’Motto of the Dragon Court and the Dragon descent of the Royal House
of Vere.
Scythian - Gaelic 5th century A.D.
The rite of the vampire
To prepare for this ritual it took a subject six months to a year of
consistent and methodical practice, undertaken daily, after dark. In
the first few weeks of her retreat on the ’Isle of Women’ (Avallon)
she would have been guided by an older companion, a druidess or
shamanka. The entire procedure was then summarized and condensed by
using a series of Hermetic signatures or gestures as auto suggestive
prompts. The Rite was broken down into numbered steps. The maiden
decided on the type of gesture or verbal command or both and then
used these at the beginning of each step. After methodical practice
these prompts automatically became associated with the steps by the
subconscious which, on command, would initiate the dynamic
associated with that particular verbal command or gesture or both.
The aim of the exercise was to encourage the female to increase the
amount of melatonin in her bloodstream prior to or during
menstruation. The exercise or its glyph commands were also repeated
on the night of the rite itself in order to ensure the correct ionic
polarity of the neurotransmitter being discharged either by the womb
or the Graffenberg gland, which was stimulated manually to the point
of orgasm and ejaculation.
A golden flute or pipe, inserted into the urethra prior to
stimulation, was either held in the mouth to receive the discharged
glandular fluid, or otherwise it was directed into a chalice. If
blood was desired the Grail princess would position herself over the
mouth of the reclining recipient and allow gravity to take its
natural course, aided by oral stimulation and the resulting uterine
contractions.
The preliminary exercise required attention and was only to be
practiced at night. Likewise the fluids themselves were only
collected at night because daylight to a large extent, prevents the
manufacture of melatonin. To begin with the princess and her druidess chose a chamber without light and if the exercise were
being practiced today, ideally the space chosen would be free of
live electric cables or equipment, as electro-magnetic discharges
affect the pineal gland, which is the command gland of the entire
endocrinal system.
It was also vital that this exercise never be conducted in daylight,
ever. To do so would have resulted in the over production of
Seratonin which in certain respects can be very dangerous. Once the
exercise had become part of the mental landscape attention to such
detail became less important. Relaxation and silence were however,
very important in order to avoid distraction. The experience was
extremely pleasant when it was done correctly; but it took work.
Modus Operandi
The energy centers lying idle within the morphic field of the body
take a lot of encouragement to come out of that dormant state, and
this requires a great deal of perseverance. Once they are
established as a component of the conscious mind they will work on
the physical centers that they correspond to. This produces
sensations which, as they are the result of increased glandular
function cannot be confused with wishful thinking or autosuggestion.
Dragon Magic is the oldest magic in the world. Most other
shamanic
and ritual systems are corruptions of it. Being the earliest it is
the simplest and most pure and arose at a time when religiosity and
hocus pocus had yet to cripple man’s mind. In Dragon Magic all
phenomena is related first and foremost to the observer of the
phenomena and the observer’s perceptions thereto are determined by
the condition of her or his hormonal balance.
Our entire understanding of and relationship with the universe is
governed by our body chemistry and, understanding this, Old Dragons
compiled a series of exercises to which, of late, a vast amount of
mumbo jumbo has been attached, by people who probably thought that
it couldn’t, or shouldn’t, be that simple. Magical ability is
hereditary.
Undoubtedly a great many dubious individuals have set themselves up
as authorities on Magic. Having tried it and having also failed
miserably to achieve anything, they have deduced that the formulae
were too simple and therefore there must be something lacking. It
would not occur to them that it was they, and not the discipline,
that was missing the vital components. In an attempt to make simple,
straightforward, workable Magic work for them, over the centuries
they and their underachieving successors have added to it layer upon
layer of pointless, unnecessary junk.
Adenosine Triphosphate is the fuel that fires up the body cells. The
electrical discharge of these cells, along with the axonal discharge
of the nerve channels which are comprised of these cells themselves,
creates a
morphic energy field around and within the body. Its shape
is maintained as a stable continuum by the DNA blueprint which
determines the body’s form.
It was the naturally high strength of this field in the Fairy,
emanating through pale, translucent skin and the quality of poise
and transcendent, swanlike serenity that gave the Albe-gens; the
Maidens of the Grail, the perceptible "glow" that earned them the
Epithet "The Shining Ones". The Flame of Life burned brighter in
them.
It is however possible to concentrate spheres of that energy in
specific parts of the body at will. In this particular exercise the
energy will be concentrated around specific glands within the
endocrinal system. What happens then is that the cells of these
glands will be fed more energy than is usual, causing them to work
at an increased rate.
In Dragons it appears that a dormant facility for enabling energy to
be manipulated in this way does exist in their genetic memories as
opposed to the genetic memories of others. This means that they are
more able than others to ignite these spheres of energy, which in Tantra are called
wheels or Chakras and in Kabala are termed
Sephira
or Halos.
The exercise will prove initially fruitless to any newcomer because
it seeks to make a warp in an energy field which has, in the average
individual, to all intents and purposes remained seated in a genetic
armchair for aeons: it will have stiff joints at first, and until
perseverance has rendered it supple.
During the period devoted to practice, diet is important. Try to
avoid anything that will encourage the production of free radicals
and eat plenty of antioxidants like bananas, oranges, oats, tomatoes
and so forth. The aim is to make the exercise as easy as possible
and food that stresses the glands or works against them will have a
deleterious effect on the health during this period. Eat plenty of
Garlic. It is an excellent antiseptic and blood cleanser.
The Preparation
Having selected a quiet dark space that is warm, familiar and
comfortable, ensure yourself a period of time free from all and any
distraction whatsoever. The bedroom is ideal.
1) Loosen all clothing or disrobe, and lie flat on your back on the
bed with your head cushioned at a low but comfortable angle. Place
your arms by your side or upon the tops of your thighs with your
elbows resting on the bed.
2) Starting with your feet, stretch your toes and tense the muscles
in the ankles and then relax. Make a mental note of the sensation of
tension and relaxation and repeat the tensing and relaxing exercises
for the calves, thighs, torso, neck, face and arms. Repeat this
routine until your are familiar with the feeling of being relaxed
and then concentrate your attention on all the muscles of the body
to ensure they are loose and unknotted. Once you are certain that
you are completely relaxed make the gesture or think the command
word which you wish to be associated with this relaxed state.
3) In a completely relaxed state, exhale completely but comfortably
and breathe in again, counting the seconds in your mind, until you
are near capacity but not straining or in discomfort. Breathe from
the abdominal area not the chest. Take the air in through the nose.
Make a note of how many seconds it took to breathe in, then hold the
breathe for two seconds and breathe out through the mouth gently and
slowly, taking the same amount of time to empty the lungs as it took
to nearly fill them. Once they are discharged, hold for two seconds
and then breathe in again. repeat this routine throughout the entire
duration of the exercise. Attuning the breathing to the frequency
of the heartbeat helps a great deal. After a while you no longer
have to count but simply breathe evenly in sync with the heart.
Continue to monitor your state of relaxation and adjust accordingly.
After about ten minutes of relaxation and regular breathing you will
feel the affects of the oxygen in the blood acting on the relaxed
muscles of the body. You will begin to feel a pleasant buzzing in
the head and a sense of weightlessness as if you are floating in mid
air. when this happens make the gesture or think the command word
you wish to be associated with this stage. If you get
itches scratch them and start again. Always happens but as the
exercise becomes more familiar, they subside.
At this stage a rhythmic pattern of breathing has been established
which enables the mind to relax and attune itself to the brain’s
cycles. what is being attempted in the first few months is to
establish a psychosomatic relationship between mind and body which
is conducive to enabling the mind to exercise control over bodily
systems which usually remain unconscious. By repeating the rhythmic
patterns faithfully the brain begins to associate the exercise with
relaxation and calm which it will later habitually associate with
the command prompts. When this happens each command prompt will
trigger the correct bodily response.
Having established the relaxation and breathing exercises
successfully it is now time to begin the visualization process of
the exercise. The aim of visualization is to assert control of the
mind over the body. An example of this is that if you visualize in
your mind the image of you eating a lemon, you will automatically
begin to salivate. This is mind over matter. This process is
involved in concentrating energy into the gland centers associated
with the dormant Sephira in order to awaken them.
In the Rite of the Vampire there are five spheres which are
utilized,
corresponding to the brain and brain stem including the ventricles,
the pineal gland, the pituitary gland, the
hypothalamus, the thyroid
and parathyroid glands in the throat and the Graffenberg gland and
or womb. Starting from the top they are the:
Sphere Name |
Location |
Sphere Colour |
Sphere Resonant |
Kether
|
Brain
|
White Gold
|
Ti Ah Maat
|
Daath
|
Thyroid
|
Mauve
|
Ah Nah Ouh
|
Tiphareth
|
Thymus
|
Red
|
Nin Kur Saag
|
Yesod
|
Womb
|
Blue
|
Lih Lih Tou
|
Milathara
|
Graffenberg
|
Green Silver
|
Luh Luh Ahh
|
4) As you lie with your eyes closed in a state of perfect relaxation
begin to visualize the first sphere in the column - Kether. About
five inches in diameter this ball of white light should be envisaged
as occupying the space within the cranium. Imagine looking at the
sun on a misty spring morning and this will give you the exact
image. Whilst visualizing Kether imagine that from its centre there
is rolling a beautiful deep sonorous vibration similar to the
haunting, unbelievably deep chanting of Tibetan Monks. As you are
imaging the sphere glistening and glowing, and the three syllable
chant from the centre : TIR ARRH MAAT corresponds to the rhythm of
your breathing out, you will begin to see in your eyes a white light
and you will feel you head humming in a way different from that
caused by the breathing exercise. When this sphere has established
itself imagine that from its centre a cylindrical Channel of white
light has emerged and travelled down to your throat. Doing this will
direct the pineal and pituitary secretions to the thyroids.
5) Maintaining the Kether sphere and the rod of light, now imagine a
glistening ball of the same size in Mauve around the throat and
lower skull. In the same manner as before, from its centre allow it
to intone in your mind the chant AHH NAA OUU as one continuous
sound. At this point, once it has become established, things get
really interesting.
The thyroid gland starts to produce an excess of
thyroxine 4 which
the melatonin from the pineal converts into thyroxine 3 -
Rocket
Fuel. Within a matter of seconds this has entered the bloodstream
and united with every cell in the body. The feedback loop to the
brain energizes all the glands again and they in turn increase their
output of hormones which increases the output and conversion of
thyroxine 4 causing a snowball effect.
At this point you will have forgotten to breathe,
visualize or
chant. The thyroxine 3 has just united with the mitochondria to
produce adenosine triphosphate which is now causing every cell in
the body to behave like a nuclear reactor. The weirdest sensation of
all is caused by the the boost of energy to the morphic field around
the body.
It begins to expand and appears to have just developed nerve endings
on its outer perimeter which now feels like an egg shaped aura
encapsulating the entire body.
Whilst this is happening you feel bloated with energy like a balloon
full of warm glowing water and most surprising of all is that you
can actually see the cells glowing in your head. The discovery of an
extra component to the human anatomy that you didn’t previously know
of or believe in is a bit of a shock. Try not to forget the object
of the exercise because it gets even better, especially for women.
At this point remember to incorporate the command glyph or word.
6) After the initial surprise has worn off and the phenomena has
stabilized itself resume the breathing pattern and check for muscular
relaxation. Having restored the breathing pattern imagine that the
’channel of light’ has extended down from the mauve Daath sphere
around the throat and come to rest behind the sternum bone of the
rib cage. Here you should visualize a red -gold sphere the same size
as the former two, scintillating and pulsing. from its midst listen
to its chant emanate. NING GURR SAARG. In all cases you should hear
the chants, not in your head, but coming from the spheres. Direct
the sound out as coming from there. The thymus stores the
T-cells
which help fight infection and aid in the prevention of cellular
damage. When the sphere has become stable and you can feel its
warmth you will see in your mind that it is glowing without your
willful act of imagination. At this point think the command word or
gesture associated with this stage.
7) Having accomplished this, imagine that the channel of white light
is breaking from the Tifaret sphere and reaching down to the womb.
Now visualize the womb being surrounded by a sphere of warm
aquamarine light dappled like the moon reflected in water. The
color is vivid and opalescent. From the centre of the Sphere and
the womb intone the chant LEER LEER TOO. As with all the spheres,
remember that the chant begins at the peak point of the intake of
breath and continues until exhalation is complete. It does not
however break off abruptly at that point but continues to resonate
until you breathe in again. Make the chants flow. Surprise number
two. After a while the womb will begin to react and the genital area
will become sensate. As the visualization and the chant continue and
the sphere becomes stabilized the feelings in the sex organs become
more intense. Often this can result in spontaneous orgasm.
In
the Rite, which is subdivided into two distinct sub routines, the
firing up of the Womb sphere causes various hormones to be deposited
there in increased amounts, depending upon the what stage within the
menstrual cycle the exercise is performed at. During the applicable
point in menstrual discharge the blood will contain ATP and
thyroxine 3 which are collected for use as rejuvenants. In the
second sub routine, which is conducted mid cycle, the content of the
Graffenberg gland is harvested. This is thought to contain
melatonin, vassopresin, dopamine, prolactin, retinol
and oxytocin.
The last two neurotransmitters will also be found in the menstrual
blood. These are also present as a reaction to the Rite of the
Vampire itself which, as one of the highest rites of Courtly Love,
should be undertaken as an act of hierogamy or the union of the
souls of the divine lovers. If this occurs then the brain of both
the maiden and the vampire will manufacture prolactin and
oxytocin
which will result in that feeling of intense bonding between the two
so often recorded in vampire lore. If it does not, the ritual is not
being undertaken in the right spirit.
The two sub routines within the
Rite of the Vampire are entitled:
At the point where orgasm has subsided if it does occur, remember to
think the command or gesture. Rest and regain breathing and
relaxation and return your attention to Kether.
8) At
Kether, fire the sphere up again and resume the chant. Imagine
in your mind’s eye the layout of the brain and brain stem. From
Kether visualize the channel of light extending from the back of the
brain, down through the spinal column to its base around the pelvis.
From the pelvis direct the light to the bladder and urethra. When
the channel is established to the urethra imagine that just behind
the clitoris under the pubic bone following the duct of the urethra
from the opening between the labia minora, there is a swelling. To
help you locate this before commencing the exercise, it is best to
feel just inside the vagina and up against the pubic bone. Located
at that point of the urethra is the Graffenberg gland and at this
point you should visualize it swelling and being engulfed in a light
of Lunar Silver.
When this visualization is established feel the vibration of the
chant LO LO OUAH. This Sephira is a subdivision of
Yesod. In western
Kabala Yesod covers the entire sexual region which for the Rite of
the Vampire is too imprecise. By subdividing Yesod into two,
Yesod
and Milathara, concentration can be directed more effectively.
Milathara is an Aryan variation found in Tantra.
LO LO OUAH is the
second part of the Yesod chant directed to the G region instead of
being used for Yesod as a whole. At the point where the sphere of
Milathara is established and is being experienced rather than
willed, the G-gland will begin to become sensate and tingling. After
a while it may also orgasm and discharge a clear fluid. The
sensations accompanying this are utterly different from any other
type of orgasm. In effect it is the female form of ejaculation. The
possibility of this occurring whilst practicing the exercises in
preparation for the Rite depend of the visualization capabilities of
the subject. During the Rite the ejaculation is assisted manually
anyway. If it does occur allow the sensation to subside and think
the command or gesture. Now reassess the state of the Sephira and
channels and enhance their respective intensities accordingly. Once
they are all working at optimum level again initiate the following
process.
La Fontaine de Vie The Red Egg
9)
At this point the sensation of being egg-shaped will still be
felt. The Fountain exercise is accomplished to ensure an evening out
of the energies throughout the morphic field, which is then charged
to sustain a field of negative ionization. This field will then
alter the polarity of the hormonal electrostatic charge which
increases the hormonal impact and its affects on synaptic uptake
following ingestion. Starting at the Kether sphere
visualize a
fountain of brilliant, sparkling blue-gold water flowing from the
top of the sphere down either side of the body to the outer
perimeter of the morphic field and down to the lowest point of the
field just beyond the feet. When it has reached the base of the egg,
visualize its flow returning up the body, this time under the back
and over the breast until the flow reaches and re-enters Kether.
Repeat this exercise until a continuous outward and return flow has
been established.
The Hormones are now charged. After about five minutes turn the
Water into warm, glowing Blood. Red is the
color of energy
discharging. The object during the actual Rite itself being to expel
the energy and donate the essence, the color red tends to push
matter away from the source of its nascence. This in conjunction
with the blood as a mystical symbol in itself is the origin of the
Icon of the Scarlet Woman and the Whore of Babylon. The
Virgin
Mother of Christ and the Maiden Magdalene.
In the Nine stages of the Nahash, the
serpent of wisdom, the
exercise is complete. In the Sacred Grove, The Maiden is now the
Tree of Life
* and the Tree of Knowledge* and the serpent is entwined
in her branches. The Sephirah are the Apples of Avalon glowing under
the leaves of her flesh. Her slender boughs are the myriad of
vessels, arteries and nerve fibers through which flows the sweet sap
of Holy Blood and the Waters of Life. In her topmost branches rests
the white Dove of Peace, whilst at her feet the waters of the pool
of eternal wisdom ripple with the eddying breath of her sacred
scents.
Into the clearing, wandering in the Quest of life giving waters,
appears the Stag of Nine Tines, The Great Lord of the Forest.
*
Lilith’s Stag Lord was Samael, the Dragon King. The Pictish variant
of this is the Boar in the Orchard. The Blue Boar in the orchard
consumes the apples of Avalon.
The Green Stag
For the vampire princess or prince the exercise is exactly the same
in all points except that in the case of the male, he omits the
Malathara sphere and the channel from the brain stem. In Magic the
use of color and vibration corresponds with known scientific fact
concerning the qualities relating to the frequencies of light energy
levels. For each color there is its opposite and in the case of
red, its optical correspondent is green. This can be ascertained by
staring at a red colored spot for about a minute. If one then looks
at a white sheet of paper, the persistence of vision will make it
seem as if a green spot has appeared on the sheet. The color green
is the true color of the vampire for this very reason. Whilst red
is a positive, emitting color, green is a negative absorbing color
which draws life into it. In consequence the Dragon princess or
prince who is to act as supplicant to the Maiden should
infuse their ’morphic field’ with green.
We have numerous examples of the Ancient Rites of the Elves and
these were in many cases the Rites of the Vampire, both being of one
and the same identity. The color most associated with the Elves of
the ancient forests was green. Similarly the color of the Stag of
Nine Tines that drank from the Holy Grail was green, and that stag
was the emblem of the Pictish Calle Daouine king and queen, the
Oberon and Titania of Shakespeare. In medieval art, both
the Stag
and the Dragon were often depicted as being led on a golden chain by
the Maiden. Thereby we are given to understand that the relationship
between the vampire and the virgin is one of female choice and male
devotion.
It was only later with the advent of
Catharism and the rise of the
Dragon Court and its most famous prince, Dracula, that the
color
black became associated with the archetypal vampire. This arose
because of the color of the Cathar robe and the Dragon Court
tradition of wearing Black on Fridays to honor the
Cubic Stone and
Venus.
Notwithstanding, the standard colors for the Dragon Court at other
times were Hunter’s green and blood red. Otherwise green was always
associated with the Fairies and the Fairies were always associated
with vampirism by the human population, who were encouraged to live
in terror of their otherworldly cousins, and exhorted never to wear
the Elven Green, which was evil and unlucky.
The Time of The Season
Specific times during the cycle of ovulation were chosen to drink
the Blood of Life and the Waters of Wisdom. As the constitution of
every Dragon princess was different, the nights of the Rite varied
for each one. Essentially two nights per lunar month were set aside
for the alternate drinking of blood or water. The ideal time could
be ascertained by counting a certain number of days from the
discharge of the ova to mid cycle. The calculation could not be
written in stone as the human circadian cycle works to a rhythm
that has a "day" of twenty five hours. A time discrepancy occurs
which adjusts itself regularly but this causes fluctuations in the
secretion of hormones. The body’s day, beginning at 0001hrs,
finishes not at 2359hrs as the chronological day does, but at
0100hrs, a day later. As a result of this and other factors, female
menstruation occurs within a plus or minus window which had to be
anticipated.
The Temple of the Goddess (See Notes: Wild Hunt)
The Rite of the Vampire was often conducted
in a Forest or Sacred Garden. In Anjou Melusine is said to have
conducted the Rite in a maze garden in the midst of which stood her
sacred fountain. The garden was situated in the forest of Verrieres-en-Forez which was an underwood populated by blackthorns and
briars. The maze, conforming to classical Scythian design, would
have been shaped like a spiral swastika. In the centre stood a
black
marble cube. From beneath the plinth there flowed the gentle
rippling stream, symbolic of the flow of the fountain from Melusine’s own sacred being. The
’Cubic Stone’ and the ’Fountain’ symbolized the Graffenberg gland, the
’Jewel in the Crown’ of
Lucifer, whilst the maze represented the ’Spiral Dance of the
Vortex’. The direction one entered it signified whether one was to
give or to receive (see notes: Swastika). On another level the
maze
represented the ’Quest for the Holy Grail’, the end of being and
thus the ’Still Centre of the Universe’, in which is to be found the
truth of all truth. The spiral dance was a significant ritual
feature of witchcraft, whose practitioners provided the backbone of
support for the ancient elven families.
The Forez or thicket of blackthorn symbolized the forest of the
mons
veneris. A similar forest of thorns is to be found in the story of
’Sleeping Beauty’. The blackthorn tree, the ’Tree of Elphame’, was
thought to be ruled by Saturn, who was the angelic spirit of the
sephiroth of Binah, whose sacred flower was the lily of the valley.
Binah represented ’Understanding’. Under-Standing is the act of
giving way or yielding. It is passive perception. The act of
yielding or bending to a greater intelligence was represented by the
willow or wicker from whence originated the word wicca or
witch.
Binah was called the ’Primordial Deep’ which, also represented by
Tiamat the great Dragon queen, was replicated in a multitude of
sacred lakes and wells in Scythian myth which were said to be the
gateways to the Otherworld. To drink from the waters of the sacred
lakes, fountains or wells was to enter the Otherworld,
Elphame, the
source of Death and Rebirth. The symbolism of the Melusine’s sacred
garden is an extension of the otherworldly sacredness of her own
nature. An intimation of the magical qualities of her feminine sex
and a hint of the promise of transcendence for all those who imbibe
of her essences and the essences of those of her fairy maiden kin
and posterity.
Binah’s sacred animal was the bee. This creature was used by the
Merovingians as a totem dynastic badge which, in relation to the
other glyphs associated with this sephiroth, recount the entire
arcane wisdom of the Holy Grail and the Rite of the Vampire.
Associated closely with Binah was the cypress. Used as an incense at
both weddings and funerals this tree symbolized Constancy or
Transcendence (Death) through Divine Union (Marriage). The message is
straightforward. The Bee (Vampire) sucks the
Nectar of the Lily
(Grail Maiden), which act is an act of Union, resulting in
Death,
the Transcendence of Consciousness.
Transcendence of Consciousness
The Temple of the Goddess is the Maiden’s vulva which, symbolically
reproduced on a greater scale becomes variously and euphemistically:
-
The Isle of Avalon
-
The Sacred Grove
-
The Garden of Love
-
The Rose
Garden
-
The Hind in the Thicket
-
The Maze in the Forest
-
La
Fontaine de Soif dans
-
La Jardin Sauvage
The end and beginning of
all delights and all sorrows, this scented enclosure provides the
stage within which is enacted the greatest of all mysteries: The
Rite of the Vampire.
La Fontaine du Soif
Intermingled, the warm, caressing Summer Evening scent of white
Iris and Briar, buffits against the heavier, closer perfume of
Apple
and Myrrh, of Nutmeg and
Pomegranate.
Beneath Moonlight and Starshine, her hands tracing delicate
arabesques, she sings softly in a tongue long forgotten, a haunting,
breathless melody that embraces the night, harmonizing with the
sparkling plainsong of the soft cascading water, spilling from
beneath the dark, unyielding plinth upon which she reclines.
The Shining One, His sister His bride; this Lord of yesterday holds
close within his hear4 as she gazes deep into the stalk abyss above
the western sky. With childlike eyes as old as the Ancient of Days,
she surveys with her infinite soul her sister, that eternal timeless
realm, heedless of her lover’s impanent foo falls upon the Chamomde
swathe, amidst which her sacred monument stands rooted upon the
earth.
Yielding the translucent flesh of her slender, glowing limbs to the
hungry embrace of this ice black, unforgiving tomb; in her
preoccupation her stillness now feigns death’s charade, causing the
yearning approach of her lover to bridle, as he stands and meditates
with wonder this moon bathed mystery, wherein soft pale skin and
shimmering cubic stone entwined, become sculpted as one, in the
eloquence of their radiant glory.
Countenancing such, what heart has he now that isn’t bound about by
Golden Chains and enslaved by the look of her? what has she left
within him in that fleeting moment but a lonely chasm as cold as the
bed upon which she lays and as hollow as the abyss upon which her
innocent Contemplation rests. His emptiness is filled with tears
that can never quench his thirst for her
In some middle distant glade, within the dark encroaching forest, a
Turtle Dove breaks in upon his sweet agony with a spectral strain
for some far off burnished love, echoing the pleas of his sundered
eldritch soul. No murmured answer is rejoined, but the softly
responding cadence of this lord’s beloved bride, enshrined beneath
the boundless canopy of heaven.
The dying refrain of her tender imprecation quickens his desire, as
the incantation in its ceasing, summons him to his obeisance, to his
heart’s brief ease - and oblivion. To the Turtle the Phoenix
replied:
"For my love, thy constancy; for thy wine, my eternal soul".
Then raised she opens to him with Myrrh
moistened fingers, and with
one, heavy scented, dew dripped kiss, he drinks deep from the
fountain of thirst and empties her cup of sorrows. With Myrrh
moistened fingers she opens to him the door of a realm he now sees
with her eyes. And trading longing for longing, in her tender arms
he yields to her his promised soul, and dies.
Appendix. Attitudes to women in the Medieval period and the notion
of Courtly Love
From; Jules Michelet ’Satanism and Witchcraft’ (Tandem 1969).
"Sprenger said before 1500: We should speak of The heresy of the
Sorceresses, not of the Sorcerers; the lanner are of small account.
So another writer under Louis XIII: For one Sorcerer, ten thousand
Sorceresses".
"Nature makes them Sorceresses - the genius peculiar to woman and
her temperament. She is born a creature of Enchantment. In virtue of
regularly recurring periods of exaltation, she is a Sybil; in virtue
of love, a Magician 99."
(My note: Sybil was a Roman prophetess. Michelet’s comment refers to
the lunar cycle and the special feminine powers of magic and
seership which, as has been universally witnessed, appeared to be
most prominent at the time of menstruation. At this time, oestrogen
production lessens and therefore the ascendence of melatonin and
related hormones causes an increase in the intuitive faculty)
Michelet goes on to say:
"By the fineness of her intuitions, the cumfirig Or her wiles - often fantastic, often beneficent - she is a
Witch, and casts spells, at least and lowest lulls pain to sleep and
softens the blow of calamity."
Fairies, ’Satanism and Witchcraft’ Page 32.
Michelet asks;
"What were the Fairies? What we are told is that in
the old days, queens of the Gauls, proud and fantastic princesses,
at the coming of Christ and His apostles, were wickedly impertinent
and turned their backs, In Brittany they were dancing at the time
and never stopped. Hence their cruel sentence; they are doomed to
live on till the Day of Judgment".
From Fernando Henriques
’Love in Action, The Sociology of Sex’
(Panther-586-01683-X- 2).
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