Dark Mass: One

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Dark Mass Sermon: One, by Cardinal Edward Vaughn

Two centuries have past; the eve has come when I again repose, Here, before the darkness, and view Kindred welcomed, from neighboring domains and far These familiar forms, Though a long absence, has been to me A Dark Mass to hallowed recognition

But oft, in the lonely melody of the requiem, and 'mid the din, of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations such To awaken the blood, causing pale countenance to blush; --however transitory, the mind lingers more astute, With tranquil beast:--feelings too Of unremembered mortal pleasure: such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of mortal life, Aspects more sublime; that which have been lost, In which the burthen of mystery, heavy and weary with weight Illuminates the danse macabre, black as night

“Do you see through the darkness?” <CHORAL RESPONSE> "I see you. I see your shadow of mortal past. I see you drink the vitae from mankind. Immortal damnation last!"

If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh! how oft-- In darkness and amid the many shapes Of night; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of our ways, Have hung upon my dead heart— For what value the purpose of one’s own dominance Centuries forgotten without notice, another undead husk Clinging to human behaviorisms liken pale illumination Of self and ego, and feigned direction

How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, A testament of blood, acceptance of thy damnation Into the ambit of immortal unlife, on no account, take pleasure by warmth of daylight And now and then, with gleams of half forgotten mortal thought, With many recognitions dim and faint, And somewhat of a sad perplexity, The picture of the mind revives again: And for such loss, I would believe, abundant recompence

Indeed! One has! Here in Mass I stand, not only with the sense Of present fellowship, but with my revealing That in this moment there is subsis-tence in our Traditions And susten-ance for the hunter by way of vitae for future years Though changed, no doubt, from what I was when first I came upon my undeath And so, transformed, that all may shudder; tremble! And fall to us!

“Do you see through the darkness?” <CHORAL RESPONSE> "I see you. I see your shadow of mortal past. I see you drink the vitae from mankind. Immortal damnation last!"

And these my exhortations! Nor, perchance-- If I were not thus taught, should I the more Suffer the decay of quintessence by languid pallor; oh! then, If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief: If I should be where you no more can hear My voice, nor catch from established edification Of past existence--wilt thou then forget That in Mass; on this very night We stood together; and that I, so long A worshipper of that which is Sanctified, hither came Unwearied in that service: rather say With greater consideration! with far deeper zeal Wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, this declaration and lexis, Are to me More cherished, both for themselves and for thy sake! To raise a pillar to the South East A sanctified foundation for the mind that is within us, so impress For all to see within the dark To drink and last forever!!

<CHORAL RESPONSE x2>“To drink and last forever!!” then…

Audience shakes the hand of the Vampire sitting or standing next to him or her and says: "I see you. I see your shadow of mortal past. I see you drink the vitae from mankind. Immortal damnation last for you, my brother (or sister)."
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