WE HOLD THESE SACRED ACTIONS DEAR

Our Orthopraxy - “Right” Praxis - “Right” Action: 

We hold that beliefs alone are not enough to live a fully embodied Pagan life, we also must act in accordance with what we believe to be true through our fulfilling, daily psycho-spiritual practices. To this end, we embrace the Wiccan Axiom: 

TO KNOW! TO DARE! TO WILL! TO BE SILENT!

To Know: the fundamental quest for knowledge, truth, understanding, justice, learning, and educating.

Far from rote memorization - we embrace the practice of critical thinking, contemplation, and becoming the knowledge that we seek. Knowledge is not external, but a right of all humans to internalize a sense of wonder, awe, whimsy, and curiosity about the world around us. To know is not just learning - rather it is a process of synthesis and sharing that knowledge with others who are willing to learn.

To Dare: the fundamental need for empowerment, bravery, courage, right action, pushing our own barriers to growth, standing in our power, joyful movement.

Far from brute force, to dare is to embrace life fully, to savor experience, to desire, to face fear with courage, to stand up for those who are oppressed, to transgress, to fight in our everyday lives for what is just, ethical, and good. 

To Will: the fundamental depth of our being, self-knowledge, to live from empathy, and in connection with Divine Will.

Far from willfulness, to Will is to live in service to our highest ideals, core values, and dedication to honoring the divine in all of our actions. To live in alignment with the ebb and flow of life, sustainably using our resources, tending to community, honoring the inherent worth of all living beings. 

To Be Silent: the fundamental need to embrace self-reflection, observation, stillness, inner peace, groundedness, wisdom of being.

Far from just being quiet, to be silent is about facing what humans avoid the most - the truth of ourselves. Respecting and protecting our deepest needs which can only whisper to us in our moments of stillness, darkness, intuition, and groundedness. 

To the above we add…

To Balance: the fundamental need for equilibrium, harmony, wholeness, and unity. All extremes will be reconciled, this is fundamental law; privileging none, rather finding the liminal meeting point of all opposites in our practice, deeds, and actions. This is the true magic of the Witch.