The Witches Creed and Rede

The Witches Creed

Hear now the words of the witches,
The secrets we hid in the night,
When dark was our destiny’s pathway,
That now we bring forth into light.
Mysterious water and fire,
The earth and the wide-ranging air,
By hidden quintessence we know them,
And will and keep silent and dare.
The birth and rebirth of all nature,
The passing of winter and spring,
We share with the life universal,
Rejoice in the magical ring.
Four times in the year the Great Sabbat
Returns, and the witches are seen
At Lammas and Candlemas dancing,
On May Eve and old Hallowe’en.
When day-time and night-time are equal,
When sun is at greatest and least,
The four Lesser Sabbats are summoned,
And Witches gather in feast.


The Wiccan Rede

Bide you the Wiccan laws 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 unwelcome spirits out.
To bind the spell every time,
let the spell be spake in rhyme.
Soft of eye and light of touch,
speak little and listen much.
These words the Wiccan Rede fulfil:
An it harm none, do what you will.

From littlepaganacorns.com