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Ethics the road to nirvana

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As a pagan, witch it’s ok to use books of lore or ethical guideline set out buy others. Although each of us has our own social and economical background which shape us and we also have the laws of the land to deal with. Each pagan path with have it own set of rule and regulations and core beliefs and I was reminded today how silly some are and how some laws are the same just worded in the style of that tradition. Now we have the laws to help us become better people to hopefully one day create a perfect world filled with perfect people the divine in physical form. Now it got me thinking once again about my own personal ethics and how I agree with something’s but can see there sometime when these rules need breaking. This is one of the reasons I prefer to be solitary I know that to be perfect is to be divine but how has the right set of rules?. There is the law of the land the ones that are set in the country you live or are visiting Now you can look at any law and agree or disagree with it if you follow it then no harm but break it then you get trouble the more important the law the higher resulting trouble. FACT In the UK if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode – you must let them enter. Now no one of us is going to

Ethics and Etiquette

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When we speak of ethics and etiquette in relation to pagansim what are we referring to? Are we speaking of outdated rules and actions that no longer have meaning and we only give lip service to? I don’t believe so. Ethics and etiquette are living, breathing codes of life, shaping our actions in relation to each other, and ourselves. They are a guiding force in the way we live our lives. Let us first look at ethics. Ethics are defined as –a set of principles; moral philosophy; rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession; human duty; a particular system of principles and rules concerning duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; motivation based on ideas of right and wrong; the philosophical study of moral values and rules. When we begin to speak of ethics, we need to realize that this can be a very touchy subject. We are human after all, and we want to think our ethics are the correct ones. While there are generally accepted community ethics, it is personal ethics that make up who we are. And these are not the same for each person. Before we begin to discuss in depth community and person ethics let us first look at the Rede, the most common code of conduct among Wiccans. Bide the Wiccan law ye must, in perfect love and perfect trust; Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill; ‘An ye harm none, do