“Cryptography,” said Peebs, “from the Greek kryptos, or ‘hidden.’ ” “Hidden writing, specifically,” said Ada. “A code.” “But not, one hopes, crypt as in, well, crypts, with dead people in them,” said Jane. “Actually…,” began Peebs. “Impossible, all of you!” Ada raised her voice.
Jordan Stratford, illo. Kelly Murphy, The Case of the Girl in Grey [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
“So we have a madman in a Battle Mek demanding to speak to a fictional trademark?”
“Yes Dave…”
“This isn’t going to end well, Sandra.”
Kneel Downe, The Copper Cascade: A Virulent ChapBook
CIII
Without You I’m empty, I’m only a shell.
Give me sweet life, let me drink from Your well;
Guard and protect me all night until dawn!
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.
Soul Ladder from Problems on the Path of Return by Mark Stavish, M.A. in Vol 3 No 1 of Caduceus.
“‘To the left of the house of Hades under a graceful white cypress a well offers spring water. Don’t drink there. Find the well by the lake of memory. Guardians protect the cold water. Tell them: …’ — The Hymn of Orpheus” [via]
The Happiest of the Poets in Ideas of Good and Evil by William Butler Yeats.
“To him indeed as to older writers Well and Tree are all but images of the one thing, of an ‘energy’ that is not the less ‘eternal delight’ because it is half of the body.” [via]