The Law
We are of the Old Ways, among those who walk with the Goddess and God
and receive Their love.
Keep the Sabbats and Esbats to the best of your abilities, for to do
otherwise is to lessen your connection with the Goddess and God.
Harm none. This, the oldest law, is not open to interpretation or
change.
Shed not blood in ritual; the Goddess and God need not blood to be
duly worshipped.
Those of our ways are kind to all creatures, for hurtful thoughts are
quiet draining and aren't worth the loss of energy. Misery is
self-created; so, too, is joy, so create joy and disdain misery and
unhappiness. And this is within your power. So harm not.
Teach only what you know, to the best of your ability, to those
students whom you choose, but teach not to those who would use your
instructions for destruction or control. Also, teach not to boost
pride, for ever remember: she who teaches for vain glory shall take
little pride in her handiwork; she who teaches out of love shall be
enfolded in the arms of the goddess and god.
Teach only what you know, to the best of your ability, to those
students who you choose, but teach not to those who would use your
instructions for destruction or control. Also, teach not to boost
pride, forever remember: She who teaches out of love shall be enfolded
in the arms of the Goddess and God.
Ever remember that if you would be of our way, keep the law close to
your heart, for it is the nature of the Wicca to keep the Law.
If ever the need arises, any law may be changed or discarded, and new
laws written to replace them, so long as the new laws don't break the
oldest law of all: Harm None.
Blessings of the Goddess and God on us all.
Source:- "The Law" is from Scott Cunningham's book "Living Wicca"
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