CP – Freefolk Charge of the Dark Mother

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Why do you call to me?

I am always with you.

I was at the beginning, I am now, and I will be at the ending. I stand before you in the night, with stars and moon before me, and I stand within you in your mind, with your spirit and your thoughts before me.

I am the Cauldron into which all things must fall, and I am the Womb from which all things are born. I am the face beyond the door into Life, and I am the curtain before which you dance, and I am the breast upon which you will rest at the end of wanting. I am the wisdom beyond knowing, and I am the page upon which all that can be known is written, and I am the knowing which ends all fear.

I am within the Quarters, and I am beyond the quarters, and I am between the beatings of your heart. I am the cup which holds all Light, and I am the cup which holds all Life, and within me and upon me does the great wheel turn.

Give me no sacrifice, for all things come to me in their time, and I can be neither called nor sent away. Fear me not, for your fear or your courage will avail nothing, but your courage will comfort you.

Love me if you can, for I am the Mother of all, and your Love will be strong enough to reach all, and Love is the way to all delight. Rejoice you, within my embrace, and take comfort upon my breast, for I birth Galaxies, and Stars, and You, that in your freedom you may learn to Love.

CP – Charge of the Crone

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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.

CP – Charge of the Dark God

By Christopher Hatton

Listen to the words of the Dark God, who was of old called Jakchos, Donn, Anubis, Hades, Setesh, Hoder, and by many other names:

I am the shadow in the bright day; I am the reminder of mortality at the height of living. I am the neverending veil of Night where the Star Goddess dances. I am the Death that must be so that Life may continue, for behold, Life is immortal because the living must die.

I am the strength that protects, that limits; I am the power that says No, and NO further, and That Is Enough. I am the things that cannot be spoken of, and I am the laughter at the edge of Death.

Come with me into the warm enfolding dark; feel my caresses in the hands, in the mouth, in the body of one you love, and be transformed.

Gather in the moonless night and speak in unknown tongues; the Dark Mother and I will listen. Sing to us and cry out, and the Power will be yours to wield.

Blow me a kiss when the sky is dark, and I will smile, but no kiss return; for my kiss is the final one for all mortal flesh.