Charge of the Dark Goddess

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I have been with you since you were born, and I will stay with you until you return to meet the final dusk. </div> <bR> <div> <B>I</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > am the Queen of Magick and the Dark of the Moon, hidden in the deepest night. I am the mystery of the Otherworld and the fear that coils about your heart during your darkest hour. I am the Sorceress who will not be ruled, the Weaver of Time and the Teacher of Mysteries. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Calisto MT" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >snip the threads that bring My children home to Me. And I slit the throats of the cruel and drink the blood of the heartless. Swallow your fear and come to Me, and you will discover true beauty, true strength, and true courage. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > am the glowing forge that transforms your inner demons into tools of power. Open yourself to My embrace. I am the chrysalis in which you will face that which terrifies you and from which you will blossom forth, vibrant and renewed. Seek Me at the crossroads and be transformed, for once you look upon My face, there is no return. For I am the fire that kisses the shackles away. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>I</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > am the Healer of all wounds, the Warrior who rights all wrongs in their Time. I make the weak strong. I make the arrogant humble. I raise up the oppressed and empower the disenfranchised. I am Justice tempered with Mercy. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>M</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >ost 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.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>M</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >ost importantly, child, I am you. I am part of you, and I am within you. You may seek to remove My veil and behold My true face, but know that all your questing and efforts are for nothing. For unless you know My mystery, look wherever you will, it will elude you, for it is within you and nowhere else. Seek Me within and without, and you will be strong. Know Me. Venture into the Dark so that you may awaken to Balance, Illumination, and wholeness.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>F</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >or behold, I have been with you from the very beginning, the comforting hand that nurtured you in the down of life. I am the loving embrace that awaits you at death. 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. I am the One who calls to you at the end of your journey. After the day is done, My children find their blessed rest in my embrace. Take My love with you everywhere and find My Power Within!"</FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>