One Lucky Soul: The Mystic and the Tripper

Tuesday 14 December 2021

The Mystic and the Tripper

Omar Cherif mid painting "Bindy" in El Ein El Sokhna, Red Sea, December 2021

The shell must crack for life to begin
The old skin must be shed for life to carry on
Look no further than within
Die before you die, murmured the wizard to the don

Now you awaken to the Ultimate Ground of Being
While meaning is trivial, looking is not seeing

O’ Elysian Mysteries, please pry open his three eyes
Limpid clear visions separating truths from lies

Psychedelic potion sliding softly down your throat
Said a purplish elephant to a velvetesque bird “Here’s a melting goat”

Sounds resound underground
Down through the Rabbit Hole
Fragmented and scattered all around
Would you make me whole?

Say, cloud-walker, you’ve lost your mind
But it keeps seeking you, what blissed find

Now you embark on a strange journey
And come out a changed man
May you taste the sweet symphony
And lose all that which you can

Let thy soul be thy pilot
Soaring high among the stars
Creating destiny is your life lot
Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto, and Mars

Delve deep into the empty darkness
Head first, bringing it out toward the light
Remember there is no safety harness
In this fiery dance and fight

Whispered the Wizard: You are your fiercest enemy
But you are also your dearest friend
Transcend the ‘Iness’ in the ‘me’
For hearts that bend can always mend

The traveller came back looking all bewildered
The truth has been found — his face has seen and heard

I’ve learned to ride the dragon
I’ve learned to tame the beast
Getting on the celestial wagon
What Magick is this feast.

*By Kykeon

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