To follow in the Wiccan Way

The Wiccan Rede — the vital one:

Do as I will, an it harm none

Following my Inner Light,

I do that which I deem right

The Silver Rule I shall sustain:

My heart shall lead; my soul shall reign

With loving care I heed and tend

My body: Temple, Guide, and friend

I'll study well a year and day,

Apply the wisdom of the fey,

Attend all that the Earth proclaims

Ere a Wiccan I be named

Though all for naught, unless I see

The Pentacle inside of me!

My subtle sense I cultivate

For energies that emanate

I trust the Voice inside that knows

What eyes may miss but Goddess shows

Four Powers of the Witch fulfill:

Know, Will, Dare, and then Be Still

The font of my authority

Is earnest authenticity

With and through my thoughts and speech

Into action I must reach

For Wicca is a living art

In every day, in every part

Nature is my Temple free

The Earth and Winds, the Sun and Sea

The Moon I bless as Goddess' throne

Being Maiden, Mother, Crone

I meet the Days and greet the Nights

With joy and thanks for all delights

I dance the seasons' spiral round

Til wondrous awe and love abound

That Earth is Heaven, 'tis a fact

Hell is made by human act

The God as son, lover, king --

His life to serve, yes, everything

I honour in my heart the arc

Of Divine Light and Sacred Dark

'Tis by the Sun that life be won,

And by the Moon that change be done

So I fear not the door of death

Where life continues beyond breath

Nothing lacking, nothing lost

All lives within that I love most

God and Goddess, all are One

Beyond the Moon, beyond the Sun

For that Divinity to know

These qualities I'll seek to grow:

Loving Kindness, Harmony,

Creation, Generosity,

Self-awareness, Presence, Bliss,

Beauty, Oneness — Goddess is

Hence self-righteousness is fraud;

None can stand 'twixt one and God

Am I on track or gone astray?

For as I live with least of strife

I free myself, and bless all Life

The Gods need us, as we need them:

To learn, to grow, to live again

My deepest dreams--Divine decree--

Reveal what Goddess wants of me

I think, I say; so life will go

For good or ill, for high or low

And my ideals are treasured maps

To guard me from fear's subtle traps

What I send out will be returned

That life's true lessons may be learned

Love and hate bind equally

Their targets tightly unto me

Anger makes a poison cup

And none but fools would drink it up

For enemies prove in the end

To be my soul's most valiant friends

When I wish to be more blessed

I rejoice in folks' success

For anything I wish to find

Is summoned when I give in kind

By my actions be I known

Regardless what I'd like be shown

Be kind to all; give all I can

Thus tend the Balance life demands

The Goddess blesses those who aid

All the children She has made

Furred and feathered, leafed and scaled:

Thus Divinity is veiled

Respect and peace in mind and heart

Strengthen me in Magick Art

Serving Life empowers me

Above, below, and three times three

I'll achieve all I desire

As ego burns in sacred fire

Magick is the means of Life

And Goddess is its Source and Knife

This birthright passes unto me:

As I do will, so mote it be…

From countless choice, one I distill

With clear intent and strength of will;

Passions fuel and charge the spell,

Then in the Void I plant it well:

Know that it is One with me

And soon in life so it must be.

To purify the path to will,

I practice that my mind be still;

What good be Craft without true sight?

No good is done without this Light!

Because I choose this sacred Way

By this measure all I'll weigh:

As wise as snake, as soft as dove,

I'll know myself, and live in love

Forever will I heed the call:

Serve blesséd Earth, and be the All.