For example, we may know that the gods walk with us and guide us we trust them to do so because of past experience, not because someone has told us to believe this. Trust isn’t blind, but it sure does involve faith. It not only means trust in those around us, but also in our gods and in ourselves. To someone who is spiritually whole, trust is a many-layered principle. TrustĪ key part of many NeoWiccan paths today is the concept of perfect love and perfect trust. To this effect, harmony really has to work hand in hand with the concept of balance. To truly find harmony, we have to stop looking around us and begin looking inside us. How do we interact with others? Do we allow the shortcomings of the people in our life to negatively affect us? Are we forever blaming other people, and making excuses instead of finding reasons? If we are, then we are lacking harmony and must re-evaluate our lives, and our perception of what things are. Don’t rely on other people to provide for you! Harmony is a gift to our soul, from our soul. It’s not something others can attain for us, nor is it something that we can gain without effort. Harmony is something we must give ourselves. Without balance, it’s nearly impossible to be a well-rounded person. Someone whose spiritual needs aren’t being met can feel emotionally fragile. Too much of anything sends us off-kilter - for example, someone who takes on too much emotional baggage will begin to feel physically unwell. When our balance is thrown off, that’s when we begin to suffer. Our physical selves, our emotional state, and our spiritual plane… by finding the right balance of these three parts of our lives, we can live as better human beings. If balance can exist in the natural world, surely we can find it within ourselves. While not universal to all belief systems, these six principles can be a valuable tool for self-discovery – and that goes for people of just about any religious background. This particular list was created by the late author Sybil Leek as an outline of the basic guidelines of her spirituality.

Do you have to follow them? Of course not!Īlthough they vary somewhat from one tradition to the next – just like everything else in modern Paganism – they are nearly always similar in spirit and intent. These are simple principles, or guidelines, meant to help practitioners lead positive and spiritually fulfilling lives. In some forms of traditional witchcraft, there are six basic tenets – and that’s not TENANTS, with an AN, but TENETS.

Diary of a witch by sybil leek