Arcane Wisdom

A Winter Solstice - Hymn to the Fallen

Arcane Wisdom


Through the mountains paths where once where the warriors 
over landscapes of green we set forth our feet 
together marchin´ through boughs & stone, 
the fulfilling scent of the damp woods 
cleansing our inners with its nightly air 

(It is now but two months after Samhuin…) 

Gathered to find the Ancient Spirit 
United to honour the Elderly Ones 

On the top of this misty white mountain 
Aye… our bones are now freezing cold 
Let the ice burn our souls 
And the flames... freeze our hearts 

(for the Pagan circle of Fire must now be alit) 

The Supreme Art shalt thus be summoned 
As we feel the immortal pride 
For to be one of the few chosen for enlightenment 
is none too short of a privilege to hide… 

(The Gleaming Black of the Moon…!) 

And thus, in the shortest of all days 
...we transcend the barbican 
and without peril commune with 
...the long deceased 
like a dream so profoundly real 
Breathing the Arcane air… 
Behold, even the trees are dancing 
(dancing) to the brave wind's epic song! 

Once men of great deeds did gather 
protected were they by ancestral deities 
And now we welcome the arctic season 
in our souls that since long turned to ice 
and praise them in sheer rapture 
a majestic winterspell under these cloudy 
angst-driven skies 

Chorus: 
A Winter Solstice - when dark is bright 
A Winter Solstice - marvel at its sight 
A Winter Solstice - a Full Moon´s plight 
A Winter Solstice - drown in the Night 

(Down are the weak and feeble, afeared to Lethe… 
So assume the port of Mars, 
Exhale your sword for the Heathen Pride!)