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Key to the Moon
04:04
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Open, Gate of the Celestial Heaven!
Hail unto thee:
Mother of the Moon,
Daughter of the Stars.
Open, Gate of Blackest Earth!
Hail unto thee:
Mother of Bone,
Daughter of Stone.
Open, Gate of Zephyrs in the east!
Hail unto thee,
From the Abodes of Morning.
Open, Gate of Darkness in the south!
Hail unto thee,
From the Abodes of Night.
Open, Gate of Water in the west!
Hail unto thee,
From the Abodes of Evening.
Open, Gate of Fire in the north!
Hail unto thee,
From the Abodes of Day.
Let the Shrine of the east be opened.
Let the Shrine of the south be opened.
Let the Shrine of the west be opened.
Let the Shrine of the north be opened.
Let the Shrine of Celestial Heaven be opened.
Let the Shrine of the Otherworld be open.
Let the Shrine of your heart be open.
I have opened the Way for thee.
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Aktiophis
06:55
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Come:
Polmorphos!
Polyônymos!
Poklymorphos!
Polyônymos!
Come!
I call the Adumbral Moon:
Crescent-crested Lady of Night -
Who travels through the Air,
She of the Three Ways,
She who oversees the Dreaded Paths,
She of flaming counsel,
She who walks upon the fire,
She who breaks open the Adamantine Gates.
Come!
Hail, Fair Lantern of Night,
We invite you to join our rite!
Hail Fair Lantern of Night,
We invite you to join our rite!
Come!
Hail to the Torch and the Flame!
To She of four faces,
And a thousand names.
Hail to the Virgin Moon!
Maiden and Oracle,
Singer of Fortune,
Come!
Hail to the Luminous One!
To the full-breasted Mother,
Reflecting the Sun.
Hail to the Phantom Queen!
The Companion of Starlight,
She who is Unseen,
Come!
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Irkalla
13:40
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Hail, Queen of the East,
Daughter of the Moon,
Mistress of the Third Gate,
Bright Light of nights,
Fairest Daughter of All the Gods.
Offering her blood,
She set her Ear to the Underworld,
And set her gaze upon the World Beneath.
From the Great Above,
She set her heart on the Great Below.
The Great Waters trembled.
Descending from the Heavens,
The Queen of the Rising Sun
Placed her foot upon the Ladder of Lights.
Down she went,
Seeking passage through the Abzu.
Seeking the Abyss that Dreams beneath the World.
Seeking the Throne of Thrones,
In the most Southern Depths.
Seeking her Sister,
ERESHKIGAL!
Dread Queen of Corpses:
Most powerful Sorceress and Shade,
Seeking… the Mother of the Grave.
Most mighty and solemn
Scorned Mistress of the Abyss Where All Souls are Drowned:
NINKIGAL!
Oh, Great Infernal Empress:
Who sits upon the Throne of Evil,
Behind the Seven Unliving Gates.
[INANNA]
Horned Serpent of the Deep,
Plumed Serpent of the Dark,
Watcher in the Dismal Wastes:
Open the Door!
Open the Door!
Open the Door, Gatekeeper!
Open the Door, Neti!
Open the Door, Gatekeeper!
Blood of my blood!
Open the Door!
From the Great Above,
I set my heart upon
The Road from Which No Traveller Returns.
From the East I rose,
A star upon my brow.
Adorned, robed and crowned.
Open the Door, Gatekeeper!
Open the Door, Neti!
Open the Door, Gatekeeper!
Blood of my blood!
Open the Door!
I followed the Moon,
Into the Sunless West,
To come before the Queen of Death.
Open the Door, Gatekeeper!
Open the Door, Neti!
Open the Door, Gatekeeper!
Open the Door!
Open wide the Way Beneath,
Lest I cause the Dead to rise!
Open wide the tomb Below,
Lest I cause the Dead to rise!
[ERESHKIGAL]
The Queen of the Rising Sun is here,
She’s passed the Seven Gates,
Her power is gone, she is bare.
Yet, her light still resonates.
She who seeks the Great Below,
Must enter naked, and bowed low.
She who seeks the Queen of Dread,
Must have the crown torn from her head.
She who seeks the Unlit Throne,
Must sacrifice all that she has known.
She who seeks the Flameless Fire,
Must open her heart to the funeral pyre.
She who seeks the Unpaved Road,
Must never seek the Path of Gold.
She who seeks the Dreaming One,
Must say farewell to the light of the Sun.
She who seeks the Lightless Stars,
Must first meet Death:
ERESHKIGAL
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Queen of Blood
09:12
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Queen of Blood:
Dressed in flame.
Queen of Blood:
Red is thy name.
Blood, flame,
Red is her name.
O harlot! O whore! O Thou without shame,
Illuminate me with Thy mystical flame!
Thy seal on my heart will be burnt upon,
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
Myst’ry of myst’ry Thou goddess divine!
Anoint me with blood as I kneel at Your shrine!
Bless me with the weapon of Avalon,
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
Now let the woman be girt with a sword,
She bows down to no man, submits to no lord!
Her strength is her armor, her father the sun,
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
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By smoke and by bone
It was foretold
I would find
A Key of Gold.
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Chthonia New Zealand
CHTHONIA is a one-woman audio-visual project, channeling infernal witch-hymns of solemn invocation and ecstatic veneration, expressed through the vessel and voice of the Stygian Nymph.
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