1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 243
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Adjustment! Rhythm writhes through every act.
Wild is the dance; its balance is exact.
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In Mother‐Deeps of Ocean the GodMan
Hangs, Lamp of the Abyss Aeonian.
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Eagle, and Snake, and Scorpion! The Dance
Of Death whirls Life from Trance to Trance to Trance.
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Solve, coagula! By V.I.T.R.I.O.L. shewn,
The Tincture, the Elixir, and the Stone.
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Ιο παν! upon the summits the God‐goat
Leaps in wild lust of ecstasy afloat.
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Bellona, scream! Unhood the Hawks! The roar
Of Universes crashing into War!
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Nuit, our Lady of the Stars! Event
Is all Thy play, sublime Experiment!
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Witchmoon, upon thy beck of blood afloat
The Midnight Beetle’s brave prophetic Boat!
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The Sun, our Father! Soul of Life and Light,
Love and play freely, sacred in Thy sight!
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Nuit, Hadit, Ra‐Hoor‐Khuit! The Aeon
Of the Twin Child! Exult, o Empyrean!
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Naught becomes All to realise the span
Of naught, O perfect Universe of Pan.
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