Charge of the Crone
written by: Jim Garrison
I am the Queen of Magick and the dark of the Moon,
hidden in the deepest night.
I am the mystery of the Otherworlds
and the fear that coils about your heart in the
times of your trials.
I am the soul of nature that gives form to the
universe;
it is I who awaits 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,
for behold all acts of magick 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 questing 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.
