Do Witches believe in good and bad?
Yes. One of our most basic rules is: Harm no-one, and you may do as you wish. (The traditional words are: “An (meaning “if”) it harm none, do what ye will.”) It sounds simple, but this law requires us to consider the consequences of our actions very carefully. Under this principle comes one of our favorite sayings of the Goddess: “All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.” In the natural order of things, a person is born, grows to become adult, and eventually dies in old age. Anything we do that protects this natural order is good. So this includes things like: taking good care of our children; doing scientific research to find better medicines; driving safely; protecting our bodies; protecting the environment. When something interferes with the natural cycle of birth, maturity, and natural death, it is bad – for example: starvation; war; murder; drug or alcohol abuse; car accidents; pollution.
