The Charge of the God is an invocation, to bring the energy of the God into your magick circle and into yourself. When it is being performed by a High Priest in a coven, the Priest is seen to 'become' the God during the invocation. The author of this Charge is unknown.

Listen to the words of the Great Father, who of old was called Osiris, Adonis, Zeus, Thor, Pan, Cernunnos, Herne, Lugh and by many other names:

I am the fleet deer in the forest,
I am the beach which receives the waves,
I am the sun which warms the Earth.
I am the Lord of the Spiral Dance of Life, Death and Rebirth, the gentle reaper, the Winter stag and the Spring fawn.

All things are of me, for I am of the Goddess, opposite, yet not opposing. I bring love and strength, peace and passion, hope and joy, for I am the gentle lover in the night.
My Law is Harmony with all things. I am the Guardian of the gate between Life and Death. I am King of the Underworld, where no living being may venture, but I am also the King of Rebirth: through me all things must die and with me are reborn.

Hear the words of the dancing God, who is the son, brother, lover, and consort of the Lady, the music of whose laughter stirs the winds, whose voice calls the seasons:

I who am the Lord of the Hunt and the Power of the Light,
Sun among the clouds and the secret of the flame,
I call upon your bodies to arise and come unto me.
For I am the flesh of the Earth and all its beings.

Let my worship be in the body that sings, for behold all acts of willing sacrifice are my rituals.
Let there be desire and joy, fury and frailty, harmony and peace, awe and longing within you.
For these too are part of the mysteries found within yourself, within me - all that I am comes from the Great Mother, the Divine Star Goddess, who is Mother of us all.