Listen to the words of the Great Mother:
She, Who was of old also called among
mortals,
Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine,
Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arianrhod,
Isis, Brigid, 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 the 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 as yet unknown.
And
ye shall be free from slavery,
and as
a token 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 upon Earth,
for My love is law unto all beings.
Keep
pure your Highest Ideals;
strive ever toward them,
let naught stop you nor turn you aside,
for Mine is the secret door which opens
upon the door 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 hearts of men and women.
Upon
Earth I give knowledge of the
Spirit Eternal and beyond death I give
peace,
freedom and reunion with
those who have gone before.
Nor
do I demand sacrifice, for behold,
I am the Mother of all living things
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 encircles the Universe...
I
am the beauty of the green Earth,
and the silver Moon among the stars,
and the Mysteries of the waters,
and the desire in the hearts of humans.
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 of humans,
let thine innermost divine self be enfolded
in the rapture of the Infinite.
Let
My worship be within the heart that rejoices,
for behold, all acts of love and pleasure
are My rituals.
And therefore let there be beauty and
strength,
power and compassion, honor and humility,
mirth and reverence with you.
And
thou, who think to seek for Me,
know that the seeking and yearning
shall avail thee not unless thou know
the Mystery:
that if that which thou seek,
thou find not within thee,
thou shall 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.
