Bide the Wiccan law ye must
In perfect love and perfect trust
Live ye must and let to live
Fairly take and fairly give
Greet the days and greet the nights
With joy and thanks for all delights
Sing the seasons all around
Til wondrous awe, love abound
For tread the circle trice about
to keep unwelcome spirits out
To bind the spell well every time
let the words be said in rhyme
Sunwise by the waxin moon
Sing and dance, invoke the Rune
Widdershins by waning Moon
Chant ye then a freeing tune
When the Lady's Moon is new
Kiss thy hand to Her times two
When the Bow rides in the eve
Turn to what you would achieve
When the Moon rides at her peak
Then thy heart's desire seek
When the Sickle shows Her face
Release the old with proper grace
Heed the North wind's mighty gale
Lock the door & trim the sail
As the wind blows from the East
Expect the new and set the feast
Once the wind comes from the South
Love will kiss thee on the mouth
When the wind waves from the West
Hearts will find their peace and rest
Nine woods in the cauldron go
Burn them quick and burn them slow
Grape and fir and apple tree
Just as Hawthorn sacred to thee
Willow, hazel, rowan, birch
Next to oak will guide your search
Elder be the Lady's tree
Burn it not or cursed ye'll be
Birchwood in the fire goes
to represent what Lady knows
Oak trees tower great with might
Burn the oak for God's insight
Rowan is a tree of power
Making life and magick flower
Willows at the water's stand
To help us to the summerland
Hawthorn burn to purify
And draw the faerie to your eye
Hazel tree, the wisdom sage
Lends the strength that comes with age
The white flowers of apple tree
Provide fruits and fecundity
Grapes grow upon the vine
Giving us both joy and wine
Evergreen fir holds life
Succeeds beyond any strife
Heed ye flower, bush, and tree
And by the Lady blessed be
Where the rippling waters flow
Cast a stone and truth ye'll know
Four times major sabbats mark
In the light and in the dark
As the old year starts to wane
The new begins with dark Samhain
When flowers blossom through the snow
Fair Brigid casts her seeds to sow
As the wheel begins to turn
Beltain fires soon will burn
When summer turns to Lammas night
Fruit and grain god's reach there heights
Four times minor sabbats fall
Use the sun to mark them all
At Yuletide, with feast and mirth
We celebrate the God's Child's birth
In the spring, Eostara's fest
All the newborns will be blessed
When the sun has reached its height
Celebrate the greatest light
Harvest comes to one and all
Offer thanks as Mabon calls
With a fool no season spend
Nor be counted as his friend
Light of eye and soft of touch
speak ye little, listen much
Follow this with mind and art
Bright the cheeks and warm the heart
Merry meet and merry part
Mind the threefold law you should
three times bad and three times good
Be true in love this you must do
unless your love is false to you
these eight words the rede fullfill
An ye harm none, do what ye will
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