Once the Peoples of Europe danced with Dionysus,
Saw Love as a Goddess and Pleasure as her Worship,
Knew that mysteries of Sex, Gender and Intoxication
were routes to Holy Transcendence, Ecstasy, Elation.
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The Peoples of Europe once spoke with the Trees
Danced and Made Love in Sacred Groves.
The Armies of the Cross destroyed all these
and nowadays few people know the blessings of
the Dryads, the Sprites of Water and Fire,
of the Spirits in the Breeze.
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The People in Europe once danced around Fires,
Communed, told stories and saw pictures in the flames:
This healed Souls and brought Wonderment, Joy and Grace,
Gave a touch of the deep nature of the Human Race.
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The Peoples of Europe once built Stone Circles
Aligned to the Stars and the Sun,
They honoured the Old Ones and danced with Faerie:
thus this Journey we’re still on was begun.
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The Old People of Europe danced with the Goddess
calling her Diana, Aphrodite, Venus, Danu, Sulis, Cybele, Freya, Frigga…
Her Temples were Ancient and Holy
but the Christians named her the Devil
and attempted to wipe out Her worship and memory
by murdering her priestesses, desecrating her holy places
and burning heretics, sodomites and witches.
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The Old People of Europe were Nature folk:
In Nature which they met Divine Presence,
but the Swords of the Cross imposed another way.
The Goddess retreated:
She permitted their wars, their corrupt ways,
did not prevent separation from Her bosom
from being the unhappy lot of the world:
In blindness we have stumbled, loved, lied and cheated,
until the human journey to Selfhood is completed,
until the final days of HISstory
and the Triumphant Coming of Hers.
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We ARE the OLD ONES, We never went away
As we remember the soul’s truth, we reconnect to the Way
The Cycles of Eternity are bringing us Home
To a World full of Wonder and Light
We each have within us the Power and the Glory
We can bring this world out of its long dark night.
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