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Basic
Tenets
Properties
of Duality
A practitioner of the Craft of Wicca maintains:
The Call of the Goddess: Come together, O followers of the Lady. Gather round when you are ready during the nights when the moon is full - hear my sacred call to you. Dance and sing all in my name make love and music all the same; for I am the essence of femininity. Joining in love is my affinity. I am the love that binds all things. I am the song the lover sings. Mine is the chalice of the water of life whose truth washes clean all fear and strife. Mine is the earth in all its forms. I am the calm seas as well as the storms. Let none stop you once you begin to seek joyous union here and again; for all these things shall you live and learn and then to me shall you return. The Call of the God: Come together, O followers of the Lord. Gather round by staff and sword during the days when the great sun burns that mark the seasons when the Great Wheel turns. You shall gather as the ancients do to learn my sacred call to you. Let your bodies bask in my heat. Make glad your hearts and merry meet; for I am the essence of masculinity, growth in the light is my affinity. I am the light within all that lives. I am the joy that love gives. Mine is the blade that cuts false from true; pointing the way for the light to shine through. Mine is the flame of the dancing fire. I am the heart that burns with desire. Let none stop you from shining bright. Let one and all bring forth inner light. For all these things shall you live and know and come through me to fully grow. The Call of the Child: Hear the call of the Child: Come together, O followers of the Child. Gather ’round without want or wile. During the nights when the dark moon is neigh, when the stars shine bright within the sky, you shall let love and trust ensue as you hear my call to you. Enjoying in full measure the life you lead, take full well this gift of life decreed; for I am the essence of sacred mystery. The dance of life is my affinity. I am revealed in the unraveled fear like the twinkle of stars that in dark appear. Mine is the silence from which all sound begins. I am that which never begins nor ends. Mine is the center of the turning wheel- the inner essence that is forever still. Let none stop you from seeking silence. Let none sway you from inner guidance. So long as harm shall not be sent Live through me in full intent.
Matter to Energy Correspondences
Fire Associations: banishing, exorcism, strength, lust, employment, protection, change, legal matters, courage, anger, breaking curses, fidelity, astral travel Items: candle, hearths, athames, swords, wand, iron, red or orange stones, pike, claymore, matches, flint, ashes, torch, bracelet, solar disk, broom, gold, spear, lariat, scourge, whip Magic: candle, astral travel, sex magick Water Associations: romance, psychic powers, astral travel, dreams, meditation (calmness), healing, spiritual pursuits, childbirth, death, rebirth, spirit contact Items: cup, cauldron, bowl, pitcher, goblet, ring, barrel, trident, cool liquid, wine cask, silver, convex shield, tea kettle, sea shells, paint brushes, bolline, sickle Magic: cleansing, healing Air Associations: travel, intellectual pursuits, communication, spiritual awakening, music Items: staff, trident, stang, wand, feather, incense, sling, claymore, pike, single-headed axe, dagger, spear, javelin, earrings, broom, wind instruments, scourge, whip, broach, smudge stick, letter opener, pen/pencil, fan, smooking pipe, copper, arrow Magic: visualization, divination Earth Associations: fertility, magick for home and animals, prosperity, healing, grounding Items: disk, carved wood block (bearing pentacle), hammer, stones, clay, bowl of soil, salt, sand, double-headed axe, shield, wheel, necklace, club, roots, drum, bronze, bow, mallet Magic: knots, grounding Spirit Associations: centering, binding, uniting Items: pentagram, candle, cords, binding objects Elemental Placements Traditional Use: rituals and traditional uses earth Nordic Use: balance of opposites, personal energy work, psychological air Divine Use: connection with masculine (God) and feminine (Goddess) energies air Properties and Correspondences
Personality Correspondences
Deity Relationships
Properties of Duality
Laws of Duality
Dark of the Moon The time when the Moon stops waning and begins waxing. This is the time for quiet and looking inward. Magick during this time focuses on celebrating the Child and the mystery of life. The Dark of the Moon is also a good time for scrying and other methods of divination. New
Moon The time of the New Moon (the first two or three days the new crescent is visible) This is a good time for celebrating new beginings or doing magick which involves growth (starting a diet, beginning a new course of study, etc.). Waxing
Moon As the Moon grows in light, the energies of growth come with her. The day of the Full Moon and the day or two just before the calendar day of the Full Moon are the best times for doing Magick for bringing something to you (a new job, prosperity, good luck, etc.). Full
Moon The Full Moon is the best time for consecrating tools, charging jewelry, working magick to bring something to you, and raising energy for Earth or other Healing. Waning Moon (Crone) The Waning Moon The Waning Moon, especially the days just before the Dark of the Moon are best for doing magick for removing something from your life (bad habits, stress, etc.)
Solar Festivals Samhain
Yule
Imbolc
Ostara
Beltane
Litha
Lughnasadh
Mabon
Lunar Festivals
The Wheel of Life Child
Maiden/ Suitor
Mother/ Father
Crone/ Sage
Queen/ King
Ogham
Theban
Runes
Personal Creed Before creation, a presence existed and yet exists. Self-contained, formless, mateless. It is the Child-to-be. it is the one nameless unknowable thing of no-thing. Perhaps it should be called Òthe fullness of life.Ó Seeking itself, the One divided. When the One became two there developed a balance of opposites - two forces in constant motion opposing yet a part of each other. These are the forces of the gods. The God is the active principle while the Goddess is the retro-active principle. Both balance each other and are held in place by the Center - the One. From the God and Goddess developed the mystic Child - the life force in all its many forms. It is this force which exists to make the one conscious of itself. These three together form the sacred trinity that is the essence of all things. The presence of the three emanates out to the four quadrants: North, South, East and West diversifying into the four stages of matter to energy: solid (Earth), liquid (Water), gas (Air), and energy (Fire). In life forms, these quadrants are represented as the four aspects: physical (Earth), spiritual (Water), mental (Air), and emotional (Fire). A well balanced person must acknowledge all four of these aspects while remaining fixed to the center of the self and the universe - the fifth aspect. These four aspects anchored by the Center emanate out wider and wider until the corners begin to round, returning the five, four, three, and two to the original one. Thus, the great circle of life becomes whole. Wiccan Code of Conduct
The Four Laws of Wicca Bide the Wiccan Law Ye must In Perfect Love and in Perfect Trust. Nine words the Wiccan Rede fulfill AnÕ as it harm none, do what Ye will. What Ye sends forth comes back to thee. So ever mind the Rule of Three. Thus, bright the cheek and warm the heart As Merry Ye Meet, and Merry Ye Part. The Three Fold Law Ever mind the Rule of Three Three times what thou sends returns to thee This lesson well, thou must learn, Thee only gets what thou dost earn! 1. As It Harm None, Do As You Will (The Wiccan Rede) 2. Act Not By Rule But By Intent 3. Live With Honor 4. Know That What Is Sent Is Returned Threefold (the Law of Three)
The Pentagram
Spirit over the four elements Relationship to humanity:
As a star, it symbolizes:
Wiccan Symbols the elements air fire
water
earth
the seasons spring
summer
autumn
winter
tools
other
the planets mercury
venus
mars
jupiter
saturn
uranus
neptune
pluto
sun
moon
earth
astrological signs aries
taurus
gemini
cancer
leo
virgo
libra
scorpio
sagittarius
capricorn
aquarius
pisces
astrology chart symbols
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