Goddess

These are the lyrics to a song I wrote while an initiate of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a western esoteric tradition (aka wesoterica). Therein we enacted spiritual experiences via ritual, ceremony, symbol, iconography, costumes, movements, gestures, invocations, astral projection and activating all the physical senses. I wrote this song as an opening for a ceremony celebrating the feminine. It uses Tarot Major Arcana imagery, as Tarot was one of the tools we used to activate the various psycho-dynamic archetypes.

Oh Goddess of the sea and land, open the door of dreams to me
Hourglass shifting grains of sand, the door without a key
Soundless boundless bitter sea, the moon of man's desire
The deep dark well of memory, it's you that we admire
To thee do we aspire…Goddess

Goddess it is you we call, with our song do we enthrall
Come speak to us in our sacred hall.

Dark one of the night of time, before the Gods were born
Priestess beyond the virgin veil, darkest hour before the morn.
From thy robe the sea sprang forth, the earth your cubic chair
Crown the moon upon your head, wrapped in mystery your hair
Jachin and Boaz in your lair…Goddess

Dark Goddess it is your we call, with our song do we enthrall
Come speak to us in our sacred hall.

Bright mother in the midst of day, the father in your womb
The dove descends into your heart, wheat springs from the tomb
With flowing stream you carve the stone, a crown of stars adorn
Generate the sacred image, matrix seed of form
And all creation born…Goddess

Bright Goddess it is you we call, with our song do we enthrall
Come speak to us in our sacred hall.

Alike in light and darkness too, we cannot see you clear
The scales of justice balance you, strength lets us draw near
Sandalphon raises up her wand, and parts the polar two
Unveil the star of innocence, let us gaze at you
The dancing world we view…Goddess

Twilight Goddess it is you we call, with our song do we enthrall
Come speak to us in our sacred hall.

Goddess it is you we call, with our song do we enthrall
Come speak to us in our sacred hall…Goddess