22 November (Nuit) Liber CCXX, 1:26
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26. Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the con sciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.
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The imagery in this verse is awesome - very usable - from old habits, it snaps me back into early work with Liber Nu. Good as a bhakti practice when it doesn't sweep me off along other channels.
But I think the core of the verse is: He asked, "Who am I?" She answered, "Thou knowest!"
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For some reason, I had never really heard this verse correctly. In my head, I only heard "Who are you?" not "Who am I?"
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Who am I?
This verse brought back a conversation I had many, many years ago with my much older sister. A man had been wooing her for quite some time, laviously and very passionately, yet he was no Adonis, and she....well IMo she was a snob. But anyways, after much ado, she finally relented and allowed him, ahem, to go down on her.
She told me that for about an hour he loved her, but she would not allow herself to come to orgasm. She said that she would not give her self to him.
I recall feeling horrible for this man, who was kind, and loving, and generous and in love with a shallow cruel C**t.
It's funny, the man who gave me The Law, was also the man who gave me my first orgasm. To this day he knows who he is because of our Love.
I can't say how it is for man on man love, but from what I have experienced nothing seems to clean the slate, and heal, and transform a man like bringing a woman to orgasm.
Who am I?
You are my lover.
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@Veronica said
"I can't say how it is for man on man love, but from what I have experienced nothing seems to clean the slate, and heal, and transform a man like bringing a woman to orgasm."
That's certainly at or near the top of the list!
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I am who?
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