INVOCATION TO ARTEMIS

                    Issued by the Thelemic
                   Order of the Golden Dawn
                  (Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora)

                              By
                      Sir David Cherubim
                    (Frater Aureae Aurora)
                    Copyright (c) 1989 e.v.


O Thou Beautiful
    Lady of the Moon,
Virgin Artemis,
    Mysterious and Triune,
Who bearest a bow
    And a quiver of splendour
With elegant arrows
    Made of glittering silver,
Sister of Apollo
    And daughter of Zeus,
Most Mysterious Woman,
    Mystick and Abstruse,
Who art Selene above
    Waxing in the sky,
And Hecate below
    Waning with a sigh,
And Artemis on earth
    Protecting child birth,
Thou Triple Goddess
    Of the Ageless Moon,
Lady of the Nocturnal
    And Mystick Swoon,
Virgin Artemis
    Of Lunar Delight,
Admirable Queen
    Of the Starry Night,
Lover of youth
    And Guardian of Truth,
Holy Priestess
    And Virgin Huntress,
Mighty Protectress,
    Full Moon in Darkness,
Holy Virgin,
    Holy Guardian,
Blessed Goddess
    Of the Cypress Garden,
We invoke thy
    Lunar Ecstasy,
And we invoke thy
    Mystick Trance!
We invoke thy
    Magick Sovereignty,
And we invoke thy
    Secret Guidance!
Come, O come, Lady Artemis,
    Our beloved Moon,
And fill us with your Mystick
    And Wondrous Swoon!
We invoke thee to enrich
    Our souls with thy Mystick Power,
Come, O come, in this,
    Thine holy hour!