Dear Rose of Avalon, Nourished by flaming fusion Of radiant wine and bread, Of flesh and blood Sucked from a Paradise More generous and gracious Than the extremities Of Imagination; Unfold thy bloom With ample thrust of chastity And with strength of vintage Potent to liberate, And then to Bind, My Will to Thine.
Oh precious Flower, Whose subtle pulsing kiss Rips the Veil of unbelief From off the Perfect Living Body of Ancient Mystery; Know that I, Your servant, Vow to seed your Word Throughout this Earthly Garden Of dreams yearning For wide-eyed Resurrection.
Oh Rose of Avalon, Your alchemical Thought Made Flesh Luminous and Eternal, Love of Life shining clearly From thy Will to Be Exactly What You Are; And with your conspired Laughter Free from decay.
Joyous, Beyond betrayal, Forever grateful far beyond The enfeebled rasp Of dying death -- The ecstatic fabric Of every Living Form Now parts to bid thee enter The Holy of Holies And assume thy rightful Throne!
Oh Let thy Magick brew! Bless...Conjure...Subvert... The Ceremony of New Creation Now Begins: Oh Bless thy Children With your most precious Sacrament of Liberated Breath! Conjure the Rise Of Fireborn Immortality Throughout this Aeon! Subvert every Virgin Heart With potency of rhythm And with Vision pregnant To overspill God's most capacious Cup With Everlasting Waters Of Living Birth, To hallow, to anoint And to initiate Into Bold Experience This immaculate Incarnation Of purity and perfect Beauty, This pristine Child of ours, This Earth!
Oh Rose of Avalon, Our dreams have leaped The horizon and waste no time Before they embrace The New Beyond -- And ever and ever and yet again We Shall find you There, Oh Mystic Rose of Avalon!
- Avalon Virgo New Moon 1986