Farewell, O Sun, ever returning light. The hidden
God, who ever yet remains. He departs to the land
of youth, through the gates of Death, to dwell
enthroned, the judge of Gods and man. The horned
leader of the hosts of Air. Yet, even as stand unseen
about the circle the forms of the Mighty Lords of
the Outer Spaces, So dwelleth he, ‘the lord within
ourselves.’ So dwelleth he within the secret seed, the
seed of new reaped grain, the seed of flesh, hidden
in the earth, the marvelous seed of the stars.
‘In him is life, and life is the light of men,’
that which was never born and never dies.
Therefore the Wicca weep not, but rejoice.”
– The Book of Shadows (1957)
Gerald Gardner
Witches Of The Craft® 