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AN ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF

BATHYLLIC -

THE LANGUAGE OF THE SAPPHO-CALYPSO ANGELIN

LIBER XXX AERUM VEL SECULI SUB FIGURA CDXVIII

THE VISION AND THE VOICE -2ND AETHER

By Fr. LVX/NOX 1996

July 1996 e.v.1500 words

PART I. THE BATHYLLIC TEXTS IN PARALLEL

A. Fir! S"#$ %r"& !'( )#* A(!'(rCrowley's translation

OMARI (I am t!e !arlot"#$$A%A (t!at s!a&et!MARA )eat!"#$$A%A (t!is s!a&in*)O)I *ivin*+,OR-#+A. "!e +eae o/ $atiate %ust.AMRI "!ere ettet!RA)ARA Immortality+O%IA (rom my s&ullAMAR-A (And musi+I%I2. (rom my vulva.AMRI "!ere ettet!RA)ARA Immortality+I%I2 (rom my vulva$O-3 Also.MARI (or my w!oredom-AR4A (is a sweet sentARI"O- (li&e a sevenstrin*ed instrumentMA)ARA 7layed (untoA-A+,A 8od t!e Invisile$AR+#)O- t!e allruler A-)A%A t!at *oet! alon* (*ivin*,RI%I2 t!e s!rill sream o/ or*asm. :also ;"!e

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B!'y00i, Gr&&r

"!e su//iD aD seems to denote nouns e.*. Ana7!aD maraD 7!orne7aD 7oliaD ut not all nouns areso denoted e.*. 7iliu omari.

-ote t!at @!oredom is Mari and ,arlot is Omari. "!e ;O= 7re/iD may 7ossily denote a s7ei/irelatin* to *eneral one7t o/ t!e word wit!out t!e 7re/iD.

8enerally onnetives (a t!e o/ in et t!ou*! some orrelates to t!ese words eDist a77ear to eused in/reLuently in at!ylli. "!is onstitutes a similarity wit! #no!ian (t!ou*! t!e same ould esaid o/ many lan*ua*es inludin* Co7ti et

An endin* in ;a= a77ears to denote some vers e.v Andala Madara "essala ut some nouns endwit! ;a= as well Amara -arya Radara.

"!e !i*! 7re7onderane o/ s!ort E and letter words in t!e seond son* is urious and may indiatea more ;7oeti= or ;ondensed= /orm o/ at!ylli t!an t!at /ound in t!e 1st $on*. ,owever t!is iss7eulative.

Arr#$(r N"!(

Crowley 7rovides om7lete translations o/ ea! at!ylli 7assa*e in #n*lis! ut not word/orword."!is was attem7ted y t!e 7resent writer in order to reate t!e at!ylli ditionary.

In t!e analysis o/ t!e irst $on* we were !el7ed onsideraly y t!e /at t!at some words a77eartwie in t!is s!ort 7assa*e. rom t!e re7etition o/ "essala t!e 7!rase Amri Radara and +iliu it waseasy to dedue t!at t!ese re7resented $!a&in* (t!ere Jettet! Immortality and

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,RI%I2 ",# $,RI%% $CR#AM O OR8A$M,2M C%#A

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