6. Thou hast appeared unto me as a young
and brilliant God, a god of music and beauty,
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even as a young god in his strength, playing
upon the lyre.
7. Thou hast appeared unto me as the white
foam of Ocean gathered into limbs whiter than
the foam, the limbs of a miracle of women, as
a goddess of extreme love, bearing the girdle
of gold.
8. Thou hast appeared to me as a young boy
mischievous and lovely, with Thy winged globe
and its serpents set upon a staff.
9. Thou hast appeared to me as an huntress
among Thy dogs, as a goddess virginal chaste,
as a moon among the faded oaks of the wood
of years.
IO. But I was deceived by none of these.
All these I cast aside, crying: Begone!
So
that all these faded from my vision.
I I. Also I welded together the Flaming Star
and the Sixfold Star in the forge of my soul,
and behold! a new star 418 that is above all
these.
12. Yet even so was I not deceived ; for the
crown hath twelve rays.
13. And these twelve rays are one.
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