I Versi Aurei

Ecco la versione degli Aurei Versi di Ray Sherwin, l'unica che abbia reale validità dopo l'Avvento dell'Eone di Horus:

THE GOLDEN VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS

First estimate the norms of necessity, that are not subject to death, in the manner ordered by law.
Also hold the oath in honour.
Hold also in honour the noble heroes and the daemons pertaining to the Earth, fulfilling what is lawful.
Estimate Kin, those nearest whereof thou are sprung.
But who so of the others is most manful in manhood, make him thy lover.
Model thyself by his gentle words, by his fruitful deeds. Rate him not for a small waywardness that thou mayest have power. For power lieth hard by necessity.
These things accustom thyself to rule - the desires of the belly, of sleep, of lechery and of wrath.
Do no base act, whether in public or in private. Of all these things first respect thine own self.
Then practice justice in both deed and word.
Acquire the habit of keeping thyself free from thoughtlessness in all matters soever. But know thou how it hath been appointed for all to die.
Things cleansed have a way of coming now and being gone.
Estimate the necessary evils for what they are, and endure them all; by thy will, modify them. Then will their effect on thee be small indeed.
Be thou tolerant of the ways of others.
Truth and error likewise have their lovers. If error triumph, go thy way and wait.
Beware of prejudice and another's truths. Judge all things for thyself.
Estimate the consequences of thine actions. Perform thy will freely.
The fool understandeth this not. In the present thou shouldest contemplate the future.
Pretence obstructs. Rather instruct thyself. Time and patience favour all.
Neglect not thy health.
Dispense with moderation. Food to the body and to the mind repose.
Avoid excess in seeking or showing attention. For envy to either is alike attached.
Choose in all things a mean befitting thy will.
Ever estimate thine own omissions; question they works completed.
Abstain if these confound thy will; do what thou wilt.
Meditate upon thy will, adhere to it, follow it. To heroic divinity will it lead thee.
I swear it by the One who teaches our soul to know itself.
Before all things, in conformity with thy will, invoke the gods by whose aid alone the work began is completed.
Instructed by them thou shalt see thyself clearly. Of all things shalt thou know the essence; thou shalt be one with the Kosmos.
The high and the low unite their forces to produce the unchanging All.
Thine actions strenghten thou through thy will, unburdened at impulse and vain desire.
Then shall no evil befall thee.
Be thou not a plaything of thy passions, reacting to adversity.
God! Thou coulds't save them by opening their eyes.
But no: 'tis for the divine Hero to discern error and to see the truth.
Nature serves him.
Perform thy will and rest in its haven.
Observe thy will, avoiding non-lawful actions. Thy will must reign over all things.

Da: Ray Sherwin, The theatre of Magick, PDF.