My first personal meeting with the Goddess. I was sixteen at the time. I had just entered into the oath sworn secrets. I answered a summons from High Priestess Heather. (Who now is safe in the light that awaits us all.)
We met in a glade near Madison. She wished to invoke the Goddess to hear her voice and seek her wisdom. That night was special it was a blood moon. And the night was close to the celebration of Beltane.
Immediately upon Her invocation a presence manifested that was more beautiful than anything I had ever experienced, more loving than anything I had ever encountered, and more powerful than anything I could ever have imagined, but not in the sense of power as force or domination. The power of Her love put any other kind of power in its shade. She brought with Her a sense of the Feminine and of nature, of forests and meadows. She had another fascinating quality: She seemed more real than I was. At the same time She was invisible.
High priestess Heather had also had her own personal encounters with the Goddess, and she deliberately invoked the Goddesses presence into the Priestess and sometimes the warlocks. When this was done the aspect of Herne manifested in our mist. Most everyone in our coven felt that presence to some degree when a deity was invoked into themselves, and often when they entered into another officiating as High Priestess or Priest. However I quickly learned that even here intense manifestations such as I had experienced were rare. At the next public Sabbath I attended, with the same people, I also felt little or nothing. When She did manifest, She and other deities usually did so far more subtly, even if unmistakably. In the quiet of the wood she dwells.
I have been honored with an indwelling twice. To try to place in words the wonder and joy. From the smallest speck of sand to the greatest star. All of her creation opened before me. I could see but my mind is limited in understanding. But for a moment I could see and touch all.
But also in that moment I was humbled for I am a small part of her creation.
You ask if there must be a God?
Yes. There is a Goddess I Have seen her and all her ways. Soon I will invoke her for my daughter. So she may learn her love for us all. I am no fool. There will come a time when I pass beyond the door to summer lands. I must prepare her for that day. So she can teach any who will follow her into the faith.
Blessed Be
Rikki