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IN A QUIET MOMENT
by StarCreature

If in a quiet moment
I lend the universe an ear,
when all the world is silent
what is it that I hear?

my ears, they ring
my eyes, they sting

the light leaves a hazy ring
on my window

my mind can see the lack of sound
it's face changes

sometimes it is hideous
and grimaces in cruel laughter

sometimes it is beautiful
and smiles on me like the sun

but it is mine and mine alone
if only for a quiet moment



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MYSTICAL FAE
by StarCreature

We won't break the silence
not a word will we say

we'll wait here with patience
beneath the sun's ray

and on the soft, green grass where we lay
we will be witness to the mystical fae

our eyes wide with wonder
our eyes in a trance
we will not disturb
under any circumstance

the natural rhythm of their beautiful dance

we'll all smile upon their mischievous play
and their laughing and prancing
all merry and gay

forever we'll cherish
this morning in May
for although we may not
see it today
the magick of faerie
has not gone away



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SEASONS
by StarCreature

The power of a flower is a delicate thing
the wise words of birds are the songs that they sing
the life that we live is an endless ring
of endings like autumn and beginnings like spring
the cold death of winter will always take wing
to live in the sunshine that summer will bring

another little one...

I dance with myself
to a tune only I can hear
you might catch the beat
but the rhythm will never be clear
it keeps me amused
but I stand accused
of living in a world of my own

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Besom Chant 
*Unknown

Besom, besom long and lithe 
Made from ash and willow withe 
Tied with thongs of willow bark 
In running stream at moonset dark. 
With a pentagram indighted 
As the ritual fire is lighted; 
Sweep ye circle, deosil, 
Sweep out evil, sweep out ill, 
Make the round of the ground 
Where we do the Lady's will. 

Besom, besom, Lady's broom 
Sweep out darkness, sweep out doom 
Rid ye Lady's hallowed ground 
Of demons, imps and Hell's red hound; 
Then set ye down on Her green earth 
By running stream or Mistress' hearth, 
'Till called once more on Sabbath night 
To cleans once more the dancing site. 

* I don't have a published source for The Besom Chant - but it's one of those things that every Witch in town seems to have a copy of. 




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Tree Mage
Dan Raphael 2002








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At Yule they Gather
TheBesom Yule 2001

The Yule Moon bewitches the dark night air
Her power unlocked by chant and prayer.

Her children worry, the Sun once so bright
Now seems lost, swallowed by the night.

Of joy and terror this season they know
Travel they must where Elf and Fairy go.

Past standing stone, and twisted tree
Around frozen rivers and silver sea.

Over snow covered meadows, and dusky hills
Where all life now stands hushed and still.

From the silence Her heart beats the drum
In the way of the Ancients they have come.

Louder and louder pushing back the night
The clans have gathered, what a sight!




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Samhain and The Season of Darkness
By TheBesom for Samhain 2003ce

Samhain and the season of darkness are at our door.
Soon the last of the vegetation will pull back to sleep till spring.

It is the time of the meat harvest, the blood harvest, 
the last harvest for so very long.
Huddle close friends, 
for we never know who rides in the dark on a Samhain night.

Cold clammy oozing rot, wetness, extends like the tentacles of a squid.
If pulled too close we won't return from the musty mystery.

Yet, all will step into the mist, leaving behind a meal for the worms.
Leaving behind all the things we drag around and amuse ourselves with, 
while we wait our turn to the tomb.

The wheel turns to a harsh time as the Mother retrieves her children.
A time when Clans are forced past their differences to cooperate… or perish.

The Wheel of Life turns, as it has for our forbearers and their forbearers, and theirs
And so it has been and so it will be through out eternity.

What to do? It is simple… Live the moment! 
Leave no prize missed, spend little time on folly.
Grab the wheel my friends. 
Ride it like it has never been ridden before, make it yours!

Take the gift the Goddess has handed you, and touch it, 
smell it, feel it, be in every moment.
In time… She will hand you a new gift.

Now is used best to learn to accept all gifts with grace.

She is perfection of Love… She is perfection of Trust…


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