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Invocating Khentiamentiu
05:40
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as i descend stagnant waters
there is no wind to sail in
the mast is old and damaged
and the yards are broken
the fabric of the sail is torn
and the boat is driven ashore
and coming to the land i founder
khentiamentiu
foremost of the westerners hold my hand
while the sun is dying and i follow
while i cross this land of silence
while i attempt this pathless journey
make my steps firm - fix my gaze onwards
preserve my heart from going astray
in dreadful places and at the sight of blood
let the stars fill my heart with might
"there is no looking back"
i step into the unknown
of this timeless night
in gathering darkness
i reach for the light
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Invocating Bat
10:16
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naked i walk on this dead ground
cold winds and bright stars stir up the flames
as they carry me to the womb of stone
i am waited on to step beyond
forgotten is the past
abandoned are all hopes
overcome are all fears
destroyed are all doubts
grasping the ethereal
looking for the unseen
reaching for nothingness
needing to know the unknown
to be all and be nothing
to be one and everything
to rest beyond life and death
before time - after its end
"look above"
eat me tonight celestial mother
devour me and pass me in your purifing space
let me soak in pure darkness
and deliver me in eternal dawn
let me fall cold dead in your warm embrace
and whisper to me your denial of death
your promise of life
among your stars i will sparkle again
timeless - limitless
eternal are you and infinite your grace
for you encompass all
and from you all emerged
in your arms i will sleep for millions of years
from you i came and to you i shall return
blinded by the glare of this night
in an ascending fall
in overwhelming silence
utter rapture
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3. |
Invocating Kherti
10:24
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"my son - open your eyes"
flames throw shaking shadows
and a harsh smell of burnt blood
accompany them towards me
and reach me in this cold womb
where sounds of death echoes
and shatter my heart in pieces
fading into emptiness
as countless hands lift me
i hear my name is chanted
leading me to the redeeming blade
that i will not deny
let the fire wipe out the shames
let the ground welcome the blood
let the sand dry out the flesh
let the knife release the heart
lower one
butcherer
ferryman
kherty
drained i bow down
before this boundless void
sinking below
raising above
in utmost stillness
on a bloody river
sailing onwards to
the western horizon
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4. |
Akhet
03:54
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"i close my eyes - and see"
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