Before the beginning there was nothing—no earth, no heavens, no stars, no sky: only the mist world, formless and shapeless, and the fire world, always burning.
Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
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In Nomine Babalon, CIL
CIL
I invoke You, sweet lady, under Your stars,
Adoring the union of Venus and Mars;
Offering all to their fornication!
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
— In Nomine Babalon: 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess
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In Nomine Babalon, LXV
LXV
Love under the stars, I am taking my fill!
As Adonai guides me to my True Will
And my Angel’s Knowledge and Conversation,
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
— In Nomine Babalon: 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess
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In Nomine Babalon, XXXV
XXXV
I invoke Your name as I face to the west
And drink the amrita that drips from Your breast.
The milk of the stars will I feed upon
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
— In Nomine Babalon: 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess
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Concerning Death by Aleister Crowley in International, Dec 1917.
“Then follow in thy mind the wondrous word of the Stélé of Revealing itself. Return if thou wilt from the abode of the stars; dwell with mortality, and feast thereon. For thou art this day made Lord of Heaven and of Earth.” [via]
Concerning Death by Aleister Crowley in International, Dec 1917.
“But the orb revolveth anon; the shadow passeth away from thee. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu! For inasmuch as thou hast made the Law of Freedom thine, as thou hast lived in Light and Liberty and Love, thou hast become a Freeman of the City of the Stars.” [via]
Concerning Death by Aleister Crowley in International, Dec 1917.
“Listen, for thine ears are become dulled to the mean noises of the earth; the infinite silence of the Stars woos thee with subtle music.” [via]
An Historical Summary of Angelic Hierarchies from Part VII: The “Seven” Thrones in In Operibus Sigillo Dei Aemeth by David Richard Jones.
“According to the best demonstration of the astrologers as we find it summarized in the book of the Constellations of the Stars, these movements are three: one according to which the star moves along its epicycle; a second according to which the epicycle moves together with the whole heaven in concert with that of the Sun; a third according to which that whole heaven moves, following the movement of the starry sphere, from west to east, one degree every one hundred years.” [via]
Dante Alighieri
ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΜΒ Dust-Devils in Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley.
“This desert is the Abyss wherein is the Universe. The Stars are but thistles in that waste.” [via]
In Nomine Babalon, IX
IX
As the moon reflects the light of the sun,
We also reflect the light of the One!
As each of our stars forever shines on,
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.