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- 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 your rites. Sing, feast, dance, make
- music and love, all in My presence, for Mine is the ectasy of the
- spirit, and Mine also is joy on earth. For My law is love unto
- all beings. Mine is the secret that opens 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."
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- Hear the words of the Star Goddess, the dust whose feet are the
- host 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 tha 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 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 with you from the beginning, and I am that which is
- attained at the end of desire."
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