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Sybil, Oracles of the Goddess
Fellowship of Isis Liturgy by Olivia Robertson
Part VI. We Face the Mysteries
III. THE GODDESS VENUS OF ROME
Eros and Psyche. We Unite with Our Twin Soul
Invocation: Violet-crowned
Cytherea, Stately Aphrodite, Venus of the Morning and Evening Star, we invoke Thy aid. Come to us, born by the moist breath
of the Western Wind, that Wind that once wafted Thee over the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, where the gold-filleted Hours
welcomed Thee joyously. Come to us in the heavenly garments wherewith the Hours clothed Thee: on Thy head a fine, well-wrought
crown of gold, and in Thy pierced ears ornaments of orichalc and golden necklaces over Thy soft neck and snow-white breasts,
which the Hours wear when they join in the lovely dances of the Deities. Thou who givest kindly gifts to men, bestow on us
Beauty, Joy and Love!
Oracle: Barter not My
easy gifts of present happiness and the sweetness that is in My wild roses, and the love in the eyes of laughing children
for fantasies of future power and possessions. The sparkle in the fire-filled granite is as beautiful as the brilliance of
diamonds: and the natural loveliness in the trees and grasses around you is not tainted with bloodshed. For all power and
all possessions that you gain through harsh strivings and self-inflicted pain, through greed and long sleepless nights, and
the sacrifice of present calm, bring legacies of misery and disillusion. Bitterness and disillusion injure the soul. You petition
Me for Beauty, for Happiness and Love: yet you have all these in abundance all about you - even beneath your feet.
You lose yourself, your soul, your peace, in ceaseless hunger for one
lover who neglects you: yet around you are many who long for your smile. You strain for inspiration for your art, and you
struggle for recognition - when you ignore the charm of a wild comer of a garden with what you call 'weeds' gracing it. You
dig up or poison the health-giving dandelions and vainly seek to grow foreign plants that die in an unfriendly climate.
As for Happiness which you pursue, you are, deep within yourself, happy now, if you will only accept your hidden well
of ecstasy.
The doorway to Eternity is through the present moment. There can be no
other. You tread the steps of time in an unending treadmill. Step aside in a quiet moment: and you will find all time,
past, present and future, is with you now, in all that you have appreciated as being attractive, cheerful and friendly.
So you will find My Beauty in a face you ignored as plain:
My Joy in some unexpected friendship: My Love in your tenderness for a hen protecting her eggs, and My Peace in the
cooing of wood-pigeons and doves, as My Star rises in the twilight.
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