Manual of Practical Magic

23. King invisible, Who, taking the earth as a support, didst furrow the abysses to fill them with Thine omnipotence; Thou Whose name both shake the vaults of the world, Thou Who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rock, monarch of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean toilers, lead us unto the desirable air and to the realm of splendour. We watch an d we work unremittingly, we seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy City, by the hidden talismans, by the pole of loadstone, which passes through the centre of the world! Saviour, Saviour, Saviour, have pity on those who suffer, expand our heart s, detach and elevate our minds, enlarge our entire being! O stability and motion! O day clothed with night! O darkness veiled by splendour! O master Who never keepest back the wages of Thy labourers! O silver whiteness! O golden splendour! O crown of living and melodious diamonds! Thou Who wearest the heaven on Thy finger like a sapphire ring. Thou Who concealest under earth, in the stone kingdom, the marvelous seed of stars, live, reign, be the eternal dispenser of the wealth whereof Thou hast made us th e wardens! AMEN.”