The Charge of Aradia
When ever you have a need of anything, once in the month, when the moon is full, then shall you come together at some deserted place, or where there are woods, and give worship to she who is queen to all witches. Come altogether inside a circle, and secrets that are yet unknown shall be revealed.
And your mind must be free, and also you spirit, and as a sign that you are truly free, you shall be naked in your rites. And you shall rejoice; and sing; making music and low. For this is the essence of spirit, and the knowledge of joy.
Be true to your own beliefs, and keep to the ways, beyond all obstacle. For ours is the key to mysteries and the cycle of rebirth, which opens the way to the womb of enlightenment. I am the spirit of witches all, and this joy and peace and harmony. In life does the queen of all witches reveal the knowledge of spirit. And from death does the queen deliver you to peace and renewal. When I shall have departed from this world, in memory of me, make cakes of grain, wine and honey. These shall you shape like the moon, then partake of wine and cakes, all in my memory. For I have been sent to you by the spirits of old, and I have come that you might be delivered from all slavery. I am the daughter of the sun and moon, and even though I have been born into this world, my race is of the stars.
Give offerings all to she who is our mother. For she is the beauty of the green wood, and the light of the moon among the stars, and the mystery which gives life, and always calls us to come together in her name. Let her worship be the ways within your heart, for all acts of love and please gain favour with the goddess.
But to all who seek her, know that you are seeking and desire will reward you not, until you realise the secret. Because if that what you seek is not found within your innerself, you will never find it from without. For she has been with you since you entered into the ways, and she is that which awaits at your journey's end.
