{"id":118,"date":"2025-04-28T04:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2025-04-28T04:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:37:14","slug":"seekers-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/seekers-bill-of-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Seekers Bill of Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>Unfortunately, predators exist in and around all religious and spiritual establishments. The Pagan path is no different. Please educate yourself on your rights as a seeker.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I. The Right to Verify Credentials:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers shall not be obstructed from contacting persons who can substantiate or disavow claims made by a group or teacher. In the case of elders who were inspired to create a new tradition, the seeker has a right to know the circumstances surrounding the inception of that tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>II. The Right to Anonymity:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers have the right to keep their involvement in the occult a secret to preserve their personal and professional lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>III. The Right to Financial Stability:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers shall not be required or coerced to take on financial burdens on behalf of a teacher or a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IV. The Right to Compensation for Professional goods and services:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers have the Right to be paid for goods produced and\/or [for] skilled labor from which they would normally receive an income. Seekers shall not be required or coerced to provide \u201cfreebies\u201d or discounts on behalf of a teacher or group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>V. The Right to Sexual Freedom:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers shall not be required or coerced to [have] sexual relations with unwanted persons. Nor shall seekers be restricted from sexual relations with consenting adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VI. The Right to Physical Well-Being:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers shall not be required or coerced to submit to any form of physical injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VII. The Right to Abide by the Law:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers shall not be required or coerced to commit any illegal act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIII. The Right to Consistency:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers have the right to expect consistent policies from a teacher or group. Seekers should be formally informed in a timely manner of any policy changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IX. The Right to Separation with Impunity:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers have the right to discontinue association with any teacher or group without fear of harassment or reprisal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>X. The Right to be at Peace with One\u2019s Conscience:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seekers shall not be required or coerced to commit any action contrary to their own sense of ethics and morality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, predators exist in and around all religious and spiritual establishments. The Pagan path is no different. Please educate yourself on your rights as a seeker. I. The Right to Verify Credentials:&nbsp;Seekers shall not be obstructed from contacting persons who can substantiate or disavow claims made by a group or teacher. In the case of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moongoddesscoven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}