THE CODEX OF CONDUCT, CRAFT, & COVENANT

I. PREAMBLE: THE NATURE OF THE WORK

By seeking the services, counsel, or crafted works of The Craft at the Crossroads, the client enters a

covenant of mutual understanding. Here at the threshold between what is seen and what moves

unseen, the practitioner offers skill, intention, and ritual craft — not guaranteed results, not supernatural

certainties, and not outcomes forbidden by law or ethical restraint.

All workings, whether spellcraft, divination, potion-making, or instruction, operate within the domains of

symbolism, intuition, and spiritual art. No service offered replaces legal, medical, financial, or

psychological guidance. No claim shall be made of physical healing, guaranteed manifestation, or

metaphysical coercion.

II. ETHICAL COVENANT OF THE CROSSROADS

1. Matters of the Heart & Consent

The will of another shall not be taken, bound, or bent. No love spell shall be cast upon a named

individual, nor any working intended to override consent or autonomy.

Workings of attraction, self-love, openness, and readiness may be performed — but never

manipulations of a specific person’s affection or sovereignty.

2. Boundaries of Harm & Baneful Craft

The practitioner shall perform no spell of fatal consequence, nor any rite designed to end a life or

summon destructive force upon flesh or mind.

Yet where wrongdoing has taken root, the old laws permit measured, ethical retribution: the turning

back of malice; the binding of harmful acts; the unsettling of one who has unsettled others; the stirring

of mischief proportionate to offense; the calling forth of consequence to its rightful source. All such

workings shall be purposeful, restrained, and never wanton.

3. Matters of Body, Mind, and Mortality

No spellcraft shall diagnose, treat, or cure physical or mental illness. No ritual replaces the care of

physicians, therapists, or licensed professionals. Spiritual clarity, cleansing, and reinforcement may be

offered within their rightful domain — but ailments of flesh and psyche remain under earthly

governance.

4. Law, Judgment & the Limits of Intervention

No spell shall alter legal decrees, sway judicial decisions, or meddle in the actions of courts, officers, or

governing bodies. In matters of trial, conflict, or uncertainty, the practitioner may offer workings of luck,

clarity, courage, or steadied path — but not spells intended to manipulate justice or its outcome.

III. POTIONS, CURIOS, & PHYSICAL GOODS

1. Nature of the Goods

All potions, oils, powders, and ritual curios crafted by The Craft at the Crossroads are non-ingestible,

non-medical, non-cosmetic ritual items. They serve as symbolic vessels of intent, atmosphere, and

spiritual focus. They cure no illness, claim no therapeutic effect, and guarantee no physical outcome.

Their virtue lies in ritual use, symbolic resonance, and the client’s directed will.

2. Allergens, Safety, and Misuse

Clients bear full responsibility for awareness of allergies, sensitivities, and the safe handling of oils,

herbs, smoke, resin, and flame. The practitioner is not liable for reactions, accidents, or misuse. If

mischief comes of a potion, let it be the intended arcane kind, not harm born of negligence.

IV. WORKSHOPS & INSTRUCTION

1. The Nature of Knowledge at the Crossroads

Instruction grants keys, not chains. Knowledge, once given, becomes the student’s own responsibility.

Whatever workings — benign, mischievous, or ill-advised — the student performs thereafter shall be

their consequence alone. The practitioner bears no responsibility for deeds enacted beyond the scope

of lawful and ethical instruction.

2. Safety & Conduct

Workshops may involve flame, smoke, herbs, oils, metals, or minor baneful technique. Students agree

to follow safety protocols and lawful conduct.

3. Intellectual Property

Ritual scripts, formulas, sigils, and written lessons remain the intellectual property of The Craft at the

Crossroads. Students may use what is taught in private practice, but replication, resale, or professional

teaching requires written permission.

V. TAROT, SHADOW WORK & THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS

1. Nature of Divinatory Work

Tarot readings arise from intuition, archetype, symbolic resonance, and the subtle murmur of the

unseen. Shadows may stir, ancestors may whisper, symbolic entities may appear in reflection — not as

guaranteed presences, but as lawful metaphors and intuitive impressions. The cards reveal possibility,

not decree.

2. Boundaries of Divination

Tarot readings do not: predict the future with certainty; guarantee outcomes; provide medical, legal,

financial, or psychological advice; diagnose illness; predict death or its timing; determine legal verdicts;

map the assured intentions of third parties. The practitioner reserves the right to decline any reading

that crosses these boundaries.

3. Shadow Work

Where shadow work arises, the client enters willingly. The practitioner may guide insight, but the

responsibility for emotional, spiritual, and practical response remains with the client. The shadows may

counsel or confront — but the path forward belongs solely to the client.

VI. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

All services are symbolic, spiritual, and artistic in nature. No warranties or guarantees of outcome are

made or implied. Clients engage at their own discretion and responsibility.

VII. RIGHT OF REFUSAL

The practitioner may refuse any request that violates ethical boundaries, legal constraints, spiritual

safety, or personal discernment. Refunds or credits will follow posted policy.

VIII. THE CROSSROADS PACT CLAUSE

Accepted upon commissioning any service, craft, or counsel

By proceeding, the client enters a covenant of understanding — not ensnarement, not metaphysical

debt, but a lawful agreement shaped in the language of the old ways.

1. The client acknowledges their voluntary request for all services.

2. The practitioner affirms adherence to all ethical and legal boundaries herein stated.

3. Both parties accept that workings operate in possibility, not promise.

4. The client pledges honesty in requests and lawful intent in all commissioned acts.

5. The practitioner may withdraw from any working deemed unsafe or unethical.

6. The Crossroads stands witness — keeper of balance, not collector of souls.

Revised Final Seal of the Crossroads Pact

This Pact is sealed not with bondage nor sacrifice, but with reverence for the craft; with the trust

exchanged between practitioner and client; and with the enthusiastic consent to engage in the work that

unfolds between them. It is witnessed by the embrace of all that converges at the Crossroads —

shadow and light, chance and choice, path and purpose — yet binds neither spirit nor fate beyond what

is written herein. It holds only understanding, consent, and the lawful conduct of both parties: nothing

more, and nothing less.

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