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 andaren'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 
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. 

(* Wicca - S. Cunningham) 

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