The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

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. 19