In the baptism of His wisdom...

O' Baphomet! Mystery of Mysteries!

I call Thee Black Goat of the Sabbat,

let the Light of Illumination shine!

From on high Thy radiance is as a hidden grace falling,

taken up by those who wonder the lonely road.

From betwist Thy Horns the Heavenly Numina blazes!

In the Darkest of Nights your Light reveals the path we shall walk.

Hidden, but seen by those with the Eye to See!

I ask Thee forth from the Dark to come,

as a Firey Brilliance as bright as the Sun!

Baph-Metis! Lord of the Horns!

Holy Androgyne! From Thy Double-Sexuality I am born!

O' Baphomet! Horned Spirit of Eternity!

Come forth! King of Night's Delights and Master of the Midnight Sun!

Thou art Man and Woman!

MAN and BEAST!

Unity in Multiplicity!

The Many in ONE!

O' Baphomet! Lord of the Infinite Mysteries of True Midnight!

I seek Thee to Open the Gates of the Self's own Light!

I beseech Thee to reveal the Heart of All within All,

to grant a Vision both Infernal and Divine!

All that I am,

between Head and Foot,

is Thine!

Baph-Metis! Lord of the Horns!

Holy Androgyne! From Thy Double-Sexuality I am born!

O' Baphomet! Holder of the Flame of Gnosis!

I ask Thee to come forth!

As Thy servant I adjure Thee!

To bestow the Baptism of Wisdom,

to purge my Soul of the detritis of ages.

To uncover the Spirit's Light in Man!

To breathe forth the Breath of Stars,

the Heart-Fire to fan.

O' Baphomet! Great Goat-God of Mendes!

Thy Wings are all Space and Thy Light every Star!

And Your Benediction the Blessing and the Curse of Life.

For that which we seek is found in the Darkest Places of Wisdom,

until we enter the Gates of Thy Kingdom!

Grant me the understanding that all shall be endured,

for in Your Light we illuminate the Darkest of Nights!

Baph-Metis! Lord of the Horns!

Holy Androgyne! From Thy Double-Sexuality I am born!

~ From my forthcoming work Whisperings from the Void: The Amarathine Arcanum of Holy Image and Revealed Exegesis available from Aeon Sophia Press: http://www.aeonsophiapress.com/-PRE-ORDER_Patrick_John_Larabee_Whisperings_from_the_Void/p1293621_6551529.aspx

Copyright - Patrick Larabee and Aeon Sophia Press - 2012