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This is from The Standing Stones Book of Shadows by Scott Cunningham
from "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner," 1999 edition, page 112.
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The Nature of Our Way
- As often as possible, hold the rites in forests, by the seashore, on deserted mountaintops
or near tranquil lakes. If this is impossible, a garden or some chamber shall suffice, if it is readied with fumes or flowers.
- Seek out wisdom in books, rare manuscripts and cryptic poems if you will, but seek
it out also in simple stones and fragile herbs and in the cries of wild birds. Listen to the whisperings of the wind and the
roar of water if you would discover magic, for it is here that the old secrets are preserved.
- Books contain words; trees contain energies and wisdom books ne'er dreamt of.
- Ever remember that the Old Ways are constantly revealing themselves. Therefore be
as the river willow that bends and sways with the wind. That which remains changeless shall outlive its spirit, but that which
evolves and grows will shine for centuries.
- There can be no monopoly on wisdom. Therefore share what you will of our ways with
others who seek them, but hide mystic lore from the eyes of those who would destroy, for to do otherwise increases their destruction.
- Mock not the rituals or spells of another, for who can say yours are greater in
power or wisdom?
- Ensure that your actions are honorable, for all that you do shall return to you
three-fold, good or bane.
- Be wary of one who would dominate you, who would control and manipulate your workings
and reverences. True reverence for the Goddess and God occurs within. Look with suspicion on any who would twist worship from
you for their own gain and glory, but welcome those priestesses and priests who are suffused with love.
- Honor all living things, for we are of the bird, the fish, the bee. Destroy not
life save it be to preserve your own.
- And this is the nature of our way.
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