What is Green Witchcraft?

This type of Witchcraft identifies the Goddess and the God in partnership with the Witch through a Self-Initiation for introduction and learning, and later by complete union in a Self-Dedication. As a religion, magic is often directed through personal communion with the God and the Goddess, identified as Male and Female in Balance and as One. There are rituals of religious observance including Sabbats and Esbats, and special days honoring aspects and manifestations of the Divine throughout the Wheel of the Year, the latter may be added to the personal calendar according to those aspects of the Divine recognized by the Practitioner. In Green Witchcraft the practitioner is considered one with nature, the elements and elementals are kith and kin to the witch. The goal of the Green Witch is to work in union with the forces of nature not to rule over them.
The style of Green Witchcraft practiced by Coven Of The Goddess Moon, was handed down to Lady Danu & Lord Morpheus through the personal teachings of Ann Moura, as it was taught to her by her grandmother & mother.

The Green Witches Rules of Conduct as taught by Ann Moura

The singular guideposts to my family path are the Rules of Conduct, which I know have been passed through my maternal line since 1890. My mother told me these rules were recited to her by her mother, and so she passed them along to me. She used to drop her voice a register as she slowly and precisely intoned them to me throughout my childhood and youth. The sound of her deeply melodic voice stays with me whenever I say the words of the Rules, and I remember that when I was very small she would gesture with her forefinger to give emphasis to the start of each rule. Although a "War Bride" from Brazil during World War II, she soon became a US citizen and was quite fluent in English. Nevertheless, she retained a charming accent and an occasionally unusual syntax. I have kept the rules exactly as she spoke them to me.

The Rules of Conduct

(Circa 1890)

1. Be careful what you do.

2. Be careful who you trust.

3. Do not use The Power to hurt another, for what is sent comes back.

4. Never use The Power against someone who has The Power, for you both draw from the same well.

5. To use The Power you must feel it in your heart and know it in your mind.