Act Iv: Congressus Cum Daemone

The sacred fire burns in the<br>stone circle<br>In the centre of the all I`m<br>waiting for the guardian<br>Powerful thunders rumble in the air<br>And lightnings herald the storm<br>Darkness turns into light and<br>light grows into darkness<br>While the salamanders are<br>continuing to dance in the heart of fire<br>The moon stops growing<br>She stretches the fronds shades<br>as spectral witnesses<br>And Eurus, the east wind, gives them life<br><br>6 are the towers, 4 are the<br>revealed seals<br>And now I am waiting for the<br>next one<br><br>Thunder is rumbling again<br>Like the dragon`s awakening from<br>the deep abyss<br>I honour the dark simulacrum of<br>the depth`s gates<br>That is silently waiting for the<br>event`s completion<br>I desert the realm of chaos and<br>I liberate over the infernal rivers<br>I follow the way of the red snake<br>Ancestral flight<br>...into the depth<br>I will celebrate the umpteenth passage ritual<br>A new baptism in a space without time<br>Tisipnon, fury of the occult<br>power, is waiting for me<br>To deliver me the black book of<br>the supreme knowledge<br><br>I cross the hidden paths of<br>Shaytan to violate the ayernus gates<br>That raise from the deep abyss<br>up to the horrid vault<br>3 are the bronze doors and 3 of<br>iron and 3 of diamonds<br>They are wrapped up by an<br>eternal fire<br>That makes all red-hot but<br>nothing destroys<br>At the sides of the awful<br>passage 2 guardians are waiting for me<br><br>[First guardian:]<br>"Be aware of your virtue, oh<br>animal, and the abyss<br>With its spectres will be overcome<br>Rejoyce as a new spirit and the<br>barking of the<br>Infernal beasts will become<br>silvery chant<br>Beyond these portals you can<br>join the perfect lightof the<br>space without time"<br><br>"I am Angelikos Phosphoros,<br>Lucifer, Morning Star"<br><br>[Second guardian:]<br>"Welcome spiritual warrior who,<br>conscious and daring, utters the<br>secret name<br>Before the black diamond gates<br>Welcome ensign of light<br>This pathway knows the steps,<br>dreads and triumphs of your<br>search<br>Welcome insane hero, the only<br>one who has descended the stairs<br>of damnation<br>You, blazing sun, dare-devil who<br>faces the hades to win yourself"<br><br>"I greet and thank you, obscure<br>guardians, who allow my passage<br>Without rending my flesh. I,<br>brave rambling being, go and<br>reveal the fifth seal"