Poetic-Verses from ATHANASE
You, Virgin of Fire
You, Virgin of Fire, Image of Mystic Knowledge,
Your Eyes pure with a Brightness Brightness can never know,
You are Blood's supreme imperative, your Essence greater than Fate,
The Face of the Phenomenal, the Countenance of Power.
You, the Emblem of Rapture, the Embodiment of the Stars,
You exult, with Supreme Joy, our Tender Planet,
You are the Altar in the Day's Procession, Wisdom become Corporeal,
The Gem, the Golden Thread, the Sapphire of the Sacred Brides.
You praise the Scriptures, you Guard the Heavens,
Absolute Degree of the Soul, Ultimate Grace of the Heart,
Blazing Symbol of the World to come, Celestial Crux of Time,
You are the Torch of Union, the Act, the Rule, the Flame, the Dwelling,
You exalt the Gift from the Glut, the Messages of Sacred Plenty,
You are Unity, Infinity, You, the Urgent Law of Merging with the One.
Translated from the French by Norton Hodges
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You, Virgin of Fire
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