A Pagan Testament

By Peter Nash

I am a free spirit, I will live my life at all times in honour of the God and Goddess. I will revere, honour and respect them. I will live in harmony with all of nature; I will love and cherish the planet as I do the Gods. I am born of the Earth, the wind, the stars, and the planets.

I believe that I have lived many times before; In my quest to avoid rebirth I will harm no other; even my foes and those who would wound me; I will never harm by the art magickal; my enemies have their lessons to learn as have I. Every negative; every curse that I transmit will return to me threefold. For this reason I will never eat the flesh of my innocent brothers and sisters of the animal kingdom.

I respect and gaze in wonder at polarity; those marvellous complimentary aspects of existence that manifest throughout nature and the universe. I see Sun and Moon, I see spring and autumn, summer and winter, I see night and day, I see male and female; everywhere I look I marvel at the sacred mysteries of polarity. Surely God my creator and my source of power must be male and female? Surely male and female must dwell in every human spirit regardless of physical gender? Though mere mortals cannot comprehend the glory of god; I can visualise them as being of their own creation.

As time goes by I am grateful for the experiences of life (and lives!) and I grow older but wiser. I fear not old age for I know and am grateful for The knowledge and wisdom it will bring. When my time comes I will pass willingly to the Summerlands to be refreshed and to await rebirth if that is the will of the Lord and the Lady and if 'tis my destiny.

I will honour the changing seasons of the year; I will revere each new season as the wheel of the year turns. I will rotate my meditations with the wheel, and I will dance with the Lord and Lady.

Once in the month and better it be when the moon is full, I will collect myself in silent meditation; I will work the sacred magic to bring healing to those in pain or who may be suffering mentally or physically. I will cast the holy circle to bring hope to those in despair, to counteract greed, black magic and corruption; and I will work to restrain those who would exploit and defile my beloved Earth Mother. I will work against materialism and to restore spirituality to my brethren. I will not work for money or for idle material gain.

I will revere and worship the threefold goddess of the moon and my lord the Sun god. But nevertheless I accept that my path is not the only road to God and spiritual realisation. A single tree may have hundreds if not thousands of roots; all leading back to the same trunk. The same trunk may have many branches. So all religious paths lead to the same source. I am a Pagan, a Christian, a Buddhist, a Hindu, and a Confucianist to name but a few. My religion is my spirituality, and I will respect the faith of others for I know that truth may be found in any spiritual path if only one takes the trouble to seek it out.

I see and speak with the gods in all things. They are in the wind, the sky, the earth, streams, mountains; they are in the stars and planets. I am in them, and they in I. The gods are a universal force which energises storms and drives the lifeblood through my veins. Be happy and you will find their wisdom. Be wise and you will be happy.

Walk with the Lord and Lady. Worship them. Work the sacred magic in their names. Adore them, and you will be sure that they will never forget you.

Blessed Be

Peter Nash