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* A Daily Prayer to Mater Magna * Hail Berecynthia, Dindymene Mother... Fashioner of Laws as well as the Founder of Cities, by Whose gifts communion with the Gods is realized! O Celestial Virgin, Bearer of the Spike of Wheat, or by whatever name Thou mayest prefer to be known, Fill my heart with radiant Presence! I pray Thee grant us Thy Peace and Favor! Mother, of the little I have, I give some to Thee, that Thou mayest receive us into Thy care this day, here and now, everywhere and always! Cybele, I offer Thee profound thanks! If anything of my Rite was displeasing unto Thee, Accept, then, this as atonement. May auspicious good fortune, happiness and health be with us. As Thou willest,so mote it be!

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