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The Equinox Of The Gods



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The Official Organ of the O.T.O.

Deus est Homo Vol. III No. III

An I x Sol in Libra

SEPTEMBER MCMXXXVI E.V.

Issued by the O.T.O.



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Publication in Class E.

A PARAPHRASE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS UPON THE OBVERSE OF THE STELE OF REVELLING

Above, the gemmèd azure is

The naked splendour of Nuit;

She bends in ecstasy to kiss

The secret ardours of Hadit.

The wingèd globe, the starry blue

Are mine, o Ankh-f-n-Khonsu.

I am the Lord of Thebes, and I

The inspired forth-speaker of Mentu;

For me unveils the veiled sky,

The self-slain Ankh-f-n-Khonsu

Whose words are truth. I invoke, I greet

Thy presence, o Ra-Hoor-Khuit!

Unity uttermost showed!

I adore the might of Thy breath,

Supreme and terrible God,

Who makest the gods and death

To tremble before Thee: —

I, I adore thee!

Appear on the throne of Ra!

Open the ways of the Khu!

Lighten the ways of the Ka!

The ways of the Khabs run through

To stir me or still me!

Aum! let it kill me!

The Light is mine; its rays consume

Me: I have made a secret door

Into the House of Ra and Tum,

Of Khephra, and of Ahathoor.

I am thy Theban, o Mentu,

The prophet Ankh-f-n-Khonsu!

By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat:

By wise Ta-nech I weave my spell.

Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!

Bid me within thine House to dwell,

O winged snake of light, Hadith!

Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!



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A PARAPHRASE OF THE HIEROGLYPHS OF THE 11 LINES UPON THE REVERSE OF THE STELE

Saith of Mentu the truth-telling brother

Who was master of Thebes from his birth:

O heart of me, heart of my mother!

O heart which I had upon earth!

Stand not thou up against me as a witness!

Oppose me not, judge, in my quest!

Accuse me not now of unfitness

Before the Great God, the dread Lord of the West!

For I fastened the one to the other

With a spell for their mystical girth,

The earth and the wonderful West,

When I flourished, o earth, on thy breast!

The dead man Ankh-f-n-Khonsu

Saith with his voice of truth and calm:

O thou that hast a single arm!

O thou that glitterest in the moon!

I weave thee in the spinning charm;

I lure thee with the billowy tune.

The dead man Ankh-f-n-Khonsu

Hath parted from the darkling crowds,

Hath joined the dwellers of the light,

Opening Duant, the star-abodes,

Their keys receiving.

The dead man Ankh-f-n-Khonsu

Hath made his passage into night,

His pleasure on the earth to do

Among the living.