THE EQUINOX
29. Moreover, be they long kept, it is better; for they
swell with my force. All before me.
30. My altar is of open brass work : burn thereon in silver
or gold!
31. There cometh a rich man from the West who shall
pour his gold upon thee.
32. From gold forge steel!
33. Be ready to fly or to smite!
34. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout
the centuries: though with fire and sword it be burnt down
& shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall
stand until the fall of the Great Equinox; when Hrumachis
shall arise and the double-wanded one assume my throne and
place. Another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever
from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust &
worship of the Snake; another soul of God and beast shall
mingle in the globéd priest; another sacrifice shall stain The
tomb; another king shall reign; and blessing no longer be
poured To the Hawk-headed mystical Lord !
35. The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-
pa-kraat and Ra-Hoor-Khut.
36. Then said the prophet unto the God:
37. I adore thee in the song—
I am the Lord of Thebes, and I
The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu;
For me unveils the veiléd sky,
The self-slain Ankh-af-na-khonsu
Whose words are truth. I invoke, I greet
Thy presence, O Ra-Hoor-Khuit!
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