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Rede My initial definition for rede is a statement that advises someone of something. This might be the reason I struggle with assignments that ask me to write a personal rede. The basic definition of the word rede is to counsel or advice. This is a basic statement on how one should behave in life. As I delve deeper into the meaning of rede, I learn that we are using the word as a noun. The meaning of rede as a verb is advise or interpret. So, for arguments sake, we are using both the verb and noun meaning in one. Let me explain my thoughts on this. Do What You Will, But Harm None is something we will need to explore for a moment, however. According to Dragonsong on the website Wicca Spirituality, the principal meaning is ‘do what you like, so long as it is not going to hurt someone’. Thus, we are able to live our daily lives as we see fit, but we are not allowed to cross the line of physically, emotionally, spiritually or in any other way, able to harm oneself or another person. This fits into the both the noun and verb meaning because the rede counsels and …show more content…

Just one moment as I get the exact meaning of both counsel and advise: advise means ‘to give someone advice’ and counsel means ‘to give advice formally’. So basically, they mean the same thing, only one is more formal than the other. So, either way we look at it, a rede is a way to give advice to oneself or someone else. It really isn't a statement at all, because you could give advice or counsel in the middle of a conversation without really meaning to. It could be a random occurrence, in a passing conversation or even something overheard and you might not realize that someone took something away from the conversation. I am going to assume I thought rede was a statement strictly because of the Wiccan rede and, once again, not looking things up and researching for

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