Chapter 3 - Five Archangels

from Apotheosis by Goatchrist

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EDRIS:

Here am I before mankind,
And before this great city, towering unto the sky.
I see the forces which give it life,
Symbolized as angels, which descend on from high.

The tetrad supreme,
Of the angels I see,
Kneel so clearly before me,
With no haze of a dream.
The greatest of these,
Now ascends from its knees,
And indulges me,
With the clearest of speech.


MICHAEL:

I, Michael, by man's side have knelt,
And in its service, many blows my sword has dealt
Against natural foe, and fear, and woe.
From my banner, is the mercy of the Universe felt!

I represent that might,
Through which mankind has seen the light,
And thus overcome great plight,
And thus prevented the eternal night.
I am that force of war,
Within the righteous, evermore.
My cup is full, and pours,
Over Holy men whose hearts are pure.


NARRATOR:

Then stood Uriel, who steals away,
All things, which it destroys - all things in time and space,
Great Shiva it is, and so it turned its face.


URIEL:

So I flap my wings,
And ignite surrounding things,
Deconstructing matter with my limbs.

So I close the day,
I am the cause of death and decay,
Soon I'll end time and space.


EDRIS:

Do I now believe my eyes?
As Raphael begins to rise,
Caduceus at its side,
Trumpets herald now its stride.
It does represent the seal,
Which gives to wounds the power to heal,
And to the mind it does reveal,
And ever turns evolution's wheel.


RAPHAEL:

I am the one whose horn shall hark,
The ushering in of the endless dark,
Judgement will succeed my name,
And man will wrap all lands in flame.
Before that day, many will choose,
The path of truth; the path of virtue,
They shall see that place, Divine,
And live their lives in paradise.


NARRATOR:

Now these forces stood around,
With one left kneeling on the ground,
Its head arose, it made no sound.

Gabriel was, lo, its name.
The mysteries, it did explain,
With mindless thoughts to human brains.


GABRIEL:

I, most high,
Partition The Light,
From infinite,
To finite size.

All things, which die.
Are one again:
Unified.


NARRATOR:

And through these awe-inspiring lessons,
Did come another message.
Was it sent from Heaven?
The young man did convulse.
As his body shook,
From it, a being thrust,
And hovered above.


LUCIFER:

To come forth, I am last,
Into human minds alone,
So that wisdom may be grasped.
My seat is by the Holy Throne.
The serpent in Eden, am I,
Which beckons man - "consume the fruit,
From this tree, which here grows high,
From its roots within מַלְכוּת."

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from Apotheosis, released November 25, 2020

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