The first moments after waking possess a silence unlike any other. The day has not yet gathered its full weight. Thoughts remain distant, the rooms are quiet and the mind stands close to the place from which dreams have only just withdrawn. This is the hour chosen for assimilation with the God and Goddess. The...
The shorter, popular Rede carries its teaching like a charm—brief enough to remember and recite beside the altar. The Full Wiccan Rede takes a longer road. It pauses among the nine woods of the cauldron. It follows the Wheel through eight Sabbats, listens to the winds and watches the changing moon. Only after passing through...
Some teachings are written as laws. Others are passed from voice to voice, their meaning held in rhythm so that the words remain in memory. The Popular Wiccan Rede is such a teaching. It moves through the magic circle, the phases of the moon, the turning seasons and the four winds before arriving at its...
Before a bell rings, the room holds one kind of silence. Afterward, it holds another. The sound may last only a few moments, but its vibration moves beyond the place where hearing ends. It passes through candlelight, incense smoke and the bodies of those standing within the circle. When the final note disappears, something in...