The Wiccan Rede: Couplets of L [Paperback]

Mark Ventimiglia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2005

The Wiccan Rede is the heart and central tenet of the ancient Wiccan religion, and contains all its fundamental teachings. This pocket-sized edition will show you how to put the Rede's wisdom into practice, and live by its underlying principle, "An ye harm none, do as thou will." Inside you'll discover:

The key to every verse of the Rede

How to cast spells for love, money, safety, success, and other desired outcomes

Prayers for oneself and others

How to cast a circle formally or in an emergency

The responsibilities of a practitioner

The science of numbers

How to read the heavens

And much more This handy book gives you a complete philosophical learning system that is easily translated into daily life. A work of integrity, scholarship, and devotion, The Wiccan Rede should be the dear companion of every dedicated, responsible practitioner.

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About the Author

Mark Ventimiglia is a writer and teacher devoted to seeking spiritual wisdom. He has intensively studied most of the world’s major religious traditions as well as many pagan and shamanistic traditions. He was ordained by the Universal Life Church in 1995, earned his Ph.D. in religious philosophy in 1996, and since 1997 has given lectures and workshops on the Wiccan religion and alternative spirituality. He is the author of The Residence (1999) and The Wiccan Prayer Book (2001). He lives in central Illinois. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (December 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806527404
• ISBN-13: 978-0806527406
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Author denounced by Seax-Wiccans, August 18, 2003

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This review is from: The Wiccan Rede: Couplets of L (Hardcover)

This author has been formally denounced by at least three Seax-Wiccan covens (and since Seax-Wicca is a small sect, this is a notable number). Since Amazon doesn't want URLs posted here, just do a search for Seax Wicca, Spiral Seax, The House of the Morning Star, or HearthFyre Coven and you'll find more information about this and the nature of the author in verifiable sources.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Highly UN-recommended!!, September 22, 2003

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Brendt W. Hess "laughingvergil" (Vancouver, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wiccan Rede: Couplets of L (Hardcover)

When I saw the book, I thought that this could good. An in-depth, philosophical discussion of the Wiccan Rede, what it means, and how it could influence a wiccan's relationships with the world? This could really be a 'Good Thing'.

This book, however, is NOT a good thing. Mark V. re-writes a significant amount of the Rede from the standard version (sometimes for no apparent reason), places his own personal philosophy as the underpinnings of the Rede (e.g. Homosexuality bad, Vegitarianism good -- cheese and dairy are OK, eggs are not), and states as scientific fact things that are at best speculation, and in several cases are provably wrong. His interpretations are radically different from interpretations of sections, easily found on the web, that have been done by multiple other people, and he does not bother discussing the differences and why they are there. The attitude of this book seems to be "I'm right, you're wrong, I'm big, you're small, I'm strong, you're weak" -- my way or the highway.

Poorly thought out. Poorly written. Poorly edited. Don't bother with this one.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fundamentalist to the core, October 27, 2003

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"mockingbear" (NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wiccan Rede: Couplets of L (Hardcover)

I got this book from a local library and found it easy to read, but unfortunately bigoted and filled with carefully disguised hate rhetoric. His condemnation of homosexuals and people that eat meat flies in the face of nearly all Wiccan teachings. I was very offended by this work and I am a happily married mother of 4!
There are many viewpoints out there and that is a good thing- it keeps people thinking. But this book is more than a viewpoint, it is hate. The Wiccan Rede was NOT meant to encourage bigotry or dogmatism, that fact in itself removes ALL credence from this work...