HYMN of the 33rd Experiment Of Sol
Against whom the tides bewildered fingers leaves it’s symbolic writings for great events, lions read the patterns… feathers, stones and fires,
books were made of the revelations that ensued.

A child’s eyes ballooned with gold
the details of a sublime birth… we watched
the white water move in, chance concealing the various stages.

The distance of the sun ate the skies show
with swaggered salmon throws
illuminating the wired clouds as skein for we dolls of innumerous analogies.

The tide retreated as a hand afraid of it’s blade
retreating with her answers
the sun of sweet fame submerged into uncertain waters…
for we have seen this day, the spark of gold
the glint into tomorrows prophecies of the birth of Sol
in the Cloud Of The Unknowing
and it’s one for the money
two for the show
and three to get ready so go cat go

..........................................................Elvis Alchemy

Translated by Peregrine Holst

 



CLOUD OF THE UNKNOWING

By Elvis Alchemy
DARK INK ...HANDBOUND
£2,000
Illustrations by Lee H. Oxenbridge Limited Edition.

[EXTRACT]

This extract is a transcription of a vision Van Duusen had in Monmartre, Paris circa 1929 while experimenting with morphine.

The recording was originally on a wax cylinder which was bought in an auction and released by the San Francisco underground label FireBreath Records in 1966 and more recently digitally remastered by Eyecon Audio an offshoot label of the pop guru Xavier Clef.

 




Illustrations by Lee H. Oxenbridge

Van Duusen in KX ceremonial robes
Paris 1929.