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~ Diana/Artemis ~

Diana, whose name simply means "Goddess" is the most
popular of all the Goddesses. Diana is the Roman name
for the Greek Goddess, Artemis. Diana has remained,
throughout the centuries, as a symbol of classical
antiquity. When paganism saw its first revival, both
Diana and Artemis quickly came to the forefront as
Goddesses of the wild and woodlands. Diana is usually
depicted with a bow and arrow. Diana was the twin
sister of Apollo, was a virgin and was called up by
women who needed independence or protection from men.
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~ Hecate ~

Hecate, a divinity of the Underworld and companion of
Persephone, is called the Queen of the night and the
Goddess of the crossroads. Her three faces are turned
towards as many directions, and her name was shrieked
at night at the crossroads of cities. She is portrayed
as bearing torches, and it is with them that she
killed Clytius during the course of the Gigantomachy. Hecate is regarded as supreme both in Heaven
as well as in the Underworld. It is said that Zeus calls upon her
whenever any man on earth offers sacrifices and prays
for a favour. Hecate was originally a Goddess in her
maiden aspect, but over the years, throughout history,
has taken on the feature of a crone.
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Isis

Isis was the supreme mother Goddess of ancient
Egypt. She was married to her brother Osiris,
and their child was the God Horus. The 3
Deities together made up the holy trinity of
the Egyptian pantheon. Isis spent time among
mankind and taught many skills to the women,
such as the grinding of corn, spinning
fibres and reading.
Isis was the most powerful Deity of the
pantheon, even more so than the older sun God,
Ra. She tricked Ra to get his secret name, by
which she gained many of his powers as well as
her own.
Isis was also the first to use Mummification.
When her husband was murdered by his jealous
brother Set, Isis found the pieces of his
body, wrapped them in linen strips and
breathed life back into him. This is the base
for the well-known tradition among the ancient
Egyptians to mummify their dead in preparation
for the afterlife.
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Kali

Kali is the great Indian
Goddess and although she is another loving
mother figure although she is depicted with
her tongue hanging out and wearing a necklace
of skulls, which does not seem very
"motherly".
Kali fought with Raktavija,
the lord of the Asuras (Demons) and for every
drop of his blood that touched the Earth, a
thousand demons sprang up. Kali, in her Divine
madness solved this by licking up every drop
of this blood with her tongue, and won the
day. Wild with joy, she continued tot dance
her dance of destruction until the Gods begged
her to stop but she would not listen. Finally,
her husband Shiva came to implore her. Still
crazed, she did not recognise him and instead
threw him on the floor with the corpses and
danced over him.
The destruction associated
with Kali has been connected with the cycle of
creation and rebirth.
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Inanna

Inanna, which
means "Queen of Heaven", is the Sumerian Great
Goddess and forerunner of the Babylonian
Ishtar. Sumer was a culture located in what is
now the southern half of Iraq.
Inanna is the
first daughter of the Moon, and the Star of
the morning and evening. Like Anat and
Aphrodite she is linked to the plant Venus and
is a love Goddess. Her wedding to the shepherd
Dumuzi was celebrated on the first day of the
new year as a sacred marriage rite, and her
legends show her to be a woman of powerful
sexuality.
Inanna descended
to the Underworld to learn of the wisdom of
death and rebirth. To be released from death
she must choose a substitute and offer up
Dumuzi, who in her absence did not mourn her.
~*~*~*~
Morgan

Morgan was also
known as Morgana and Morgan Le Fay. She was
the older half-sister of King Arthur. She is a
fairy queen and sorceress and it is said she
was a pupil of Merlin. Morgan is very
much associated with the magical island of
Avalon.
Morgan hated
Arthur and the legends are full of her
attempts to bring his downfall.
It is said that
Morgan is a Goddess of the sea and of the Isle
of Avalon. She was a healer and
drinking water blessed by her provided
and instant cure for all ills.
The 'Fay' in her
name means fate or fairy, which in itself
means fate.
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Freyja:
Goddess of
Abundance and Fertility

Freya was the sister of the god Freyr, and was one of the Vanir, the Norse
deities of earth and water that lived in Asgard.Venerated by women, heroes and
rulers alike, she was the Scandinavian goddess of fertility and abundance.
Freyja could be called upon for assistance in childbirth and conception, to aid
with marital problems, or to bestow fruitfulness upon the land and sea.
In some traditions, she is known not only as Freyr's sister
but his wife as well. Like Freyr, she is associated with material wealth. She
was known to wear a magnificent necklace called Brisingamen, which represents
the fire of the sun, and was said to weep tears of gold. In the
Norse Eddas, Freyja is not only a goddess of
fertility and wealth, but also of war and battle. She also has connections to
magic and divination.
Freyja was similar to Frigg, the chief goddess of the Aesir,
which was the Norse race of sky deities. Both were connected with
childrearing, and could take on the aspect of a bird. Freyja owned a magical
cloak of hawk's feathers, which allowed her to transform at will. This cloak
is given to Frigg in some of the Eddas.
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Brigantia
Brigantia is the tribal goddess of the Brigantes tribe of
northern England, whose name comes from the root brig and means "High One" or
"Queen". She was associated with water and rivers (one inscription refers to her
as the Nymph Brigantia), and the river Braint (in Anglesey) and river Brent (in
Middlesex) were both probably named after her, and possibly the river Brechin in
Scotland as well.
The Romans associated her with Victoria, goddess of victory, and Minerva,
goddess of war and wisdom, as can be seen from inscriptions combining the names
of these deities with Brigantia.
There are at least ten Roman inscriptions to Brigantia. One image shows her
bearing a spear and a globe, with a gorgon pendant around her neck and a shield
behind her, which are all strongly reminiscent of Minerva. The Irish goddess
Brigit and Gallic goddess Brigindo have also been identified with Brigantia.
~*~*~*~
Arianrhod

Arianrhod is a Welsh Goddess whose name means Silver Wheel. Some say she lives
in the constellation called Corona Borealis. She is the mistress of the
otherworldly tower of initiation, Caer Sidi, where poets learn starry wisdom and
where the dead go between incarnations.
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Herne

Herne is the silent master of the Wild Hunt, a legend that is found in most
Celtic lands. Herne is also one of a number of horned gods that are found in
Celtic tales. Like the others he was a symbol of the life force.
Herne, like the Greek Pan, was a symbol for a wilder form of
that force. Just as Pan's pipes drove people to pan-ic, Herne also had a highly
effective horn. Only his did not drive one to panic but called all who heard it
to joint he wild hunt and be filled with an uncontrollable lust to hunt down and
rip to shreds what or whom ever was unlucky enough to become the object of this
hunt. He was always aided in this by a number of large hounds.
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The pentacle, a pentagram
within a circle, is the most recognizable
symbol of Wicca.
The pentacle represents the integration of body and spirit, and the
spiritual mastery of the four elements. The
pentacle is used in a number of Wiccan
rituals.
The pentacle is often worn as a symbol of recognition amongst
practitioners, especially those who practice a
code of secrecy.
Its five points represent (starting at the top
and moving clockwise) spirit, fire, water,
earth, and air.
The fact that "spirit" is at the topmost point means that all of the
earthly elements are subject to the power and
influence of "otherworld;" the fact that there
is a circle connecting all five means that
they are interwoven, the natural elements with
the spiritual.
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When people hear the words "Wiccan" or
"Wicca" they tend to think of witches sat
round a cauldron creating spells to cast
evil upon others, flying around on
broomsticks and generally "devil
worshipping". But these are just myths and
a true Wiccan would not do any harm to
anyone, in fact, Wiccans are full of love
for their fellow man and worship the earth
we live in.
Wicca is a Neopagan religion that can
be found in many English speaking
countries and was originally founded by
the British civil servant Gerald Gardner
around the 1940, although it was first
openly revealed in 1954.
In Old
English, Wicca meant 'necromancer' or
'male witch'. Some believe that the term
'Wicca' is related to Old English 'witan',
meaning wise man or counsellor, but this
is widely rejected by language scholars as
false etymology. Nonetheless,, Wicca is
often called the "Craft of the wise" as a
result of this misconception. The word
itself however, is untraceable beyond the
Old English period and its derivation from
the Indo-European roots 'wic' and 'weik'
is incorrect by phonological
understanding.
Although sometimes "Wicca" and
"Witchcraft" are interchangeable, they are
not the same thing. The confusion comes
because both practitioners of Wicca and
practitioners of witchcraft are often
called witches. But, even more confusing
is the fact that not all Wiccans are
witches and not all witches are Wiccan.


Although Wicca is not a religion, as such, it is
often referred to as one. This can be a reference to both the initiatory
tradition, where initiates are assigned a degree and generally work in covens,
and to Solitary Wicca, where practitioners self-dedicate themselves to the
tradition and generally practice on their own.
Both Initiates and Solitary Wiccans
worship the Goddess, with most also
choosing to worship the God, and both
celebrate the Sabbats and Esbats.
Witchcraft, on the other hand, requires
no belief in specific Gods or Goddesses
and is not a specific spiritual path.
Wiccans DO NOT encourage the use of
'black magic', 'evil magic' or any other
words used for the casting of evil spells.
Wicca is considered to be a learned skill, referring to
the casting of spells and the practice of magic or magick. The use of the "k" is
to distinguish the science of the Magi from all its counterfeits was coined as a
spelling by Aleister Crowley. Aleister Crowley was
originally Edward Alexander Crowley. He was an English
writer, mountaineer, and practiser of 'magick' who liked to be known as 'The
Beast' and 'The Wickedest Man Alive'. He lived at Boleskine House on the east
side of Loch Ness early in the 20th century, where he dabbled in the occult.
Some contemporary pop musicians claim they owe him a debt; his face is one of
the many on the iconic sleeve of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper album, and
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin owned Boleskine in the 1970s.


The
history of Wicca is a much debated topic. Gardner claimed that the religion was
a survival of matriarchal religions or pre-historic Europe, taught to him by a
woman named Dorothy Clutterbuck. Many believe he invented it himself, following
the thesis of Dr. Margaret Murray and sources such as Aradia: Gospel of the
Witches by Charles Godfrey Leland, and the practices of Freemasonry and
ceremonial magic; and while Clutterbuck certainly existed, historian Ronald
Hutton concluded that she is unlikely to have been involved in Gardener's Craft
activities.
Whilst the ritual format of Wicca is
undeniably styled after
late
Victorian era occultism, the spiritual
content is inspired by older Pagan faiths,
with Buddhist and Hindu influences.
Whether any historical connection to Pagan
religion exists, the aspiration to emulate
Pagan religion (as it was understood at
the time) certainly does. Gardner
probably had access to few, if any,
traditional Pagan rites. The prevailing
theory is that most of his rites were the
result of his adapting the works of
Aleister Crowley. There is very little in
the Wiccan rites that cannot be shown to
have come from earlier extant sources.
Philip
Heselton, writing in "Wiccan Roots" and
later in "Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron
of Inspiration", argues that Gardner was
not the author of the Wiccan rituals but
received them in good faith from an
unknown source.
He
notes that all the Crowley
material that is found in the
Wiccan rituals can be found in a
single book, The Equinox Vol 3 No.
1 or Blue Equinox. Gardner is not
known to have owned or had access
to a copy of this book.
What
better way is there to find out what a true Wiccan's beliefs
are than to hear it in the words of a Wiccan? This is a
short summary of what Wiccan is as told to me by a real
Wiccan:
"I have been Wiccan for 10 years and am initiated
to third degree.
If we lived in the 17th century
I would actually be burnt for being Wiccan. Wicca
started predominantly as paganism and 'Wicce' is the
old English name for witch but Wicca and witch and
paganism are all the same. What it actually is are
people of the earth who worship the tides, the moon
and the seasons, in
essence...nature and essentially worship the land as
opposed to a 'named' God.
The reason why a lot of Wiccan were burned as witches
is because pagans are so attuned to the earth
and themselves they can use their mind for divination
and also to send messages out to the universe for
things to happen and change.
Modern Wiccan was re-invented in
the 1950s by a gentleman called Gerald Gardner. Some
people may have heard of
Aleister Crowley, not a nice fellow by any stretch of
the imagination, Crowley was part of a group called
the Golden Dawn, as was Gardner. The Golden Dawn were
Freemasons who practiced Majick but Gardner broke off
and reformed Wicca as we know it today, with a lady
named Doreen Valiente. They re-wrote the text of old
pagan times...the Esbats, the Sabbats etc.
Esbats are the 13 new moons always celebrated by
pagans and Wiccans alike.
Esbats are rites held
for the purpose of communing with the Moon's energies
and are regarded as the time for most magickal
workings.
Where Sabbats are fire
or sun festivals, Esbats are dedicated to the Moon in
her various phases. These are considered the 'working'
celebrations, the time in which to attract, banish,
invoke protection, or to perform any other magickal
workings.
The Esbats are held in honour of the Goddess. The
Lunar Year contains 13 Full Moons. These have all been
called by various names i n the past but the ones that
seem to have become the most popular are:
MODERN |
ANCIENT |
CELTIC |
January |
Wolf Moon |
Fearn - Alder |
February |
Ice or Storm Moon |
Saille - Willow |
March |
Chaste Moon |
Nuin - Ash |
April |
Seed or Growing Moon |
Huathe - Hawthorn |
May |
Hare Moon |
Duiir - Oak |
June |
Mead Moon |
Tinne - Holly |
July |
Hay Moon |
Coll - Hazel |
August |
Corn Moon |
Muin - Vine |
September |
Harvest Moon |
Gort - Ivy |
October |
Blood Moon |
Ngetal - Reed |
November |
Snow Moon |
Beth - Birch |
December |
Oak or Cold Moon |
Luis - Rowan |
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They are only 12 moons, and that is because the 13th
Moon is called the Blue Moon, this occurs when four
full moons fall within the same season (as regular
seasons only have 3 full moons, the fourth full moon
between solstice and equinox, or vice versa, is the
Blue Moon). The Blue Moon is considered the 'goal
moon', at this time it is customary to set specific
goals for yourself and to review your
accomplishments and failures since the last one.
The
other 12 Moons all have special meanings as well:
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J anuary
is the time to conserve energy by working on
personal problems that involve no one else. It is
also a time for protection rites and reversing
spells. During this month the energy flow is
sluggish and below the surface.
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February
is the time for loving the self, accepting
responsibility for past errors, forgiving
yourself, and making future plans. At this time
the energy flow is working toward the surface;
good for purification, growth, and healing.
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March
is the time for new beginnings, breaking
illusions, and seeing the truth in your life
however much it may hurt. The energy flow breaks
into the open, a good time for growing,
prospering, and exploring. Light and Dark are in
balance now.
April
is the time for
working on your temper, emotional flare-ups, and
selfishness. The energy is flowing into creating
and producing; a good time for change,
self-confidence issues, taking advantage of
opportunities, and realizing self-reliance.
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May
is the time for strengthening the connections with
supernatural protectors and beings around you. The
energy is in full flow making this a good time for
intuition, propagating, and connecting with
faeries and nature spirits.
June
is the time for
decision making, taking responsibility for present
happenings, working on personal inconsistencies,
and for strengthening and rewarding yourself for
your positive traits. The energy is in full, but
restive, flow, the Earth tides are turning making
this a good time for protection, strengthening,
and prevention spells.
July
is the time for dream-work, divination, and
meditation on spiritual goals and plans. The
energy is slower and more relaxed, proper for
success and prosperity spells. This month is the
time to start preparing for the colder and darker
months ahead.
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August
is the time for harvesting, gathering, and
appreciating. The energy flow is slowing more and
now is the time of vitality, health, and
friendships.
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September
is the time for organizing and straightening up
physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
clutter. The energy flow is resting and Light and
Dark are in balance.
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October
is the time for inner cleansing. Meditate on the
laws of Karma and thoughts of reincarnation. This
is the time of letting go, justice, balance, and
inner harmony.
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November
is the month of
transformation. It is time to prepare for the
coming winter and a time to strengthen
communication with the god or goddess closest to
you. The energy flow is taking root and preparing
to flow once more.
December
is the time of Spiritual Paths. The Earth tides
are turning and it is time to reach out to friends
and family, the lonely, and the needy. This is the
month of death and renewal. Spells should should
be aimed at endurance and provision.
The
Sabbats are 8 harvest festivals celebrated by pagans.
The Sabbats are major Wiccan festivals:

Imbolc

This festival is a fertility festival and
here we celebrate the Goddess giving birth to
the God and so this is essentially our New Year
of fertility and new beginnings. This falls on
1st or 2nd February dependant on the sun.
Ostara

Ostara is the equivalent of the Christian
Easter, so Ostara is our Spring Equinox.
Beltane

Beltane falls on April 30th, but again it
depends on when the sun falls. This is the unity
of the God and Goddesses when pagans celebrate
'oneness'. A lot of third degree initiations are
performed during Beltane, but these days it is
just symbolic.
Third degree Wicca in the old days was when
the priest and priestess would join bodily
functions in celebration of the God and Goddess
but thankfully, nowadays it is only a symbolic
ritual.
Third degree is like a priesthood for pagans
and Wiccans which allows you to run a coven.
Litha Midsummer Equinox

The Midsummer Equinox is on June 21st. This
is a very strong time of year as the sun is at
its highest in the sky. This festival goes as
far back as the original sun worshippers, the
Aztecs.
Lughnasadh

The festival of Lughnasadh is in August and
is basically the Harvest Festival children
celebrate in schools. We perform rituals at this
time for good crops and abundance.
Mabon

Mabon is the time for preparation to prepare
for the Gods and goddesses to pass over before
Samhain, so it's basically a time of renewal.
Mabon is in September. On a personal note, I
have found it interesting that any major life
changes I have experienced have always happened
in September.
Samhain

Samhain is Halloween to Christians. This is
October 31st and the night when we celebrate the
lives of our passed friends and relatives. We
lay a space for them at the table, cook a huge
meal...drink and be merry...and send out
thoughts to the universe for the new year. You
will NEVER hear me say 'spell' as they are not
'spells'. They are prayers and wishes the same
as in any religion. A TRUE Wiccan will
NEVER say he/she uses spells.
Yule

Yule, the Winter Solstice, is another Sabbat we
celebrate on 20th/21st December, and this is the
same as a Christian's Christmas but what is very
interesting is that Christ was born in
September. Tradition goes that they changed the
day of Christmas to December to take away the
focus of the pagan Yule festival.
Mistletoe is traditionally a pagan fertility
herb and the Yule log was originally lighting
candles in a log and dancing around them under
the light of the Yule moon. Yule to us is the
death of the Oak King, i.e. Autumn and the
coming of the Holly King, i.e. Winter. So all
our festivals are based on the changing of the
seasons.
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Whom do we worship? Well, we worship the earth and
also the God and the Goddess. Basically we see male
and female in everything and we have Gods and
Goddesses but we don't see them as the Christians
would see God.
(See the left hand column for a list of some of the
Goddesses worshipped by Wiccans).
We
don't believe in sin or right and wrong, but we
believe in personal responsibility, so do what he will
bur harm ye none, because if you do it will come back
threefold...so, essentially, Karma, but we don't
believe in a judgement day at the gates of Heaven and
our Gods and goddesses we believe are part of
ourselves. For instance, if I worshipped Isis, which I
do, that would be the sun side of me, the great
Mother. if I worshipped Hecate, that would be the
crone side of me, perhaps not a pretty side, but very
protective and fierce. If I worshipped Cerridwen, that
would be the pretty maiden in me that flirts and acts
naive.
Our
Goddesses are elements or our personalities so when we
pray to a Goddess, we are searching in ourselves for
the element she represents".
Written by Michelle Woodhouse
(aka Silverlining, Obsidianor)
The above was written
by Michelle...or Shelby as she likes
to be called. I would have had to go a long way to
find anyone
more suitable to have written what is it
is like to be Wiccan from
a Wiccan's point of view.
Not only is Shelby Wiccan but she is also a very
spiritual person,
an excellent medium and one of the
nicest people
I know and a true Angel on the earth plane.
Thank you Shelby for your contribution to this page.
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All Hollow's Meet
Oh, wild lonely places of
sweet dread delight
That call to my Children on Halloween night
In whispering wind wisps and whipporwill plight
Tickling the treetops where moonbeams alight.
Come hither, ye Witches,
on silver light fly!
Don't dawdle, don't saunter, don't idly stroll by!
Lift your skirts as seer
gusts catch the leaves
dead and dry
Rise up with the wind
soaring hasty on high!
Ride ye thus to the hollow
in the wood dark and deep
Where all merry parted
shall now merry meet.
At the time 'twas appointed that time shall ye
keep
To honour me, hail me
in great Esbats fete.
When the moon sailing bright in the dark midnight
blue
Casts her spell on the landscape, reversing
each hue,
And the scent of the night gives the magickal clue
To the circle make haste,
give Hecate her due!
Dance wild, draw the power and shape in a cone,
Till the power is thine and
the will is thine own
Then hurl't to the wind that thy purpose be flown
And thy wish shall I grant on the Night of the
Crone.
One and all then come
hither and join the great feast
Where within all are welcome: Spirit, Human, and
Beast.
Give hail and farewell to the souls since deceased
Then wend thy way home
'fore the Sun tints the East.
But remember, my Children, remember quite clear
The sound of my voice ringing high in your ear.
'Tis my summoning call in
the owl's hoot you hear
To meet merry again on All Hallow's next year.
~ Liadan ~
Charge Of The
Goddess
Listen to
the words of the Great Mother, who of old
was called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine,
Aphrodite,
Ceridwen, Diana, Arionrhod, Brigid, and by many
other names:
"Whenever you have need of anything, once in the
month,
and better it be when the
moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit
of Me who is Queen of all
the Wise.
You shall be free from
slavery, and as a sign that
you be free you shall be naked in all your rites.
Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My
presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit
and
Mine also is joy on earth.
For My law is love unto all beings. Mine is the
secret
that opens upon the door
of youth, and Mine is the
cup of wine of life that is
the cauldron of Ceridwen,
that is the holy grail of immortality.
I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal and beyond
death I give peace and
freedom and reunion
with those that have gone before. Nor do I demand
aught of sacrifice,
for behold, I am the mother
of all things and My
love is poured upon the earth."
Hear the words of the Star Goddess, 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 among the stars
and 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, honour
and humility, mirth and reverence within you.
And you who seek to know Me, know that your
seeking and yearning will
avail you not, unless you
know the Mystery:
for if that which you seek,
you find not within yourself,
you will never find it without. For behold, I have
been there with you from the beginning, and I am
that which is
attained at the end of all desire."
~ Starhawk
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Gather in
Circles
We should gather in
Circles at dawn,
spider webs still caught
on our faces,
dance our thanks,
turn up our palms,
toward the sun.
Work our muscles carving wood,
make knives,
cut through ripe fruit,
split stones,
We should circle fires
at dusk,
salty skin,
stamping our bones into dirt,
jump toward the moon,
entangle each others body,
sweaty from the dance,
full after spicy dishes,
and we know how
love works.
Legend of the Goddess
In ancient times our Lord,
the Horned One,
was, as he still is,
the Consoler,
the Comforter;
but men knew him as the Dread Lord of Shadows -
lonely, stern and hard.
Now our Lady the Goddess had never loved,
but she would solve all mysteries,
even the mystery of Death - and so she journeyed to
the Nether Lands.
The Guardian of the Portals challenged her,
"Strip off thy garments,
lay aside thy jewels for
nought may ye bring with
thee into this our land."
So she laid down her
garments and her jewels
and was bound,
as are all who enter the realms of Death the
Mighty One.
Such was her beauty
that Death himself knelt and laid his sword and
crown at her feet and kissed them saying;
"Blessed be thy feet that
have brought thee in these ways. Abide with me,
but let me place my cold
hand on thy heart."
and she replied,
"I love thee not.
Why dost thou cause all
things that I love and take delight in to fade and
die?"
"Lady" replied Death,
"tis Age and Fate, against which I am helpless.
Age causes all things to wither; but when men die
at the end of time, I give them rest and peace and
strength, so that they may return.
But you - you are lovely; return not - abide with
me."
But she replied,
"I love thee not."
Then said Death,
"An you receive not my hand on your heart, you must
receive Death's scourge."
"It is fate, better so,"
she said, and she knelt.
And Death scourged her tenderly, and she cried,
"I feel the pangs of love."
And Death raised her,
and said, "Blessed be ."
and gave her the Fivefold Kiss,
saying the Mysteries and gave her the necklace,
which is the Circle of
Rebirth.
And they loved and were
one ; and he taught her
all the Magicks.
For there are three great events in the life of
mortals "love, death and resurrection in a new
body" and Magick
controls them all.
To fulfil love you must return
at the same time and place
as the loved one, and you must remember and love
them again.
But to be reborn you must die and be ready for a new
body; to die you must be born; without love you may
not be born and these be all the Magicks
Forest Woman
She runs through the night,
Watching and protecting,
A mysterious bird that
semi-exists.
She used to be a dreamer too,
until her dreams became real,
and she wrapped them
around her naked, aged body, and became younger
again in the night.
You can see her sometimes when she leaps from the
edges of the forest.
She holds her blanket out,
and she waves it to you,
as freeing air cools her
heated flesh.
She calls to you, in her forest, in her darkness,
in your dreams.
She calls with madness,
and abandon,
and a tasting of the real.
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