Day Seven of Heliogenna begins the third segment of the festival, with dedications to Hyperion, the Titan father of Helios, Eos, and Selene. To Eros, the primordial God of attractions, love, and especially male eroiticism. And to Hekate, walker of the secret pathways between the dark and the light.
The Sunrise segment is celebratory rather than commemorative in nature, looking forward rather than back.
To Hyperion, Eros, and Hekate
Along the sacred way, I come upon a crossroads
A fork in the dirt path.
There stands a herm, and at its base offerings
Offerings of sweets
Offerings of bread
Offerings of milk and honey poured into the earth
Do I walk left?
To the darker realm of memory?
Do I walk right?
To the lighter path of the future?
To the left I see echoes of times gone by
Where Hyperion shone upon the land
And Eros held sway
It is a time long ago, before the war of heaven
And the fall of the mighty Titans
I hear songs too
Praising the shining lord who saw all things
And the tender embraces of boys in bushes
To the right I see change ever moving
Where Eros holds sway with Aphrodite
And the son of Hyperion shines bright in the heavens
It is a time not too far from now
Where Olympian Gods rule heaven and earth
To Hyperion, once lord of the sun
I leave golden mead
Tasting of honey and colored like his radiant hair
To Eros, who pulls us together
I leave rosy wine
Tasting of grapes and pink like the blush of a lover
And to Hekate, who walks the unknown paths
I leave the picture of a love lost
With the my hopes and dreams for a future
Off to the right I walk
With the memories of Hyperion behind me
The joy that is Eros ever with me
And torch bearing Hekate lighting the way ahead.
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