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MY CRAFT ETHICS BY JAMES CROWLEY III 12/19/86
I feal that it is necessary to explain some of the structure of
the Covenant of the Doves. We say that we have one degree but
that is not strictly true. There are 4 things that happen to a
person on the pathway. We cannot call them degrees as they do
not happen in the same order to each person.
1. Dedication to the coven.
2. Initiation by the God and Goddess
3. Worldly recognition of their Initiation by the Gods
and their ability to act as a Priest or Priestess
4. Birth or Adoption into the family which is as permanent
and unrevokable as the Initiation of the Lord and Lady.
THE WITCH 'LAW'
Do not what you desire -
do what is necessary.
Take all you are given -
give all of yourself.
"What I have - - - I hold."
When all else is lost, and not until then,
prepare to die with dignity.
There are two kinds of law, Law of Tribe and the Law of Goddess
(ie: natural law). The Law of Tribe requires the services of a
Priesthood. The Law of the Goddess require no Priesthood as they
are self-inforcing. If you see an apparent violation of the law
of the Goddess, there are only two possible explanations. The
law is not of the Goddess but of man, or you do not understand
that law of the Goddess. If you see a ball fall up, either
someone is deceiving you, or you are in a spacecraft or similar
artificial environment that is manifesting some of the "fine
print" in the law of the Goddess. This partial telling of the
laws contain both the law of the tribe and that of the Goddess.
It is left to the wisdom of the student to learn which is which.
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COVEN
The High Priestess must be an ordained Nymph or a Crone.
The High Priest must be an ordained Magician.
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