Lesson Six: The roles of the God, and Goddess
Merry meet. In this lesson we will cover the roles, of the Lord, and Lady, or the God, and Goddess. Now Let’s start with the Goddess. Her role is not just to look pretty. She has the mothering role, as well as a role as huntress, and protector, and guider. Let’s take a look at her from her roles.
The Mother Goddess: This is her as she gives birth to the earth every spring. And how she also gives birth to the God every spring. And so also is a mother to her Witches. She does not call us followers, but her children. And many of her duties as a Goddess is to watch over children, and babies, and families.
The Huntress role: Now this is her role when her children need food, and need luck for a big hunt. Many times during the olden days they would pray to Diana, or Artimis to guide them in a hunt.
The guider role: This could be tide in with the mother role as well. She is a listener, and can be called upon to aid you for any reason. Problems with school, work, relationships. She will guide you thru many life struggles.
The protector role: Oh, when she has this role, she is one to have on your side. As an angry mother, she will protect her children will great might. She will be with you in your darkest times, and in times of loneness. She will never leave your side. She is someone who will be with you when no one can be.
What the Goddess is, is more then roles. She does more then these roles here. She is a friend, and therapist, someone to yell at when you can’t scream to anyone else. She bares it all. But these roles are what most people appeal to the most. And now let’s appeal, to the God’s role.
The God has pretty much the same roles, but they don’t differ a little. He has the father role, the guider role, and protector role, and hunter role.
The father role: He is the father some people never had. He can be the one that you can have the “guy” talks with. Ok, that’s sound stupid, but true. He is the caring, and loving father type. He also sees us as his children, and not followers. And this is why we honor them, and not worship them.
Guider role: He watches us, and he can help us if we ask him to. He will be there in the shadows to help us when we fall.
Protector: He protects us like a father protects us a goof father would. Like the Goddess, he will not turn away from us in our time of need. All we have to do is ask.
Hunter role: He is the Lord of the Hunt, and of the animal kingdom. He knows the animals, and how they speak. He will guide you on your hunts.(If your hunting for food, and not for fun, or sport.) He protects is kingdom too.
Ok, we now have a good idea of the roles of the Lord, and Lady, and what they do. Now let’s look at their aspects, and how they age thru the year. Oh yes, they age as the year turns. The Goddess goes thru her aspects. Mother, Maiden , and Crone. And the God, has his. Son, Father, and Sage. Now let’s look at the Goddess first.
Mother: This would be when she gives birth to the God, and also gives birth to the earth. It is early spring, and life begins again for all of earth.
Maiden: This is when the Goddess is young, and frisky. Full of life, and sexy. She’s like a young 20 something living life to the fullest. She, and the earth are thriving. It would be summer right now.
Crone: This is the older, and wiser Goddess. She has aged, and is preparing for the death of the God, and for the earth to go into it’s winter sleep. She has gained all the knowledge, and is ready for the upcoming winter, and spring.
With the Goddess, here is one thing to remember. She is what you want her to be. It’s hard for me to tell you what she is, because you will have something different. Yeah she’s all that I listed. But when you get to know here, she’s so much more. She’s a shit! If you mess around with her, be funny, crack jokes. You’ll find that she will be that way with you too. One time, I was messing around. I said, I just want money. The next day, I find a penny. A penny! The Goddess is what you want her to be. You can have a very serious relationship with her, or treat her like a buddy, or both. And with the God, it is the same thing. So here is his aspects:
Son: He is young, and frisky. He is in state of freedom. He knows no bounds. He is in is teens if you will call it that. He opens life up to the world.
Father: He is older, and more wiser. He takes life more serious. He has a wait and approach to things.
The Sage: The God is old, and is preparing to die, and to be reborn in the spring. At this time he as aged to look like an old man. Grey beard, and gray hair. His horns, still shine.
The God is what you make him. And What I said about him is incomplete. There is more. For more on him you will have to search farther then just me. I don’t have my ideals set on the God just yet. It was hard for me to get this lesson done because I follow the Goddess more. By all means I am not the expert on Witchcraft, and please don’t just stop here. Research other places as well. This is it for lesson six. Lesson seven will deal with Laws, and Ethics
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