Regula Domūs: The Household Creed of Right Living


Regula Domūs 

The Household Creed of Right Living

We keep the hearth, and the hearth keeps us.
Fire before pride; shelter before power.
In flame and bread, in light and ash,
we remember who we are.

We rise with gratitude—
not as masters of the day,
but as guests within it.
What is given, we receive with reverence.
What is taken, we take with care.

We speak with truth and measured tongue.
Let words be few, honest, and well placed,
for speech shapes fate
as surely as blade or fire.

We labor with dignity,
offering the work of our hands
as gift to the gods,
the household,
and those yet unseen.
No task is base
when done in honor.

We welcome the stranger in good faith
and guard the threshold from harm.
Hospitality is sacred—
but the hearth is never without wardens.
Peace is cherished;
safety upheld.

We eat and drink with joy,
neither in excess nor in denial.
Pleasure is holy
when it deepens life,
and destructive
when it forgets its limits.

We love without possession
and bind ourselves without cruelty.
Desire is honored;
consent, inviolate.
Where fidelity is given,
it is kept as oath and offering.

We govern ourselves before judging others.
Discipline begins within.
Anger is faced, not unleashed;
grief is honored, not hidden;
shame is rejected as false fire.

We remember the ancestors—
named and unnamed—
and act so the future may bless us in return.
What we inherit, we tend.
What we break, we repair.

We hold balance between freedom and duty,
between solitude and belonging,
between devotion and delight.
Extremes are teachers,
but harmony is the aim.

At day’s end, we return to the flame.
We release what is not ours to carry.
Forgiveness is practiced;
rest is taken;
and the hearth is readied for tomorrow.

Thus we live in Pax Deōrum—
not through fear,
but through right relationship.
Not through perfection,
but through care.

We keep the hearth.
We keep our word.
We keep each other.


Hearth Recitation (Simple)

We keep the hearth, and the hearth keeps us. In care, in balance, we tend what is given. We act in right relationship with gods and kin. We keep our word; we keep each other.

Threshold Inscription

Hic focus custoditur; domus haec a deis protecta est; pax intra.

The hearth is kept here; this home is protected by the gods; peace within.

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