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	Wiccan Rede - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The language of the poem refers to Wiccan concepts that are not known to have existed in her grandmother's lifetime.
		The Rede is seen by both Wiccans and outside observers as very similar to the Golden Rule, a belief that is found in nearly every religion.
		The concept of ethical reciprocity is not explicity stated, but most Wiccans interpret the Rede to imply the Golden Rule in the belief that the spirit of the Rede is not just to do no harm, but to actively do good for one's fellow humans as well as oneself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wiccan_Rede (1112 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wiccan Rede (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Middle English is the name given by historical philologists to the diverse forms of the English language spoken in England from around the 12th to the 15th centuriesâ€” from after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror in 1066 to the mid to late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard...
		The Ten Commandments on a monument in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol This 1768 parchment (612x502 mm) by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated 1675 decalogue at the Esnoga synagogue of Amsterdam The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, is a list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Bible, was...
		Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wiccan-Rede (1773 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Wicca
		The Wiccan Rede is closely related to the writing of Aleister Crowley who said, "Do what you will is the whole of the law." The rede is probably a later adaptation by Gardner, and is certainly not necessarily a part of all neopagan belief.
		Wiccans do not believe in heaven or hell since death is considered to be another form of existence.
		Wiccans conduct their magical and sacred rites within the Circle, invoking the names of the Goddess and God and the powers of nature.
	cti.itc.virginia.edu /~jkh8x/soc257/nrms/wicca.html (6247 words)

	Wiccan Ethics & The Wiccan Rede (David Piper)
		The"actual construction Rede," or AC Rede, says it is ok to do something that won't harm anyone, but it does not say anything about those things which do cause harm, except to set an ethical standard of harmlessness as the criteria to judge by.
		What the AC Rede does do, in terms of actions that cause harm, is state an ethical value by which an individual must judge the results of her/his actions before acting.
		The MR Rede is the most common interpretation in Wicca today; so much so, that not only do many Wiccans not realize there's a difference in the two constructions, but they deny it when it is pointed out to them, holding firmly to the MR Rede as what the original has always meant.
	home.att.net /~wiccanhistorian/bos/wiccanethicsrede.html (1013 words)

	The Witches Way - The Rede (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I have heard many different stories about the origins of the Rede some say that Gerald Gardner brought it about and from what I have researched it appears to have been published in 1975 by Green Egg Magazine and written by Lady Gwen Thompson.
		The Rede is a great " basic rule" to go by; it basically follows the verse we have all heard "do unto others".
		Yet today, the Rede has been very much used to create a feeling that people cannot defend themselves, eat meat, speak their mind, practice certain spells or have anger.
	www.witchesway.net /links/rede.html (458 words)

	All About Wicca
		Wiccan’s believe in the morals of most faiths, we do not think we are better or that our religion is the only true religion.
		Wiccan’s believe in reincarnation, we believe that life is to be lived this lifetime, we live for the here and now.
		Wiccan’s have been the victim’s for so many centuries of trying to be converted into the mainstream religions that we do NOT wish to convert anyone.
	thepurplecauldron.tripod.com /tpc/pages/aaw.html (2380 words)

	Wiccan Rede
		The Wiccan Rede is a simple statement with a massive meaning.
		The Wiccan Rede can be found stated in a few different ways.
		There is confusion about which is the original Wiccan Rede, but more oppressive is the disagreement around the meaning behind the Rede.
	www.wiccanlife.com /craft/rede.htm (125 words)

	Wiccan Rede -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An it harm none, do what ye will is the quintessential (Click link for more info and facts about Wiccan) Wiccan (a popular Neopagan religion; a subset of witch) (Click link for more info and facts about Rede) Rede (saying or advice).
		A similar phrase, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law, appears in (Click link for more info and facts about Aleister Crowley) Aleister Crowley's works by at least 1909, in (Click link for more info and facts about The Book of the Law) The Book of the Law.
		The Rede is seen by both Wiccans and outside observers as very similar to the (A command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount) Golden Rule, a belief that is found in nearly every religion.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wiccan_rede.htm (730 words)

	The Wiccan Rede
		Some Wiccans believe that it was written circa 1910 CE by Adriana Porter.
		The Wiccan Rede is one of many Ethics of Reciprocity which are found in essentially all of the world's religious texts.
		Coughlin writes that: "The first recorded mention of the Wiccan Rede in the eight-word form popular today, at least that I have been able to discover thus far, was in a speech by Doreen Valiente on October 3, 1964 at what may have been the first witches' dinner organized in modern history.
	www.religioustolerance.org /wicrede.htm (1568 words)

	Ethics and The Wiccan Rede (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taking all of the archaic language out of the Rede, what it is really saying is that any action which does not cause harm to yourself or to others is OK to do.
		In most of the Wiccan community, however, this meaning has been stood on its head and stated as any action which MIGHT cause harm to another is not acceptable.
		No one who is a policeman or a soldier could be a Wiccan as well..at least according to the generally accepted interpretation of the Rede; yet both are necessary for our society to survive.
	www.tangledmoon.org /ethics.htm (1233 words)

	Spirit Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since the Wiccan Rede is the spine of Wicca, every action you take must adhere to it.
		This is a violation of the Wiccan Rede and is, in fact, often considered fl magick.
		This poem known as the Wiccan Rede today was written by Adriana Porter who died in 1946.
	www.spiritonline.com /files/messages/9/33.html?964850468 (325 words)

	The Wiccan Rede: a commentary
		The poem called the Wiccan Rede is a long one which offers many bits of good advice about living and suggestions about honouring lunar and solar cycles.
		It ends with the couplet, "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill/An ye harm none, do what ye will," and certainly this is the meat of the poem; it is also the phrase commonly called the Wiccan Rede.
		One of the strengths of the Rede is that it demands that we harm none...human, animal, plant or elemental...
	www.thedance.com /wicca101/redec.htm (1258 words)

	On following the Wiccan Rede
		First of all the Rede gets inverted, from positive to negative, from endorsing harmless action to forbidding that which is harmful.
		This is the context in which one sees the particularly obnoxious practice of using the Rede to beat others around the head in choruses of smug self-righteousness.
		Exegesis on the Wiccan Rede by Judy Harrow
	www.lisp.com.au /~gillm/texts/rede.html (1066 words)

	Internet Book of Shadows: Wiccan Ethics & The Wiccan Rede (David Piper)
		The "actual construction Rede," or AC Rede, says it is ok to do something that won't harm anyone, but it does not say anything about those things which do cause harm, except to set an ethical standard of harmlessness as the criteria to judge by.
		In other words, by stating that a 3311 harmless action is ethical, the AC Rede sets harmlessness as the criteria for evaluation.
		In short the difference between the AC Rede, and the MR Rede, is that the AC Rede is a perfectly-obeyable ethical standard, but the MR Rede is not, as so many people have pointed out.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bos/bos661.htm (884 words)

	The Temple: Library: A Partial Analysis of the Wiccan Rede
		Within the Wiccan worldview, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things, it is not possible to harm one part of a system without affecting the whole system, including yourself -- an insight which is also a key part of the modern science of ecology.
		One of my Wiccan students with whom I recently discussed this feels that the change may have been intended to emphasize the intersubjectivity inherent in the Wiccan worldview: whereas Crowley tended to emphasize a highly individualistic, libertarian point of view, Wicca has a more community-based focus which explicitly acknowledges the agency and subjectivity of others.
		Thus, the Rede is addressed to a community of followers, rather than to one individual, reinforcing the emphasis on interconnectedness implicit in the qualifying "an it harm none".
	www.wildideas.net /temple/library/letters/rede.html (736 words)

	Problems with the Wiccan Rede (The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum)
		Like the Golden Rule, the Rede is a very good set of "training wheels" for one trying to develop a personal morality based on the Law of Returns (often called the Law of Three in Wicca).
		If the beginning moral student remembers the Rede as he or she makes everyday moral decisions, the student is much less likely to make a bad decision while he/she is learning to make moral decisions based on the Law of Returns.
		As a crutch/set of training wheels/broad first order moral filter, the Rede (or the Golden Rule, for that matter) is fine for most common situations, but sooner of later the student is going to encounter situations where the Rede gives bad moral advice.
	www.ecauldron.com /rssrede.php (1077 words)

	Wicca: For the Rest of Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Many, many people refer to the Wiccan Credo, or "Rede of the Wiccae", as the Wiccan Rede when it is in fact a separate document that just happens to state the Rede at its end.
		The Rede and the Law of Thelema are NOT the same thing and were never intended to be.
		Crowley was not a Witch or a Wiccan.
	wicca.timerift.net /rede.html (744 words)

	Overview of the Wiccan Rede
		The purpose of this paper is to look at the Wiccan Rede, at the types of conduct it excludes, and at the type of conduct it requires.
		This is why the second half of the Rede demands that we make a decision and act upon it, as well as conforming that decision to the requirement that it harm none.
		When you commit to live according to the Wiccan Rede, you commit to conform your entire life, not just the magickal, mystical and religious aspects of it, to the standard set by the Rede.
	www.paganlibrary.com /reference/overview_of_the_wiccan_rede.php (1680 words)

	RealMagick Article: A View on the Wiccan Rede by Robin Woodsong
		The witch mentioned the Wiccan Rede "as you harm none, do as you will." He snorted and ridiculed the idea that such a simple idea could be a legitimate basis for ethical behavior.
		The Wiccan Rede is a minimum standard to pre- serve the status quo.
		Exegesis On The Wiccan Rede by Judy Harrow
	realmagick.com /articles/12/12.html (1651 words)

	Talk About the Various Aspects of Paganism : The Wiccan Rede? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I know that the Wiccan Rede was written by Lady Gwen Thompson for her own tradition of Wicca, and that it was published in the pagan magazine "Green Egg".
		Actually, Lady Gwen wrote a poem that she added the 8-word Rede at the end of.
		I was told that the entire poem itself was the rede and that the 8 words were just the most popular part of it, or something.
	www.greatestjournal.com /go.bml?journal=paganism&itemid=1921&dir=next (426 words)

	ethics-wicca
		The Wiccan Rede - Moral Relativity - Tolerance - Evil in the World - Sin...
		There is something very positive Wiccans agree with Jews, Christians, and Muslims: Love!...
		Wiccans do not believe in the concept of sin as defined by orthodox Christianity.
	biblia.com /wit/ethics.htm (1224 words)

	For The Witch In You - The Wiccan Rede, The Witches Rede.
		For The Witch In You - The Wiccan Rede, The Witches Rede.
		Visit For The Witch In You to learn the wiccan rede - also known as the witch's rede, witches rede and the witches law.
		The wiccan rede is the code by which we wiccans live our lives and so obviously the wiccan rede is very importanat to us.
	www.forthewitchinyou.co.uk /the_witches_law.html (212 words)

	The Wiccan Rede
		The Rede is the philosophy of taking responsibility for your own actions during every moment of your life.
		The Rede shows that it is important in such cases to have develop a positive attitude to life and other people, if you are to prevent harm from coming to them, and to yourself.
		Most Wiccans believe that if you do harm it will bounce back on you three times; the first time for harming the individual its aimed at, the second time for the damage indirectly to other people around them (society) and the third for the harm you are doing yourself karmically!
	www.wicca.utvinternet.com /rede.htm (656 words)

	Exegesis On The Wiccan Rede (Judy Harrow)
		Ours, called the Wiccan Rede, is one of the most elegant statements I've heard of the principle of situational ethics.
		Rather than placing the power and duty to decide about behavior with teachers or rulebooks, the Rede places it exactly where it belongs, with the actor.
		Living by the Rede means accepting the responsibility to assess the results of our actions and to choose when we will obey, confront or evade the rules.
	home.att.net /~wiccanbos/bos/exegisonwiccanrede.htm (1328 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Wiccan Rede: Couplets of the Law, Teachings, and Enchantments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Wiccan Rede is the heart and central tenet of the ancient Wiccan religion, and contains all its fundamental teachings.
		Each of the Rede’s twenty-six verses, beginning with "Bide the Wiccan Law ye must; in perfect love, in perfect trust" is interpreted separately and in depth to give the reader a comprehensive and practical understanding of the most esoteric pagan beliefs and practices.
		Ventimiglia takes the Wiccan Rede Couplet (the twenty-six line poem which explores the Wiccan Rede) and lays out his ideas of what he believes this poem represents in the Wiccan Community.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0806525177?v=glance (2135 words)

	CoCT - The Wiccan Rede (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There are many versions of the Wiccan Rede, and yet most boil down to approximately the wording that I have used in the above statement.
		Another complaint is that the Rede is often used as a fl and white measure against which everything must be held.
		I often think that the Rede is a reminder of how we are all interconnected and it prompts us to take our connectivity into account before taking action.
	www.celestialtides.com /Coven/hps/rede.htm (573 words)

	The Wiccan Rede: A Historical Journey - Part 3: Eight Words...
		The first recorded mention of the Wiccan Rede in the eight-word form popular today, at least that I have been able to discover thus far, was in a speech by Doreen Valiente on October 3, 1964 at what may have been the first witches' dinner organized in modern history.
		This was the first time the Rede was publicly referred to as a "rede" (guideline) since Valiente's 1964 speech and subsequent mention in the Pentagram and The Waxing Moon, and although the line numbers never quite took hold, the text itself did, especially the last line.
		Chances are it had not yet "taken hold" in the early Wiccan "community" that was still largely segregated and coven-centric by 1973, and thus was not yet something established enough to be included in an encyclopedia of witchcraft.
	www.waningmoon.com /ethics/rede3.shtml (2932 words)

	The Wiccan Rede (Note of the Day) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Runes are a Norse/Germanic magical/religious writing system (some would even say “alphabet”) which eventually migrated to other parts of Europe and the British Isles (changing as they traveled to meet the needs and religious practices of the people using them).
		The runes the author proclaims as the only valid runic alphabet for magical purposes are the “Seax-Wicca” runes, which are an invented (by Raymond Buckland in the 20th century) runic alphabet.
		The Tolkein runes are a runic alphabet invented by an author (guess who?) in the 20th century, too - but nobody claims they are Wiccan, or have any merit to be used in Wiccan practices.
	cosmicbabe.greyduck.net /journal/25 (740 words)

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