Charge of the Goddess

[Zephonith Serpent Woman]

Listen to the words of the Great Mother.

I who of old was called among men Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Cybele, Arianrhod, Isis, Diana, Bride and by many other Names.
At mine altars the youth of Lycedaemon in Sparta made due sacrifice.
At my altars, the youth of most distant ages gave love, and made due sacrifice.

Whenever you have need of anything,
Once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full,
Then shall ye gather, ye who are fain to learn all magick, yet have not yet won it’s 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 truly 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 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 of man.
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 ought in 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,
And whose body encircles the universe.
I who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon amongst the stars,
And the mystery of the waters, and the desire of 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 of men,
Let thine innermost divine self be infolded in the rapture of the infinite.

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth;
For behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.