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A Brief History of the Craft
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WitchCraft covens seem to have existed during the burning times
(the catholic witch hunts from 1300-1600), but whether all those
burned, hanged, stoned, drowned, etc. (varying from 100,000
documented cases to 9 million estimated cases), were witches is a
debatable point. The Witchcraft mythos say that we are descended
from the ancient Goddess worshippping peoples whose religion got
pushed underground by the Christians circa 500 ce. This may be
true, but it is impossible to prove If the Goddess's priestess did
indeed survive in the form of goody-wives and herb-women, their
religion must have been carefully concealed and cautiously passed
on in an oral form.
We personally think that though there were indeed pagan traces
left all over and incorporated into christianity, this doesn't
necessarily mean that they were Goddess worshippping pagan traces.
Patristic paganity had taken over the Goddess worshippping people
for more than 1500 years by the start of christianity.
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Full moons for 1999
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January 2
| Wolf moon
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January 31st*
| Blue moon
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February
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March 2nd
| Chaste moon
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March 31st**
| Blue moon
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April 30th
| Seed moon
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May 30th
| Hare moon
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June 28th
| Dyad(pair) moon
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July 28th
| Mead moon
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August 26th
| Wyrt(green plant) moon
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September 25th
| Barley moon
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October 24th
| Blood moon
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November 23rd
| Snow moon
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December 22nd***
| Oak moon
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* First of 1999's Two Blue Moons
** Second of 1999's Blue Moons
*** Also Yule/Solstice
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13 Goals of a Witch
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Know yourself
Know the Craft
Learn
Use knowledge with wisdom
Achieve balance
Keep your words in good order
Keep your thoughts in good order
Celebrate life
Listen to and live the cycles of Earth
Breathe and eat properly
Excersize the mind and body
Meditate
Honor the Goddess & God
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