One thing I would like to include in my book is a small section on prayers and chants of thanksgiving. I welcome submissions from friends and will gladly credit anyone who has anything s/he wishes to share.
This is not quite the Charge of the Kitchen Witch (hopefully one is forthcoming); rather more of a Charge of the Earth Mother, She who provides us with food:
Listen to the words and whispers of the Great Mother,
She who hath provided us with Her bounty
She who has been and is known as Hestia, Vesta, Annapurna, Brigid, Ut
Whenever you are hungry,
you shall find Her at the sacred hearth
Go there, and be nourished
Our first meal came from Her breast
Her body sustains us
Sit by the sacred fire and stir the sacred cauldron
Feed yourself from the Earth Mother’s bounty
And know that all that comes from Her must one day return
Give thanks for this meal in this time and place
Give thanks to all that She has provided
Know that the meal in which you partake
Will warm your body and soul
Know that this is an expression of love
May your hunger and thirst be banished with this act of love
From this day until your last
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