:: TIARZECATAR :: THE THIRTEEN SONGS ::
:: SIXTH SONG :: XICARTZECATAR :: THE SONG OF THE SHIMMER PEOPLE ::
The Primordial Powers (Cuannufin) Afer, Ana, Atlai, Ayia and Atze, come together with selected Cosmic Powers (Fernufin) to make magic and forge the Xicartze, the Shimmer People: a woman, Ferreia ('Fernal Inspiration') – a man, Adan ('Ancestor') – a queer, Yanuia ('Hidden Trickster'), who slips away unseen but leaves his voice behind. They join together as three voices and sing a strange magic incantation (which is so old, its meaning has been lost in Fernalese) transforms the Earthly Garden into three realms and sets the sacred centre. A vaginal image is again seen with the arcs of the northern and southern realms.
io to luc, the deep-shining we call upon Star Blesser of Heaven, and we call upon Lithe Wise Queer of Enoha seeing that from starlight and moon tears we forge, from whispers and wild forests from glowing in the water we forge let the Shimmer People come together, words which delight, words that slip away, behold, Enoha is beautifully transformed, seeing that the Shimmer People have been forged, and so we who are joined, here at the sacred centre, |
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