QBLH
The Ten of Cups
sentimental
satisfaction,
pleasure,
and excitement
Chapter XLVI
Satiety
The waters are resting
in their final grounds .
“Thank you, dear sister, for enlightening me so. I would never have realized that if you hadn’t told me.”
He was mocking her. She had given him that same line countless times before.
“I only wished to remind you how things are—and always will be, my love. I don’t want you to begin assuming things that are not true, or can never be true.”
"Since when have you needed to correct my assumptions, my love?"
“I simply said that I didn’t want you to get started. If I don’t continuously remind you, it seems you tend to forget some of the more important things.”
"Such as your will?"
“And what is my will, at present, my love, but the waters of your current emotions? Why do you resist me? You know how much I missed you, and how much I want you. Feel the warmth within my breast as I take your hand and place it on my heart. Can’t you feel the passion within me ebb through your blood?”
“You have brought the Light to myself and to Earth, and you can emerge powerful enough to overcome the darkness once again.”
Isis signaled for her chief priestesses. They were already at Qblh’s side, anointing him and preparing him for another ceremony with her.
They knew that he would overcome their influence, but that was always inevitable. He had to overcome the darker side of his own nature to gain new light. Isis now had an audience, and it was clear to her people that the planned ceremony was now to occur. Jim's senses were overwhelmed by the ambrosia, and it was possible for him to understand their very thoughts. Whether they sang, or if it was all but a dream, it did not really matter.
He was returning the Amazons to their home planet after centuries away. Isis had already received his agreement but preferred her people to believe she persuaded him, so Qblh allowed the illusion.
Clothed to tempt, Isis addressed Qblh and her court:
"Great Qblh, deliver us from our great fear and gloom!
Free our spirits from the tomb of this time and space!
We seek our dear abodes without affright:
We seek thee to impose thy will, and apply the law of light.
I bid the night conceive our glittering sphere,
Artemis! O moon, shine white and clear!
I seek our dear abodes without affright:
On them will I impose my will,
the law of light."
The Amazons formed a circle and sang, honoring their queen and praising Qblh's navigation skills.
"Thou drawest the light of all the skies
Into thy wake.
The heaven dies
In bubbling froth of light, that foams
About thine ardour. All the domes
Of all the heavens close above thee
As thou art known of we who love thee.
Excellent kiss, thou fastenest on
Our souls follow you, depend on you
As we leave this Earthly sphere, and rapt away
Into the infinite starry spray to a time
Of our own aeon ... Alas for us!
We faint. We have lost Earth's paradise
Yet thy mystic majesty
Absorbs our sin."
Isis sang to Qblh once more, captivating his attention in a manner unparalleled by others.
"Worship me in a single robe,
Crowned richly! Girdle of the globe,
I love thee. My ambrosia consumes
Thy inmost sense; my soul's caress
Is toward thee! Let my priestess stand
Bare and rejoicing, softly fanned
By smooth-lipped acolytes, upon
Mine iridescent altar-stone,
And in her love-chaunt swooningly
Say evermore: To me! To me!
I am the azure-lidded daughter
Of sunset; the all-girdling water;
The naked brilliance of the sky
In the voluptuous night am I!
With song, with jewel, with perfume,
Wake all my rose's blush and bloom!
Drink to me! Love me! I love thee,
My love, my lord --- to me! to me!
My stature shall surpass the stars:
He hath said it! Men shall worship me
In hidden woods, on barren scaurs,
Henceforth to all eternity."
Jim uncomfortably thought to himself, "I am the consecrated Beast.? I build the abominable House? The Scarlet Woman is my Spouse? ---" . Genie would be able to make a field day out of this ceremony. It, of course, was paying particular attention to the ceremony.
Her coven continued in song:
"There, beneath the stars, the smoke
Of our incense shall invoke
The Queen of Space; and subtly She
Shall bend from Her infinity
Like a lambent flame of blue,
Touching us, and piercing through
All the sense-webs that we are
As the aethyr penetrates a star!"
Isis's hands moved softly over Qblh, her delicate and agile form pressing close as if to completely envelop his awareness. In a voice that was both commanding and tender, she leaned in, her breath warm against his ear, and whispered his name with deliberate intimacy—"Sing the sign, my Qblh!" The words lingered between them, carrying both an instruction and an invocation, urging him to continue the ritual as the ceremony unfolded around them.
Complying with Isis's whispered command, Qblh sang his part in the ritual. As the ceremony continued, Isis leaned in close, her breath warm against his ear, softly reciting the lines for him to follow. Her hands rested with purpose on his body, guiding and steadying him, ensuring that he delivered his lines flawlessly and stayed in harmony with the unfolding rites.
Isis pressed close to Qblh, her presence both commanding and tender as she drew him deeper into the ritual. Leaning in, she whispered sweetly in his ear, "Don't you dare embarrass me, you scoundrel." Her words, though softly spoken, carried a gentle admonition wrapped in affection, reinforcing the bond between them and underscoring the importance of their shared role in the ceremony. The intimacy of her voice and the warmth of her breath served as both a reminder of her authority and a display of trust, ensuring that Qblh remained focused and continued to perform his part flawlessly as the rites unfolded around them.
"That she is mine, supremely mine,
And clinging to the infinite girth
My soul gets perfect joy thereof
Beyond the abysses and the hours;
So that --- I kiss her lovely brows;
She bathes my body in perfume
Of ambrosia.... O thou my beloved spouse,
Continuous One of Heaven! illuminate
My soul with thy bountiful delight,
Volumptuous Daughter of the Night!
Eat me up wholly with the glance
Of thy luxurious brilliance!"
This is the Snake that gives delight and knowledge, and stirs the heart as if with drunkenness. Strange drugs indeed!
Isis then spoke charging Qblh not to become too lost in the affairs of men. He would only frustrate himself. Artemis was his home, not Earth.
"For these fools of men and their
woes care not thou at all! They feel
little; what is, is balanced by weak
joys; but ye are my chosen one.
Obey thy heart! follow out the
ordeals of thy knowledge! seek me
only! The joys of my love will
redeem ye from all pain. This is
so: I swear it by the vault of my
body; by my sacred heart and tongue;
by all I can give, by my desire of
you, my Qblh."
Qblh bowed to the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely brows and the dew of her light bathed his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of ambrosia. "Are we done yet?" he asked.
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