"The serpent is alluded to in many passages in the Bible, and nearly always for its typical qualities, or habits, as intensifying similar things in the human family." - Smiths bible dictionary, Serpent Worship in silence The God who smote the dragons mouth wisdom from the sand god of all the land Orthodox alchemy experienced Mystic ways I have sought Mystic signs have I wrought Diasos Anthropos! I am my fathers son Diasos Anthropos! I shall transcend the Sun Auriel, despise thee Gabriel, take hold And Michael, aside me Raphael behold Legions of the new world From sea to blackened sea Show the mark upon thy brow In this land I sing The song of the desert Among the sands in the middle of the East.