Scott Cunningham wrote the Nature of Our Way as a guide for the solitary practitioner. This piece gives the Wiccan or the Newly introduced Wiccan and idea of the very Nature of Wicca. The Nature of Our Way “As often as possible, hold rites in forests, by the seashore, on a deserted mountaintop or near a tranquil lake. If this is impossible, a garden or a chamber will suffice, if it is readied with fumes or flowers. Seek out wisdom in books, rare manuscripts and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones and fragile herbs and in the cries of birds. Listen to the whisperings of the wind and the roar of water if you would discover magic, for it is here that the old secrets are preserved. Books contain words; trees contain energies and wisdom book neer dreamt of. Ever remember that the Old Ways are constantly revealing themselves. Therefore be as the river willow that bends and sways with the wind. That which remains changeless shall outlive its spirit, but that which evolves and grows shall shine for centuries. There can be no monopoly on wisdom. Therefore share what you will of our ways with others who seek them, but hide mystic lore from the eyes of those who would destroy, for to do otherwise increases their destruction. Mock not the rituals or spells of another, for who can say yours are greater in power or wisdom? Be wary of one who would dominate you, who would control and manipulate your workings or reverences. True reverence for the Goddess and God occurs within. Look with suspicion on any who would twist worship from you for their own gain and glory, but welcome those priestesses and priests who are suffused with love. Honor all living things, for we are of the bird, the fish, the bee. Destroy not life save it be to preserve you own. And this is the nature of our way.” (Cunningham, Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, page 112-13)
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