Creeds Reeds Prayers

Creeds Redes Prayers

The Pagan Serenity Prayer

Lord and Lady,
Grant me the Power of Water,
to accept with ease and grace what I Cannot change.

The Power of Fire,
for energy and courage to change the things I can.

The power of Air,
for the ability to know the difference.

Grant me the power of Earth,
for the strength to know my path.

Blessed Be!

~Author Unknown~

      Charge of the Goddess

      Listen to the words of the Great Mother,
      she who of old has been called Artemis, Astarte, Dione,
      Melusine, Cerridwen, Diana and by many other names:
      "Whenever you have need of anything, once in the month,
       and better it be when the moon is full,
       then shall ye assemble in some secret place to adore the spirit of Me,
       who am Queen of all the Wise.
       You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that ye be free,
       you shall sing, dance, feast, make music and love, all in My praise.
       For Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, but Mine also is joy on Earth.
       My law is love unto all beings.
       Mine is the secret door that opens upon the land of youth,
      and Mine is the cup of the wine of life,
       that is the Cauldron of Cerridwen, that is the Holy Grail of Immortality.
       I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal, and beyond death,
       I give peace, freedom and reunion with those who have gone before.
       Nor do I demand aught in sacrifice, for behold, I am the Mother of all things,
       and My love is poured out upon the Earth."
       Hear now 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,
      do call upon your souls...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 rejoiceth,
       for behold - all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.
       Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honour and humility,
      mirth and reverence within you. And you who seek to know Me, know that thy
      seeking and yearning will avail thee not, unless thou knowest this mystery:
      that if that which you seek you findest not within thee, you will never find it without,
      for behold - I have been with thee from the beginning,
      and I am that which is attained at the end of desire."

       Charge of the God

      "And these are the words of Cernunnos, Herne, Atho, Beli, the
      voice of the Horned One, He whose names are un-numbered:

      I am the Wild Hunter of the forest deep
      And I am the fire upon the hill
      And I am the Sower of the Seed
      And the tiller of the soil of the earth.
      And I am the Golden Warrior
      Whose arrows are the shafts from the sun
      The thunder is my hoof fall
      The wilderness my shrine.
      I wield the oaken staff
      The elements at my call
      By day am the sun
      by night I ride upon the wild winds.
      I am a stag, a tree and mountain
      My seed within the earth's dark womb
      For I am the Horned One;
      Sire of the Universe
      Love and Consort of the Goddess am I
      In the wilderness doth my spirit dwell
      And all wildlings
      And fugitives of oppression
      Are cherished within my heart.
      To such as thee, my hidden children
      Am I provider and protector
      For all things wild and free
      are in my keeping
      And all things of beauty and freedom and love
      Are joy unto my spirit;
      Swiftly I come to merriment and laughter
      for these are my invocations
      For I am the Lord of all life
      Yet also I have a dark face
      For I am Death. The Reaper of Souls.
      And terrible is this my dark face
      To those who know not the mystery.
      Yet to my hidden children
      Who know and love my spirit
      My dark face is also sweet
      For tis the face of deep and hidden wisdom.
      For I am the giver of knwoledge
      Life and death are mine to give
      From death thou shalt be reborn
      Unto new life and love.
      Therefore seek my spirit and know me
      Bright and dark
      Then shalt thou know my mystery
      For I am the Ancient One:
      My faces outnumber the stars
      I am the Horned One of un-numbered names
      I am the gentle and the fierce.
      I am Cernunnos, Herne, Atho, Belie,
      Haro, Crom, the Ancient One
      Lord and Sire of the Universe All