The Covenant of the Goddess is a non-profit religious organization founded in 1975 to increase cooperation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other religions.

Membership is open to solitary witches as well as covens.

The COG recently published the results of their 2005 survey of witches, Wiccans and pagans.

The poll indicates that a majority of respondents are well educated, above a high school diploma, and an overwhelming number (94%) are registered voters. The poll also shows 27% are raising their children within their religion, while 52% indicate a multi-faith upbringing. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents indicate their spiritual practice is not affiliated with any faith group or organization

The Covenant's Code Of Ethics:

• An ye harm none, do as ye will.
• Since our religion and the arts and practices peculiar to it are the gift of the Goddess, membership and training in a local coven or tradition are bestowed free, as gifts, and only on those persons who are deemed worthy to receive them. However, a coven may expect each of its members to bear a fair share of its ordinary operating expenses.
• All persons have the right to charge reasonable fees for the services by which they earn a living, so long as our religion is not thereby exploited.
• Every person associated with this Covenant shall respect the autonomy and sovereignty of each coven, as well as the right of each coven to oversee the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical development of its members and students in its own way, and shall exercise reasonable caution against infringing upon that right in any way.
• All persons associated with this Covenant shall respect the traditional secrecy of our religion.
• Members of this Covenant should ever keep in mind the underlying unity of our religion as well as the diversity of its manifestations.
• These ethics shall be understood and interpreted in light of one another, and especially in light of the traditional laws of our religion.

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