The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE RITES OF ELEUSIS HERMANUBIS. 1. Mother of Mystery, hast thou the secret of Jupiter? [SPHINX plays a triumphant mehai/.* TYPHON. Brother Hermanubis, what is the place? HERMANUBIS. The Summit of Mount Kithairon. TYPHON. Procul, ο Procul este viril [All mate pmbatz‘ohers retire to bath ofstage. TYPHON Sisters, let us invoke the Father to manifest in the Son. SPHINX. Per Spiritum Sanctum. Amen. [She also retire: to hart/ate on wheel. MAENADS. Evoe ! Evoe Ηο! Iacche! Iacchel TYPHON. Hail, Ο Dionysus! Hail! Winged Son of Semelé! Hail, Ο Hail! The stars are pale; Hidden the moonlight in the vale; Hidden the sunlight in the seat Blessed is her happy lot Who beholdeth God ; who moves Mighty-souled without a spot, Mingling in the godly rout Of the many mystic Ioves. Holy maidens, duly weave Dances {or the mighty mother ! Bacchanal to Bacchus cleave! Wave his narthex wand, and leave Earthly joys to earth to smother ! Io! Evae! Sisters, mingle In the choir, the dance, the revel! He divine, the Spirit single, He in every vein shall tingle. Sense and sorrow to the devil ! * Obertass : Wieniawski, 34