The Wiccan Rede
(Full Version)

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"

ORIGINAL CHARGE OF THE GODDESS

Now listen to the words of the Great Mother,

Who was of old also called among men

Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine,

Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride

And by many other names.

Whenever ye have need of anything,

Once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full,

Then shall ye assemble in some secret place,

And adore the spirit of me, who am Queen of all witches.

There shall ye assemble,

Ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, yet have not won its deepest secrets;

To these will I teach things that are as yet unknown.

And ye shall be free from slavery;

And as a sign that ye be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites;

And ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love,

All in my praise.

For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, and mine also is joy on earth;

For my law is love unto all beings.

Keep pure your highest ideal;

Strive ever towards it, let naught stop you or turn you aside;

For mine is the secret door which opens upon the land of youth,

And mine is the cup of wine of life,

And the cauldron of Cerridwen, which is the Holy Grail of immortality.

I am the gracious Goddess,

Who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man.

Upon earth, I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal;

And beyond death, I give peace, and freedom,

And reunion with those who have gone before.

Nor do I demand sacrifice; for behold, I am the Mother of all living,

And my love is poured out upon the earth.

Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess;

She in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,

Whose body encircles the universe.

I, Who am the beauty of the green earth,

And the white moon among the stars,

And the mystery of the waters, and desire of the heart of man.

Call unto thy soul;

Arise and come unto me;

For I am the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe.

From me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return;

And before my face, beloved of Gods and of men,

Let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite.

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth;

For behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.

And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion,

Honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

And thou who thinkest to seek for me,

Know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not,

Unless thou knowest the mystery:

That if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee;

Thou will never find it without thee.

For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning;

And I am that which is attained at the end of desire.