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The Goddess and The God ![[god]](/moon2/mystique_angel/images/god.jpg)
The Goddess is the universal Mother. The Goddess is known by tree aspects: the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone, symbolized in the waxing and waning of the Moon. She is the unploughed fields, the full harvest and the dormant, frost covered Earth all at the same time. She gives birth to abundance. But as life is Her gift, She lends it with the promise of death. This is not darkness and oblivion, but rest from the toils of physical existence.
Since the Goddess is nature, all nature, She is both the Temptress and the Crone; the tornado and the fresh spring rain; the cradle and the grave.
Though She is possessed of both natures, She is revered as the giver of fertility, love and abundance, though she is acknowledged for her darker side as well. She is seen in the Moon, the soundless, ever moving sea, and in the green growth of the first spring. She is the embodiment of fertility and love.
The Goddess has been known as the Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Gods that made the Gods, the Divine Source, the Great Mother and by countless other titles.
There are many symbols used to represent the Lady such as the cauldron, cup, five petalled flowers, the mirror, necklace, seashell, pearl, silver, emerald, labrys, a round or a holed stone and many more. The Goddess is also represented by many animals such as the rabbit, the bear, the owl, the cat, dog, bat, goose, cow, dolphin, lion, horse, wren, scorpion, spider and bee. All are sacred to the Goddess.
Lady of the Moon, Earth Mother, Sister of Power
The Goddess speaks:
I am the chaste Goddess of the Moon, the Lady of all magic. The winds and moving leaves sing My name. I wear the crescent Moon upon My brow and My feet rest among the starry heavens. I am a field untouched by the plow. Rejoice in Me and know the fullness of youth.
I am the blessed Mother, the gracious Lady of the harvest. I am clothed with the deep, cool wonder of the Earth and the gold of the fields heavy with grain. By Me the tides of the Earth are ruled, all things come to fruitation according to My season. I am refuge and healing. I am the life giving Mother, wondrously fertile.
Worship Me as the Crone, tender of the unbroken cycle of death and rebirth. I am the wheel, the shadow of the Moon. I rule the tides of women and men and give release and renewal to weary souls. Though the darkness of death is My domain, the joy of birth is My gift.
I am the Goddess of the Moon, the Earth, the Seas. My names and strengths are manifold. I pour forth magic and power, peace and wisdom. I am the eternal Maiden, Mother of all and Crone of darkness and I send you My blessings of limitless love.
The God's domain includes the forests untouched by human hands, burning deserts and towering mountains. The stars are sometimes thought to be under His domain since they are like distant Suns. The yearly cycle of greening maturation and harvest has long been associated with the Sun. God is the fully ripened harvest, intoxicating wine pressed from grapes, golden grain waving in a lone field, shimmering apples hanging from the trees on October afternoons.
Symbols often used to depict the God are thee sword, horns, spear, candle, gold, brass, diamond, the sickle, arrow, magical wand, knife, acorn, pine cone and many others. The God of the Sky, of rain and lightning, descended upon and united with the Goddess, spreading seed upon the land, celebrating Her fertility.
The Horned One; The Harvest King
The God speaks:
I am the master of the beasts, wild and free. I run with the swift stag and soar as a sacred falcon against the shimmering sky. The ancient woods and wild places emanate My power and the birds of the air sing of My sanctity.
I am also the harvest, offering up My grain and fruit beneath the sickle of time so that all may be nourished. For without planting there can be no harvest; without winter, no spring.
Worship Me as the thousand-named Sun of creation, the Spirit of the horned stag in the wild, the endless harvest. See in the yearly cycle of festivals My birth, death and rebirth- and know that such is the destiny of all creation.
I am the spark of life, the radiant Sun, the giver of peace and rest and I send My rays of blessings to warm the hearts and strengthen the minds of all.I am the Great Mother, worshiped by all creation existent prior to their consciousness. I am the primal female force, boundless and eternal.
The God
The God is seen in the Sun, brilliantly shining overhead throughout the day, rid=sing and setting in the endless cycle that governs our lives. The God is also tender of the wild animals. As the Horned God, He is sometimes seen wearing horns on His head, symbolizing His connection with these beasts.
I am the radiant King of the Heavens, flooding the Earth with warmth and encouraging the hidden seed of creation to burst forth into manifestation. I lift My shining spear to light the lives of all beings and daily pour forth My gold upon the Earth, putting to flight the powers of darkness.
