The Wiccan Rede

The concept of the Wiccan Rede is frequently and widely misunderstood and misquoted. The full version is “An it harm none, do what thou wilt”. (If it harms no one, do what you want / do your True Will.) I have written about this before but haven’t devoted an entire blogpost to it.

The Wiccan attitude to ethics is mainly based on the Wiccan Rede. However, it is significant that this injunction occurs as part of the first degree initiation, and was probably originally meant to show the new...