Charge of the God

Listen to the words of the Great Father who was of old called amongst men Osiris, 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 cycle of rebirth.

I give knowledge of life everlasting and beyond death I give 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 you to rise 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 withing you. For these too are part of the mysteries found within yourself; withing me all beginnings have endings, and all endings have beginnings.

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(2nd version) Listen to the Words of the Horned God, Who was of old called among men:

Adonis, Tammuz, Dianus, Herne, Bran, Beli, Lugh, Gwyn, Dionysus, Osiris, Cernunnos, Pan, And by many other Names.

O Secret of Secrets, That art hidden in the being of all that lives, Not Thee do we adore, For That which adoreth is also Thou.

Thou art That, and That am I. I am the Flame that burns in the heart of every being, And in the core of every Star. I am Life, and the Giver of Life, Yet therefore is the Knowledge of Me The Knowledge of Death and Resurrection.

I am alone, the Lord within ourselves, Whose Name is Mystery of Mysteries. I am the Horned God. I am the Lord of the Universe, The Father of all living, The All-Devourer and the All-Begetter.

I am He Whose Seed lies strewn As glittering Gems across velvet darkness Within the Womb of the Mother. I am the Lord of the Shadows In the darkness of the Underworld, For I am the Midnight Sun.

I am the Light of the Stars, And the Spark of the Spirit Eternal, For I am the God Within.

I am the Horned Leader of the Hosts of Air, The Leader of the Wild Hunt, The Judge of Gods and of Men. I am the Hidden God, Who ever yet remains, For I dwell within the secret seed.

I am the seed of grain, I am the seed of flesh, I am the Seed of the Stars.

I am the Lord of the Heights, I am the Lord of the Depths, God of forest, of flock, and of field.

I am the Hunter and Hunted, I am the wolf and the Shepherd, I am the vine and the grain.

I am a Guiding Star above you, I am a bright Flame before you, I am a smooth Path beneath you.

I am the Light of Life. I am the Flame of Love.

I am the Horned God!