| The Rede, or better known as the "eight words" | | | | beginning "Either words." |
| was firsty recorded in a speech by Doreen Valiente | | | | Valiente composed the couplet, according to Don |
| in 1964. It is a system in the neopagan religion of | | | | Frew. Following Gardner's statement that witches |
| Wicca. The most common saying is "An it harm none, | | | | "are inclined to the morality of the legendary Good |
| do what ye will." There are many variations of this | | | | King Pausol, Do what you like so long as you harm |
| verse, but there is also a longer version. | | | | none". The common assumption that the rede was |
| In 1974 q twenty-six line poem "The Wiccan Rede" | | | | copied from Crowley is misinormed, and has resulted |
| was published in the magazine "Earth Religion News." | | | | in the misquote "an it harm none, do what thou wilt" |
| Each line had a couplet laid out as a single line, the | | | | instead of "do what you will. |
| ending line being the famillar "short rede" couplet | | | | |