Charge of The God


 Listen to the word of the Great Father, who of old was called
 Osiris, Adonis, Zeus, Thor, Pan, Cernunnos, Herne, Lugh, and
by many other names:

   "My law is harmony with all things. Mine is the secret that
 opens the gates of life and mine is the dish of salt of the earth
    that is the body of Cernunnos that is the eternal circle of
  rebirth. I give the knowledege of life everlasting, and beyond
 death I give the promise of regeneration and renewal. I am the
  sacrifice, the father of all things, and my protection blankets
the earth."

     Hear the words of the dancing God, the music of whose
     laughter stirs the winds, whose voice calls the seasons:

  "I who am the Lord of the Hunt and the Power of Light, sun
 among the clouds and the secret of the flame, I call upon your
   bodies to arise and come unto me. For I am the flesh of the
   earth and all its beings. Through me all things must die and
 with me are reborn. Let my worship be in the body that sings,
 for behold, all acts of willing sacrifice are my rituals. Let there
  be desire and fear, anger and weakness, joy and peace, awe
 and longing within you. For these too are part of the mysteries
 found within yourself, within me, all beginnings have endings,
 and all endings have beginnings."