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62 <strong>Creating</strong> <strong>Circles</strong> & <strong>Ceremonies</strong><br />
The tides of all men’s souls belong to me—<br />
Out of my h<strong>and</strong>s man takes his destiny.<br />
Touch of my h<strong>and</strong>s confers polarity,<br />
These are the moontides, these belong to me.<br />
Hera in heaven, on Earth Persephone,<br />
Diana of the Moon, Star of the sea!<br />
Isis unveiled <strong>and</strong> Ea, Binah, Ge!<br />
—Dion Fortune<br />
47. Invocation to Arionrhod<br />
Bright regent of the moon, our Triple Queen,<br />
To dwell within your heart this argent night<br />
We pass beyond your gate <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong> between<br />
The realms of darkness <strong>and</strong> returning light.<br />
A silver chalice bears the sacred wine<br />
As silvered is the vessel of your love,<br />
Unemptied as your h<strong>and</strong>s pass it to mine<br />
To share below a vintage from above.<br />
Each heart has warmed another’s <strong>and</strong> rejoiced<br />
To find your blessing passing through the ring.<br />
Each head has lifted <strong>and</strong> each throat has voiced<br />
The call that through your moonlit halls we sing.<br />
Beyond the earth each loving spirit flies<br />
To bind again the bond that never dies.<br />
—Gwydion Pendderwen<br />
6. Goddess Invocations<br />
-T he Lover<br />
48. Hymn to Venus<br />
Venus Amathusia!<br />
Laughter-loving Aphrodite!<br />
Come to me with laughing breast,<br />
Come on waves of golden crest,<br />
Come with doves <strong>and</strong> golden light<br />
Drawn by swans <strong>and</strong> sparrows bright.<br />
Alight! Alight!<br />
I am thy man, I am thy mate!<br />
Receive me ‘til our storm abate!<br />
Thy green glades echo with my calls,<br />
Come to me from emerald halls,<br />
Flanked by maidens winding there<br />
Rose <strong>and</strong> myrtle in thy golden hair.<br />
Come to me! To me! To me!<br />
And mate with me upon the grass,<br />
Laughing, lusty, of ravishing lass!<br />
Our bodies arch <strong>and</strong> strain <strong>and</strong> twine,<br />
I am thine <strong>and</strong> thou art mine!<br />
Come from heavens of azure hue,<br />
Ocean born <strong>and</strong> ever new!<br />
Pulsing, laughing, yearning, straining,<br />
Pleasure, lust, all life containing.<br />
Race with me through glades of green,<br />
Exalting, loving, oh rapturous queen!<br />
To me! to me! Oh come to me!<br />
And enter, merge, enfold, unite!<br />
Suffuse desire with golden light!<br />
Never sated in eons of time,<br />
I am thine <strong>and</strong> thou art mine!<br />
—Tom Williams<br />
49. T he Lady of the Dance<br />
I am the Lady of the dance<br />
<strong>All</strong> Nature feels my emerald glance;<br />
<strong>All</strong> lovers join me in their magic trance<br />
For I am the Mistress of romance!<br />
When trees <strong>and</strong> grasses make pilgrimage<br />
And fill the glens with life,<br />
I lead the jingling rout of Nymphs,<br />
The Faerie Companionage,<br />
The Faerie Companionage,<br />
I am the Goddess of the Night;<br />
I grant all stars their diamond light;<br />
I let all Worlds unwind their spiral sight<br />
For I am the Enchantress of Delight!<br />
In the heat of the shimmering days,<br />
The Sun <strong>and</strong> Moon shall fuse.<br />
And in the Ocean of glowing rays,<br />
My Flesh of Love diffuse,<br />
My Flesh of Love diffuse!<br />
I am the Lady of the dance<br />
<strong>All</strong> Nature feels my emerald glance;<br />
<strong>All</strong> lovers join me in their magic trance<br />
For I am the Mistress of romance!<br />
From the flickering Grail of Night,<br />
Seeds of gold I bestow<br />
On those who Wisdom of Koré sow<br />
Among the Dreams of Light,<br />
Among the Dreams of Light!<br />
I am the Goddess of the Night;<br />
I grant all stars their diamond light;<br />
I let all Worlds unwind their spiral sight<br />
For I am the Enchantress of Delight!
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