Plagiarism
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,
Is that plagiarism I smell or are our little witchy friends brewing up dinner?
The Charge Of The Goddess
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Listen to the Words of the Great Mother, Who was of old called among
men Artemis, Astarte, Diana, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Dana,
Arianrhod, Isis, Bride, and by many other Names.At My Altars the
youth of most distant ages gave love, and made due sacrifice.
Whenever ye have need of anything, once in the month, and better it
be when the Moon is Full, then shall ye gather in some secret place
and adore the Spirit of Me, Who am Queen of All Witcheries. There
shall ye gather, ye who are fain to learn all Magick, yet have not
yet won its deepest secrets: to these will I teach things that are
yet unknown.And ye shall be free from slavery; and as a sign that ye
be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites. And ye shall dance,
sing, feast, make music and love, all in My Praise. For Mine is the
Ecstasy of the Spirit, and Mine also is Joy on Earth, for My Law is
Love unto all beings.Keep pure your Highest Ideal; strive ever
toward it; let naught stop you or turn you aside. For Mine is the
Secret Door which opens upon the Land of Youth; and Mine is the Cup
of the Wine of Life, and the Cauldron of Cerridwen, which is the
Holy Grail of Immortality.I am the Gracious Goddess, Who gives the
Gift of Joy unto the heart of man: on Earth, I give the Knowledge of
the Spirit Eternal; and beyond death, I give peace, and freedom, and
reunion with those who have gone before. Nor do I demand sacrifice,
for behold: I am the Mother of All Living, and My Love is poured out
upon the Earth.Hear ye the Words of the Star Goddess: She in the
Dust of Whose Feet are the Hosts of Heaven, Whose Body encircleth
the Universe.I, Who am the Beauty of the Green Earth, and the White
Moon amongst the Stars, and the Mystery of the Waters, and the
Desire of the heart of man, I call unto thy soul: "Arise! And come
unto Me!"For I am the Soul of Nature, Who giveth Life to the
Universe: from Me all things proceed, and unto Me all things must
return. And before My Face, which is beloved of gods and men, thine
innermost Divine Self shall be enfolded in the Rapture of the
Infinite.Let My Worship be within the heart that rejoiceth, for
behold: all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. And therefore
let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and
humility, mirth and reverence within you.And thou who thinkest to
seek for Me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not,
unless thou knowest the Mystery: that if that which thou seekest
thou findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without
thee.For behold, I have been with thee from the beginning; and I am
That which is attained at the end of Desire.Does any of that sound familiar? Hmmmm.
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Thelema greatly influenced the creation of Wicca in very direct ways. Gardner, the founder of Wicca had a charter to start an OTO lodge, but he never acted on it.
Crowley said somewhere that he had a goal of reestablishing pagan worship. So I don't see this as plagiarism. Instead, I see it as something Crowley probably would have enjoyed.
