The Gods & Goddesses
Infinite life of opposites in balance.
Father and Mother God/dess
Demi-gods
Legends
This offers my understanding of the creative forces in the universe.
Both Male and Female participate <like the sky and stars>.
It takes both kinds of nurturing to raise life <masculine and feminine>.
Each of the elements involved in creation come into play.
Environment
Nutrients
Natural Elements
Support / Previous Experience
Each new life force is an entirely new creative force on earth composed of multiple contributing factors.
Free will and individual drive gives each life form a choice to fit in and go where they please.
Belonging and Choices made set up the general idea of where it is you need to be.
Sexual Preference & Appetite
Eating Patterns
Spiritual Paths
Attractions & Interests
All play parts in where it is to house yourself and build your WAT
The alignment of the Chakras with their corresponding tendency to mate might help map the way to a compatible partner.
Above all, it is about holding high the names of the Old Ones, keeping their ways, and caring for the Earth.
-A Journey to the One
Father and Mother God/dess
Demi-gods
Legends
This offers my understanding of the creative forces in the universe.
Both Male and Female participate <like the sky and stars>.
It takes both kinds of nurturing to raise life <masculine and feminine>.
Each of the elements involved in creation come into play.
Environment
Nutrients
Natural Elements
Support / Previous Experience
Each new life force is an entirely new creative force on earth composed of multiple contributing factors.
Free will and individual drive gives each life form a choice to fit in and go where they please.
Belonging and Choices made set up the general idea of where it is you need to be.
Sexual Preference & Appetite
Eating Patterns
Spiritual Paths
Attractions & Interests
All play parts in where it is to house yourself and build your WAT
The alignment of the Chakras with their corresponding tendency to mate might help map the way to a compatible partner.
Above all, it is about holding high the names of the Old Ones, keeping their ways, and caring for the Earth.
-A Journey to the One
The Charge of The Goddess
THE CHARGE OF THE GODDESS
This version of the ever popular Charge of the Goddess, we think one of the most meaningful documents ever written, is attributed to Doreen
Valiente, adapted from Charles Leland’s Aradia, the Gospel of the Witches.
Listen to the words of the Great Mother; She who of old was also called among men Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arianrhod, Isis, Brid and by many other names.
Whenever ye have need of anything, once in the month, better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of me, who is Queen of all the Wise. There ye shall assemble, ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, and 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 to show that ye are free ye shall be naked in thy 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 thee 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 aught of 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 is 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 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 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 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, honor 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, then 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.
When this is used, the first and third paragraphs (the short ones) are usually said by the High Priest, the second and fourth paragraphs by the High Priestess. This is often used after a drawing down of the Goddess into the High Priestess, which makes the first person language appropriate.
This version of the ever popular Charge of the Goddess, we think one of the most meaningful documents ever written, is attributed to Doreen
Valiente, adapted from Charles Leland’s Aradia, the Gospel of the Witches.
Listen to the words of the Great Mother; She who of old was also called among men Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Diana, Arianrhod, Isis, Brid and by many other names.
Whenever ye have need of anything, once in the month, better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of me, who is Queen of all the Wise. There ye shall assemble, ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, and 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 to show that ye are free ye shall be naked in thy 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 thee 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 aught of 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 is 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 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 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 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, honor 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, then 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.
When this is used, the first and third paragraphs (the short ones) are usually said by the High Priest, the second and fourth paragraphs by the High Priestess. This is often used after a drawing down of the Goddess into the High Priestess, which makes the first person language appropriate.
Invocation of the Horned God
By the flame that burneth bright. O Horned One!
We call thy name into the night. O Horned One!
Thee we invoke by the moon led sea. By the standing stone & the twisted tree.
Thee we invoke where gather thine own. By the nameless shrine forgotten and lone.
Come where the round of the dance is trod. Horn and hoof of the goat-foot God.
By moonlit meadow on dusky hill. When the haunted wood is hushed and still.
Come to the charm of the chanted prayer. As the moon bewitches the midnight air.
Evoke thy powers, that potent bide. In shining stream and secret tide.
In fiery flame by starlight pale. In shadowy host that ride the gale.
And by the fern-brakes fairy-haunted. Of forests wild & wood enchanted
Come! O Come! To the heartbeats drum!
Come to us who gather below. When the broad white moon is climbing slow
Through the stars to the heavens height. We hear thy hoofs on the wind of night.
As black tree branches shake and sigh. By joy and terror we know thee nigh
We speak the spell thy power unlocks. At solstice, Sabbat, and Equinox
Word of virtue the veil to rend. From primal dawn to the wide world's end.
Since time began --- The Blessing of Pan!
Blessed be all in hearth and hold
Blessed in all worth more than gold
Blessed be in strength and love
Blessed be wher'er we rove
Vision fade not from our eyes
of the Pagan paradise
Past the gates of death and birth
Our inheritance of the earth
From our soul the song of spring
Fade not in our wandering
Our life with all life is one,
By blackest night or noonday sun
Eldest of the gods, on thee we call
Blessing be on thy creatures all.
We call thy name into the night. O Horned One!
Thee we invoke by the moon led sea. By the standing stone & the twisted tree.
Thee we invoke where gather thine own. By the nameless shrine forgotten and lone.
Come where the round of the dance is trod. Horn and hoof of the goat-foot God.
By moonlit meadow on dusky hill. When the haunted wood is hushed and still.
Come to the charm of the chanted prayer. As the moon bewitches the midnight air.
Evoke thy powers, that potent bide. In shining stream and secret tide.
In fiery flame by starlight pale. In shadowy host that ride the gale.
And by the fern-brakes fairy-haunted. Of forests wild & wood enchanted
Come! O Come! To the heartbeats drum!
Come to us who gather below. When the broad white moon is climbing slow
Through the stars to the heavens height. We hear thy hoofs on the wind of night.
As black tree branches shake and sigh. By joy and terror we know thee nigh
We speak the spell thy power unlocks. At solstice, Sabbat, and Equinox
Word of virtue the veil to rend. From primal dawn to the wide world's end.
Since time began --- The Blessing of Pan!
Blessed be all in hearth and hold
Blessed in all worth more than gold
Blessed be in strength and love
Blessed be wher'er we rove
Vision fade not from our eyes
of the Pagan paradise
Past the gates of death and birth
Our inheritance of the earth
From our soul the song of spring
Fade not in our wandering
Our life with all life is one,
By blackest night or noonday sun
Eldest of the gods, on thee we call
Blessing be on thy creatures all.