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Honor thy Earthly
Mother, that thy days may be
long upon the land. The Earthly Mother
is in thee, and thou in her. She bore thee; she
giveth thee life. It was she who
gaveth thee thy body, And to her shalt
thou one day give it back again. Happy art thou when
thou comest to know her And her kingdom. If thou receivest
thy Mother's angels And if thou doest
her laws, Who doeth these
things shall never see disease. For the power of our
Mother is above all. She hath rule over
all the bodies of men And all living
things. The blood which runs
in us Is born of the blood
of our Earthly Mother. Her blood falls from
the clouds, Leaps up from the
womb of the earth, Babbles in the
brooks of the mountains, Flows wide in the
rivers of the plains, Sleeps in the lakes, Rages mightily in
the tempestuous seas. The air which we
breathe Is born of the
breath of our Earthly Mother. Her breath is azure
in the heights of the heavens, Soughs in the tops
of the mountains, Whispers in the
leaves of the forest, Billows over the
cornfields, Slumbers in the deep
valleys, Burns hot in the
desert. The hardness of our
bones Is born of the bones
of our Earthly Mother, of the rocks and of
the stones. They stand naked to
the heavens in the tops of the
mountains, They are as giants
that lie sleeping on the sides of the mountains, As idols set in the
desert, And are hidden in
the deepness of the earth. The tenderness of
our flesh Is born of the flesh
of our Earthly Mother, Whose flesh waxeth
yellow and red in the fruits of the trees, And nurtures us in
the furrows of the fields. The light of our
eyes, The hearing of our
ears, Both are born of the
colors and sounds Of our Earthly
Mother; Which enclose us
about As the waves of the
sea a fish, As the eddying air a
bird. Man is the Son of
the Earthly Mother, And from her did the
Son of Man Receive his whole
body, Even as the body of
the newborn babe Is born of the womb
of his mother. Thou art one with
the Earthly Mother; She is in thee, and
thou in her. Of her wert thou
born, in her dost thou live, And to her shalt
thou return again. Keep, therefore, her
laws, For none can live
long, neither be happy, But he who honors
his Earthly Mother And doeth her laws. For thy breath is
her breath, Thy blood her blood, Thy bone her bone, Thy flesh her flesh, Thy eyes and thy
ears, Are her eyes and her
ears. our Earthly Mother! Always are we
embraced by her, Always are w
surrounded by her beauty. Never can we part
from her; Never can we know
her depths. Ever doth she create
new forms: That which now
existeth never was before. That which did exist
returneth not again. In her kingdom all
is ever new, and always old. In her midst do we
live, yet we know her not. Continually doth she
speak to us, Yet never doth
betray to us her secrets. Ever do we till her
soil and harvest her crops, Yet we have no power
over her. Ever doth she build,
ever doth she destroy, and her work lace is
hidden from the eyes of men. For none can live
long, neither be happy, But he who honors
his Earthly Mother And doeth her laws, For thy breath is
her breath, Thy blood her blood, Thy bone her bone, Thy flesh her flesh, Thy eyes and thy
ears, Are her eyes and her
ears. our Earthly Mother! Always are we
embraced by her, Always are we
surrounded by her beauty. Never can we part
from her; Never can we know
her depths. Ever doth she create
new forms: That which now
existeth never was before. That which did exist
returneth not again. In her kingdom all
is ever new, and always old. In her midst do we
live, yet we know her not. Continually doth she
speak to us, Yet never doth
betray to us her secrets. Ever do we till her
soil and harvest her crops, Yet we have no power
over her. Ever doth she build,
ever doth she destroy, And her workplace is
hidden from the eyes of men.
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