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Take Death
Enough to achieve, already now,
The distance from this incarnation
Already attained from the others.
Not so much that you fall out of love with the Earth
And all of Earth’s precious darlings.

Take the Divided Self
Enough to choose which one is you on each level.
Not so much that the other, or others, pursue you
Raging with despair and hunger
To every encounter with the Spirit.

Take Initiation
Enough to realise in solemnity
That the slow trundling move across the first frontier
Came and is past.
That the peaks on the mountain pass look the same
And are subtly different.
Not so much that you forget you chose to come to Earth
And those you love for whom you made the choice.

You were ready to die at the turn of the year.
You brought the three together at the holy rendezvous,
Where on Earth the Virgin holds the Corn-dolly,
Promising that the triple seed will be fertile:
Where in heaven the Scales gently swing
The giant pendulum, sensing to a hair’s breadth
The poise of spirit-awareness in the soul.

Now, wait out the winter!
Presently in spring the planets will return
As if they had forgotten something,
The young one radiant, but faintly angry,
The old one with the tired smile of those
To whom everything has happened before.

Stay calm, for soon, satisfied,
They will travel relentlessly on
To the definitive meeting where all is ratified In high summer.
Be patient, for you will be met.
You will be told in unmistakable terms
Where the choices lie.

Have confidence.

You will know the place.

THE END

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