Charge of The Goddess

Listen to the words of the Great Mother

she who of old has been called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Cerridwen, Ishtar, Diana and by many other names:

"Whenever you have need of anything, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place to adore the spirit of Me,

who am Queen of all the Wise.

You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that ye be free, you shall sing, dance, feast, make music and love, all in My praise.

For Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, but Mine also is joy on Earth.

My law is love unto all beings.

Mine is the secret door that opens upon the land of youth, and Mine is the cup of the wine of life, that is the Cauldron of Cerridwen, that is the Holy Grail of Immortality.

I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal, and beyond death, I give peace, freedom and reunion with those who have gone before.

Nor do I demand aught in sacrifice, for behold, I am the Mother of all things, and My love is poured out upon the Earth."

Hear now the words of the Star Goddess, the dust of whose feet are the hosts of Heaven, whose body encircles the universe:

"I who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, do call upon your souls...arise, and come unto Me.

For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.

From Me all things proceed, and unto Me they must return.

Let My worship be in the heart that rejoiceth, for behold - all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.

Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you. And you who seek to know Me, know that thy seeking and yearning will avail thee not, unless thou knowest this mystery: that if that which you seek you findest not within thee, you will never find it without, for behold - I have been with thee from the beginning, and I am that which is attained at the end of desire."

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Charge of the God

"And these are the words of Cernunnos, Herne, Atho, Beli, the Voice of the Horned One, He whose names are un-numbered:

I am the wild hunter of the forest deep

And I am the fire upon the hill

And I am the sower of the seed

And the tiller of the soil of the earth.

And I am the golden warrior

Whose arrows are the shafts from the sun

The thunder is my hoof fall

The wilderness my shrine.

I weild the oaken staff

The elements at my call

By day am the sun

by night I ride upon the wild winds.

I am a stag, a tree and mountain

My seed within the earth's dark womb

For I am the Horned One;

Sire of the Universe

Love and Consort of the Goddess am I

In the wilderness doth my spirit dwell

And all wildlings

And fugitives of oppression

Are cherished within my heart.

To such as thee, my hidden children

Am I provider and protector?

For all things wild and free

Are in my keeping

And all things of beauty and freedom and love

Are joy unto my spirit;

Siftly I come to meeriment and laughter

for these are my invocations

For I am the Lord of all life

Yet also I have a dark face

For I am Death. The Reaper of Souls.

And terrible is this my dark face

To those who know not the mystery.

Yet to my hidden children

Who know and love my spirit

My dark face is also sweet

For tis the face of deep and hiden wisdom.

For I am the giver of knwoledge

Life and death are mine to give

From death thou shalt be reborn

Unto new life and love.

Therefor seek my spirit and know me

Bright and dark

Then shalt thou know my mystery

For I am the Ancient One:

My faces outnumer the stars

I am the Horned One of un-numbered names

I am the gentle and the fierce.

I am Cernunnos, Herne, Atho, Belie, Haro, Crom, the Ancient One

Lord and Sire of the Universe All

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