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Oh virgin who sits in Her garden of wheat
With the shield of the Empress set at Her feet,
The form of the double-head eagle thereon;
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.
The Reaper in The Gate of the Sanctuary from The Temple of the Holy Ghost (Collected Works, Vol I) by Aleister Crowley.
“I, the mere rhymer, she, the queen of rhyme,
As sweeps her sickle in the falling wheat,
Her body’s sleek intoxicating time,
The music of the motion of her feet!” [via]
The Reaper in The Gate of the Sanctuary from The Temple of the Holy Ghost (Collected Works, Vol I) by Aleister Crowley.
“O maiden of the spirit of the wheat,
One ripening sunbeam thrills thee to the soul,
Electric from red main to amber feet!” [via]