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Witches, or at least those of us of the Wica, have two great books. First is the Book of Nature or the Book of Earth, whose chapters are explored and whose pages are turned by the treading of our feet. This is the Book Below of The-Above-and-Below, and it is our great book of medicine and healing.

The other Book is the Book of Fate or the Book of Heaven, whose chapters are the creatures of the Circle of Life comprising the Zodiac. The movements of the Seven Planets within those signs are the interior stars of the Great Mother unfolding Her fate as a neverending story. This is the Book Above, and it is our great book of destiny and prediction.

These are two forms of the Great Goddess as the Witches need to know Her: the Lady as Mother Earth, and the Lady as the Queen of Heaven. The Moon is the great mediator between Earth and Heaven, the connecting glue between the Below and the Above, and so the Moon is given a divine form in Her own right, too.

These are Her forms: Zodiac (the Circle of Life), Moon, and Earth.

Some say there is a form called the Dark Mother or the Dark Goddess. I have looked for Her, but have not found Her. I concluded that such people are looking at one of Her above three forms (most often the Heavenly form) through the lens of their own ignorance, misunderstanding, oppression, vengeance, powerlessness, or fear. The Goddess loves us so much that She permits that, hoping that we will have the courage to work through those negative states and see Her in Her proper glory.

*** Blessed be to those who serve the Great Mother and the Horned Father.

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