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| The Three-Fold Law The Three-Fold Law is the belief and principle on which magick is used. This law relates to the use of power and energy, when used, power is returned to the sender, three times the level it was sent out. Used in relation with the ethos, �Do what thy wilt, though it harm none� (as stated in the Wiccan Rede), witches take great care when preparing and casting spells that no harm should comes to others because of it. The nature of this three-fold return can perhaps be better understood when considering the cause and effect principle of a spell. Let�s take an example � someone comes to you in distress with a problem, you help by sending out positive energy and the problem is successfully resolved. This automatically makes you feel good about yourself and influences your thoughts; thus your state of consciousness is altered. In turn your thoughts stir the emotions, which has a physical effect in the body by causing glandular secretions to enter into the blood stream. The resulting state of mind and body lifts your spirit, which is what makes you feel good. Thus with the act of a single good deed, you have been effected three times, in mind, body, and spirit. This then is your three-fold response to the return of positive energy. Now consider your response had you sent out negative energy or something went drastically wrong? |
| The Four Powers of the Magus The Four Powers of the Magus are the personal attributes traditionally necessary and required for the successful use and practice of magick. These are - To Know, To Dare, To Will, and To Be Silent. Without these four attributes combined, the individual will never be successful in magick. The reasoning is quite simple; none of the attributes mentioned are enough in themselves, as all four attributes must be present to balance each other out. For instance: To Know - Knowledge is no good, without the will and audacity to see magick done. To Dare � Audacity is no good, without the knowledge and will to see magick done. To Will � Will power is no good, without the knowledge and audacity to see magick done. To Be Silent � What good are the above, without the discretion to remain silent until the magick is done? To reveal your magick before it is done, dissipates it�s power and effectiveness. So, anyone aspiring to use magick, he/see needs a knowledge of what he/see is doing, the audacity to use it, the will power to control it, and the discretion to remain silent till the work is done. |
| The Witches� Creed Hear now the words of the witches, The secrets we hid in the night, When dark was our destiny�s pathway, That now we bring forth into light. Mysterious water and fire, The earth and the wide-ranging air, By hidden quintessence we know them, And will and keep silent and dare. The birth and rebirth of all nature, The passing of winter and spring, We share with the life universal, Rejoice in the magical ring. Four times in the year the Great Sabbat Returns, and witches are seen At Lammas, and Candlemas dancing, On May Eve and old Hallowe�en. When day-time and night-time are equal, When the sun is at greatest and least, The four Lesser Sabbats are summoned, Again witches gather in feast. Thirteen silver moons in a year are, Thirteen is the coven's array. Thirteen times as Esbat make merry, For each golden year and a day. The power was passed down the ages, Each time between woman and man, Each century unto the other, Ere time and the ages began. When drawn is the magical circle, By sword or athame or power, Its compass between the two worlds lie, In Land of the Shades for that hour. This world has no right then to know it, And world beyond will tell naught, The oldest of Gods are invoked there, The Great Work of magic is wrought. ---> |
For two are the mystical pillars, That stand to at the gate of the shrine, And two are the powers of nature, The forms and the forces divine. The dark and the light in succession, The opposites each unto each, Shown forth as a God and a Goddess, Of this did our ancestors teach. By night he�s the wild wind�s rider, The Horn�d One, the Lord of the shades, By day he�s the King of the Woodlands, The dweller in green forest glades. She is youthful or old as she pleases, She sails the torn clouds in her barque, The bright silver lady of midnight, The crone who weaves spells in the dark. The master and mistress of magic, They dwell in the deeps of the mind, Immortal and ever-renewing, With power to free or to bind. So drink the good wine to the Old Gods, And dance and make love in their praise, Til Elphame's fair land shall receive us, In peace at the end of our days. An Do What You Will be the challenge, So be it in Love that harms none, For this is the only commandment, By Magick of old, be it done. Eight words the Witches� Creed fulfill: If it harms none, do what you will. |