The Charge of the Horned God

 "And these are the words of Cernunnos, Herne, Atho, Beli, 

the voice of the Horned One, He whose names are un-numbered:

 I am the wild hunter of the forest deep

And I am the fire upon the hill

And I am the sower of the seed

And the tiller of the soil of the earth.

And I am the golden warrior

Whose arrows are the shafts from the sun

The thunder is my hoof fall

The wilderness my shrine.

I wield the oaken staff

The elements at my call

By day am the sun

by night I ride upon the wild winds.

I am a stag, a tree and mountain

My seed within the earth's dark womb

For I am the Horned One;

Sire of the Universe

Love and Consort of the Goddess am I

In the wilderness doth my spirit dwell

And all wildlings

And fugitives of oppression

Are cherished within my heart.

To such as thee, my hidden children

Am I provider and protector

For all things wild and free

are in my keeping

And all things of beauty and freedom and I've

Are joy unto my spirit;

Swiftly I come to merriment and laughter

for these are my invocations

For I am the Lord of all life

Yet also I have a dark face

For I am Death. The Reaper of Souls.

And terrible is this my dark face

To those who know not the mystery.

Yet to my hidden children

Who know and love my spirit

My dark face is also sweet

For tis the face of deep and hidden wisdom.

For I am the giver of knowledge

Life and death are mine to give

From death thou shalt be reborn

Unto new life and love.

Therefore seek my spirit and know me

Bright and dark

Then shalt thou know my mystery

For I am the Ancient One:

My faces outnumber the stars

I am the Horned One of un-numbered names

I am the gentle and the fierce.

I am Cernunnos, Herne, Atho, Belie,

Haro, Crom, the Ancient One

Lord and Sire of the Universe All