(^170) A Wiccan Bible
I wondered how that could be so when just about every book outside of the Pagan com-
munity said there were 12 and some change. And then it struck me: It is objectification.
Instead of being predominantly concerned with the relationship of the lunar cycle,
folk were concerned with the event of the Full Moon. You see, that extra change often
produces a 13th full moon in the year, but it is incapable of producing an additional
lunar cycle, even if one does use new math. This is perhaps a result of the advice giving
in the traditional version of “The Charge of the Goddess.”
“Whenever you have need of anything, once in the month,
and better it be when the moon is full,
you shall assemble in some secret place and
adore the spirit of Me who is Queen of all Witches.”
—Author Unknown (see Book of Three Part II)
Whatever the reason, the Full Moon is only part of the story. The rest of the story
in Moon lore is that like all things, the lunar cycle has a beginning, middle, and an end.
It is New, Full, and Dark, and it is an expression not only of our Lord as Master, Father,
and Sage, our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, but of ourselves as youth, mature,
and senior.
Iao Abrasax, thou art the Lord
q WB Chap 09.p65 170 7/11/2003, 5:53 PM
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