“I am the flower that blooms on the bough,” said the Maiden. The voice was light, sweet with promise, as familiar to me as my own, even though I was certain I had never heard it before. To hear it was like listening to the song of my soul, and I knew that this was the Goddess indeed. “I am the crescent that crowns the sky. I am the sunlight that glitters on the wave and the breeze that bends the new grass. No man has ever possessed Me, and yet I am the end of all desire. Huntress and Holy Wisdom am I, Spirit of Inspiration, and Lady of Flowers. Look into the water and you will see My face
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