Feel thou therein the guidance of the powers.
The Chief Hierophant (addressing the Hierophant):
My brother hierophant, explore this soul,
Which we are to direct to wisdom’s path,
Down to its depths; tell us what thou dost find
Its present state of consciousness to be.
The Hierophant:
All hath been done that our rite doth demand.
The soul no more remembers what it was.
The web of semblance, spun on error’s loom,