Now listen to the words of The Great Mother,
who was of old also called among men Artemis,Asarte,Athene,
Dione,Melusine,Aphrodite,Cerridwen,Dana,
Arianrhod,Isis,Bride,and by many other names.At her altars,
the youth of Lacedaemon in Sparta made due sacrifice.
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 as 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 or turn you aside;for mine is the secret door which opens upon
the land of youth,and mine is the cup of wineof 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 wih those who have gone before.
Nor do I demand sacrifice;for behold,I am the Mother of all living,and
my love is poured out upon the Earth.
Here 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 who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon upon the
mysteries of the waters,I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.
For I am the soul of nature that gives life to the universe.From me all things
proceed and unto me they must return.Let My worship be in the heart that
rejoices,for behold,all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
Let there be beauty and strength,power and compassion,honor and humility,
mirth and reverence with in you.And you who seek to know me,know that
the seeking and yearning will avail you not,unless you know the Mystery:
For if that which you seek,you find not with in yourself,you will never find
it without.
For behold,I have been with you from the beginning,and I am that which is
attained at the end of desire.
