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Goddess Invocation

Mother of ALL things.
Come to us.
You who it is a privilege and glory to fear.
Come to us.
Bringer of grain
Bringer of rain
Come to us.
Creator of motion,
and of the spaces between all grains of sand.
Creator of culture
Sorceress
I summon you
who was and are the first witch,
I summon you the sexual one
I invite you who
simply is. Menstruating, you gazed into the dark curve of outer space, saw yourself, and saw yourself beautiful. Fell in love with yourself. I call you forth for when you bleed you create ALL things that cannot be created during birth. I call upon you who loves and created God because HE is worthy of that love.
Fearsome one, child, Spring Dancer, hip swayer, You whose hot lust is tyrant, dragon, star dancer, star juggler, be here with us now.
Lady whose ecstacy brought forth God and all creation, be here with us now.
You, who when age deepens our wrinkles and wisdoms, reflect our hard won beauty back to us, be here with us now.
Copyright, F. De Grandis 1990, 92, 96

Prayer: Gratitude to the cosmos

"Gratitude to the cosmos
swirling masses of dancers
dancer atoms
dancer gasses
dancer people
dancer animal people
dancer rocks
dancer of endless possibility
dancing emptiness
dancing reaches
& dancing arcs of outer space
dancing of all things that have ever been
and will ever be
Gratitude to the cosmos
And blessings."
by Francesca De Grandis, copyright 1992
After Gary Snyder's Prayer for the Great Family