![]() There are several bits in the BotL that are similar to the Rede. ![]() In The Adventures of King Pausole the “legendary King” advises people that they should: “Do no wrong or harm to thy neighbor, and observing this, do as thou please.” (2)Įven older than Gardner’s “Do what you like” are several lines from Aleister Crowley’s Book of the Law originally written down in 1904. If you look at the titles of Louÿs’s books and poems ( The Flute of Pan, Aphrodite: Ancient Manners) it’s not surprising that Gardner was familiar with his work. Pausole first shows up in print back in 1901, with the English edition following 24 years later. Pausole (Gardner forget the “e” in his book) wasn’t a legendary King at all, but the literary creation of the French writer Pierre Louÿs. (1) If you’ve never heard of the “Good King Pausol” you aren’t alone. In Meaning Gardner wrote: “Do what you like as long as you harm no one,” an idea he attributed to the legendary Good King Pausol. ![]() A statement very similar to the Rede appears in Gerald Gardner’s The Meaning of Witchcraft (published in 1959). ![]()
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