Ethical Practice Statements

🌒 The Foundation

Undine Grimoires was built upon curiosity, reverence, and responsibility.
While this space celebrates folklore, witchcraft, myth, and mysticism, it is never careless with them.
Every word, recipe, and ritual shared here honors the line between story and source, belief and history, inspiration and appropriation.

Magic is freedom — but freedom thrives only with respect.
Here, we practice with consciousness, credit, and care.

🜂 Cultural Respect & Lineage

Magic does not belong to one people — it belongs to all who approach it with reverence.
However, not all magic is ours to use.

• ✦ When we speak of traditions (Celtic, African, Indigenous, Asian, etc.), we name their roots.

• ✦ We do not claim ownership over closed or initiatory practices.

• ✦ We do not sell or teach rituals that require initiation, permission, or lineage.

• ✦ We encourage readers to learn from living practitioners whenever possible.

The Grimoire’s aim is not to dilute the sacred, but to honor diversity and illuminate connections — without trespassing on them.

“Respect is the first spell in every tradition.”

🜄 Source Integrity & Research

While the tone may be poetic, the backbone of Undine Grimoires is scholarship.
Every article, archive entry, and story is built from cross-referenced sources and direct historical research.

• ✦ Folklore is cited when known, contextualized when not.

• ✦ Speculative sections are clearly marked as such.

• ✦ Myths are celebrated as living narratives, not mistaken for fact.

• ✦ Modern commentary is woven with transparency — when I interpret, you’ll know.

Accuracy and enchantment are not enemies; they are twin pillars of truth.

🜃 Community & Collaboration Ethics

This space values community over competition.
The craft is ancient, but our conversations about it must be compassionate and modern.

• ✦ We credit creators — writers, artists, photographers, and small shops whose work appears or inspires.

• ✦ We never plagiarize, repackage, or resell others’ work without permission.

• ✦ Affiliate partnerships (see The Affiliate Coven) are fully disclosed and ethically chosen.

• ✦ We uplift marginalized voices and creators — especially BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled practitioners.

If you feel your work has been miscredited or misrepresented here, please reach out.
This Grimoire listens.

🜁 Health, Safety & Spiritual Boundaries

Magic and medicine often dance close — but they are not the same.

• ✦ All herbal and ritual information is for educational purposes only.

• ✦ Always consult a qualified medical professional before ingesting or applying any botanical preparation.

• ✦ Fire safety, animal ethics, and environmental respect are non-negotiable in every ritual.

• ✦ We do not romanticize harm, toxicity, or exploitation — physical or spiritual.

Magic should empower, not endanger.

🌑 Personal Conduct & Privacy

The Grimoire thrives on dialogue, not dogma.
Visitors, patrons, and correspondents are encouraged to question, debate, and dream — but within a circle of mutual respect.

• ✦ Hate speech, harassment, or discrimination have no place here.

• ✦ Private communications and shared experiences are kept confidential unless permission is given.

• ✦ Comments, DMs, and submissions are moderated with care — curiosity is welcome, cruelty is not.

🕯️ Environmental & Material Ethics

As witches and wanderers, we are caretakers of the earth that gives us our tools.

• ✦ We prioritize ethical sourcing for herbs, crystals, and materials.

• ✦ Animal-derived ingredients (such as bone, shell, or beeswax) are used only when ethically obtained and spiritually justified.

• ✦ Packaging is chosen with sustainability in mind — glass, recyclable paper, and minimal plastic.

• ✦ We encourage recycling, reusing, and repurposing your jars, candles, and charms.

The land remembers how we treat it. Let our craft leave beauty, not burden.

🜏 Transparency & Accountability

Undine Grimoires is a living body of work — it evolves as understanding deepens.
When errors are found, they are corrected.
When harm is pointed out, it is addressed.
When wisdom changes, the archives are updated accordingly.

We do not hide our edits, we honor growth.
Integrity is not perfection — it’s the willingness to keep learning.

🌕 The Oath

“I vow to keep the craft honest, the archives respectful, and the flame ever open to new light.”
— Dryad Undine

Here, ethics are not fine print.
They are sacred ink.