NMR ISSUE 48

Astrological Forecast 48
Be Careful What you Wish For
Cherished Secret of Success Resonance
Crone Empowered
Crystal Skull Luminaria
Daily Prayer
Doing It by the Book
Editorial 48
Esoteric Symbology of the Tarot
Frog, Cobra & Chickadee
Helping Hand or Magickal Hand
Ikhanten's Doom
Letters 48
Modern Scapegoat Rituals
North Star Road:
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Pagan Catechism
Prayer to the Goddess
Renewal Through Release
Samhain Ritual
Temple of the Goddess grounding Meditation
The Fellowship of Isis
The Kabalah in Everyday Use
The Serpent and the Radio
Timelapse
Wolf Moon
Wrath of the Gods Luminaria

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Ikhnaten's Doom

Grey pillars frame the grim parade
Along the weathered balustrade,
Which girds the funerary ramp.
Within, the corridor grows damp
As torches flicker, gasp, and die,
And shadows flit, and night-things fly.
Descending, the procession, slow
And thankful, hauls the craft below
On skids to hidden berth and bay
For launch, as priests and mourners pray.
Pressed towards a phosphorescent shore
(That blessed paradise of lore!)
The grisly bark bears steadily
Across the dread and ancient sea.
The fumes of spice and bitumen
Rise `round the prostrate sovereign,
Reposed in splendor and in shame
Upon a royal deck of fame.
The gilded raft and billows play
Beneath a canopy of spray.
As vicious winds and waves engage,
Dark swells now turn from mirth to rage.
Around the bow, the waters twist
In oily serpentines and mist.
Upon that distant shore, reward
Awaits the heretic on board.
There Set-Osiris reigns o'er low
Realms sunned by an infernal glow.

Tony Hauptmann

1994 Anthony E. Bezich