Part One: King Pausole and the Wican Rede in Wican Ethics by David Richard Jones.

“‘Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill: An ye harm none, do what ye will.'” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “The Wican Rede has many ancestors: The earliest progenitors are probably Hippocrates, St. Augustine and the utterance of Jesus in the Lord’s Prayer.”
  2. “King Pausol is not, in fact, legendary per se but the literary creation of the French novelist by Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925).”
  3. “The only remaining question is who converted the code of Tryphême into the rhymed version that is so familiar to pagans worldwide.”
  4. “As influential as all these sources may be, Gerald Gardner tells us quite clearly what the direct predecessor actually is”
  5. “John J. Coughlin in his excellent study of the genesis of the Wican rede shows fairly convincingly that Doreen Valiente, with her talent for poetic composition, is the probable author.”