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Book I: T he Magick Circle 61<br />
44. To the Crone<br />
Hail to Thee<br />
Dark One<br />
Wise One<br />
Crone<br />
Hail to Thee who dares to see<br />
Who draws the knife <strong>and</strong> severs life<br />
And takes away her children<br />
To her wintry dark home<br />
Hekate<br />
Rhiannon<br />
Wise One<br />
Come!<br />
And share with us your wisdom<br />
In the darkening sun.<br />
Show us how deep wet darkness<br />
Leads to our rebirth;<br />
Let us see the ancient wisdom<br />
Buried in the Earth.<br />
Old Woman<br />
Wise Woman<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong>mother<br />
Crone!<br />
Lead us in your meditation<br />
When our work is done<br />
Yet spare us of the knife too soon<br />
Give us time to see<br />
The meaning of your Mysteries<br />
So Mote It Be!<br />
—Anodea Judith<br />
5. Goddess Invocations<br />
-T he Moon Goddess<br />
45. Moon-Child<br />
Diana Tana Dana<br />
Artemis Britomartis<br />
Thou art this:<br />
The maiden crescent…<br />
…growing.<br />
Your naked splendor makes the heavens<br />
Blush lavender.<br />
Deepening to violet blue<br />
Cloaking you in a velvet mantle…<br />
…flowing.<br />
Bend your slender silver bow<br />
Let fly your arrows<br />
Like shooting stars<br />
Across the early evening sky…<br />
…falling.<br />
Forever stalking our hearts<br />
Divine Lady of the Beasts<br />
Your cats, hounds, owls <strong>and</strong> deer<br />
Pursue secrets through dappled shadows…<br />
…calling<br />
Moon-eyed Mistress of Wilderness<br />
Grant us the thirteen gifts<br />
Which free us from slavery<br />
And reveal thy ancient Mystery…<br />
…teaching.<br />
Daughter Goddess, Amazon Huntress,<br />
You have captured our imagination<br />
After all this time, now<br />
We turn again to You…<br />
…beseeching.<br />
—Morning Glory Zell, 1978<br />
46. Charge of the Moon Goddess<br />
I am She who ere the Earth was <strong>for</strong>med<br />
Was Rhea, Binah, Ge—<br />
I am that soundless, boundless, bitter sea<br />
Out of whose depths life swells eternally.<br />
Astarte, Aphrodite, Ashtoreth—<br />
Giver of Life <strong>and</strong> Bringer of Death<br />
Hera in heaven, on Earth Persephone,<br />
Diana of the Waves <strong>and</strong> Hecate<br />
<strong>All</strong> these I am, <strong>and</strong> They are seen in me.<br />
The hour of the high full Moon draws near;<br />
I hear the invoking words—<br />
“Shaddai El Chai <strong>and</strong> Rhea, Binah, Ge.”<br />
I come unto the Priest who calleth me.<br />
I am the veiled Isis of the shadows of<br />
the Sanctuary.<br />
I am She that moveth as a shadow<br />
Beyond the tides of death <strong>and</strong> birth.<br />
I am She that cometh <strong>for</strong>th by night<br />
And no man may see my face.<br />
I am older than time <strong>and</strong> beloved of the Gods.<br />
I am that soundless, boundless, bitter sea,<br />
<strong>All</strong> things in the end shall come to Me.<br />
Mine is the Kingdom of Persephone—<br />
I am the star that rises from the twilight sea.<br />
I bring men dreams that rule their destiny,<br />
I am the eternal Woman, I am She!
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