ANTEMEREIA IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER III © 2008 The Great Invocation From the point of Light within the Mind of God Let light stream forth into the minds of men. Let Light descend on Earth. From the point of Love within the Heart of God Let love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to Earth. From the centre where the Will of God is known Let purpose guide the little wills of men- The purpose which the Masters know and serve. From the centre which we call the race of men. Let the Plan of Love and Light work out And may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.ANTEMEREIA IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER Ill © 2008 Antemereia is a figure of speech wherein one part of speech is exchanged for another, e.g. a noun for a verb, a verb for an adjective, an adjective for a noun or adverb, etc.' Bullinger identified four major classes and seventeen distinct sub-classes of this figure. Although several of the seventeen occur in the Invocation, this chapter discusses just one of them -the nounin-regimen, e.g. the phrase ‘days of old’, Where the noun in a prepositional phrase (old) acts like an adjective modifying the governing noun (days) and the phrase is taken to mean ‘olden days’. Bullinger’s discussion of this form of Antimereia is instructive: «Suppose we are speaking of Angels and our thought is simply of them and their being, we should use the word “mighty” as an adjective and say “Mighty ANGELS.” But if we wished to emphasize the adjective “mighty” and call attention to the fact that we are not referring to angels as such, but to their wondrous power...wve should say “MIGHTY Angels.” How is this to be done? .. By using a noun instead of an adjective and saying “Angels of might.”* According to Bullinger, all of the examples below are instances from the Bible where a noun‘inregimen (usually a noun following the preposition ‘of?) is employed in place of an adjective, e.g. ‘the habitation of thy righteousness” = thy righteous habitation’ “the mount of my holiness” =my holy mountain* “the city of his strength” = his strong city® “the city of holiness” =the holy city’ + Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, p.491 * Ibid. p-497 > Job 8:6 * Psalms 2:6 2 Proverb 1 © Isaiah 520 15ANTEMEREIA IN THE GREAT INVOCATION STARLING DAVID HUNTER Ill © 2008 ‘* “Asleep of perpetuity” = a perpetual sleep” + “the steward of injustice” =the unjust steward" + “mind of the spirit” and “mind of the flesh” ded? ritually minded and carnally According to Bullinger, the divine names are often placed ‘in regimen’ to denote divinity or that which is “the greatest, highest, mightiest, most glorious, or most beautiful.” ° Examples include: “A prince of God” =a mighty prince” “Wrestlings of God” = great wrestlings™ “voices of God” = loud and powerful voices or thunderings”” “Cedars of God” = the loftiest cedars"* “Garden of God” = the Divine, beautiful, or wonderful garden" There are ten occurrences of a noun-in-regimen in the Great Invocation: the point of Light the minds of men the point of Love the hearts of men the little wills of men the race of men the Plan of Love and Light the Mind of God the Heart of God the Will of God 7 Jeremiah 5133 Luke 16:8 ? Romans 8:6-7 Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, p.502 " Genesis 23:6 © Genesis 3 Exodus 9228 * Psalm 80:10-1 * Ezekiel 28:13