I came forth unto the mount of sages To raise the four-horned altar As dreamt, for the sacrifice of one By the horns of the holy I stand as one with thee By the lamp of thy power Self-kindled The fair earth I fashion As the vessel of first radiance Uplifted is the shrine In the wilderness One flame Kindled below for the dominions above One fire To purge the shells of creation One light Reveals the seer's way The abyssal column I raise To the sacred dominion Described in flame With the word of the all-manifest By sign and cipher I illuminate the book of flesh With the gold-tipped quill Bless thou the body of the present moment Established in perfection The temple of man As the dominion of fallen light The eyes ordained as the hidden shrine Of the black flame Extol in procession The glory of light The black effigies of the earthen retinue awaken Perfume and balsam of the desert coffers By flame and smoke Bear forth my hearts own prayer Fire of the virgin taper Shine as the blood-radiance of my hidden sacrifice Noble blood of heresy Reveal the effulgent seed Of infernal emanation Insatiate seed of my desire Enflesh the dark children of the aether By the horns of the holy I stand as one with thee By the lamp of thy power Self-roused All I see I claim as mine! All I see I claim as mine!