1. DWELLING ON CHARNEL GROUNDS

Abjuration of all bonds
Before the rotting altar
From total darkness into the brightest light
Never once do they falter

Fires burning bright
The trinity of wood and fire and flesh
Ashes float aloft
Dwellers rise from (their) decrepit abodes

Eaters of the dead
Dwelling on charnel grounds
Challengers of dread
Meditation on cremation mounds

Abjuration of all bonds
Before the rotting altar
From total darkness into the brightest light
Never once do they falter

Unbroken before disgust
Embrace the universe
Completely or not at all

Walking through the bed of embers
Seeking out adornments of bone
Macabre jewelry, tokens of belief
That life and death are one


2. HERETICAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE SUBTERRANEAN CITADEL

Experiments arcane beneath the earth
Shrouded in mystery
Obscure impregnable citadel
Deep beneath the trees

Darkness is perceived
Ephemerally
Darkness is set free
Voluntarily

Levels of pernicious radiation
Are still increased
Oblivious to potential uncreation
Reckless alchemy repeats

Many parsecs from the wretched catacomb
The darkest chasm forms into a certain doom
Unsuspecting beings incite their demise
Dark matter clusters, progress in disguise
Mystic nexus generates their cosmic tomb
Fueled by chainreactions in its putrid womb

Ultimate obscurity
Conglomerates
Particles collide, explode, dissolve

Foulest of impurity
Accelerates
Once more the nuclei revolve

Density peaks

Experiments arcane beneath the earth
Shrouded in mystery
Obscure impregnable citadel
Deep beneath the trees

Darkness is perceived
Ephemerally
Darkness is set free
Voluntarily


3. REPRISAL FROM THE DEEP

Blessed by the black flame
Graced by (the) unholy fire
Destruction is our only aim
The ruin of their sacred spires

Reciting prophecies arcane
Evoking (the) demon’s list of names
Formulae of immense power
Resounding from the ominous tower

Come forth, Warrior Lord
Come forth, Infernal Horde

A dark redeemer of splendid allure
Releasing plagues for the weak to endure
Corrupted messiah breaking the seals
Unleashing what the fiery chasm reveals

Miasmic winds clear the path towards the battlefield
Through iron will and force of steel
Our triumph lies
Where angels kneel

Victorious, we celebrate excessively
Our conquest of the hallowed keep
Where we have brought
Reprisal from the deep

Behold, this avowal of our glory
May it be an eternal testimony
In gold, our statues are erected
Evidence of our power unaffected


4. PATHS TOWARDS CHRYSOPOEIA PT. I

Papyrus concealed
For a thousand years
Below oceans of sand
Decipher ancient codex
Metaphorical riddles
Rituals long since banned

Laborious ordeal
Of tireless devotion
Finally reveals
The Mercurial Ocean

Swirling and churning
Spirits and fumes
In the sacred alembic
Violent reactions
Exothermic blaze
Permutations malefic

Summon the djinn
Servants of smokeless fire
Precursors of sin
Aggressors of the pious
Seductive Ifrit
By alchemical rites are conjured
Iblis’ seeds
Without reticence they will conquer

I am the abnegator of holiness
I am the subjugator, acrimonious

Laborious ordeal
Of tireless devotion
Finally reveals
The Mercurial Ocean

The paths towards Chrysopoeia
Are riddled with perilous trials and woes
Spawned by the Great Deceiver
Guarded by otherworldly foes


5. INITIATION TO THE EXTRACORPOREAL ODYSSEY

(Instrumental)


6. WRITHING THROUGH THE NEBULAE OF MACROCOSMIC DISHARMONY

Fearlessly, I stride into the great void
Leaving my physical form behind

I humbly greet the full moon
Watching over my journey into the dark
Quest for immaculate essence
Devoid of form or shape

I cross the astral planes
Far beyond the empyrean realm
Sensory limitations conquered
By the power of will

I transgress into the nebulous regions
Of macrocosmic disharmony
Concentration interrupted
The lucid dream turns to tribulation

Consciousness devoured by merciless
Gaping jaws of the abyss
Spirit ripped apart by vicious,
Savage claws of the nightsky

Floating, writhing
Directionless
Broken, blinded
By dreadfulness
Consciousness devoured by merciless
Gaping jaws of the abyss
Spirit ripped apart by vicious,
Savage claws of the nightsky


7. WOE TO THE GOLDMAKERS (PATHS TOWARDS CHRYSOPOEIA PT. II)

Humid alcove dimly candlelit
Glass lecterns holding manuscripts
Ceremonies hidden from eyes unfit

Mind overtaken by effigies of gold
Sacrilegious use of formulas manifold
Meek enchanters do as they are told

WOE
To the Goldmakers
SLOW
Descent into despair

Cryptic instructions
From the wordless book
Careful preparation
Leads the elements to cook

Enigmatic substance seethes
Transmutation near complete
Disregard morality
(Their) minds will nevermore be free

Humid alcove dimly candlelit
Glass lecterns holding manuscripts
Ceremonies hidden from eyes unfit

WOE
To the Goldmakers
SLOW
Descent into despair


8. QUEST FOR THE SECRET FIRE (THEURGIC PRACTICE)

In the beginning was only the Sacred Word
Celestial sequence containing gate and key alike
Still the Song of the Fiery Mind goes oft unheard
Perplexing Gnosis impaired by lightningstrike

By Will we focus
By Will we conquer
By Will we forge
The Swords that carve our Way

To utter the Numinous Syllables
Is to create the true forms
By which the shining path appears
Polished by spiritual storms

The fearless disciple hesitates not
To enter the lion’s den
The determined warrior’s triumphant onslaught
Crushes the weak minds again
Reject telluric temptations
Entanglement of fire within fire
Unwandering, void of movement
Exalt! Exalt! Exalt!

Through guidance of the Sacred Flame
I am compelled to find the Only Way

Once kept alive
By only embers
The smoking remnants
Of a quickening blaze
Are now rekindled
Brighter than before
A shining light
To guide me through the maze

Promethean gift
To be found within
Obscured for many
Discovered by few

Reject telluric temptations
Entanglement of fire within fire
Unwandering, void of movement
Exalt! Exalt! Exalt!

By Will we focus
By Will we conquer
By Will we forge
The Swords that carve our Way