Some people believe in the Threefold Law, and others don\u2019t. Others say that the Wiccan Rede is only for Wiccans but not other Pagans. Plus, sometimes you say that one tradition does things one way but that other traditions don\u2019t have to do things the same way. What\u2019s going on here? Are there rules in Wicca or not?<\/em>\u201c<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PATTI WIGINGTON: \u201cSome people believe in the Threefold Law, and others don\u2019t. Others say that the Wiccan Rede is only for Wiccans but not other Pagans. Plus, sometimes you say that one tradition does things one way but that other traditions don\u2019t have to do things the same way. What\u2019s going on here? Are there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,272,279,290,337,395],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-about-com","tag-pagan","tag-paganism","tag-patti-wigington","tag-rules","tag-tradition"],"yoast_head":"\n
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