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DPC DRAGON PALM CIRCLE Wiccan Handbook WiccanHandbook DRAGON PALM CIRCLE Wiccan Handbook Dragon Palm Circle Sevierville, TN 4th Edition July 2002 Compiled by Dreamweaver 1st edition January 1998 2nd edition March 2000 3rd edition August 2001 Table of Contents Introduction i Day 17 Lunar Magick 17 C H A P T E R 1 Lunar Cycles 17 Wiccan Rede 1 Lunar Month 18 Blessing for a Child 2 Witches Rune 2 Witches Creed 2 Charge of the Goddess 3 C H A P T E R 2 Signs 5 Number, planets, and signs 5 Number system for letters 6 C H A P T E R 3 Wiccan Rede 7 Three Fold Law 7 Wiccan Code of Chivalry 7 C H A P T E R 4 Calling Quarters 10 C H A P T E R 5 Colors 12 C H A P T E R 6 Herbs, stones, and colors 13 Eleminals 16 C H A P T E R 7 Introduction This is a book of information that include laws, poems, and what different things mean. This book is not a book to learn Wicca, but a handbook that contains some things that can be useful in putting together spells and rituals. The Wiccan Handbook This handbook has been put together to give you information you may need in forming rituals and participating in rituals. This will not include everything, but enough to get you started. Note about edition: Items are added and taken away depending upon the usefulness of the items. This is a good book to have in Circles for the Rede and Rune. Chapter Poems Poems and chants used in circle. THE WICCAN REDE Bide the Wiccan Laws we must In Perfect Love and Perfect Trust. Live and let live, Fairly take and fairly give. Cast the Circle thrice about To keep the evil spirits out. To bind the spell every time Let the spell be spake in rhyme. Soft of eye and light of touch, Speak little, listen much. Deosil go by the waxing moon, Chanting out the Witches' Rune. Widdershins go by the waning moon, Chanting out the baneful rune. 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 wind's mighty gale, Lock the door and drop the sail. When the wind comes from the South, Love will kiss thee on the mouth. When the wind blows from the West, Departed souls will have no rest. When the wind blows from the East, Expect the new and set the feast. Nine woods in the cauldron go, Burn them fast and burn them slow. Elder be the Lady's tree, Burn it not or cursed you'll be. When the Wheel begins to turn, Let the Beltane fires burn. When the Wheel has turned to Yule, Light the log and the Horned One rules. Heed ye Flower, Bush and Tree, By the Lady, blessed be. Where the rippling waters go, Cast a stone and truth you'll know. When ye have a true need, Hearken not to others' greed. With a fool no season spend, Lest ye be counted as his friend. Merry meet and merry part, Bright the cheeks and warm the heart. Mind the Threefold Law you should, Three times bad and three times good. When misfortune is enow, Wear the blue star on thy brow. True in Love ever be, Lest thy lover's false to thee. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill: An ye harm none, do what ye will. A Blessing for a Child Light; be blessing on my child; Bring her ease and peace and grace; Let her Burdens fall away; Let her keep untroubled peace; Bring her every lovely truth; Bring her every heart-whole charm; Bless her in her pride and youth; and protect her from all harm THE WITCHES' RUNE Darksome night and shining Moon East then South then West then North Harken To The Witches' Rune Here we come to call thee forth. Earth and Water, Air and Fire Wand and pentacle and sword Work ye unto our desire And harken ye unto our word. Cord and censer, scourge and knife Power of the witches' blade Waken all ye into life And come ye as the charm is made. Queen of Heaven, Queen of Hell Horned Hunter of the night Lend your power unto our spell And work our will by our magic rite By all powers of land and sea By all the might of the Moon and Sun As we do will so mote it be Chant the spell and it be done. Eko, eko Azarak Eko, eko Zamilak Eko, eko Cernunnos Eko, eko Aradia. 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 the witches are seen At Lammas and Candlemas dancing, On May Eve and old Hallowe'en. 2 When day-time and night-time are equal, When Sun is at greatest and least, The four Lesser Sabbats are summoned, And Witches gather in feast. Thirteen silver moons in a year are, Thirteen is the coven's array. Thirteen times at Esbat make merry, For each golden year and a day. The power that 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 of power, Its compass between two worlds lies, In land of the shades for that hour. This world has no right then to know it, And world of beyond will tell naught. The oldest of Gods are invoked there, The Great Work of magic is wrought. two are the mystical For pillars, That stand at the gate of the shrine, And two are 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 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 Woodland, 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, That 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, Till Elphame's fair land shall receive us In peace at the end of our days. And "Do What You Will"; be the challenge, So be it Love that harms none, For this is the only commandment. By Magic of old, be it done! CHARGE OF THE GODDESS Listen to the words of the Great Mother; She Who of old was also called among men Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, and Brid, and by many other names: "Whenever ye have need of any thing, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of me, who am Queen of all witches. There shall ye assemble, ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, yet have not won its deepest secrets; to these will I teach things that are yet unknown. And ye shall be free from slavery; and as a sign that ye be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites; and ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love, all in my 3 praise. For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, and mine also is joy on earth; for my law is love unto all beings. keep pure your highest ideal; strive ever towards it; let naught stop you or turn you aside. For mine is the secret door which opens upon the land of youth and mine is the cup of wine of life, and the cauldron of Cerridwen, which is the Holy Grail of immortality. I am the gracious Goddess, who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man. Upon earth, I give the knowledge of the sprit eternal; and beyond death, I give peace, and freedom, and reunion with those who have gone before. Nor do I demand sacrifice; for behold, I am the Mother of all living, and my love is poured out upon the earth." Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess; she is the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven, whose body encircles the universe. "I who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, call unto thy soul. Arise, and come unto me. For I am the soul of nature, who gives live to the universe. From me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return; and before my face, beloved of gods and of men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite.
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