A recent communication I received from a visitor to this site (Moondancer, 02/04/2000) has brought to my attention and enlightened me as to the original source of the above 'Wiccan Rede'. It was not as I had believed (and imagine many others would have believed) written by 'Doreen Valiente'.
www.controverscial.com/The%20Wiccan%20Rede.htm www.controverscial.com/The%20Wiccan%20Rede.htm
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The Wiccan Rede (pronounced "reed") is a statement that provides the key moral system in the neopagan religion of Wicca, and other related witchcraft-based faiths. The most common form of the Rede i...
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The Wiccan Rede is the rule governing Wiccan behavior. It permits Wiccans to engage in any carefully considered action, as long as it harms nobody, including themselves. The Rede is reinforced by ... The original source for at least part of the Wiccan Rede appears to be by a 16th century novelist, François Rabelais.
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One of the most often quoted "laws of Wicca," a variation of the Wiccan Rede appeared in the writings of Gerald Gardner. ... Thompson credited her grandmother, Adriana Porter, with the original work. Although there is no scholarly evidence for this claim, the work remains one of the most popular writings in Wicca today.
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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.
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Rede’ is a Middle English word meaning ‘advice’ or ‘counsel’, and the Wiccan Rede is usually interpreted in ethical terms. ... Other influences on the rede may include John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle, and the medical precept “First, do no harm” (Primum non nocere in the original Latin),
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The Wiccan Rede; Author: Wren ; Posted: July 16th. 2000 ; Times Viewed: 325,744 ; Unlike most mainstream religions, Witchcraft does not have a long list of laws governing our behavior. ... Pagan Shopping: Online Shops Index - Original Crafters Sites - Auction Sites - Pagan Wholesalers - Pagan Local Shops;
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Originally founded by the British civil servant Gerald Gardner, probably in the 1940s, although it was first openly revealed in 1954. Since its founding, various related Wiccan traditions have evolved, the original being Gardnerian Wicca, which is the name of ... Wiccan morality is ruled according to the Wiccan Rede,
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Between the normal process of original visions clotting into cliche, ... 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...
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