The Charge Of The Goddess



               Listen to the words of the Great Mother, who of old was called
               Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Ceridwen, Diana,
               Arionrhod, Brigid, Isis and 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
               plane 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 rites. Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in
               My presense, for Mine is the ecstacy of the spirit and Mine also is 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 wine of life
               that is the Cauldron of Ceridwen that is the holy grail of
               immortality. I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal and beyond
               death I peace and freedon and reunion with those that have gone before. Nor do I demand aught of
               sacrifice, for behold, I am the mother of all things and My love is poured upon the earth."

               Hear the word of the Star Goddess, the dust of whose feet are the host of heaven, whose body encircles
               the universe:

              I who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon amoung the stars and the mysteries of the
              waters, 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 reutrn. 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 reverence 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 that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will 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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