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Proem
MANY are the thrones which the Holy Spirit of Elohim
hath vivified.
2. They are
centres
of systems, bonds of graces, trees of life, suns of
many worlds.
3. And the colour
of them is the colour of the ruby and of the fire; and
their name is, in the Hebrew, Uriel, and in the Greek,
Phoibos, the Bright One of God.
4. To whom
are committed the dominion of the highest sphere, and the demonstration of the
reason of all things which are manifest.
5. The Spirit of whose being is the
Spirit of Wisdom, which is the first of the holy Seven.
6. Now, He – the angel of the sun –
is not the Spirit of Wisdom, but the brightness of the glory thereof, and the
express image of the selfsame spirit.
7. He is the first of the Gods, and
his praise is great, and his works are wonderful, and his throne is in the midst
of heaven.
8. He is that light which Adonai
created on the first day.
9. And before his face Python the
mighty serpent fell from heaven, to make his dwelling in the caverns and in the
secret places of earth.
Hymn to Phoibos
1. Strong art thou and adorable, Phoibos Apollo, who bearest life
and healing on thy wings, who crownest the year with
thy bounty, and givest the spirit of thy divinity to
the fruits and precious things of all the worlds.
2. Where were
the bread of the initiation of the Sons of God, except thou bring the corn to
ear; or the wine of their mystical chalice, except thou bless the vintage?
3. Many are the angels who serve in
the courts of the spheres of heaven: but thou, Master of Light and of Life, art
followed by the Christs of God.
4. And thy sign is the sign of the
Son of Man in heaven, and of the just made perfect.
5. Whose path is as a shining light,
shining more and more unto the innermost glory of the day of the Lord God.
6. Thy banner is blood-red, and thy
symbol is a milk-white lamb, and thy crown is of pure gold.
7. They who reign with thee are the
Hierophants of the celestial mysteries; for their will is the will of God, and
they know as they are known.
8. These are the sons of the
innermost sphere; the Saviours of men, the Anointed of
God.
9. And their name is Christ Jesus, in
the day of their initiation.
10. And before them every knee shall
bow, of things in heaven and of things on earth.
11. They are come out of great
tribulation, and are set down for ever at the right hand of God.
12. And the Lamb, which is in the
midst of the seven spheres, shall give them to drink of the river of living
water.
13. And they shall eat of the tree of
life, which is in the centre of the garden of the
14. These are
thine, O Mighty Master of Light; and this is the dominion which the Word
of God appointed thee in the beginning:
16. And God called the light Phoibos, and the darkness God called Python.
17. Now the darkness was before the
light, as the night forerunneth the dawn.
18. These are the evening and the
morning of the first cycle of the Mysteries.
19. And the glory of that cycle is as
the glory of seven days; and they who dwell therein are seven times refined;
20. Who have purged the garment of
the flesh in the living waters;
21. And have transmuted both body and
soul into spirit, and are become pure virgins.
22. For they were constrained by love
to abandon the outer elements, and to seek the innermost which is undivided,
even the Wisdom of God.
23. And Wisdom and Love are One.
(147:2) Referred to in Life of Anna Kingsford,
Vol. i, pp. 290-292.
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