A moment later Doyle was reflecting that liquor was even more effective than pain—or, probably, throwing up—in reconciling one to reality.
Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates [Bookshop, Amazon, Publisher]
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In Nomine Babalon, LXXXIII
LXXXIII
Droplets of water, like tinkling bells,
Fall from the cup of the Princess of Shells.
From mellifluous depths is her liquor drawn,
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
— In Nomine Babalon: 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess
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In Nomine Babalon, LXII
LXII
Sit in the dark, watch the candle-flame flicker,
I sip from Your cup and taste Your liquor.
Feeling the heady intoxication,
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
— In Nomine Babalon: 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess
The Hermetic Library arts and letters pool is a project to publish poetry, prose and art that is inspired by or manifests the Western Esoteric Tradition. If you would like to submit your work for consideration as part of the Arts and Letters pool, contact the librarian.