The Charge of the Goddess:

The following is the "Charge of the Goddess" as taught to us by our elders. It is well known in the Wiccan community but is still not the formal charge of the goddess by all. Goddess Keep follows this charge and this is the way we teach our children when we answer the call of the great mother.

THE CHARGE OF THE GODDESS

WHENEVER YE HAVE NEED OF ANYTHING AND BETTER IT BE WHEN THE MOON IS FULL THAN SHALL YE ASSEMBLE IN SOME SECRET PLACE AND GIVE ADORE THE SPIRIT OF I WHO AM YOUR QUEEN OF ALL WITCHES.

THERE SHALL YE ASSEMBLE, YE WHO ARE VAIN TO LEARN ALL SORCERY, YET HAVE NOT WON ITS DEEPEST SECRETS. TO THESE I WILL TEACH THINGS THAT ARE YET UNKNOWN.

YE SHALL BE FREE FROM SLAVERY AND YE SHALL DANCE, SING, FEAST, MAKE MUSIC AND LOVE ALL IN MY PRAISE. FOR MINE IS THE ECSTASY OF THE SPIRIT AND MINE IS ALSO JOY ON EARTH. FOR MY LAW IS LOVE UNTO ALL BEINGS.

KEEP PURE YOUR HIGHEST IDEALS, LET NONE STOP YOU OR TURN YOU ASTRAY, FOR MINE IS THE SECRET DOOR WHICH OPENS UPON THE YOUTH, AND MINE IS THE CUP OF WINE OF LIFE AND THE CAULDRON OF CERRIDWEN, WHICH IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF IMMORTALITY