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The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus - Platonic Philosophy

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THE MYSTICAL HYMNS<br />

XVI.<br />

TO JUNO 44.<br />

THE FUMIGATION FROM AROMATICS.<br />

0 ROYAL Juno, <strong>of</strong> majestic mien,<br />

Aerial-form'd, divine, Jove's blessed queen,<br />

Thron'd in the bosom <strong>of</strong> cerulean air,<br />

<strong>The</strong> race <strong>of</strong> mortals is thy constant care.<br />

<strong>The</strong> cooling gales thy pow'r alone inspires,<br />

Which nourish life, which ev'ry life desires.<br />

Mother <strong>of</strong> show'rs and winds, from thee alone,<br />

Producing all things, mortal life is known :<br />

All natures share thy temp'rament divine,<br />

And universal sway alone is thine,<br />

With sounding blasts <strong>of</strong> wind, the swelling sea<br />

And rolling rivers roar when shook by thee.<br />

Come, blessed Goddess, fam'd almighty queen,<br />

With aspect kind, rejoicing and serene.<br />

Juno is called by the Orphic theologists, as we are in-<br />

formed by Proclus, {uoyovos %a, the vivi$c Goddess; an<br />

epithet perfectly agreeing with the attributes ascribed to<br />

her in this hymn. Proclus also in Plat. <strong>The</strong>ol. p. 483,<br />

says, "that Juno is the source <strong>of</strong> the procreation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

soul." See more concerning this divinity in the additional<br />

notes.

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