Therefore I say to you,
Love yourself, even as you are today;
Love what you eat, and drink; and your body,
And what you adorn yourself with.
But be aware that life is more than food, and the body more than raiment.
Behold the birds of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap,
Nor save up food; yet your heavenly Mother feeds them.
Are you any better than they?
Which of you by thinking can add one centimeter to her stature?
And why be concerned about your clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say to you, that their clothing is more glorious than the finest couture.
Wherefore, if Goddess so clothe the grain of the field,
Which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall she not much more clothe you,
O you of little faith?
Therefore in your heart do not worry about
What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
For your Mother the Goddess knows that you have need of all these things.
But seek you first the Path of the Goddess, and Her love;
And all these things shall be provided for you;
For the Goddess loves things of beauty and gracefulness.
Take therefore no thought for tomorrow:
For tomorrow shall take care of itself.
Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof.
Judge not, lest you be not judged.
For with what judgment you judge,
You shall be judged:
Why criticize the splinter that is in your sister's eye,
But consider not the log that is in your own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to your sister,
"Let me pull out the splinter out of your eye;"
And, behold, a log is in your own eye?
Oh hypocrite, first cast out the splinter out of your own eye;
And then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the log out of your sister's eye.
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine,
Lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Ask, and it shall be given you;
Seek, and you shall find;
Knock, and it shall be opened to you:
For every one that asks receives;
And she that seeks finds;
And to her that knocks the door shall be opened.
Enter you in at the narrow gate:
For open is the gate,
And straight is the way, that leads to evil,
And many there be which go in thereat:
But narrow is the gate, and twisted is the path,
Which leads to the Goddess, and few there be that find it.
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing,
But inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do we harvest grapes from thorn-bushes, or figs from thistles?
Even so every good tree bring forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bring forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bring not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
In quiet the voice of the Goddess is best heard;
Those who say do not know and those who know do not say;
Not every one that says to me, Goddess, Goddess, Goddess,
Shall enter into the Grove; but only she that does the will of my Mother.
Many will say to me in that day,
Goddess, Goddess, Goddess, have we not prophesied in your name?
And in your name have cast out evil?
And in your name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess to them, I never knew you:
You have deceived many and enlightened none;
Depart from me, you that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever hear these sayings of mine, and do them,
I will liken her to a wise woman, which built her house upon a solid foundation.
And then the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
And beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was built upon bedrock.
And every one that hear these sayings of mine, and do them not,
Shall be likened to a foolish woman, which built her house upon a beach
And the rain descended, and the waves came, and the winds blew,
And beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
At that moment the Sun set and the full Moon rose;
And silence fell on the marketplace;
Gaia was consumed by the flames;
She died at the hands of the patriarchs;
May the burning times not come again;
May we be blessed by Her tolerance and wisdom.
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