IF IT HARM NONE, DO AS YOU WILL.


	This is the Wiccan Rede, one of the most fundamental ethical
statements in Paganism.  It's deceptively simple, yet amazingly profound.
It clearly defines the moral balance within Paganism, and the deal we make
with the universe:  if we harm no one, we may do as we will.  As long as
we accomplish the first, we are entitled to the second, and if we claim
the second, we must do the first.  
	In other words, we start with the simple rule that we may cause no
harm; there may be debate about whether this includes harm against
non-human animals and Earth herself, but it always includes humans.  Harm
is usually defined as mental or physical injury. 
	When we accept this ethical rule and manifest it in our lives, we
believe that we may then do all else as we desire.  We may express our own
Wills in the world, at least until we come up to someone elses Will.  This
meeting of Wills is not an excuse for conflict, however.  Our differences
are a chance to learn and grow, to celebrate the diversity of Nature which
makes us strong.  It doesn't mean that we don't occasionally fail to live
up to the Rede, but we always try.