Esoterica

ESOTERICA

I am Joseph, the mute beadle of the Maharal; conceived of in a dream, I am the answer to his prayers. God is not my creator, although it is through His mercy that I exist. A child of the elements am I, and of the men, which from them are derived.
      Seven times did the fire sign encircle my form, and I began to glow with a fire in my frame.
      Seven times did the water sign encircle my form, and the fire was quenched.
      Seven times did the air sign encircle my form, circumferring the sacred scrolls of the Torah, and reciting the Kabbalistic incantations, which would set my being into motion; then, simultaneously, they uttered the holy verse of creation, and I lived.
      I shall only be suffered to do so until my peopel are free of the dark cloud of the Blood Libel. Then I shall lay myself down, and my fathers shall reverse, and thus undo, the rituals which bind me to this world. Returning, as they themselves must eventually do, to the lifeless clay, from which I was fashioned.

THOUGHTS OF A SOULLESS SAVIOR
(Musings from the Golem of Prague)

Left & right, stills from Paul Wegener's silent film, Der Golem (1920).

THE NECROMANCER

I have delved into the realms of darkness, spoken to the dead;
called upon the daemons, who send servants in their stead.
Made sacrifice to devils, payed tribute to their Lord;
in return for youth and power, and jewels for my hoard.

The blackest of books I have read,
the cursed rites of Abdul Alhazred.
Mad Arab's testament, for which he was torn to shreads,
Necronomicon, Book of the Dead.

Dealing with tricksters, which don't keep their word,
sifting through their lies.
Tempting me to leave my circle,
I never meet their eyes.

The basest of pleasures I have sought,
untold destruction I have wrought.
The blackest of magicks were my tools,
but they, in turn, used me-and I am the fool.

I have asked for much, without considering the cost,
and in my lust for power, my immortal soul I've lost.
Within my dying breath, I see Lillith come to me,
to burn me with infernal love, and down to Hell then drag me.