Precept of Wicca
An it harm none, do what ye will.
The Rede compresses the ethics to one conditional — and the Threefold Law adds the accounting: whatever you send out returns three times over.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
The Rede first appears in print in the 1960s and is usually attributed to Doreen Valiente. Its structure — a single conditional rather than a list — puts the burden of ethical reasoning on the practitioner in every situation, which admirers regard as maturity and critics as vagueness. Most working covens supplement it heavily in practice, particularly around consent, secrecy, and the use of magic on others without their knowledge.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
Ahimsa — do no harm.
Hinduism
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Compassion extends to all sentient beings.
Buddhism · core tenet
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Non-violence is the highest duty.
Jainism · core tenet
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A person is built with two inclinations, and neither is a devil.
Judaism · core tenet
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There is a judgment, and something is at stake in it.
Christianity · core tenet
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No inherited sin, and nobody in the doorway.
Islam · core tenet
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