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ab:byflame.txt 16jan90
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Invocation to the Horned God
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"By the flame that burneth bright,
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O Horned One !
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We call thy name into the night,
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O Ancient One !
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Thee we invoke by the Moon-led sea,
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By the standing stone and the twisted tree.
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Thee we invoke, where gather Thine own.
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By the nameless shore, forgotten and lone.
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Come where the round of the dance is trod,
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Horn and Hoof of the Goat Foot God !
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By moonlit meadow, on dusky hill,
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Where the haunted wood is hushed and still,
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Come to the charm of the chanted prayer,
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As the Moon bewitches the midnight air.
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Evoke thy powers that potent bide
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In shining stream and the secret tide,
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In fiery flame by starlight pale,
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In shadowy host that rides the gale.
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And by the ferndrakes, faerie haunted,
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Of forests wild and woods enchanted.
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Come, O Come !
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To the heartbeat's drum !
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Come to us who gather below,
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When the broad white Moon is climbing slow.
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Through the stars to the heavens' height,
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We hear thy hoofs on the wind of night !
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As black tree branches shake and sigh,
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By joy and terror we know thee nigh.
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We speak the spell thy power unlocks,
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At Solstice Sabbath and Equinox !"
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-Published sources include:
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-Doreen Valiente "Witchcraft For Tomorrow". Her version continues
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beyond the part given here. I believe she says that she wrote
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everything in this book, but I'm not sure.
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-"Grimoire of Lady Sheba" (This is her version.)
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