The Antipodal Art (Eyes of Moonstone and Ruby)

A chaotic morass of paradoxical attributes Initial balance is formed: Routing three into the One Material Elemental combination in the basin Dividing yet uniting the indivisible Herald crow thus arrives for initial sight Diametric first sparks kindle and ignite Hexagram clinching and sealing equilibrium King and Queen fixed and poised for copulation Submergence into the watery vessel of six sides Active coitus; first conjunction: archetypes combine Libidinal ghost in spirit rains sulphur upon the husk Putrefaction of the amalgam; Eros thus adjusts The soul of Sol returns Vehicle dissolves: A passive body sees distillation through death The climb from the tomb Basilisk quelled: The four-shaded Ortus appears amid the heptarchy Passive, cold, moist, watery Whitened tincture of Lunar Mastery Perfect Luna imbued with albedo Animus channeled into a lustrous moonstone Passive coitus; second conjunction: Seed and egg drown in crypts of darkness A reestablished androgyne rouses The intangible apparition: Dew of mercury upon the carrion Spirit returns to recast Logos Accrescence of the Will The bird sinks in its own blood Self-consuming serpents consummate: Closing transmutation Active, hot, dry, fiery Reddened tincture of Solar Mastery Perfect Sol clad with obscurity Anima encapsulates a shining ruby Red and white eyes glittering To the lion’s gut: Azoth: Entelechy A final death is required to reveal the hidden Gold