Full Moon Blessings to you all
Charge of the Goddess
Listen to the words of the Great
Mother, who was of old also called Artemis, Astarte, Diana, Melusine, Aphrodite,
Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride and by many other names.
Whenever ye have need of anything, once in a month,
and better it be when the Moon be full, then ye shall assemble in some secret
place and adore the spirit of me, who am Queen of all Witcheries.
There shall ye assemble, ye who are fain to learn
all sorcery, yet have not yet won its deepest secrets: to these will I teach
things that are yet unknown.
And ye shall be free from slavery; and as a sign
that ye are really free, ye shall be naked in your rites; and ye shall dance, sing,
feast, make music and love, all in my praise.
For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and mine also
is joy on earth; for my Law is Love unto all Beings.
Keep pure your highest ideal; strive ever toward
it; let naught stop you or turn you aside.
For mine is the secret door which opens upon the
Land of Youth; and mine is the Cup of the Wine of Life, and the Cauldron of
Cerridwen, which is the Holy Grail of Immortality.
I am the Gracious Goddess, who gives the gift of
joy unto the heart. Upon earth, I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal; and
beyond death, I give peace, and freedom, and reunion with those who have gone
before. Nor do I demand sacrifice, for behold I am the Mother of All Living,
and my love is poured out upon the earth.
Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess, she in the
dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven; whose body encircleth the Universe;
I, who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white Moon among the stars,
and the mystery of the waters, and the heart’s desire, call unto thy soul.
Arise and come unto me.
For I am the Soul of Nature, who giveth life to the
universe; from me all things proceed, and unto me must all things return; and
before my face, beloved of gods and mortals, thine inmost divine self shall be
unfolded in the rapture of infinite joy.
Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth,
for behold: all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. And therefore let
there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honour and humility, mirth
and reverence within you.
And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy
seeking and yearning shall avail thee not, unless thou know this mystery: that
if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee, thou wilt never find
it without thee.
For behold, I have been with thee from the
beginning; and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.
Blessed
Be
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