And again, after all I'd been through There I was in the Fish's Bladder And taken to the holy altar A golden ritual gown I was obliged to dress Before lying on the altar of rebirth All the hall resounded Of drums and psalteries And the voices echoed Of the psalmody "Almighty goddess descend on us, for Avalon Allow us the mystic power to open the sacred doors Almighty goddess descend on us, for Avalon My your benevolence release his soul And admit it in your reign" The hall grew darker Energies flew away And to their prayers I felt my life fading away I couldn't move a finger Senses began to fail All was confused what I could feel Anguish and fear a**ailed me Everything was unreal Couldn't understand what I was seeing... Shadows all around me Colors and bright lights Sounds were all indistinct In a messy whispering "Almighty goddess descend on us, for Avalon Allow us the mystic power to open the sacred doors Almighty goddess descend on us, for Avalon My your benevolence release his soul And admit it in your reign" "Welcome Wolfram to this place Place where the ends and life begins Where the One will face the fire of rebirth" Upon me were burning flames Wearing out my soul in pain... "Wolfram meet your destiny, We make you now the One" d**h in fire... Life in d**h... Regeneration... It's Avalon's rebirth A warm flow of vital essence Revived what remained of me Voices became clear figures The goddess at last I could see Wolfram, we've performed the rite The great rite of regeneration On you... You now have the power She firmly now took my arm And then raised her eyes... Pronounced loud the invocation To mark me as the One I mark you know with the sign The sign of the One The one and only upholder Of the powers of Avalon After these words at once I opened my eyes... I looked at my burning arm And I saw the sign