Your High Priestess
In the Magic Circle, the words, commands, and every wish of the High Priestess are law. She is the earthly,living representative of our Gracious Goddess. She must be obeyed and respected in all things. She is Our Lady and above all others, a queen in the highest sense of the word. All female coveners must curtsy whenever they come before her and say, "Blessed Be." All male coveners must bend the knee and give her a kiss on the right cheek and say, "Blessed Be."
Your High Priest
He is the earthly, living representative of the Great Horned God and in the Magic Circle, He commandeth the respect due to one who is a Magus, a Lord Counselor, and father.
The Laws
1. The Law was made and ardane of old.
2. The Law was made for the Craft to advise and help in their troubl-es.
3. The Craft should give due worship to the Gods and obey Their will, which They ardane, for it was made for the good of the Wicca, as the worship of the Craft is good for the Gods. For the Gods love the brethren of the Craft.
4. As a man loveth a woman by mastering her,
5. So the Craft should love the Gods by mastering them.
6. And it is necessary that 0 (Magic Circle) which is the temple of the Gods, should be duly cast and purified that it may be a fit place for the Gods to enter.
7. And the Craft should be properly prepared and purified to enter into the presence of the Gods.
8. With love and worship in their hearts, they shall raise power from their bodies to give power to the Gods.
9. As has been taught of old.
10. For in this way only may man have a communion with the Gods, for the Gods cannot help men without the help of man.
11. And the High Priestess shall rule Her Coven as the representative of the Goddess.
12. And the High Priest shall support Her as the representative of the God.
13. And the High Priestess shall choose whom She will, if he have sufficient rank, to be Her High Priest.
14. For, as the God himself kissed Her feet in the Fivefold salute, laying His power at the feet of the Goddess, because of Her youth and beauty, Her swetness and kindness, Her wisdom and Her justice, Her humility and gentleness and generosity,
15. So He resigned all His power to Her.
16. But the High Priestess should ever mind that all power comes from Him.
17. It is only lent, to be used wisely and justly.
18. And the greatest virtue of a High Priestess be that She recognizes that youth is necessary to the representative of the Goddess.
19. So will She gracefully retire in favor of a younger woman, should the Coven so decide in council.
20. For the true High Priestess realizes that gracefully surrendering the pride of place is one of the greatest virtues.
21. And that thereby will She return to that pride of place in another life, with greater power and beauty.
22. In the old days, when Witches extended far, we were free and worshipped in all the greatest temples.
23. But, in these unhappy times, we must celebrate our Sacred Mysteries in secret.
24. So be it ardane, that none but the Wicca may see our mysteries, for our enemies are many and torture loosens the tongue of men.
25. So be it ardane, that no Coven shall know where the next Coven bide.
26. Or who its members be, save only the Priest and Priestess and the Messenger.
27. And there shall be no communication between them, save only by the Messenger of the Gods, or the Summoner.
28. And only if it be safe may the Covens meet in some safe place for the Great Festivals.
29. And while there, none shall say whence they come, nor give their true names.
30. To this end, that if any be tortured, in their agony, they may not tell if they do not know.
31. So be it ardane, that no one shall tell anyone, not of the Craft, who be of the Craft, or give any names, or where any abide, or in anyway tell anything which can betray any of us to our faces.
32. Nor may he tell where the Covendom be.
33. Or the Covenstead.
The Old Laws
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