The Maiden represents youth and beauty,
excitement and wonder. Her moon phase
is waxing, her season is Spring and
her time is dawn. She is associated
with the past and with flowers.
The Maiden's colors are light
such as pink, white and yellow.
She would be invoked for rituals
involving new beginnings, beauty,
love,energy, and sex magick.
The Mother is a woman at the peak of
her power. She represents comfort
and nurturing, stability and maturity.
She is the loving provider, but can be
merciless when protecting Her children.
Her moon phase is full, her season is Summer,
and her time is Noon. She is associated
with the present and with grain.
The Mother's colors are warm colors,
such as royal blue, purple and green. She would
be invoked for rituals involving
maturity, fertility, comfort, relationships,
family matters, power, etc....
The Crone is the grandmother who gives
wise advice,but she is also the
Dark Goddess, who can be quite frightening
and dangerous if crossed.
She can be more powerful than the
Mother, because she is the essence
of wisdom, experience and death.
Her moon phase is waning,
her seasons are Autumn and Winter,
and her time is midnight. She is associated
with the future and with cemeteries. The
Crone's colors are dark colors, such
as grey, black, brown, and dark blue.
She would be invoked for rituals
involving wisdom, experience, knowledge,
banishing or binding, endings, etc...
"Whenever ye 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
and adore the spirit of me,
who am Queen of all the
witcheries.
There shall ye assemble,
ye who are fain to learn all
sorcery,
yet have not won its deepest secrets;
to these will I
teach things that
are yet unknown. And ye shall be free from
slavery; and as a sign that ye be really
free, ye shall be naked in your rites;
and ye shall dance, sing, feast,
make music and love, all in my praise.
For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit,
and mine also is joy on earth;
for my law is love unto all beings.
Keep pure your highest ideal;
strive ever towards it;
let naught stop you or turn you aside.
For mine is the secret door which
opens upon the Land of Youth,
and mine is the cup of the wine
of life, and the Cauldron of Cerridwen,
which is the Holy Grail of immortality.
I am the Gracious Goddess, who gives
the gift of joy unto the
heart of man. Upon earth, I give the
knowledge of the spirit eternal;
and beyond death, I give peace and freedom
and reunion with those who have gone before.
Nor do I demand aught in sacrifice;
for behold, I am the Mother of all living,
and my love is poured out upon the earth."
"Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess;
she in the dust of whose feet
are the hosts of heaven, and whose
body encircles the Universe."
"I who am the beauty of the
green earth, and the white Moon
among the stars, and the mystery
of the waters, and the desire of
the heart of man, call unto thy soul.
Arise, and come unto me.
For I am the soul of nature,
who gives life to the Universe.
From me all things proceed, and unto me
all things must return; and before my face,
beloved of Gods and of men,
let thine innermost divine self
be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite.
Let my worship be within the heart
that rejoiceth; for behold,
all acts
of love and pleasure are my rituals.
And therefore
let there be beauty
and strength, power and compassion,
honour and humility,
mirth and reverence
within you. And thou who thinkest
to seek for me, know thy seeking and
yearning shall avail thee not
unless thou knowest the mystery;
that if that which thou seekest thee
findest not within thee,
thou wilt never find it without thee.
For behold, I have been
with thee from the beginning; and I am
that which is attained at the end of desire."
