Oracle: The Goddess
Ariadne
Booklet: Dea, Rites and
Mysteries of the Goddess
By: Olivia Robertson
Invocation of the Goddess Ariadne:
Wise Ariadne of
the deep sea, High Fruitful Mother of the Barley, thou whose starry crown of
Thetis shines in the heavens, bring us thy guidance. Skilful weaver of the
shining thread of Life that holds all spheres in patterned beauty, inspire us
with thy wisdom! Thou who art above the Labyrinth of the mind, aid us in our
thought. For thou, daughter of Truth art wed with fiery Dionysus of the fruitful
vine, and so from Truth and Love bring all creatures into harmony.
Oracle of the Goddess Ariadne:
When you are young,
you seek that which is like yourself. And you reject the non-self, and call it
your enemy. But when you grow into maturity, you seek the not-self, for in this
is your completion. And so through reconciliation with the enemy comes creation.
For the votary of high spiritual Truth needs the warm glory of the Lover, lest
she freezes into an ice maiden. And the Lover, demoniac in his passions, seeks
the Ice Maiden that will still his ardour. And between these two comes the
harmony of the spheres.
As you face the gateway into birth you
receive my shining cord. But as you penetrate deeper and still deeper into the
Labyrinth of time and space, the thread becomes thinner, more ghostly. For as
you remember my thread, it becomes strong; and when you forget it, it wanes. As
you move through the years you leave behind you a spiral pattern of the thread,
that brings you memory of your true being. Yet you look ahead and see no light:
the light is behind you.
When you reach the nadir of the
Labyrinth, and face that which you most fear, you may drop the thread. But fear
not! I am always with you, though you see me not. I am Conscience, and my Mother
is Nature and my Father is Philosophy. Call upon me and I shall aid you: so are
you saved by my grace, and not by your own will. And this must be. For who would
be saved through the separate self, rather than be aided by the Immortal
Beloved!
So you return through the mazy windings of the
Labyrinth, but now you face the cord and it gleams before you like my Silver
Snake. And when you reach the entrance of the Double Axe, you soar above the
Maze and look down upon it. And now you see the meaning of the pattern, and
enjoy its beauty. And you aid others who lose their way in it as you did, and
lead them to their goal.
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