{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos435.htm","path":"bos/bos435.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos435.htm","text":"Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999]\n \n \n \n ======RHYMING CHARGE OF THE GODDESS======\n \n I am the harmonious tune of the songbird\n And the laughter of a gleeful child.\n I am the bubbling sound of the running brook\n And the scent of the flowers wild.\n \n I am the floating leaf upon the breeze\n And the dancing fire in the forest glade.\n I am the sweet smell of rains upon the soil.\n And the rapture of passion when love is made.\n \n I am the germination of seed in the Spring\n And the ripening of wheat in the Sun.\n I am the peaceful depth of the twilight\n That soothes the soul when day is done.\n \n I am found in the twinkling of an aged eye...\n And found in the birth of a newborn pup...\n Yes...Birth and Growth and Death, am I\n I am the gracious Earth, on whom you sup.\n \n I am your sister, your mother, the wise one.\n I wrap you gently in the warmth of my love.\n That which your seek you shall find within:\n Not without...not below...not above!\n \n Remember always, my children, be reverent.\n Be gentle, loving and kind to each other\n And hold sacred the Earth and its creatures:\n For I am the Lady: Creatrix and Mother!\n \n -Kalioppe-\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1929","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: Charge of the Goddess [Rhyming]...","type":"page"}