As often as possible hold rites in the forest, by the seashore, on deserted mountaintops or near tranquil lakes. If this is impossible in a garden or some chamber shall suffice, if it is readied with fumes and flowers.
Seek out the wisdom in books, rare manuscripts and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones and fragile herbs and in the cries of the wild birds. Listen to the whisperings of the winds and the roar of the water if you would discover magic, for it is here that old secrets are preserved.
Books contain words, trees contain energies and wisdom books ne'er dreamt of.
Ever remember the Old Ways are constantly revealing themselves. Therefore be as the river willow that bends and sways with the wind. That which remains changeless shall outlive it's spirit, but that which evoles and grows will shine for centuries.
Mock not the rituals or spells of another, for who can say yours are greater in power and wisdom?
Ensure that your actions are honourable, for all that you do shall return to you three-fold, good or bane.
Be wary of one who would dominate you, who would control and manipulate your workings and reverences. True reverence for the Goddess and God occur within. Look with suspicion on anyone who would twist your worship from you for their own gain and glory, but welcome those Priestesses and Priests who are suffused with love.
Honour all living things, for we are of the bird, the fish, the bee. Destroy not life, save to be perserved your own.
And this be the nature of way.
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