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The Downward Ladder

Below, below!

In antinomian deeps

In the heart of desolation

We are reflections of the other

We are reflections of the other

Come!

Downward the broken ladder

Penetrate, penetrate!

The harsh voice commands

Causing crackling structures of black and white

In the mirror before me

Severity!

Its principle is embodied in me

Entranced, seduced!

By the movements beyond the surface

And as my breath flees into another world

Its shadow twin pours over to ours

My soul is drained in a chalice of abandonment

As I inhale the essence of Samael

Separation, be my guiding star!

In the tunnel of the left hand

Where all decrees shall burn!

The painful ones in the periphery

Proclaim the death of god

Lightless!

Through abodes of desolation

Deeper, deeper!

Downward the broken ladder

To face the essence of the baneful beast

And draw it into my blood

As I burn in the fires of noxious poison!

Towards the everlasting

Step by step down the broken ladder

I follow this stranger light

A torch for the impure

Through tunnels and tunnels and tunnels

Below, below, below!