Phaedra's Charge of the God

Hear now the words of the Horned God, Father of All
and consort of the Goddess. His are the spiraling ways
of the hunt and vine, of old he was known by many names -
Pan, Eros, Lucifer, Odin, Zu, Apollo, and a thousand others.
By whatever names we call him, he hears us and responds:

I am the other half of divinity. I am all that is masculine, no matter its form. I am the consort of the Goddess, her equal and opposite, yet not opposing. I am all that rises only to fall, I am the joyful sacrifice born at Midwinter to die again in Autumn. I am hunter and hunted, lover and beloved, sower and reaper. My life is tied to the land; I am embodied in wheat and corn, in the stag and the bull. I am the morning star and the evening star, I am the divine Dioscuri. I am prideful; the Goddess named me the most beautiful shining in the firmament. I am also humble, I offer myself willing to the Crone’s scythe so that you may continue. Within myself, I contain all duality. The seasons of the sun show my nature - Youth, Hero, and Sage - so that the Goddess may have a companion through all of her phases. I am the Lord of Life and the Lord of Death; I bring the madness of lust, the passion of battle, and the warmth of family. I am the quickener of root and bud; I make your blood boil and your heart race. I am a Trickster, a Warrior, a Clown, and a Coward. I live to die and I die to live. I urge you to be yourself, to live life to the fullest for you never know when it will be snatched away. I am transience where you may desire permanence.

I am the piper to that plays the tune to which the Star Goddess dances. I bring forth life from the womb that is a tomb for I am the seed which fertilizes. I am the ruler of the underworld, the King of Shadows; yet I am rebirth from darkness turning the tomb into a womb. I am the laughter at the edge of death as I whisper my sacred mystery - every end is a beginning and every beginning an end; in birth we die and on death we feed. Search within and without and you shall find me once you understand my divine duality, you will know my true face and form.

Phaedra's Notes:

I love the Charge that I wrote for the God, it always makes me feel warm inside and like my heart is too small for my chest. Love, love, love! This tends to be a bit wordier than others, but it incorporates everything that I think of when I envision the God. It certainly has more Luciferian overtones than others, but I think I can be forgiven for that.

Instead of consequences being the main theme of this Charge, it is the different forms of masculinity and how it is the opposite to femininity. I had a really hard time with relating to the divine masculine when I first started on my path. Little by little, my youngest brother taught me that being masculine, being male, isn't a bad thing. My brother helped me to start to understand the God and how I related to him. One doesn't have to fit into a narrow mold to be a good man, as long as he is true to himself and secure in himself. I still have lots to learn about the divine masculine, but this Charge sums him up for me right now. Perhaps this will change with time.

You'll also notice that I really wanted to highlight the God's duality as well. Again, it is something that I think gets a little overlooked, he is not just the Goddess' consort, he is also a Deity in his own right. He's not just there to impregnate her, he has his own functions to attend to.