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1947 · PDF PAGE 11

The Last Ritual

…hy child ! For of the Father and the Son The Holy Spirit is the norm ; Male-female, quintessential, one, Man-being veiled in woman-form. Glory and worship in the highest, Thou Dove, mankind that deifiest, Being that race, most royally run To spring sunshine through winter storm. Glory and worship be to Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree ! Glory to thee from Gilded Tomb ! Glory to thee from Waiting Womb ! Glory to Thee from Earth unploughed ! Glory to Thee from virgin vowed ! Glory to Thee, true Unity Of the eternal Trinity ! Glory to Thee,…

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1947 · PDF PAGE 10

The Last Ritual

…ld and ivory and marble as in the temples of our bodies, we worthily commemorate them worthy that did of old adore thee and manifest thy glory unto men. Oh Sons of the Lion and the Snake ! with all thy saints we worthily commemorate them worthy that were and are and are to come. May their essence be here present, potent, puissant, and paternal to perfect this feast !

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1947 · PDF PAGE 9

The Last Ritual

… Death ! Death ! thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o man, unto thee. The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives long and desires death much is ever the King among the Kings. Fear not at all : fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. But your holy place shall be untouched throughout the centuries : though with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible ho…

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1947 · PDF PAGE 8

The Last Ritual

seen of the seeing. Also I have a secret glory for them that love me. But to love me is better than all things : if under the night stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all ; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Behold ! the rituals of the old time are black. Let the evil ones be cast away ; let the good ones be purged by the prophet !…

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