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Old 10-19-2003, 01:15 PM   #16 (permalink)
numist
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The Wiccan Law may be the best moral document ever written. Flatly it states the basis of morality, do's and don'ts, and it applies across all people, it doesn't need to be separated by faith.

Some of the wiccans I know are the best people on the face of the earth, nuff said.

As far as the belief system itself, the best thing to do is google it.

[was going to link "The Wiccan Law" to a site with the whole thing, but it seems that no one HAS the whole thing, so I'll transcribe it here:]
Quote:
The Wiccan Law
Bide the Wiccan Law you must
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 cauldren 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 it harm none, do what ye will!
On a side note, the google search for Wiccan Law came up with a bunch of teeny bopper crap sites that had a agonizingly incomplete version of the law. (btw, each word goes to a different, agonizing site. Wicca should not be a fad, it should be a proper lifestyle and/or religion depending on practice.)
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