"Excellent love and perfect trust" seems in Woman Gwen Thomson's Rede
of that the Wiccae, and the was first printed in 1975, although of the
fact that phrase itself is older than that. In Thomson's poem, she
states, "Bide of the actual fact that Wiccan Laws ye should, in good
love and perfect trust." That the thought of perfect love and perfect
trust is the simple one: that you're protected inside of the very fact
that circle of a coven's practices. To face in the circle with person is
to share an intimate -- and sometimes vulnerable -- space along, but it
can only be achieved successfully with someone whom you belief
implicitly. By that very same token, if we're able to love our coven
brothers or sisters, we are capable of belief them with our safety and
our lives.
Prior to appearing in Thomson's work, the phrase have been documented
as displaying up in Gerald Gardner's early BOS. Earlier than that, the
origins of "excellent love and excellent trust" are sketchy at best.
In various traditions, the phrase is used as an entry for that ritual
area, as in, "Just how do you enter this circle?" with the reply to be,
"In excellent love and excellent trust."
Remember that "Good love and perfect trust" just isn't a rule
followed by all Pagans or Wiccans. Also keep in mind that among those
that do observe it, it is often utilized only to coven members, and to
not random strangers.
