tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62167457315390352742024-03-08T04:16:26.035-08:00A Witch's MuseEverything from recipes, to spells you will find them here. These are all parts of the daily life of a witch and I assure you there all tested by me!Rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14477992904851996221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216745731539035274.post-77104528704619655622010-01-30T11:49:00.000-08:002010-01-30T11:49:20.486-08:00Charge of the Goddess As Written by Doreen Valiente<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Now listen to the words of the Great Mother,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Who was of old also called among men</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And by many other names.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Whenever ye have need of any thing,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Then shall ye assemble in some secret place,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And adore the spirit of me, who am Queen of all witches.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">There shall ye assemble,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ye who are fain to learn all sorcery,yet have not won its deepest secrets;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">To these will I teach things that are as yet unknown.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And ye shall be free from slavery;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And as a sign that ye be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">All in my praise.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, and mine also is joy on earth;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For my law is love unto all beings.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Keep pure your highest ideal;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Strive ever towards it, let naught stop you or turn you aside;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For mine is the secret door which opens upon the land of youth,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And mine is the cup of wine of life,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And the cauldron of Cerridwen, which is the Holy Grail of immortality.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">I am the gracious Goddess,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Upon earth, I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And beyond death, I give peace, and freedom,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And reunion with those who have gone before.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Nor do I demand sacrifice; for behold, I am the Mother of all living,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And my love is poured out upon the earth.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">She in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">whose body encircles the universe.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">I,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And the mystery of the waters, and desire of the heart of man.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Call unto thy soul;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Arise and come unto me;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For I am the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">From me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And before my face, beloved of Gods and of men,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And thou who thinkest to seek for me,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Unless thou knowest the mystery:</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">That if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee,</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Thou wilt never find it without thee.</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning;</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And I am that which is attained at the end of desire.</span></span></div>Rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14477992904851996221noreply@blogger.com1