Lady of the Moon - Doreen Valiente

Lady of the Moon

By Doreen Valiente


Our Lady of the Moon, Enchantment's Queen
And of Midnight, the Potent Sorceress
O Goddess from the darkest depth of time
Diana, Isis, Tanith, Artemis
Your power we invoke to aid us here!

Your Moon, a magick mirror, hangs in space
Reflecting mystic light upon the Earth
And every month Your threefold image shines.
Mistress of Magick, Ruler of the Tides
Both seen and unseen; spinner of the threads
Of birth, and death and fate; O Ancient One
Nearest to us of Heaven's lights,
Upon whose shoulders Nature is exalted,
Vast and shadowy, to farthest realms unknown,
Your power we invoke to aid us here!

O Goddess of the Silvery Light
Shines in magic rays through the deepest woodland glade
Over sacred and enchanted hills.
At still midnight, when witches cast their spells,
When spirits walk, and strange things are abroad,
By the dark cauldron of Your inspiration
Goddess threefold, upon You thrice we call;
Your power we invoke to aid us here!