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1947 · PDF PAGE 6

The Last Ritual

… flock, I am gold , I am god, Flesh to thy bone, flower to thy rod. With hoofs of steel I race on the rocks Through solstice stubborn to equinox. And I rave ; and I rape and I rip and I rend Everlasting, world without end. Mannikin, maiden, maenad, man, In the might of Pan. Io Pan ! Io Pan Pan ! Pan ! Io Pan !

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1947 · PDF PAGE 9

The Last Ritual

…h with fire and sword it be burnt down and shattered, yet an invisible house there standeth, and shall stand until the fall of the Great Equinox. Now this mystery of the letters is done, and I want to go on to a holier place. Also for beauty’s sake and love’s ! Despise also all cowards ; all fools despise ! But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty ; ye are brothers ! As brothers fight ye ! There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. Love is the law, love under will.

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1947 · PDF PAGE 8

The Last Ritual

…; on the low men trample in the fierce lust of your pride, in the day of your wrath. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. A feast for fire and a feast for water ; a feast for life and a greater feast for death ! A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture ! Aye ! feast ! rejoice ! there is no dread hereafter. Dost thou fail ? Art thou sorry ? Is fear in thine heart ? Where I am these are not. Write, and find ecstasy in writing ! Work, and be our bed in working ! Thrill with the joy of life and d…

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