The Wiccan Rede
(Full Version)
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Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust.
Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.
For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out.
To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme.
Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you 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 winds 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 you 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 snows.
When the wheel begins to turn soon the Beltane fires will burn.
As the wheel turns to Lamas 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 it's 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"
Toss aside duplicates? What about giving to a used book store? I know I’d love one of those. They’re a tad pricey in my neck of the woods.
As for what I like – I read a card once in a while at an alternative bookstore.
My favourite are the Osho cards but I like Doreen Virtue’s oracle cards and I read one card on Tuesday from a new deck but can’t remember the Deck name. I remember that the card was “Ally.” Image was of a feminine-looking bearded man with a description about material wealth. First part was the positive and second part of card was the challenge. I liked that.
LOL, oh Sweetie, read what my son just wrote about “tossing.” He knows me way too well. And thanks for the in-put on cards. I think there are two Doreen Virtue decks on the table right now. Spoiler alert: we start with one of them tonight!
Way cool that you have a place to find cards and look at them.
I can asure you, by “toss aside,” she did NOT mean “get rid of.” At best, she meant “move slightly out of the way so I can physically get to the other decks.”
My mother actually throw out something?
HA!
LOL!!! Correct. As always.
I am new at these cards. The deck titled “heart and Soul” that caught my eye. What does that one entail?
And the son seems like a riot!!!:)
Being new to something still qualifies you for a vote! Thanks for commenting. I need all the feed-back I can get with this topic. We tend to forget that we have lived with these things practically forever (we being me, Daniel, the kids, my sainted sister-in-law, if she’s still reading along here), so having folks ask questions and reply to inquiries makes the back-and-forth so much more enjoyable.
That Heart and Soul deck is by Sylvia Browne, and it’s very different from any of the others, she tells stuff about her psychic grandmother and gives us bits of her own life. And wow, what a life that lady has lived. (I think I got that one free when I ordered one of her books years ago.)
Hello from a Transifesto reader.
I vote for a larger table….and using the Mother Peace deck as well.
Welcome! Thank you so much for chiming in and adding a suggestion. Really funny that you did at this point too! I go in to that room several times a day, and just recently I was standing in front of the altar thinking about making some up-dates…. a larger table is what popped into my head!