Soul of man!
You live in the limbs
Which
bear you through the world of space
Into
the spirit-ocean-being.
Practice
spirit-remembering
In soul deep
Where
in the hand
Of
world-creator-being
Your
own I
In
God’s I
Is
begotten;
And
you will truly live
In
human-cosmic-being.
For
the Spirit of the Father on High
Reigns
in the deep of the world fathering being:
Ye
Spirits of Strength!
(Seraphim,
Cherubim and Thrones)
Let
from on high sound forth,
What
in the deep resounds;
Pronouncing:
Out
of the Godhead mankind is born.
(Ex
Deo nascimur)
That
is heard by the spirits in East, West, North, South:
May
human beings hear it.
Soul of Man!
You
live in the heart-lung-beat,
Which
guides you through the rhythms of time
Into
your soul feeling essence.
Practice
Spirit-contemplation
In
soul balance
Where
the surging
World-becoming-deeds
Unite
Your
own I
With
the Cosmic I;
And
you will truly feel
In
human-soul-activity.
For
the will of Christ prevails in the round
Soul-giving-mercy:
Ye
Spirits of Light
(Kyriotetes,
Dynamis, Exusia)
Let
from the East be fired up
What
through the West is formed,
Pronouncing:
In
Christ life becomes death.*
(In
Christo morimur.)
That
is heard by the spirits in East, West, North, South:
May
human beings hear it.
Soul
of Man!
You
live in the reposing head,
Which
from eternal grounds
Releases
cosmic thoughts to you:
Practice
spirit-beholding
In
quietude of thought,
Where
the eternal aims divine
Bestow
Cosmic-being-light
Upon
your own I
For
free willing;
And
you will truly think,
In
human-spirit-grounds.
For
cosmic thoughts of the spirit prevail
In
cosmic being beseeching light;
Ye
Spirits of Soul
(Archai,
Archangeloi, Angeloi)
Let
from the deep be prayed for
What
on High is heard;
Pronouncing:
In
the cosmic thoughts of spirit the soul awakens
(Per
Spiritum Sanctum reviviscimus),
That
is heard by the spirits in East, West, North, South:
May
human beings hear it.
At
the turning-point of time
Cosmic-spirit-light
entered
Into
the earthly being-stream;
Night
darkness
Had
held its sway;
Clear
daylight
Shone
forth in human souls;
Light
That
warms
The
poor shepherds’ hearts;
Light
That
enlightens
The
wise kings’ heads.
Divine light,
Christ-sun
Warm
Our
hearts,
Illumine
Our
heads;
That
good may become
What
from our heart
We
want to found,
And
from our head
To
lead purposefully.
* Most
translations read here: “In Christ death becomes life”. Thanks to a suggestion
by Nelson Willby, I have come around to the view that the opposite is right in
the sense of the Latin “In Christo morimur”; we die in Christ, setting the
stage for the resurrection in the Holy Spirit.
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