THERION LYRICS Deggial (2000) 1. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx 2. Enter Vril-Ya 3. Ship Of Luna 4. The Invincible 5. Deggial 6. Emerald Crown 7. The Flight Of The Lord Of Flies 8. The Flesh Of The Gods 9. Via Nocturna 10. O Fortuna 1. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx the sphinx and star the key and gate. seven secrets of the sphinx eleven riddles of the star drink the wine of babylon and dance the dance of yezidi the sphinx and star the cup and stone. seven secrets of the sphinx give all the keys to alkhemy and the making of the stone that will turn the metal to gold seven secrets of the sphinx enter the desert of apep through the tower of yezid that will turn mud to diamonds "eternal return" kronos is drumming and time is running. enter the aeon and bring back the past. wheel of fortuna dancing with shiva spin to the newborn who live to the last. the world is changing and fall apart end of the kingdom and of the heart the queen of beauty (veil of time) now cold and pale the sun is setting the night prevail. but fear not darkness. it' hidden light and you will find it shining with bright. the time is running (veil of time) the flame will burn when today vanish, but all return. time will come to an end but bring back the start again queen of time will rise again and bring forth the future wheel of time will whirl around and bring back the past. 2. Enter Vril-Ya enter the underworld enter vril-ya enter vril-ya a step down the stairway enter vril-ya enter vril-ya inside earth there was a land of mystery lighted up by the black sun of underground in this world they got the key to time and space and forces too strong for mankind to know. o land vril-ya an vril-ya secret chiefs of agharti will reveal the lore of vril and aldebaran, (and) aldebaran ansa agarthi yani-ya koom-zi vril-ya an sumer an drakon a-u-ran yani-ya glek-ya sol nax an sorat an drakon a-u-ran when we unlock the hidden lore of vril we fold space and travel across the time. with this force man will become like god and rule the earth through the light of the black sun. enter the underworld enter vril-ya enter vril-ya a step down the stairway enter vril-ya enter vril-ya yani-ya koom-zi vril-ya an sumer an drakon a-u-ran yani-ya glek-ya sol nax an sorat an drakon a-u-ran enter vril-ya man of sumer enter vril-ya man of sorat enter vril-ya man of drakon enter it now man of vril-ya enter vril-ya man of sorat enter vril-ya enter it now. 3. Ship Of Luna over the nightsky sail ship of luna! taking the spirits into the new day dance moonbeam, be my guide through the calm of the night. lady moon so cold so bright. sail with your ship. maid luna, steer to the dream. waters of the mind flow across the time (and) there sail the moon: hera and hecate luna and aradia sail, fantasy in the dark and the calm! steer ship of moon to the land of my dreams. 4. The Invincible the blaze of northern light reflect the dawn of gods of ancient pantheons who rest no more in peace. faith of the old, the strong one from above: the invincible. all the gods of the sky and the earth proclaim this day, this day. see the signs in the day and the night, foretell the one, the one. open up the runa of belief of the strong and the brave open up! let the gods of your heart and your soul show the way. the eye of the high one have seen the dawn of gods in the well of mimera (and) through the flight of ravens 5. Deggial one eye, one brow, so it stand letters of cefer is his mark - the name of deggial bear the sign of deggial a son of desert with a lore of disbelief he say god is dead today and that man will be born out of his place sorath the sun in the dark cefer he's before god blasphemy of deggial deggial tell the truth that man is but a beast and for the reason of that man is more than god. deggial unbeliever of the sons of god disbeliever of the book, deggial, unbeliever of the sons of god, disbeliever, you are deggial unbeliever of the sons of god disbeliever of the book. 6. Emerald Crown during the war that took place in heaven the brightest of the star lost his precious crown it fell down to earth and was buried deep. from that very time man has searched for it son of dawn lost the crown in the end. holy knights riding out on a quest searching it in the sky and the earth. it's the cup of graal they will find it's the crown of the star from the sky. holy knights bring it back to the king. emerald crown. visit the interior of the earth and by purifying you find the stone. find the crown of lucifer, watch the glare of emerald bring it back to paradise and drink the wine of the graal roses of the venus star and dewy drops of emerald is the way to illuminate the secret path of achmardi. 7. The Flight Of The Lord Of Flies [instrumental] 8. The Flesh Of The Gods the black earth luxurance is the food of the mind in the alchemical lab of nature, is the true tunnel of set the serpent coil, out of the earth and offer fruits of knowledge eat it and become like god and enter the astral skies. there is a secret network below here in the tunnels the flesh of gods grow. the gods of the earth of mind from the star eat the flesh of gods and become one of them revive the old sacrament from the days of paganism that open the third eye and enter astral skies falling down stardust into planet pores embryo of godhead is in these spores enter dreamtime, the continuum of space the gate of time is what you can reach flesh of the gods will fertilize the mind the fruits of god is what you will eat 9. Via Nocturna [The Path] deep in the wood, in the dark, there's a way follow this path and you'll meet a strange crowd in the forest you will meet silhouettes of your dreams dancing on the path you walk. things you have frightened you now find so sweet. on the path of darkness your wishes become real. on the crossroad you will meet what your heart desire. take a glance upon the shadows on you see your face in them. when you wake up you wish you will sleep again. [Hexentanz] follow via nocturna and luna join the dance of hexentanz and meet the mephisto. follow via nocturna and luna all this fauns and weird companions moonstruck witches and their demons "follow the nightway and become one of us" so says the celebrants of the hexentanz. they gather at bro-cken, on hills and the seas dancing to the flute of pan until dawn they will show you strange worlds of the night, land of the moonlight and of dark memories, caress the lady who is leading the dance, know her name is lilith - the queen of the night she tells you secrets in the form of the owl, open your inner passions and your desire. "here in the wilderness we are really free to do our true will and to be like the beasts. some call us barbarians and we are proud of that, no passion is forbidden, no pleasure or pain I can show you a paradise you've called a sin we do our true will and call it arcady" via nocturna, the path of nahema via nocturna, will lead you to lilith and pan. in the deepest forest in the deepest dark you will find the fire and this secret path when you wake up you will believe it was a wonderful dream and that you never will caress the lady of the night again, but you will at once if you enter the via nocturna. 10. O Fortuna [instrumental]