Goddess

Grant, O God, thy protection,

and in protection, strength,

and in strength, understanding,

and in understanding, knowledge,

and in knowledge, the knowledge of justice,

and in the knowledge of justice, the love of it,

and in that love, the love of all existences,

and in the love of all existences, the love of God,

God and all goodness.

~ Gorsedd Prayer - Iolo Morganwg - 1792 summer solstice

Charge of The Goddess

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,

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 there with you from the beginning,

and I am that which is attained at the end of desire.

~ Doreen Valiente - adapted by Starhawk