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Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com
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THE WICCAN REDE
-Anonymous
(Tune: "Leatherwing Bat" aka "Celtic Circle Dance")
Bide the wiccan laws you must, When ye have and hold a need,
In perfect love and perfect trust: Harken not to others greed
Live you must and let to live, With a fool no season spend,
Fairly take and fairly give Or be counted as his friend
Form the circle thrice about When misfortune is enow,
To keep unwelcome spirits out Wear the star upon thy brow
To bind your spell will every time, True in love you ever be,
Let the spell be spake in rhyme Lest thy love be false to thee
Soft of eye and light of touch, Merry meet and merry part,
Speak you little, listen much Bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Deosil go by the waxing moon, Mind the threefold law you should
Chanting out the baleful tune Three times bad and three times good
When the Lady's moon is new, Nine woods in the cauldron go,
Kiss your hand to her times two Burn them fast and burn them slow
When the moon rides at her peak, Elder be the Lady's tree,
Then your heart's desire seek Burn it not or cursed you'll be
Heed the north winds mighty gale, When the wheel begins to turn,
Lock the door and trim the sail Soon the Beltane fires will burn
When the wind comes from the south, When the wheel hath turned a Yule
Love will kiss thee on the mouth Light the log the Horned One rules
When the wind blows from the east, Heed you flower, bush and tree,
Expect the new and set the feast. By the Lady blessed be
When the wind blows from the west Where the rippling waters go,
Bardic words be at their best! Cast a stone, the truth you'll know
Bide the wiccan laws you must,
In perfect love and perfect trust:
These words the wiccan rede fulfill;
"An harm you none, do what you will."
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