The Wonderment
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Cantique du Vide

Before the Word

Spirit, Quintessence, Heart, Trinity.
Threefold revelation emerging from the void.

Here it is, the head on the platter,
offered to the unseen,
to the silence before the Word.

Émile DELOBRE (1873-1956) - Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes
Orphée, (1895 - 98). By Émile Delobre, (1873-1956). Oil on panel, 31 x 26.5 cm.

Be still and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10

A felt sense, as if I have traversed these endless halls without end.
Master, I entreat thee: guide me, show the path that lies beyond this wandering.
Shall I reveal the unfolding order within myself,
or resign to the servitude of mere thought,
a peasant to the restless workings of the mind?

Surely not.
I shall be released upon arrival,
upon thy kingdom, thy throne,
upon that which has ever been rightfully mine,
claimed now to the fullness of being.

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