| CHARGE OF THE GODDESS Listen to the words of the Great Mother, who of old was called Artemis, Diane, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arianhod, Brighid, and by many other names. Whenever you have need of anything, once in the month and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of me, who is Queen of all the wise. You shall be free from slavery. And as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rights. Sing, feast, dance make music and love, all in my presence, for mine is the ecstacy of the spirit and mine is also joy on earth for my law is love unto all beings. Mine is the secret that opens upon the door 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 thee knowledge of the spirit eternal and beyond. Death, I give peace and freedom and reunion with those that have gone before. I do not demand aught for sacrifice for behold I am the mother of all things and my love is poured out upon the earth. Hear also 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 body of the green earth and the white moon among the stars and the mysteries of the water. I call upon your soul to 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 rejoices, for behold all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverance within you. And you who seek to know me, know that your seeking and yearning will avail you not unless you know the mystery - for if that which you seek you find not within yourself, you can never find it without. For behold I have been with you from the beginning and I am that which is attained at the end of desire |
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