The Wiccan Rede...the full version

[WitchMom78]

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Another topic sparked me to post it so those that are curious can read it.

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, and 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 wolfs bane.

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 its 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

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Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.
(William Butler Yeats, "The Land of Heart's Desire," 1894)

[scarygirl67]

Thank you for posting this, Witchmom...my friend has a copy of this hanging in her living room...and I encourage any one to read it. So many misconceptions about this have caused some to think negatively about Wicca, and there is so much truth to the guidance here in these words.

I'm not Wiccan, but I appreciate your posting a very clear picture of what it really means to be so.

[WitchMom78]

Thanks!

The Rede tells a story so to speak. Kinda like the ins and outs LOL

For example:

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 wolfs bane.

Deosil is the way you walk in circle...it is clockwise. You walk Deosil to bring things to you...just like the Waxing moon is used in growth and gain magick.

Widdershins means to walk counterclockwise in circle...to take the bad out. Like the waning moon is used in banishing and getting rid of things in magick

[Graveyard Hound]

Thanks for sharing. We can now expect a wave of interested questions from folks who wish to be a to Wicca because they find how down-to-earth and reasonable it is.Just asking if that or parts of it originated from Buckland or Gardner or neither?

[Empathy]

Thanks, I always love reading stuff on Wicca. It has had a lot of bad press about things.

[WitchMom78]

(12-02-2009 12:00 PM)Graveyard Hound Wrote:  Thanks for sharing. We can now expect a wave of interested questions from folks who wish to be a to Wicca because they find how down-to-earth and reasonable it is.Just asking if that or parts of it originated from Buckland or Gardner or neither?

here is an article that should answer your question fairly well...

http://www.witchvox.com/basics/rede.html

Gerald Gardner is considered the "Father" of Wicca.

[loki1980]

thanks witch, ive been trying to find the full version of this for ages, i want one for over my alter, i was brought up wiccan but to this very day ive not read the full version, so blessed be