Illuminist Lodge

The dignitaries make piles of papers

On the Imam’s desk

The inner ones

Plant seeds in his heart

In the earth of paradise.

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Overt influence may accomplish

the tasks of this world

Subtle influence

accomplishes tasks

In the living world of truth.

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And you have heard and whisper,

“The other world is truly life.”

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In this world you may be humble,

unknown.

But your inner contacts are incomparable

Because you know the Crimson Angel

is a human being

And that paradise is a person.

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Whisper your deepest desire

Into the ear of Ali

If you dare

And it will immediately come to fruiting

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To drown in the elixir

Or to sip from the cup if the friends

Whatever is required for you

To become who you truly are.

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I have something to share with you

About a loaf of bread

being baked in a beehive oven

About a solar system where Jacob

is the central star.

About a person that has seven planets

That roar and shine in their body.

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Above their head are two thrones

One gold, one black

Together they make a cubed heart

Around which Joseph journeys

In an oval shaped path.

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Starting as one stone

Becoming many

Becoming magnetic, charmed

Returning to one.

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You must understand Muhammad’s gift

Without him the rivers of paradise

would run forever

into the Abyss.

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But because he made a Seal

The rivers curve back

And create a nest

A circular home.

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Jacob’s ladder rises and falls

For Joseph to scurry up and down

in his oval journey

through the body of the whole human

Collecting essences from each sphere

Adding colors to his coat.

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What is the meaning of this red sulphur shirt?

And what happens to me

If I put on this vestment?