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Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust.
Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.

For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out.
To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme.

Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you little, listen much.
Honor the Old Ones in deed and name,
let love and light be our guides again.

Deosil go by the waxing moon, chanting out the joyful tune.
Widdershins go when the moon doth wane,
and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane.

When the Lady's moon is new, kiss the hand to Her times two.
When the moon rides at Her peak then your heart's desire seek.

Heed the North winds mighty gale, lock the door and trim the sail.
When the Wind blows from the East, expect the new and set the feast.

When the wind comes from the South, love will kiss you on the mouth.
When the wind whispers from the West, all hearts will find peace and rest.

Nine woods in the Cauldron go, burn them fast and burn them slow.
Birch in the fire goes to represent what the Lady knows.

Oak in the forest towers with might, in the fire it brings the God's
insight.   Rowan is a tree of power causing life and magick to flower.

Willows at the waterside stand ready to help us to the Summerland.
Hawthorn is burned to purify and to draw faerie to your eye.

Hazel-the tree of wisdom and learning adds its strength to the bright fire burning.
White are the flowers of Apple tree that brings us fruits of fertility.

Grapes grow upon the vine giving us both joy and wine.
Fir does mark the evergreen to represent immortality seen.

Elder is the Lady's tree burn it not or cursed you'll be.
Four times the Major Sabbats mark in the light and in the dark.

As the old year starts to wane the new begins, it's now Samhain.
When the time for Imbolc shows watch for flowers through the snows.

When the wheel begins to turn soon the Beltane fires will burn.
As the wheel turns to Lamas night power is brought to magick rite.

Four times the Minor Sabbats fall use the Sun to mark them all.
When the wheel has turned to Yule light the log the Horned One rules.

In the spring, when night equals day time for Ostara to come our way.
When the Sun has reached it's height time for Oak and Holly to fight.

Harvesting comes to one and all when the Autumn Equinox does fall.
Heed the flower, bush, and tree by the Lady blessed you'll be.

Where the rippling waters go cast a stone, the truth you'll know.
When you have and hold a need, harken not to others greed.

With a fool no season spend or be counted as his friend.
Merry Meet and Merry Part bright the cheeks and warm the heart.

Mind the Three-fold Laws you should three times bad and three times good.
When misfortune is enow wear the star upon your brow.

Be true in love this you must do unless your love is false to you.

These Eight words the Rede fulfill:

"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"

Moon Phases and Magickal Work

The Moon is a mysterious and all powerful force. It guides the flow of magickal energies.

Working spells and rituals with the phases of the Moon bring a higher force into your magickal workings. When the Moon is waxing, it grows larger in the sky. This phase lasts until the Full Moon. From the Full Moon to the New Moon, which is then the waning phase where the Moon grows smaller until it eventually is not visible to the eye for three nights. This is when it is often referred to as the Dark of the Moon or the Black Moon. Then the Moon starts once again to grow toward fullness.
 

The waxing Moon is the optimal time to do a spell for growth, beginning new projects, initiation and enhancement. During the waning Moon, do spells to cleanse negative influences, lessen or remove obstacles and illness, neutralize enemies, and to remove harm. The three days after the New Moon are the most powerful times to work spells for growth and beginnings which are best completed during the Full Moon. The days just before the Full Moon are the most powerful times for fruition and completion. The Black Moon is the most promising time for banishing and neutralizing spells. Remember that even though the Moon looks Full Moon in the sky for two or three nights, it is exact at the time posted on your calendar. Anything after that time is a waning moon. Do your Full Moon spell before the exact time listed.
 (The First Quarter is the point between the New Moon and the Full Moon. The Last Quarter is the mid-point between the Full Moon and New Moon.)
 

2009 Phases of the Moon

Universal Time*
 

The Sabbots

Imbolc: also called Imbolg, Candlemas, Oimbolc, Brigantia, Imbolic

Imbolc is a happy time. It is the return of light to world as we leave the dark
winter. It is also a time to honour the goddess Brigid (pronounced breed)

Ostara: Also called Spring Equinox

Ostara marks the first true day of spring. The Goddess blankets the Earth with fertility,
bursting forth from her sleep, as the God stretches and grows to maturity. He walks
the greening fields and delights in the abundance of Nature.

Beltaine: Also called May Day, May Eve

Beltane is celebrating the union of the Goddess and God, and thus is also a
fertility festival. Also celebrates the returning sun (or Sun God).

Litha: Also called Summer Solstice, Midsummer

Litha is when the time for play starts to wane and the time for study starts to wax.
At this time of year the Goddess enters her mother aspect.

Lammas: Also called Lughnasa

Lugnasadh Is a time of mourning because of the passing of the God.
It is a time of remembrance of all that the God has given you that year,
and it is the time of the first harvest.

Mabon: also called Fall Equinox, Autumn Equinox

Mabon is the time of the final harvest of crops. It is a time of rest and a time
of balance, because day and night are of equal length.

Samhain: also called: Halloween, All Hallow's Eve, Samana, Strega

Samhain is a time of remembrance of those who have passed into the next life.
It is a time when the veil that separates the seen from the unseen is at it's thinnest.
During Samhain it is very easy to communicate with those "other" realms.
Divination comes easy at this time of year.

Yule: Also called Winter Solstice

Yule is the celebration of the rebirth of the God who died at Lammas.
Yule is a dark time. During this time of the year we await the return of light.

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