Mother of Light, and the Gods! Mother of Music, awake! <br />Silence and speech are at odds; Heaven and Hell are at <br />stake. <br />By the Rose and the Cross I conjure; I constrain by the <br />Snake and the Sword; <br />I am he that is sworn to endure -Bring us the word of the <br />Lord! <br /> <br />By the brood of the Bysses of Brightening, whose God was <br />my sire; <br />By the Lord of the Flame and Lightning, the King of <br />the Spirits of Fire; <br />By the Lord of the Waves and the Waters, the King of the <br />Hosts of the Sea, <br />The fairest of all of whose daughters was mother to me; <br /> <br />By the Lord of the Winds and the Breezes, the king of the <br />Spirits of Air, <br />In whose bosom the infinite ease is that cradled me there; <br />By the Lord of the Fields and the Mountains, the King of <br />the Spirits of Earth <br />That nurtured my life at his fountains from the hour of my <br />birth; <br /> <br />By the Wand and the Cup I conjure; by the Dagger and <br />Disk I constrain; <br />I am he that is sworn to endure; make thy music again! <br />I am Lord of the Star and the Seal; I am Lord of the Snake <br />and the Sword; <br />Reveal us the riddle, reveal! Bring us the word of the Lord! <br /> <br />As the flame of the sun, as the roar of the sea, as the storm <br />of the air, <br />As the quake of the earth -let it soar for a boon, for a bane, <br />for a snare, <br />For a lure, for a light, for a kiss, for a rod, for a scourge, for <br />a sword - <br />Bring us thy burden of bliss -Bring us the word of the <br />Lord! <br /> <br />PERDURABO.<br /><br />Aleister Crowley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-interpreter/
