LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THE GREAT MOTHER; SHE
WHO OF OLD WAS ALSO CALLED AMONG MEN, ARTEMIS, ASTARTE, ATHENE, DIONE,
MELUSINE, APHRODITE, CERRIDWEN, DANA, ARIANRHOD, ISIS, BRIDE, AND BY MANY OTHER
NAMES
WHENEVER
YE HAVE NEED OF ANYTHING, ONCE IN THE MONTH, AND BETTER IT BE WHEN THE MOON IS
FULL, THEN SHALL YE ASSEMBLE IN SOME SECRET PLACE AND ADORE THE SPIRIT OF ME,
WHO AM QUEEN OF ALL WITCHES.
THERE
SHALL YE ASSEMBLE, YE WHO ARE FAIN TO LEARN ALL SORCERY, YET HAVE NOT 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 BE 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
TOWARDS IT; LET NAUGHT STOP YOU NOR 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 GIVETH THE GIFT
OF JOY UNTO THE HEART OF MAN. UPON
EARTH, I GIVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRIT ETERNAL; AND BEYOND DEATH, I GIVE
PEACE, AND FREEDOM, AND
HEAR
YE THE WORDS OF THE STAR GODDESS; SHE, IN THE DUST OF WHOSE FEET ARE THE HOSTS
OF HEAVEN, AND WHOSE BODY ENCIRCLES 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 DESIRE IN THE HEART OF MAN, CALL UNTO THY SOUL. ARISE, AND COME UNTO ME. FOR I AM THE SOUL OF NATURE
WHO GIVES LIFE TO THE UNIVERSE.
FROM ME ALL THINGS PROCEED, AND UNTO ME ALL THINGS MUST RETURN; AND
BEFORE MY FACE BELOVED OF GODS AND MEN, LET THINE INNERMOST DIVINE SELF BE
ENFOLDED IN THE RAPTURE OF THE INFINITE.
LET MY WORSHIP BE IN 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 KNOWEST THE 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.
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