Song, Chant, Poetry, Stories and Satire for the Pagan Community

This entry made: 03/13/2000

Title: Charge and Covenant
Lyrics by: T. Thorn Coyle
Tune: original
Date: 1999
Source:
Recorded on: "Face of a New Day," T. Thorn Coyle (Soup House Production, 225 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103), 1999.
Subject: Goddess

[T. Thorn Coyle says: "With debts to Doreen Valiente and Aradia by
Charles Leland... Goddess speaks"]

Chorus:	Open up, open up, open up to Me
	Open up, open up, open up to Me

I am in the greening land
I am in the stars that wheel
I have been with you from the beginning of all time
I have been among you from the ending of all time

Be free within yourselves
And never enslave others
Whenever you have need of Me, I will always be there
When you need eath other, look and you will find Me there

I am in the subtle earth
In the overarching universe
In between the particles you will find Me dancing
In the space of nothingness you can hear Me sing

If you undertake to search
The endlessness of Mystery
By seeking it outside yourself, you will never find Me
Your seeking lies inside you, plummet down, dive deeply

Loving is the only law
Love each other fiercely
Know that when the moon is full, sanctity is shining
Sacrifices make you none except to love more freely

Rise up now and come to Me
I give life to all things
Remember every living thing proceeds from My bounty
Remember every dying one winds back home to Me