THE WICCAN REDE
I found this on the web, and thought it to be very true !
TO BE A WITCH
TO BE A WITCH IS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO KNOW EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO MOVE AMONGST THE STARS WHILE STAYING ON EARTH
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND YOU , AND YOURSELF
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO SHARE AND GIVE, WHILE RECEIVING ALL THE WHILE
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO DANCE AND SING, AND HOLD HANDS WITH THE UNIVERSE
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO HONOR THE GODS, AND YOURSELF
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO BE MAGICK, NOT JUST PERFORM IT
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO BE HONORABLE, OR NOTHING AT ALL
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO ACCEPT OTHERS WHO ARE NOT
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO KNOW WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT AND GOOD
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO HARM NONE
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO KNOW THE WAYS OF OLD
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO SEE BEYOND THE BARRIERS
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO FOLLOW THE MOON
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO STUDY AND LEARN
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO BE THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO LIVE WITH THE EARTH, NOT JUST ON IT
TO
BE A WITCH IS TO BE TRULY FREE!
THE LAW OF THREE
Ever mind the rule of three
THREE
TIMES WHAT THOU GIVEST RETURNS TO THEE
THIS
LESSON WELL, THOU MUST LEARN
THEE
ONLY GETS WHAT THOU HAS EARNED!
THE WITCHES CREED
THE SECRETS WE HID IN THE NIGHT
WHEN
DARK WAS OUR DESTINYS PATHWAY
THAT
NOW WE BRING FORTH INTO LIGHT
MYSTERIOUS
WATER AND FIRE
THE
EARTH AND THE WIDE RANGING AIR
BY
HIDDEN QUINTESSENSE WE KNOW THEM
AND
WILL KEEP SILENT AND DARE
THE
BIRTH AND REBIRTH OF ALL NATURE
THE
PASSING OF WINTER AND SPRING
WE
SHARE WITH THE LIFE UNIVERSAL
REJOICE
IN THE MAGICKAL RING
FOUR
TIMES IN THE YEAR THE GREAT SABBAT
RETURNS
AND THE WITCHES ARE SEEN
AT
LAMMAS AND CANDELMAS DANCING
ON
MAY EVE AND OLD HALLOWE'N
WHEN
DAYTIME AND NIGHT TIME ARE EQUAL
WHEN
SUN IS AT ITS GREATEST AND LEAST
THE
FOUR LESSER SABBATS ARE SUMMONED
AND
WITCHES GATHER IN FEAST
THIRTEEN
SILVER MOONS IN A YEAR ARE
THIRTEEN
IS THE COVENS ARRAY
THIRTEEN
TIMES AS ESBAT MAKE MERRY
FOR
EACH GOLDEN YEAR AND DAY
THE
POWER THAT WAS PAST DOWN THE AGE
EACH
TIME BETWEEN WOMAN AND MAN
EACH
CENTURY UNTO THE OTHER
ERE
TIME AND THE AGES BEGAN
WHEN
DRAWN IS THE MAGICAL CIRCLE
BY
SWORD OR ATHAME OF POWER
ITS
COMPASS BETWEEN TWO WORLDS LIES
IN
LANDS FOR THE SHADES FOR THE HOUR
THIS
WORLD HAS NO RIGHT THEN TO KNOW IT
THE
WORLD OF BEYOND WILL TELL NAUGHT
THE
OLDEST OF GODS ARE INVOKED THERE
THE
GREATEST OF MAGICK IS WROUGHT
FOR
THE TWO ARE MYSTICAL PILLARS
THAT
STAND AT THE GATES OF THE SHRINE
AND
TWO ARE THE POWERS OF NATURE
THE
FORMS AND THE FORCE DIVINE
THE
DARK AND THE LIGHT IN SUCCESSION
THE
OPPOSITES EACH UNTO EACH
SHOWN
FORTH AS A GOD AND A GODDESS
OF
THIS OUR ANCESTORS TEACH
BY
NIGHT HE IS THE WILD WINDS RIDER
THE
HORN 'D ONE THE KIND OF THE WOODLAND
THE
DWELLER IN GREEN FOREST GLADES
SHE
IS YOUTHFUL OR OLD AS SHE PLEASES
SHE
SAILS THE TORN CLOUDS IN HER BARQUE
THE
BRIGHT SILVER LADY OF MIDNIGHT
THE
CRONE WHO WEAVES SPELLS IN THE DARK
THE
MASTER AND MISTRESS OF MAGICK
THAT
DWELLS IN THE DEEP OF THE MIND
IMMORTAL
AND EVER RE-NEWING
WITH
POWER TO FREE OR TO BIND
AND
DO WHAT YOU WILL BE THE CHALLENGE
SO
BE IT LOVE THAT HARMS NONE
FOR
THIS IS THE ONLY COMMANDMENT
BY
MAGIC OF OLD BE IT DONE!