NEWID HYWEL DDA*

• 1. The sky be the vault to our Cathedral, practice thy rites beneath the bright eye of the Sun and the silvery cloak of the Moon whilst ye may, as thy gods have no need of human edifice. "Build ye not a church of wood or stone, the Temple is within."
• 2. Keep ye the Holy Days, participate in the cycle of life and renewal. To betoken this set not thy razor, neither to thy hair nor to thy beard lest ye have dishonored thyself or thy brethren.
• 3. Wisdom is found behind many doors and within texts and tomes, but the book of life is written in the rocks and trees themselves. Here thy ancient secrets lie; books contain words, trees contain the energies of life itself.
• 4. The nature of the Universe is to evolve, therefore be thee as the willow that sways in the wind and breaks not. Change be the only constant.
• 5. Destroy not any living thing lest it be to save thyself or thy kin. Once done, honor thy fallen enemy as thee would thy kin. Kill not that of the flesh, neither for sustenance nor sacrifice. All life is thy kin, spill not thy blood.
• 6. Create joy and love all happiness, look not to cause misery and pain, for the true hurt be to thine own self. Honor thy guests and thy hosts as thine own kin.
• 7. Honor rewards thee as dishonor destroys thee. Choose thy students well, teach ye not those who would use our ways to destroy.
• 8. Mock ye not the ways of another, for their wisdom may be greater than thine own. "There is no body of water so muddy I will not look into it to see the reflection of the Sun, Moon and Stars."
• 9. We are of the old ways, among those who would take wing with Dragons, therefore, keep ye the way well, or trouble not the Brethren with thy presence. "Ymhob braint y mae dyletswydd."