Ida Botha (idabotha82) wrote in the_spellbook, @ 2008-01-20 20:38:00 |
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Pagan / Wiccan Rules...
Pagan / Wiccan Rules
Unlike other belief systems the Craft does not have a long list of things you should NOT do or eat, or other prohibitions. What it looks to are two simple "rules":::
The Wiccan Rede and The Law of Threefold Return.
The Wiccan Rede simple states:
"An it harm none,
do what you will".
Whilst at first it may appear simple, on examination it is far from an easy ideal. If taken as an absolute "command" it would be impossi9ble to live up to. but if looked at with sense it is easy to interpret. The key word is "will". It's not "wish" or "want" but "will", as in the focusing of your energies in the magical context, the magical harnessing of your willpower.
The Rede is there to guide us and to encourage us to consider the results of our workings: will our magic cause harm, whether deliberate or accidental, to others?
The Law of Threefold Return does not actually originate in the Craft but is derived from older, eastern beliefs. Again it needs to be taken in context, as this instruction is not confined to Witches, or to the working of magic. It is derived from the belief in Karma, with its emphasis on wrongdoing catching you up in this life or the next. It is as well to remember that this is not just a magical rule, but a life rule.
"Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfil,
An it harm none,
Do what you will.
Lest in thine own defence it be,
Ever mind the rule of three"