LI BER TZADDI
VEL HAMVS HERMETICVS
SVB FIGVRA XC
ο. In the name οἷthe Lord of Initiation, Amen.
x. I fly and I alight as an hawk : of mother-of-emerald are
my mighty-sweeping wings.
2. I swoop down upon the black earth ; and it gladdens
into green at my coming.
3. Children of Earth
! rejoice
l rejoice exceedingly ; for
your salvation is at hand.
4. The end of sorrow is come; I will ravish you away into
mine unutterablejoy.
5. I will kiss you, and bring you to the bridal: I will
spread a feast before you in the house of happiness.
6. I
am
not
come
to
rebuke
you,
or
to
enslave
you.
7. I bid you not turn from your voluptuous ways, from
your idleness, from your follies.
8. But I bring you joy to your pleasure, peace to your
languor, wisdom to your folly.
9. All that ye do is right, if so be that ye enjoy it.
10. I am come against sorrow, against weariness, against
them that seek to enslave you.
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