Collected Works (Vol. II)

20 ~ ORACLES INVOCATION.! O SELF Divine! O Living Lord of Me! Self-shining flame, begotten of Beyond ! Godhead immaculate! Swift tongue of fire, Kindled from that immeasurable light The boundless, the immutable. Come forth, My God, my lover, spirit of my heart, Heart of my soul, white virgin of the Dawn, My Queen of all perfection, come thou forth From thine abode beyond the Silences To me the prisoner, me the mortal man, Shrined in this clay : come forth, I say, to me, Initiate my quickened soul; draw near, And let the glory of thy Godhead shine Through all the luminous aethers of the air Even to earth, thy footstool ; unto me Who by these sacred invocations draw The holy influence within myself, To strengthen and to purify my will And holy aspiration to thy Life. Purge me and consecrate until my heart Burn through the very limits of the veil, And rend it at the hour of sacrifice That even the secret pillar in the midst May be made manifest to mortal eyes. Behold upon my right hand and my left The mighty pillars of amazing fire, And terrible cloud. Their tops in Heaven are veiled, Whereon the everlasting lamps rejoice. Their pedestals upon the Universe Are set in rolling clouds, in thunder-gusts, In vivid flame, and tempest : but to me, Balanced between them, burns the holy light Veilless, one liquid wheel of sacred fire, Whirling immutably within itself And formulating in the splendid sun Of its white moony radiance, in the light Of its immaculate eternity, Thy glorious vision! O thou Starlight face, And crownéd diamond of my self and soul, 1 Versified from the Manuscript called ‘‘y of w in Z2.”—A. C., Z2 was a MS. of magical formulze given to advanced members of the Zelator Adeptus Minor grade in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Thou Queenly Angel of my Higher Will, Formin my spirit a more subtle fire Of God, that I may comprehend the more The sacred purity of thy divine . Essence! O Queen, O Goddess of my life, Light unbegotten, Scintillating spark Of the All-Self! O holy, holy Spouse Of my most godlike thought, come forth ! I say, — And manifest unto thy worshipper In more candescent fulgours! Let the air Ring with the passion of my holy cry Unto the Highest. For persistent will And the continual fervour of my soul Have led me to this hour of victory, This throne of splendour. O thou Beauty’s Self, Thou holiest Crown thus manifest to me, Come forth, I say, come forth! With mightier cries Than Jesus uttered on the quivering cross : ‘¢ Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani,” Thee, thee, thee only I invoke! O Soul Of my own spirit, let thy fervid eyes _ Give me their light: for thou dost stand, as God Among the Holy Ones. Before the gods Thy music moves, coequal, coeterne, Thou, Lord of Light and Life and Love! Come forth ! I call thee in the holiest name of Him Lord of the Universe, and by His Name, Osiris perfected through suffering, Glorious in trial: by His Holy Name, Jesus, the Godhead passing through the gates Of Hell, that even there the rescuers Might find the darkness, and proclaim the light ; For I invoke thee by the sacred rites And secret words of everlasting power: By the swift symbol of the Golden Dawn And all its promise, by the Cross of Fire, And by the Gleaming Symbol: by. the Rose And Cross of Light and Life: the holy Ankh, The Rose of Ruby and the Cross of Gold. By these I say, Come forth! my _ holy Spouse, And make me one with thine abundant ray