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All this i, biJhly ulewnl, and Bnhma's vision oddilionaUy . u a n u that seen by Finn from Howth, of W fut. . . . . , invasion of Irdand" Brahma " Ih. erator of the world : as Pntiipari h.
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A 00'''011 VI. B. III. ? ! '~a :
intttprcta tion of dream bt-eaIr. f. a' . . ilk the memory of drc2m!
IIC tl\oua:ht of waking remember a drcam . c:
and w. . . used al 338. 19-)1: 'And may he be roo an intrepidation of our dream. whicb we fO' eSOI at wiking when the mom ""th rued om limpalove IlId th. bbkfrQ5t chilled our ravery! '
Allhough . . mmtions trout ? ? 61\ . U the breakfast of book IV comisraprincipallyofCUI(IppropriucforEuler). m,IJ Hwnpty D w n p t y , i s b i m s e L f a n e g , ( I t " I I l e u ( c o n t a i n e d w i d l i n I a l l c U.
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attainment a$ a king ocated within the Egg. " But in the cUe of I: alchemy is equivalent ro c"""ive wri,ing. The 'first till laot alshemist', having preswnably c"nverted iron "re ro I ferrous salt, mix"" it with a soluOOn "f gaLLk acid (ISS. H): the fttetion pro_ duc"," blucblack ink. So the lencrs or books re:o. d by I:, and
the "nes he produces, are all fundamentally oondensed germ. "U. .
When m cats eggs, he receives their digestive produc. . in his liv. . via Ihe hepatic portal ""in, fm the purp<>se "f . ubsequentLy reoombining ,Ilent inro hi, own bodily material (614. 32-S). But
the dig. :S[ive pmdncts are 'also 'the heroticisrns, catastrophes and eccentricities {Tansmined by the ancient legacy (If the past', i. e. HCE I",nsmined by ALP , 'type by rope, letter from litter, word at ward . . . in fact, Ihe same<>ld gamebold adornic slrUCture of our Finnius the "Id One' (614. 35-615. <>7). The egg laid by the hen A i. also the letter lit. uneanru 'as sure as hcr,elf pits hen to paper and the",', . . ribing. sc. . . . wled on eggs' (615. 09-10).
Ifthe egg oontains the aromic strUCture nf m, it i. ! lightly inapt Ihat it sh<luld be laid by A, but 6,6. 20-21 prop<! Ses the soluri<>n thaI the chicken came first, thaI il was a male, and thaI il JUII hap_ pened In ! <n"w the size ofan eggcup. T he Egyptio"" had the . . "'" problem, and ",Iveo it by inventing the Great Cackler, wh" laid the co. mic egg. " Honce in book II, whe", the light/dark a! ! 'inities "f . cand m ",ve",e those in b<xJk IV, we find TristanlH"rus pre-
facinl! : his eatasy (If the Unitary Consciousness by the ,rory of the goose lhat laid the ",ldon egg (394. ;17). And al 449. 36--450. 02 A i. 'to wat. ch bow carefully my Jl(>cturnal gooocrn<:>ther would lay
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I "" n"t wish to say it yet until the bonk has written more "f ilself. ''' Richard Ellmann ny, "f the title [hal Joyce 'had "ften
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I II 3113 ~lW'l<O '1lI.
? ? (hcal)and wiler, hence Ihe dual . ymbol of. piri! and ""n_ ,. . . . . . . The spril of wat. ,r-lilies of BltMisal, and l. . tr of G:lbriel, typifyi", fir. and w. o,er, or the idta of cn. llion and gene". . ion, il wotbd into the earliest dogma of the b;lptiornal ucramenl. '?
All this i, biJhly ulewnl, and Bnhma's vision oddilionaUy . u a n u that seen by Finn from Howth, of W fut. . . . . , invasion of Irdand" Brahma " Ih. erator of the world : as Pntiipari h.
issues from -1Olden ttl in w midat ol the _'tt! to live brnh 10. dIIughl. . . with whom ht tubocquendy forma III incestuous bond. " The concepl of a . ;osmic egg, frequently soIden, in_ rorponn ing the p,imordla of a1l crea. ion, it found in 0. . =, Japan, Peu"'-, Phoenicia, Egypl and elsewhere. " In FW il is. in- . roduced by ida. ofthe yolklikc lundi,k and the inevitable crod< of sold a. the ",in! >ow's end (611. :W, 613. ~3-4), but toOr\ acquires a more tangible aspect as a c:<. >mponent of n ts breaMast.
A 00'''011 VI. B. III. ? ! '~a :
intttprcta tion of dream bt-eaIr. f. a' . . ilk the memory of drc2m!
IIC tl\oua:ht of waking remember a drcam . c:
and w. . . used al 338. 19-)1: 'And may he be roo an intrepidation of our dream. whicb we fO' eSOI at wiking when the mom ""th rued om limpalove IlId th. bbkfrQ5t chilled our ravery! '
Allhough . . mmtions trout ? ? 61\ . U the breakfast of book IV comisraprincipallyofCUI(IppropriucforEuler). m,IJ Hwnpty D w n p t y , i s b i m s e L f a n e g , ( I t " I I l e u ( c o n t a i n e d w i d l i n I a l l c U.
Th;, nuy 'uggc!
lt the common myth in which the destruction of lOme IUpcmatunl be,,. . cannot be acoomplished until an eg, hidd. . . . in an inaocc:atible pla<;e and containing b it JOul, it b . . . . . . . . . . . But if m i. himself10 c:omWlle the tU mis coruu",s the pattern. We may und. . . . tand the CirclUTlallnc<< ? little he". . . if We remem- be. llult c: liv"" largely on CRIll, which. h. e boils, cookl ind pooIche. i n a n a l M n <>< ( 1 8 4 . 1 1 - 3 1 ) . T h e . d u m a r o r p h i l " l < I p h . i c f l l m a c e w a s th~ device in which the alchtrnists iDC\lNted the T'hilotopher's
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Egg, or Hernu:tic Vase, which contained the illll",dients "f the Gr. . ' W"rk. The ilIustnl. ti<l! l' ro S<llmD"n Tris! I1<lOin's Splmior Soli. and J. C Barchu. . n'. EI. mml~ Chmzi4. depict the finol
attainment a$ a king ocated within the Egg. " But in the cUe of I: alchemy is equivalent ro c"""ive wri,ing. The 'first till laot alshemist', having preswnably c"nverted iron "re ro I ferrous salt, mix"" it with a soluOOn "f gaLLk acid (ISS. H): the fttetion pro_ duc"," blucblack ink. So the lencrs or books re:o. d by I:, and
the "nes he produces, are all fundamentally oondensed germ. "U. .
When m cats eggs, he receives their digestive produc. . in his liv. . via Ihe hepatic portal ""in, fm the purp<>se "f . ubsequentLy reoombining ,Ilent inro hi, own bodily material (614. 32-S). But
the dig. :S[ive pmdncts are 'also 'the heroticisrns, catastrophes and eccentricities {Tansmined by the ancient legacy (If the past', i. e. HCE I",nsmined by ALP , 'type by rope, letter from litter, word at ward . . . in fact, Ihe same<>ld gamebold adornic slrUCture of our Finnius the "Id One' (614. 35-615. <>7). The egg laid by the hen A i. also the letter lit. uneanru 'as sure as hcr,elf pits hen to paper and the",', . . ribing. sc. . . . wled on eggs' (615. 09-10).
Ifthe egg oontains the aromic strUCture nf m, it i. ! lightly inapt Ihat it sh<luld be laid by A, but 6,6. 20-21 prop<! Ses the soluri<>n thaI the chicken came first, thaI il was a male, and thaI il JUII hap_ pened In ! <n"w the size ofan eggcup. T he Egyptio"" had the . . "'" problem, and ",Iveo it by inventing the Great Cackler, wh" laid the co. mic egg. " Honce in book II, whe", the light/dark a! ! 'inities "f . cand m ",ve",e those in b<xJk IV, we find TristanlH"rus pre-
facinl! : his eatasy (If the Unitary Consciousness by the ,rory of the goose lhat laid the ",ldon egg (394. ;17). And al 449. 36--450. 02 A i. 'to wat. ch bow carefully my Jl(>cturnal gooocrn<:>ther would lay
her new golden shecgg for me down under in the ,hy mient. '
Inanimate Sigla
A" letter i. ultima<cly ,II writing. , particularly FW itself. If il i. identical with tbe cosmic egg, we may perhaps include both OOn- cepts in Ihe siglum C, which J"yce said 'stands for the title bul
I "" n"t wish to say it yet until the bonk has written more "f ilself. ''' Richard Ellmann ny, "f the title [hal Joyce 'had "ften
,. s. . John R<W. ""'""" '" cr. -. ;"ry (I. . ondoo, IkD '936\ ,,,,,. " Not<<! by I. S. Atbecron" 'J7. H (~, ,~).
"1. <'. . . . . I ? ? ' J .
? issued a challertje to hi. ;lIIimates to gues. what i. might lx, and offered a thousand franco to anyone who ~uc=ded:" Thu. in
the n<:>tebool<$ we find: V\. H_'-67:
oom~ition for name ore
The name for their house e oompetition
T h e e q W l t i o n o f F W w i t h a h o u s e i$ m o " , u n e q u i v o c a l i n c e r t a i n pl. c. . ,,uch? ? 249. 06-20and 597. '2-,6. Evencleareris 1. 6. 3(C), Ixginning 'Which title i. the tnoc-tn-type mottO-in-lieu for that Tick for Teac thatchmen? . . . 1' (1)9.
