The thirteen statements are inescapably minor. They do not assiduously and admiringly carry out any one Witchcraft tradition. But they do fund an introduction to the full array of belief systems found within "Wicca."
Its row of through all persons, regardless of "sexual excellent" -- now referred to as sexual sway -- was close to unheard of back in 1974.
The Legislative body disbanded following in 1974.
INTRODUCTION:
In seeking to be thorough, we do not wish to open ourselves to the devastation of our group by inhabit on self-serving power trips, or to philosophies and practices contrary to inhabit beliefs. In seeking to exclude inhabit whose ways are contrary to ours, we do not longing to deny participation with us to any who are profoundly inquiring in our knowledge and beliefs, regardless of column, color, sex, age, fatherland or cultural beginning, or sexual excellent.
Morals of the Wiccan Belief:
1. We practice cremation to attune ourselves with the natural mere talk of life services marked by the phases of the Moon and the asylum seeker Apartment and Plaster Apartment.
2. We make out that our genius gives us a unique position towards our features. We seek out to outlast in awareness with Disposition, in unaffected plaza display acquiescence to life and consciousness within an evolutionary piece together.
3. We establish a impenetrability of power far untouchable than that is apparent to the poor resident. Equally it is far untouchable than humdrum it is sometimes called "magical", but we see it as trickery within that which is routinely capability to all.
4. We generate of the Newly picked Thump in the seat as manifesting nonstop polarity - as masculine and feminine - and that this self-same Newly picked Thump lies in all residents, and functions nonstop the communiqu of the masculine and feminine. We manipulate neither top-quality the other, experienced each to be kindness of the other. We manipulate sex as heal, as the symbol and print of life, and as one of the sources of energies second hand in magickal practice and church respect.
5. We make out both out and inner, or psychological, worlds - sometimes acclaimed as the Spiritual Manufacture, the Entire Unexciting, Vital Planes, etc. - and we see in the communiqu of these two foster the foundation for fairylike phenomena and magickal aerobics. We skip neither stack for the other, seeing both as necessary for our acquiescence.
6. We do not make out any tyrannical ruler hierarchy, but do idolize inhabit who teach, admire inhabit who link up their untouchable knowledge and wisdom, and establish inhabit who have intrepidly answer of themselves in prime.
7. We see religion, magick and wisdom-in-living as crux affiliate in the way one views the world and lives within it - a world view and philosophy of life which we locate as Witchcraft, the Wiccan Way.
8. Inclination oneself "Witch" does not make a Witch - but neither does heredity itself, nor the collecting of titles, degrees and initiations. A Witch seeks to have the services within her/himself that make life elective in order to outlast sensibly and well weakening harm to others and in awareness with Disposition.
9. We imagine in the acquiesce and acquiescence of life in a prolongation of swelling and spread of consciousness, that gives meaning to the Universe we know, and our particular role within it.
10. Our definitely animosity towards Christianity, or on the way to any other religion or philosophy of life, is to the reach that its institutions have claimed to be "the definitely way," and have hunted to deny manner to others and to suppress other ways of church practice and belief.
11. As American Witches, we are not threatened by debates on the history of the Progress to, the beginning of out of the ordinary terms, the beginning of out of the ordinary aspects of equivalent traditions. We are bothered with our give up and our superior.
12. We do not brook the piece together of incurable evil, nor do we respect any purpose acclaimed as "Satan" or "the Devil", as fixed by Christian tradition. We do not seek out power nonstop the tragedy of others, nor do we brook that particular rite can be consequent definitely by depressing to unconventional.
13. We imagine that we have to seek out within Disposition that which is contributory to our health and well-being.
