The Ardayanes

			Personal Standards

• And ye harm none, do as ye will.
• If you know the rede is being broken, you must work strongly against it.
• Watch, listen, and withhold judgment; in debate, let your silences be long, your thoughts clear, and your words carefully chosen.
• Never boast, or threaten, or speak Ill of anyone.
• Be truthful always, save when speaking when lead to a great harm.
• Keep clean your body, your clothes, and your house.
• Should you take a task upon yourself, work hard and well to acomplish it properly and in good time.

			Relationships with Others

• Revere, honour, tend and heal the Earth.
• Of that which you grow, make, or use, let as much as possible return to the Earth as an offering to her, as a way to nourish the cycle of life.
• Do not judge those of other paths, but offer them love and aid.
• Do not steal from human, animal or spirit; if you have needs you cannot meet, turn to the community.
• Offer friendship and hospitility to strangers who visit among you.
• You shall never handfast or Wed someone you do not love.
• Honour the Relationships and commitments of others, and do not couple together if it will cause pain to another.
• Raise your children with kindness, feed clothe, and house them as well as you can. Show them love and affection; teach them strength and wisdom.
• You may not own slaves, or willingly be part of any nation, community, or organization which allows this practice.
• Deal fairly and honestly in all your transactions with others, following the letter and spirit of any contract you agree to.

			Within the Coven

• The High Priestess shall act as a representitive of the Goddess.
• The High Priest shall support her as a representitive of the God.
• In the circle, the commands of the High Priestess are law.
• The high Priest commands the respect due a magus, counselor, and father.
• If there disputes among you, let the High Priestess convine the Elders. They shall hear both sides, alone, then together, and make a just deciscion.
• If the High Priestess and High Priest find it neccesary to correct, rebuke, or punish a covener, this should be done in private and accepted with good grace by the recipient.
• Any who will not work with the High Priestess may found a new coven, if they are of the third degree. They and any members who choose to go with them must avoild t he old coven for a time, until the new coven has bonded and harmonious relations can be established between the covens.
• The High Priestess shall gracefully retire in favour of a new High Priestess, should the coven so decide by council.
• You must immediately despose of any High Priestess who consents to the breaking of the rede.
• Before the coven uses magick, let them at length debate, only if all are satisfied that none will be harmed may magick be used.
• The circle must be duly cast and purified. The Wicca should be prepared and purified to enter the circle.
• No one may tell outsiders where the covenstead is, or the meetings, without the consent of then coven.

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			Within the Craft

• Do not gossip or speak evil of others of the Wicca.
• Never lie to an Elder or any of the Wicca.
• None but the Wicca may see our inner mysteries, but with the consent of the coven, friends and relatives may be invited to ordinary rituals.
• No one shall reveal to outsiders who is Wiccan, or give names or addresses, or anything which can betray any of us. No one may do anything that will endanger any of the craft, or bring them into contact with the law of the land, or any of our persecutors.
• Keep within your Book Of Shadows the teachings of your coven, and also a record of your own rites and learning.
• None may come to meetings with those whith whom they are at odds. In any disputes among Wiccans, no one may invoke any laws but those of the craft, nor any court but that of Priest, Priestess and Elders.
• It is allright to accept money for the work of your hands, but not for work done within the circle. Never accept money for the use of magick, or for any teaching of the craft within the circle.
• Never use magick for show, pride, or vainglory.
• Give of your skills, your work, and your earnings to your coven, to the craft, to Priestesses and Priests who do her work, and to worthy causes which honour the Lady and the Lord. Honour those others who work willingly for the good of the craft without pay.
• Never do anything to disgrace the Goddess or the Wicca.

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