The Serpent Sword

"Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, 

which is the word of God." Ephesians 6:17.

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The Serpent Sword.

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The Ouroboros, devouring itself,

sheds the old skin of consciousness;

integrates all the colours refined,

into the Soul of eternal mind.

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MemBrane of a new skin formed,

vegetation Spirit into a golden Dawn;

the Sun rises, fire from water,

the Ideal, from the id reservoir.

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Life's libido from a latent lake,

the Sword extracted, there to take;

to wield the power of destiny,

Spirit of the "Word" set free.

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Who can release it from matter,

the instincts of Pan in Arcadia;

the Green Man, Osiris in Hades;

Adam,  fallen into sexual need?

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Libido rises from id latency,

into ideas inflated with energy;

living fire, the flaming Sword,

takes on many ideational forms.

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Including now the personal ego,

self-defined from ideas we mold;

agglomerated into an identity,

pinnacle of human collectivity.

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But the Blade must be hardened,

tempered by wrath's purification;

mortido deflates thinking bubbles,

Spirit freed from mental troubles.

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Earth, forged in airy fire bright,

from water, born into shining light;

the Ideal weapon of war and peace,

lifted high, Serpent Sword complete.

 

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