QUOTE (~Selah~ @ Oct 24 2008, 12:21 PM)

Recently I took a trip to the local BookStore. Barnes and Noble to be exact, and I'm strumming through the Bible's and looking at all the different versions and such and I see a thin black book, so I pick it up and the cover reads "The Holy Bible". Inside though..on every single page this is what is written..(and looks just like this too)
DO NO HARM (all over the pages) *edit* see Here Am I 's post beneath to understand the edit*
Well you get the picture. All the pages, back and front say this in repetition from the beginning to the end. I was like.."Hunh"??? Now the next odd thing I notice is there is no author, no ISBN number but there is a sicky price tag tof $30.00.
I thought briefly about taking it to the counter and asking the clerk about it; but then something said to put it back and leave it...but I've tried to consider the meaning (other than the obvious) my Mom suggested maybe an Angel put it there?
Thoughts?
I believe that some sort of pagan person placed that book there. It could have been a customer or even an empoyee. There was likely some magical reason that it was made and placed there. Whoever put it there must believe that they are going to accomplish something spiritual. Who knows what they were thinking. It may have been wise to not ask the employees about it, in case you talked to a witch who might possibly try and give you trouble about it. Maybe if you see it there again, take it to the desk or the bathroom book dispenser in from of the bathroom door and drop it there. That way, whoever finds it might notice that it might not belong on the sales shelf.
The person who put that book there obviously believes that the Wiccan Rede is superior to the Bible. The Wiccan Rede, or some variation of it, is the statement of faith of most forms of paganism, especially Wiccan ones. It is a God-less, man centered twist on the Bible's Golden Rule, "Love thy neighbor as thyself." It is truly a demonic temptation to possess spiritual "knowledge of good and evil" without taking God or the Bible into the equation at all. Magic seeks to empower people without recognizing the need for going to Jesus for anything.
I would not over react. There is no need to assemble a group to combat the assumed plans of the demons. At the most, command any magic that may be associated with the book to be broken in Jesus name. Ask God to save whoever has anything to do with it. This sort of mockery is common among many of those involved with Wicca who are not as mature. I experienced it often on the streets when reaching out to Wiccans among the crouds of people ouot to party for the night. They would take pictures of us, give us strange gifts, ask us our names and write it down, ask us for something small that we own, etc, etc. They were trying to do rituals and hex us. It only would work sometimes if there was some sort of serious compromise in your life, or a problem of unbelief maybe. If you are right with God, he has protection over you. Just show a healthy respect for the powers of darkness, but never have any fear over their ways.
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23 For there is no enchantment against Jacob,no divination against Israel;" Numbers 23:23.
Here is some of Wikipedia's info about the Wiccan Rede:
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The Wiccan Rede (pronounced "reed") is a saying that was formulated to sum up the ethics of the Neo-Pagan religion Wicca. The most common form of the Rede is
An it harm none, do what ye will. "Rede" is a word from Middle English meaning "advice" or "counsel", cognate to the German Rat or Swedish råd. "An" is an archaic contraction of the word "and," meaning "if," as in the Shakespearean "an it please thee."
Other variants include:
Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill,
An it harm none do what ye will. Note: This is the first published form of the couplet, quoted from Doreen Valiente in 1964. Later published versions include "ye" instead of either "the" or "it": "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill — an ye harm none, do what ye will" (Earth Religion News, 1974); "
Eight words ye Wiccan Rede fulfill - An’ it harm none, Do what ye will" (Green Egg, 1975)
An it harm none, do what thou wilt
An it harm none, do as thou wilt
That it harm none, do as thou wilt
Do what you will, so long as it harms none [edit] History
The Rede in its best known form as the "eight words" couplet was first publicly recorded in a speech by Doreen Valiente in 1964.[1]
A similar phrase, Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law, appears in Aleister Crowley's works by 1904, in The Book of the Law (though as used by Crowley it is half of a statement and response, the response being "Love is the Law, love under Will"). According to B.A. Robinson of the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, Crowley adopted this line from François Rabelais, who in 1534 wrote, "DO AS THOU WILT because men that are free, of gentle birth, well bred and at home in civilized company possess a natural instinct that inclines them to virtue and saves them from vice. This instinct they name their honor".[2] Another possible source is St. Augustine.
King Pausole, a character in Pierre Louÿs', Les aventures du roi Pausole (The Adventures of King Pausole, published in 1901), had a similar motto of Do what you like as long as you harm no one. Although Gardner noted the similarity of the rede to King Pausole's words, Silver Ravenwolf believes it is more directly referencing Crowley.[3] Another notable antecedent was put forth by the philosopher John Stuart Mill with his harm principle in the 19th century.[4] "Mill argues that the sole purpose of law should be to stop people from harming others and that should people want to participate in victimless crimes, crimes with no complaining witness, such as gambling, drug usage, engaging in prostitution, then they should not be encroached in doing so."[citation needed] Documented ideas similar to the Rede reach as far back as the fourth century theologian Saint Augustine of Hippo. In the "seventh treatise of the Epistles of St. John," Augustine wrote Dilige, et quod vis fac meaning Love, and do what you will,"[5] although it is also seen quoted as Ama Deum et fac quod vis (Love God, and do what you want).[6] It has also been argued that similar concepts exist among Native Americans.[7]
[edit] Interpretations of the Rede
The Rede is similar to the Golden Rule, a belief that is found in nearly every religion. Not all traditional Wiccans follow the Rede; Gardnerians (a sect under Wicca) espouse the Charge of the Goddess as a guide for morality. Its line "Keep pure your highest ideal, strive ever towards it; let naught stop you or turn you aside, for mine is the secret door which opens upon the door of youth" is used as a maxim for ethical dilemmas.[12]
There is some debate in the neo-Pagan and Wiccan communities as to the meaning of the Rede. The debate centers on the concept of the Rede being advice, not a commandment.
The rejection of specific exhortations and prohibitions of conduct such as those given in the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments makes the Rede's character somewhat different from say, the Holy Bible or the Qur'an. The Rede is only a guideline which the individual must interpret to fit each particular situation and unlike these Abrahamic religions, which actions "do harm" (and which do not) are not discussed in the Rede.
What exactly does and does not do harm is therefore open to personal interpretation.
The concept of ethical reciprocity is not explicitly stated, but most Wiccans interpret the Rede to imply the Golden Rule in the belief that the spirit of the Rede is to actively do good for one's fellow humans as well as for oneself. Different sects of Wiccans read "none" differently. "None" can apply to only the self, or it may include animals and/or plants, and so forth. In essence, the Rede can be fully understood as meaning that one should always follow their true will instead of trying to obtain simple wants and to ensure that following one's will it does not harm anyone or anything. In this light, the Rede can be seen as encouraging a Wiccan to take personal responsibility for his or her actions. Causing harm by inaction is therefore inconsistent with Wiccan belief.[13][14]
[edit] Interpretations of "harm none"
There have been a number of published interpretations of how one should determine what constitutes 'harming none'. Silver Ravenwolf, for instance, believes that although acting to restrain a wrong-doer is in a sense harming them, failure to act against them could allow greater harm; this must be carefully weighed up, and preferably a course of action can be found that minimises harm to all parties.[15][16]
A few people observe a modern revised Rede with the words "an it cause harm, do as you must" appended.[17]