"Babalon" genre: Experimental/Post Rock
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	A hymn to the Thelemic Goddess of fire and Lust Babalon, and an exultation of the Holy Grail or Chalice of Ecstasy, to which every sacrament is made...
	CD: The Choronzon Machine   Label: Mutation Parlour Credits: Sung lyrics and music by Kestral; Spoken verse by Orryelle; Voice, guitar -Kestral; Violin, spoken (introductory) vocals -Orryelle Defenestrate; Bass -Evan Flux; Choir -Kara Lamia, Hiedi Cullen, Evan Flux, Orryelle, Kestral
	Story Behind the Song This song was originally written by Kestral several years ago. When he orchestrated it with The HarleQuintet, Orryelle added his appropriate poetry on the Holy Graal as an introduction. The song became one of the main songs in THE CHORONZON MACHINE Ritual Opera (see http://www.crossroads.wild.net.au/chor.htm ) being one of the 2 tracks in the EMPRESS Scene. The illustration is from that scene in the opera, with Kara as Babalon and Evan as the Fool. Lyrics Introductory Poetry: In search of the Sanctum Grasale Searching in the Sanctum Gradale Searching through the pages of the ages But I cannot find the Soma therein I cannot drink the ink Though the words may make me think The Quill can only point the way And lead me to the brink... The grail is a canon of sacred music As Plato's laws decreed But the cup is not the drink We cannot feast until we bleed For what we reap is what we sow So fill the holy vessel with our seed And beware of what enigmatic entities we breed As we harvest our intentions Shedding skins of old and stagnant needs Underneath the mound, There's an intricate device Devised of wood and iron Earth so dark and cold, Sweetly living grace Father of Mechanics, Mother of the Joyous mound A tomb to lock the sweetness in Inside a mosaic of things Arranged to react and hummm Uncle Ambrose plants the magic seed In the fertile mountains of the mighty Tweed In a new green world where a magic deed Has freed us for another spell Heaven, Hell our home to make You need us now make no mistake Experiment of Avalon From Avalon to Babalon Comes forth again to give us style, Carry on, Carry on I feel the whole world in the cup of Babalon I drain my blood, I drain my blood into the cup of Babalon Every last drop now every last drop Every last drop goes into the Holy Grail Every last drop now every last drop Goes into my Holy Cup Here we are again, Here we love the Choronzon With the gifts it wrought Carries to this place, Realm of Logosss

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