Maiden Charge of the Goddess
By JeZeBeLe Moonchaser ©2001
Published in Open Ways Magazine 2/2004

Listen to the words of the Sacred Virgin.
The maiden of old who is called:
Sophia, Brigid, Athena, Gerd, Nimue
Persephone, Caer, Artemis, and Antha.

Whenever you are within my season, and in need of wisdom.
Be it when the moon is in new or in full.
Ye shall assemble in the sacred place
and adore the spirit of me.
I who art the lady of light, virtuous in form.
For mine is light in expansion.
You shall be naked in your rites as I am naked in birth.
Embrace and fill yourselves with the light of me.

Mine is the harvest and the birth of the planted seed.
Mine is the harvested sheathes whose bounty you feast upon.
The cycle begins with me. For behold!

I am the daughter of All things, and my law is light.
Crowned with the stars of the universe, my inception begins.

Hear the words of the maiden, whose head is lit by the stars of wit.
I am new beginnings, and the excitement of youth when learning my
mysteries. Let my worship be in the hearts who seek wisdom and guidence.
I am the fire within your heart, and the daughter of knowledge. I am the cup
filled by the well. I am the kisses of Winter. And the blossums of Spring.
Come and celebrate the student, initiate and dedicant.
For my blessings are bestowed as light upon your brow.
The judgement of truth is my motto for being.
For being true in you. Will discover me.

Come unto me and feel the radience of love. For without me you would not see
The wit of the mind expanding. The stars of the universe enchanting.

I am the joy and life of the mysteries of the Earth. I who is birth by the waters

Of my mother. You breathe my breath at birth.

From me all things that return begin again.

Without me there is no end.