I. Tend before you take. You don't earn the right to take from a being by wanting something from it — only by being in real relationship with it first.

II. Waste breaks a relationship, not just a rule. Every part of the animal, harvest, and land is used with care. Discarding what could still serve isn't a technical failure — it's a betrayal of a someone who gave you their life.

III. The old ways are practiced accurately, not aesthetically. Butchery and preservation are taught and performed correctly — a relationship handled sloppily is not honored by good intentions.

IV. Attention is owed, not just intention. No creature in this practice dies without the practitioner's full presence and respect. Meaning well while working carelessly does not satisfy this.

V. The dead and the old knowledge are kept, not hoarded. Awful Witchcraft grows through education and community. Keeping practices secret for mystique breaks faith with the ancestors this knowledge is meant to honor.