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Meredith Starr Diary Entry Saturday, 23 July 1910
As soon as I woke I wrote this.
Aphrodite — My love. (Obtained in invoking Aphrodite)
I know the scent of the Sea, The song of the rippling wave, Sweet is its singing to me; Desirous the lips that crave The lips of the Sea.
I sought the Solace of rest, My heart with sorrow was torn; White arms caught up and caressed My body—lo! I was born In the sea's white breast.
The surf that roared in my ears To me was a wondrous wine, A vintage brewed of the years When love was mingled with mine And the sea's salt tears.
The [illegible] was salt in mine eyes Or ever I lived on earth, From afar sweet memories rise, The odour of brine, the mirth In the sea's blue eyes.
Or ever my face was lost With the tears that sorrow brings, It glistened with spray; and yet, know how the rapture clings Where the strong waves met!
I made in a pleasant place, With hands that trembled for love, A garland of matchless grace, And toss'd it down from above On the sea's wet face.
A desire deep in my heart Has woven a wondrous web Around the pulse that is past Of the wave's long flow and ebb,— Of the sea's deep heart
A spirit moves in the deep, A spirit laughs in the wave, It whispers my spirit, "Sleep, And than shalt have for a grave The fathomless deep!
Sweet is the Song of the Sea, It thrills in my soul like fire, Sweet is its music to me: My soul shall ever desire The Song of the Sea!
Slept. 9 hours. 10 — 7.
The Properties of Perfumes.
2.
Dragon's Blood. (Powder form—used as incense).
This perfume has a very peculiar odour; rather heavy and sickly-sweet,—suggestive of the slow-birth of desire.
Physical Sensations. A curious sensation in the cerebellum and back part of the head; which was present in a lesser degree in my face and all over my head. My heart was beating very faintly. Slight feeling of nausea at first, which soon passed off; otherwise I felt quite well.
Mental Perceptions. Thought very vivid and clearly defined. They were of rather a fiery nature. Mental power accellerated and intensified. Seemed to sense electricity in the air.
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