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The Testament of Gaia
And when she arose on that morning the Patriarchs seized her,
And bound her,
And broke her body on the wheel,
And accused her of witchcraft,
And stripped her of her clothes and her name:
"You will be called Gaia; she that has no name,"
Said the Patriarchs;
And they took her to the marketplace to be burned.

Then, at that hour of Gaias' death,
The Sun and the Moon stood still in the Heaven;
And a glory shrouded the body of Gaia;
And Gaia spoke:

I have become Gaia, beloved of the Goddess,
Creatrix and Destroyer of Worlds;
And this is my testament.

Blessed are the generous in love: for theirs is the Love of the Goddess.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the poor: for they shall inherit the Earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after the knowledge: for they shall be enlightened.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall be loved by the Goddess.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the avatars of the Goddess.
Blessed are they who are persecuted: for theirs will be the Goddesses' justice.
Blessed are you of the Goddess when the ignorant shall revile you,
And persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for the Goddesses sake.

I, the Creatrix, speak through my beloved Gaia to those who come after:
"Rejoice, I say, and be exceeding glad: for I will take you into My arms:
For the Patriarchs burned and persecuted the Witches who came before you:
And these I gathered to My arms and freed from the cycle of rebirth."

Women are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its taste,
What with shall our food be salted?
It is thenceforth good for nothing,
But to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot;
The Patriarchs would wish women to be invisible.
But in women are the light of the world.
A tree that grows on a hill cannot be hid.
Neither do women light a hearth fire, and hide it;
As it gives light to all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before humanity,
That they may see your good works, and glorify your Queen, the Goddess.

Think not that She has returned to destroy other religions,
She comes not to destroy, but to fulfil.
For truly I say to you, till the death of the Sun,
Nothing will be taken from the other religions of the Earth,
Till the good in all of them be fulfilled.

You have heard that it was said of them of old time,
Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
But I say to you, that whosoever take away
A woman's right to control her own body,
And her reproductive system, in the name of holy life,
Shall be in danger of the anger of the Goddess.
They themselves have scorned life and serve death;
They will be doomed to infinite reincarnation.

Of old it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say to you,
That whosoever nurtures jealousy will be scorned by the Goddess.
And each of the lovers that you embrace is likewise beloved of the Goddess.

You have heard it said that it is unholy for woman to lay with woman,
Or man to lay with man,
But I say to you that the Goddesses' love knows no gender.

You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
But I say to you, resist chaos with all of the passion of the Goddess:
Create peace in the sacred places of the Earth;
Revenge begats revenge; whosoever breaks the cycle of revenge is beloved of the Goddess.
Find common ground with your adversary quickly,
For whosoever shall create consensus is the beloved of the Goddess.

You have heard that it was said by them of old time,
Whosoever shall hit you on your right cheek in anger, turn to her the other also.
And if any will sue thee at the law, and take away your coat, let her have your cloak also.
And whosoever shall force thee to walk a kilometer, walk with her two kilometers.
Give to she that ask you, and from her that would borrow of you turn not you away.
And be not afraid of those who persecute you;
For if you return injury with kindness they will be shamed;
This is the right thing to do.

You have heard that it has been said,
You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.
But I say to you,
Love your enemies,
Speak truth to the liars,
Bless them that curse you,
Do good to them that hate you,
This is what they least wish you to do;
In this way you will overcome all oppression.

Forgive those who abuse you,
For you are the daughter of your Mother who created the universe:
For She is the Sun who rises over the evil and the good,
The Moon that shines on the ocean and the mountains,
She sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Love those who love you, but what is exceptional about that?
Be you therefore not jealous, even as your Creatrix is not jealous;
This is exceptional.
Rebirth after rebirth, Her children suffer;
This ring of suffering is sundered if you can extinguish jealousy in your heart;
This is the noble truth of the Goddess;
It is as light as a feather, but as difficult to lift as a mountain.

By not seeing the noble truth of the Goddess,
Long is the path that is traversed through many a birth;
When this is grasped, the cause of rebirth is then removed,
The root of sorrow rooted out, and there is no more rebirth.

Live simply on the Earth and do not compel others to worship the Goddess;
For all will find their own path to Her Grove;
There are many paths to the Grove of the Goddess.

This is the supreme mantra of the One Goddess:

Our Mother, creator of heaven;
Blessed be your name.
Your springtime come,
Your singtime sung,
On Earth, as it is in Heaven.
"Do what you love, shall be the whole of the law,
And harm no one, lest ye be harmed threefold;"
And lead us to knowledge, and deliver us from jealousy:
For yours is the wisdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Blessed be. Blessed be. Blessed be.