Invocation to the Horned God..
from the grimoire of lady sheba.
By the flame that burneth bright,
O' Horned One!
We call thy name into the night,
O' Ancient One!
Thee we invoke, by moon-led sea,
By the standing stone and the twisted tree.
Thee we invoke where gather thine own,
By the nameless shrine forgotten and lone.
Come where the round of the dance is trod,
Horn and hoof of the goat-foot god!
By moon-lit meadow, on a dusky hill,
When haunted wood is brushed and still.
Come to the charm of the chanted prayer,
As the moon bewitches the midnight air.
Evoke thy powers, that potent bide
In shining stream and the secret tide.
Come! Come!
To the heartbeats drum!
Come to us who gather below,
When the broad white moon is climbing slow.
Through the stars to the heavens height
We hear thy hoofs on the wind of night!
As black tree-branches shake and sigh,
By joy and terror we know thee nigh.
We speak the spell thy power unlocks,
At Solstice, sabbat and equinox.
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The Sea Priestess...
dion fortune.
O thou that was before the earth was formed- Ea, Binah, Ge.
O tideless, soundless, bitter sea,
I am thy priestess, answer unto me.
O arching sky above and earth beneath,
Giver of life and bringer-in of death,
Persephone, Astarte, Astoreth,
I am thy priestess, answer unto me!
O golden Aphrodite, come to me!
Flower of foam, rise from the bitter sea.
The hour of the full-moon tide draws near,
Hear the invoking words, hear and appear-
Isis unveiled, and Ea, Binah, Ge!
I am thy priestess, answer unto me.
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Invocation of Aradia, Queen of the Witches...
unknown author.
Aradia! my Aradia!
Thou art my daughter unto him who was
Most evil of all spirits, who of old
Once reigned in hell when driven away from heaven,
Who by his sister did thy sire become,
But as thy mother did repent her fault,
And wished to mate thee to a spirit who
Should be benevolent,
and not malevolent!
Aradia, Aradia! I implore
Thee by the love which she did bear for thee!
And by the love which I too feel for thee!
I pray thee grant the grace which I require!
And if this grace be granted, may there be
One of three signs distinctly clear to me:
The hiss of a serpent,
The light of a firefly,
The sound of a frog!
But if you do refuse this favour, then
May you in future know no peace or joy,
And be obliged to seek me from afar,
Until you grant me my desire,
In haste, and then thou may'st return again
Unto thy destiny. Therewith, Amen!
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The birth of Aphrodite...
hesiod's theogony.
The genitals, cut off with adamant
And thrown from land into the
stormy sea,
Were carried for a long time on
the waves,
white foam surrounded the
immortal flesh,
And in it grew a girl. At first it
touched
On holy Cythera, from there it
came
To Cyprus, circled by the waves.
And there
The goddess came forth, lovely,
much revered,
And grass grew up beneath her
delicate feet.
Her name is Aphrodite among
men
And gods, because she grew up in
the foam, And Cythere, for she reached that
land,
And Cyprogenes, from the stormy
place
where she was born, and
Philommedes from
The genitals, by which she was
concieved.
Eros is her companion; fair Desire
Followed her from the first, both
at her birth
And when she joined the company
of the gods.
From the beginning, both among
gods and men,
She had this honour and recieved
this power:
Fond murmurings of girls, and
smiles, and tricks,
And sweet delight, and
friendliness and charm.
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Oedipus Aegyptiacus...
athansius kircher; 1652-4.
"I am She that is the natural mother of all things, mistress and governess of all the elements, the initial progency of worlds, chief of powers divine, Queen of Heaven, the principal of the Gods celestial, the light of the goddesses: at my will the planets of the air, the wholesome winds of the seas, and the silences of Hell be disposed; my name, my divinity is adored throughout all the world in divers manners, in variable customs and in many other names, for the Phrygians called me the Mother of the Gods: the Athenians, Minerva: the Cyprians, Venus: the Candians, Diana: the Sicilians, Proserpina: the Elusians, Ceres: some Juno, others Bellona, others Hecate and principally the Ethiopians which dwell in the Orient, and the Egyptians which are excellent in all kinds of ancient doctrine, and by their proper ceremonies accustomed to worship mee', do call me Queen Isis."
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Invocation of Isis...
taken from The Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Come to Me. Come to Me,
for my speech hath in it the power to protect, and it possesseth life.
I am Isis the goddess, and I am the lady of words of power.
Isis, the goddess and great enchantress at the head of the gods.
Heaven was satisfied with the words of the goddess Isis.
The great lady, the God-mother, Giver of life.
The divine one, the only one, the greatest of the gods and goddesses,
The queen of all gods, the female Ra, the female Horus, the eye of Ra
Lady of the New Year, maker of the sunrise, Lady of Heaven, the light-giver
of heaven.
Queen of earth, most mighty one, lady of warmth and fire, the God-
Mother.
The lady of life, lady of green crops, lady of bread, lady of abundance, lady of joy and gladness, lady of love, the maker of Kings, the beautiful goddess, the lady of words of power. Wife of lord of the abyss.
Let the blood of Isis, and the magical spirits of Isis and the words of power of Isis, be mighty to protect and keep safely this great god.
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