I am that which

Listen to the words of the Great Mother, the Mother Goddess, she who of old has been called Artemis, Astarte, Dione, Melusine, Cerridwen, Diana and by many other names:

Hear the words of the Star Goddess, 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 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.

I am the Queen of Magick and the Dark of the Moon, 

hidden in the deepest night. 

I am the mystery of the Otherworlds 

and the fear that coils about your heart 

in the times of your trials. 

I am the soul of nature that gives form to the universe; 

it is I who awaits you at the end of the spiral dance. 

Most ancient among gods and mortals, 

let my worship be within the heart that has truly tasted life, 

for behold all acts of magick and art are my pleasure 

and my greatest ritual is love itself. 

Therefore let there be beauty in your strength, 

compassion in your wrath, 

power in your humility, 

and discipline balanced through mirth and reverence. 

You who seek to remove my veil and behold my true face, 

know that all your questioning and efforts are for nothing, 

and all your lust and desires shall avail you not at all. 

For unless you know my mystery, 

look wherever you will, it will elude you, 

for it is within you and nowhere else. 

For behold, I have ever been with you, 

from the very beginning, 

the comforting hand that nurtured you in the dawn of life, 

and the loving embrace that awaits you at the end of each life, 

for I am that which is attained at the end of the dance, 

and I am the womb of new beginnings, 

as yet unimagined and unknown.

Jim Garrison