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Midnight Ravens
Behold the flight of Midnight Ravens
From cardinal winds they came
Earth-bound by their course
Return to sacred space once again
Graceful in their descent
Wings outstretched with darkness laden
Passing under rustic clouds
Feathers turn into Midnight Maidens
Entering in to the soul of the wood
And performing their hidden office
Five points drawn now the access
To their otherworld place of promise
they are the watchers
they are the keepers
above and below gate seekers
star divining
and ball-scrying
their all-seeing cats’ eye spying
Treading the deepest path
Queens of elemental grounded ways
For the know of well-worn magick
Their crowns they willingly trade
Rising from steaming cistern
Serpents of form and apparition
Twisting ‘round the Ash-pole
Hate be their first commission
Ornamental silvery sounds
Chime from moons’ high pale breast
Shading them with Her milk
Blessing for all Her evening circle guests
they are listening
and they are waiting
for the powers they are creating
by enchantment
by lunation
grooming their spells for infiltration
Royalty of Akasha
Slowly rhyming incantation
Widdershins about Her Craftwork
Quickening their plane of meditation
Unfolding before the nightsky
Metal Dragons from whispering mists
Mighty beasts that turn the wheel
Around the pentagram of the Witch
Into legend and folklore
Transcending tales and superstition
These are the finest jewels
Of all time and all tradition
they are the Crones
they are the Maidens
Mothers with gibbous impregnation
they are the Crows
they are the Ravens
Black Swans diving to sunset havens
Seeking pathway through the Ancients
Igniting embers of Olde Ways
Yielding to the Power
Travel, into the heart of the Arcane
Dwelling in distant place
Aloft and beyond all
A fortress on the outer realm
Prevailing Siren of winter call
Unsiegeable hermetic rock
Metallurgical hex-command
High towers within towers
By their strength the Wise Ones stand
From cardinal winds they came
Earth-bound by their course
Return to sacred space once again
Graceful in their descent
Wings outstretched with darkness laden
Passing under rustic clouds
Feathers turn into Midnight Maidens
Entering in to the soul of the wood
And performing their hidden office
Five points drawn now the access
To their otherworld place of promise
they are the watchers
they are the keepers
above and below gate seekers
star divining
and ball-scrying
their all-seeing cats’ eye spying
Treading the deepest path
Queens of elemental grounded ways
For the know of well-worn magick
Their crowns they willingly trade
Rising from steaming cistern
Serpents of form and apparition
Twisting ‘round the Ash-pole
Hate be their first commission
Ornamental silvery sounds
Chime from moons’ high pale breast
Shading them with Her milk
Blessing for all Her evening circle guests
they are listening
and they are waiting
for the powers they are creating
by enchantment
by lunation
grooming their spells for infiltration
Royalty of Akasha
Slowly rhyming incantation
Widdershins about Her Craftwork
Quickening their plane of meditation
Unfolding before the nightsky
Metal Dragons from whispering mists
Mighty beasts that turn the wheel
Around the pentagram of the Witch
Into legend and folklore
Transcending tales and superstition
These are the finest jewels
Of all time and all tradition
they are the Crones
they are the Maidens
Mothers with gibbous impregnation
they are the Crows
they are the Ravens
Black Swans diving to sunset havens
Seeking pathway through the Ancients
Igniting embers of Olde Ways
Yielding to the Power
Travel, into the heart of the Arcane
Dwelling in distant place
Aloft and beyond all
A fortress on the outer realm
Prevailing Siren of winter call
Unsiegeable hermetic rock
Metallurgical hex-command
High towers within towers
By their strength the Wise Ones stand
Published 10th Apr 2022
| Edited 8th May 2022
Author's Note
Merging of 3 works into 1, with the embodiment of 3fold Law
-1st submission to Witches competition
Copyright BlackHex WinterWolf 2006
aka CanisInc-Untis, Black-0-Lantern, HW6, etal
(An extract from my manuscript Verse diVerse and Darkline Sinisterium for the 21st Century)
-1st submission to Witches competition
Copyright BlackHex WinterWolf 2006
aka CanisInc-Untis, Black-0-Lantern, HW6, etal
(An extract from my manuscript Verse diVerse and Darkline Sinisterium for the 21st Century)
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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10th Apr 2022 10:53pm
11th Apr 2022 8:13am
thanks, it was quite technical-took a bit of time working out which parts of 3 different pieces of work to merge into constructing the long one
31st May 2022 6:43pm
To behold the flight of midnight ravens in all of their splendor here was simply beautiful. I love the imagery you created, it's magick. I must admit you have sent my mind to some sexy places, casting spells and being taken by evening circle guests grooming for infiltration. :p Mighty beasts can be so passionate. And Black swans diving into sunset havens is such an intimate view. There is so much here to love and I do.
1st Jun 2022 3:49am
so glad you like this miss KX and thanks for the LA
if there is anything in my amateur collection that comes close to the anthem of witchcraft, then this is it!
this is a real fantasy epic,
there is a lot going on here,
carefully condensing all the bits and pieces of wickedness into script,
like theology of ritual, summoning, clairvouyance, projection, etc
including sex magick! - I really like where your mind went with this
I could see all the baddness happening with my visualisations
hope you indulge in the pleasure of reading again and let your wild-self go!
theres' more where this kind of stuff came from
-CIU
if there is anything in my amateur collection that comes close to the anthem of witchcraft, then this is it!
this is a real fantasy epic,
there is a lot going on here,
carefully condensing all the bits and pieces of wickedness into script,
like theology of ritual, summoning, clairvouyance, projection, etc
including sex magick! - I really like where your mind went with this
I could see all the baddness happening with my visualisations
hope you indulge in the pleasure of reading again and let your wild-self go!
theres' more where this kind of stuff came from
-CIU
