Monday, May 28, 2012

[30] XXX. TO THE CURETES [KOURETES]

A Hymn. Leaping Curetes, who with dancing feet and circling measures, armed footsteps beat: Whose bosom's mad, fanatic transports fire, who move in rythm to the founding lyre: Who traces deaf when lightly leaping tread, arm bearers, strong defenders, rulers dread: Propitious omens, guards of Proserpine [Persephone] preserving rites, mysterious and divine Come, and benevolent my words attend, (in herds rejoicing), and my life defend. --Armed Curetes, household Gods [Korybantes, Kouretes, Kabeiroi] I call, with those [Soteroi] who spring from Jove [Zeus] the king of all: Th' Idæan Gods, the angel of the skies, and righteous Themis, with sagacious eyes; all seeing kourretes gods oof the common house of the sky of lightning and of common sight beyond common site. you dance and prace through and everywhere that your feet can measure, thy foot steps are thy armaments. witgh hearts filled with themos or thimit full of fire and enlightenment you are insinc with the rythem of the founding divine song and logos. who listen not to evil, arm the good defend those who need it and give giood advice and practice good rules as rulers and peasants. with effective and powerful omens to warn and fortell, to assist as they gaurd the living and the dead, the dead of persephones hades realm, protectors of true rites, rights, mysteries, mysteriums and the divine. come and make life prosperious and advantageous by the gift of the powers of the song and code of existence played on gods ethernet or lyre in the stadium of all creation, defend us divine beings in life and by the words of the logos or code so we might also be in the rythem of the divine song. from http://www.theoi.com/Text/OrphicHymns1.html

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