Charge of the Crone

by Jim Garrison

Hear the words of the Dark Goddess who stands within the crossroads, 
whose torch illuminates the Underworld:

I am the Queen of Magic and the dark of the Moon, 
hidden in the deepest night. 

I am the mystery of the Otherworld 
and the fear that coils about your heart
 in the time of your trials. 

I am the soul of nature that gives form to the universe; 
it is I who await 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, f
or behold all acts of magic 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.




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