The Feast for the first Night of the Prophet and his Bride is one of the ten Holy Days listed in the Book of the Law. It commemorates the wedding of our Prophet Saint Sir Aleister Crowley with Rose Kelly on August 12. 1903 ev
Rose also known as Ouarda the Seer was Crowley’s first Scarlet Woman, and was instrumental in the reception of the Book of the Law. Join us Friday for a Feast and Passion Play, check the calendar for details.
Rose Kelly
The poem he wrote for her:
Rose on the breast of the world of spring,
….I press my breast against thy bloom;
My subtle life drawn out to thee; to thee
….its moods and meaning cling.
I pass from change and thought to peace,
….woven on love’s incredible loom,
Rose on the breast of the world of spring!How shall the heart dissolved in joy take
….form and harmony and sing?
How shall the ecstasy of light fall back to
….music’s magic gloom?
O China rose without a thorn, O honey-bee
….without a sting!The scent of all thy beauty burns upon the
….wind. The deep perfume
Of our own love is hidden in our hearts,
….the invulnerable ring.
No man shall know. I bear thee down unto
….the tomb, beyond the tomb,
Rose on the breast of the world of spring!
