The Quest
July 5, 2023Lyric of Love to Leah
July 5, 2023Prologue to Rodin in Rime
To Kathleen-
Nor I can give, nor you can take; endures
The simple truth of me that is yours.
Is not the music mingled with the form
When all the heavens break in blind black storm?
Are we not veiled as Gods, and cruel as they,
Smiting our brilliance on the shuddering clay?
Silence and darkness cover us, confirm
Our splendour to its unappointed term:
For all the men homunculi that dance
Around us shudder at our brilliance.
These puppets perish in the good grand glare,
Our sworded sunlight in the boundless air !
These bats need cloisters; these tame birds a cage;
How should they know the Masters of the Age?
Or understand when the archangels cry
Adoring us Ellên kat’ asterh ei?
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was an English occultist, writer, and poet who is known for his controversial and unconventional lifestyle. His notable works include "The Book of the Law," "The Book of Thoth," and "The Vision and the Voice."