THIRTEEN GOALS OF A WITCH
THIRTEEN GOALS OF A WITCH
1.WE PRACTICE RITES TO ATTUNE OURSELVES WITH THE NATURAL
RHYTHM OF LIFE FORCES MARKED BY THE PHASES OF THE MOON AND
THE SEASONAL QUARTERS AND CROSS QUARTERS.
2.WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR INTELLIGENCE GIVES US A UNIQUE
RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE SEEK TO LIVE IN
HARMONY WITH NATURE, IN ECOLOGICAL BALANCE OFFERING
FULFILLMENT TO LIVE AND CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN AN
EVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT.
3.WE ACKNOWLEDGE A DEPTH OF POWER FAR GREATER THAN THAT
APPARENT TO THE AVERAGE PERSON. BECAUSE IT IS FAR GREATER
THAN ORDINARY IT IS SOMETIMES CALLED *SUPERNATURAL* BUT
WE SEE IT AS LYING WITHIN THAT WHICH IS NATURALLY POTENTIAL
FOR ALL.
4.WE CONCEIVE OF THE CREATIVE POWER IN THE UNIVERSE AS
MANIFESTING THROUGH POLARITIES MASCULINE AND FEMININE-
AND THAT THIS SAME CREATIVE POWER LIES IN ALL PEOPLE, AND
FUNCTIONS THROUGH THE INTERACTION OF THE MASCULINE AND
FEMININE. WE VALUE NEITHER ABOVE THE OTHER, KNOWING EACH
TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE OTHER. WE VALUE SEX PLEASURE, AS THE
SYMBOL AND EMBODIMENT OF LIFE, AND AS ONE OF THE SOURCES
OF ENERGIES USED IN MAGICKAL PRACTICE AND RELIGIOUS WORSHIP
5.WE RECOGNIZE BOTH OUTER WORLDS AND INNER, OR
PSYCOLOGICAL WORLDS SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE SPIRITUAL
WORLD, THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS, INNER PLANES, ECT..AND
WE SEE IN THE INTER-ACTION OF THESE TWO DIMENSIONS THE
BASIS FOR PARANORMAL PHENOMENA AND MAGICKAL EXERCISES.
WE NEGLECT NEITHER DIMENSION FOR THE OTHER, SEEING BOTH
AS NECESSARY FOR OUR FULFILLMENT.
6.WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE ANY AUTHORITARIAN HIERARCHY, BUT DO
HONOR THOSE WHO TEACH, RESPECT THOSE WHO SHARE THEIR
GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO
HAVE COURAGEOUSLY GIVEN OF THEMSELVES IN LEADERSHIP.
7.WE SEE RELIGION, MAGICK AND WISDOM IN LIVING AS BEING
UNITED IN THE WAY ONE VIEWS THE WORLD AND LIVES WITHIN-
A WORLD VIEW AND PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE WHICH WE IDENTIFY AS
WITCHCRAFT-THE WICCAN WAY.
8.CALLING ONESELF A *WITCH* DOES NOT A WITCH MAKE-BUT
NEITHER DOES HEREDITY ITSELF, NOR THE COLLECING OF TITLES
DEGREES AND INITIATIONS. A WITCH SEEKS TO CONTROL THE FORCES
WITHIN HIM/HERSELF THAT MAKE LIFE POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO LIVE
WISELY AND WELL WITHOUT HARM TO OTHERS AND IN HARMONY
WITH NATURE.
9.WE BELIEVE IN HE AFFIRMATION AND FULFILLMENT OF LIFE IN A
CONTINUATION OF EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
CONSCIOUSNESS GIVING MEANING TO THE UNIVERSE WE KNOW AND
OUR PERSONAL ROLE WITHIN IT.
10.OUR ONLY ANIMOSITY TOWARDS *CHRISTIANITY* OR TOWARDS
CHRISTIANITY, OR TOWARDS ANY OTHER RELIGION OR
PHILOSIPHY OF LIFE, IS TO THE EXTEND THAT ITS INSTITUTIONS
HAVE CLAIMED TO BE *THE ONLY WAY* AND HAVE SOUGHT TO
DENY FREEDOM TO OTHERS AND TO SUPRESS OTHER WAYS OF
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND BELIEFS.
11.AS AMERICAN WITCHES, WE ARE NOT THREATENED BY DEBATES ON
THE HISTORY OF THE CRAFT, THE ORIGINS OF VARIOUS TERMS,
THE LEGITIMACY OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DIFFERENT TRADITIONS.
WE ARE CONCORDE WITH OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE.
12.WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE CONCEPT OF ABSOLUTE EVIL, NOR DO WE
WORSHIP ANY ENTITY KNOWN AS *SATAN* OR *THE DEVIL* AS
DEFINED BY THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION. WE DO NOT SEEK POWER
THROUGH THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS, NOT ACCEPT THAT
PERSONAL BENEFIT CAN BE DERIVED ONLY BY DENIAL TO ANOTHER
13.WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD SEEK WITHIN NATURE THAT WHICH
IS CONTRIBUTORY TO OUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING
