SickTanicK - Liber Tzaddi lyrics

In the name of the Lord of Initiation, Amen

I fly and I alight as an hawk:
Of mother-of-emerald are my
Mighty-sweeping wings

I swoop down upon the black earth and
It gladdens into green at my coming

Children of Earth! rejoice!
Rejoice exceedingly for
Your salvation is at hand

The end of sorrow is come I will
Ravish you away into mine unutterable joy

I will kiss you
And bring you to the bridal: I will spread a
Feast before you in the house of happiness
I am not come to rebuke you
Or to enslave you

I bid you not turn from your
Voluptuous ways, from your idleness
From your follies

But, I bring you joy to your
Pleasure, peace to your languor
Wisdom to your folly

All that ye do is right
If so be that ye enjoy it

I am come against sorrow, against weariness
Against them that seek to enslave you

I pour you lustral wine
That giveth you delight both at
The sunset and the dawn

Come with me, and I will give you all that
Is desirable upon the earth

Because I give you that of which Earth
And it's joys are but as shadows

They flee away
But my joy abideth even unto the end

I have hidden myself beneath a mask: I
Am a black and terrible God

With courage conquering fear shall
Ye approach me: ye
Shall lay down your heads upon mine altar
Expecting the sweep of the sword

But the first kiss of love shall
Be radiant on your lips and
All my darkness and terror shall
Turn to light and joy

Only those who fear shall fail those who
Have bent their backs to the yoke
Of slavery until they can no longer
Stand upright them will I despise

But, you who have defied the
Law you who have conquered
By subtlety or force you will I take unto me
Even I will take you unto me

I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar
I am the God who giveth all

Light, Life, Love Force, Fantasy
Fire these do I bring you: mine
Hands are full of these

There is joy in the setting-out
There is joy in
The journey there is joy in the goal

Only if ye are sorrowful, or weary, or angry
Or discomforted then
Ye may know that ye have
Lost the golden thread
The thread wherewith I guide you to the
Heart of the groves of Eleusis

My disciples are proud and beautiful
They are strong and
Swift they rule their way
Like mighty conquerors

The weak, the timid, the
Imperfect, the cowardly, the
Poor, the tearful - these are mine enemies
And I am come to destroy them

This also is compassion: an end
To the sickness of earth
A rooting-out of the weeds: a
Watering of the flowers

O my children
Ye are more beautiful than the flowers: ye
Must not fade in your season

I love you I would sprinkle you
With the divine dew of immortality

This immortality is no vain
Hope beyond the grave:
I offer you the certain
Consciousness of bliss

I offer it at once, on earth before
An hour hath struck upon the bell
Ye shall be with Me in the
Abodes that are beyond Decay

Also I give you power earthly and
Joy earthly wealth, and health, and
Length of days adoration and love
Shall cling to your feet
And twine around your heart

Only your mouths shall drink of a delicious
Wine - the wine of Iacchus
They shall reach ever to the heavenly
Kiss of the Beautiful God

I reveal unto you a great
Mystery ye stand between
The abyss of height and the abyss of depth

In either await's you a Companion
And that Companion is Yourself

Ye can have no other Companion

Many have arisen
Being wise they have said "Seek out
The glittering Image in the
Place ever golden
And unite yourselves with It"

Many have arisen, being foolish
They have said
"Stoop down unto the darkly splendid world
And be wedded to that Blind
Creature of the Slime"

I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly
Arise and say unto you: achieve both
Weddings! Unite yourselves with both!

Beware, beware, I say
Lest ye seek after the one
And lose the other!

My adepts stand upright their
Head above the heavens
Their feet below the hells

But since one is naturally
Attracted to the Angel, another to
The Demon, let the first
Strengthen the lower link
The last attach more firmly to the higher

Thus shall equilibrium become perfect
I will aid my disciples as fast as they
Acquire this balanced power and joy so
Faster will I push them

They shall in their turn
Speak from this Invisible
Throne their words shall illumine the worlds

They shall be masters of majesty
And might they shall
Be beautiful and joyous they shall be clothed
With victory and splendour they
Shall stand upon the
Firm foundation the kingdom shall
Be theirs yea, the kingdom shall be theirs

In the name of the Lord of Initiation amen