Much m<>r'e imporrnn( are the
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and twenty-eightfold divi,ioru which are encounttrM all through FW.
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-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ". , lona pl. Ql8e ",lalCi thet( to the cryptic len~r vii the Irish tt<<+aJphabel, which
? ? ip>ed a parti<:ular b"ee to eoch cipher. '
llw: Wl. lc-ry mirror refI<<ts not only l. . . :Ide bur nUllkroUS other
Iaditt. We have for example the pl. n. ILd elopement myth of Guine- ""r(:and~1. . Theanonymousthin"""lh-cerlIuryA"II,,,aNI M. ,Ii. . mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur distinjlUishn from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal. . Guinevere. FW m(lltion. twoGu;~ at 389. 13. From 'ili'IIIa. . ' we may lupply Ihe vill_ nolln in the EgyP';~II Bock of,h. Duld in wbich Osiri. i, backed by twOidentical oonsoru , his , ilt. . . . his and NepbthYI' (tee fiaure ) ). Altho"3h N ep\lthYf, a. the remale oounlerl>ln of Sct, was opposed by lsis,. he was 1110 her friend and helped to oollcel the fnpnmosofOsiris ",hen Sec IUllerN them. The $IfM interplay of ri. . . ry and fricDlkhip occun between the c:omplem",tl. ty Sirentof U/yu. . . reflected in their pitied bar-mirron, the paired women in rnanyoflbsm', plays, BI&te'IJerusalem and Vila, lind the two wives of Momlll\u. In A. oUMrt'. La rmral;,," tU SaiNI AII,";nt. He", i. the precise miJma of -4 and 1-: the male twins a r c u~uivocaUyam. llonitticone 1 0 a n o t h . r b U ' l h e f e m a l e O n e s merae ,0. :uity lhal il i, never possible to pinpoin, their mutual onenation. I- i. so ohviouuy an unreal or virtual ;mage, perpetu- aUy carried about by -4 U pili of her definition. Uke the alus
~ bythemamaid,ortheIlrronomicalsignofVenus,9,whicb r(:pr" rno her mirror, -(. 'IMllbad< thimblca? ket mirror only
c:an show her d. . . . est frimdeen' (SIS? . ? 6-17). IfIymmetri<::alspliltinait. llowed,10is multiple fr:opnenUlOon.
'The Ondt and the Gncchopcr' c:ahlbio the ",ther unUiUlI four- f o l d d i v . . i o n o f ' R o b a n d L U H a n d B i e n k I l I \ d V . . ~tiU. ' ( 4 t 4 . 1 S ) .
'D. I\. M I"",;e. P. cptHot My,. . . ' T_od, l ' ,. ' OL , ? _ _ _
'Sir? . 1\. Wan. II~, n. s. . . <t<Atn. . J,n,JJ,7). 1J,n.
? Th~ Mirror and the Rainhow H
Fiaure l ""T'h? Sun";. . ', pl. t<' in the i'opyr"" of Ani, ? ? reproduced in B~'. BMIt oflI. . Detu/, loll aDd Neplnhys Ofe oem "" e;~ . ide of the Tet, which <>>ntaiDl the body of o. iri", (Rep<<>du<<d by "'O,ut. . y of d>e Bri,;u, Museum, BM 1""47<'. )
? 54 TheSiglaofFi~nq,,~. W"k.
Much m<>r'e imporrnn( are the sevenfold and twenty-eightfold divi,ioru which are encounttrM all through FW.
The sevenfold division rai. ", the iml"'sing symbol ofthe rain_ bow, intrinsiCII. lly connected with water, and by Gen",i. 9 :14- 17 with the covenant ho,ween Godand humanity. The familiar Irish . upe. . . . hundancc nh ainbowt mustalso ho held pertinent. As Noah is a primary m avatar, the septenary are the . pecifiCII. lly ITk>rienlM
. =
eminary from heaven to mankind. Mircea Eliade ob&el"Vu:
mode of -t Perhaps m
Greek godd. . . , Ir ;", with her tlKluS;l;nd~lourcd roho, w u an
the rainbow ao" a path to God. The
As to the rainbow, acon. ide. . . . bk numhorof peoples aro known to see in it the bridge connocting earth and sky, and espoci. ally the bridge of the gods. That i, why it. appear- 8n", after. storm i. regarded n a . ign nf God', appease- ment. It is alway. by way of the rainbow that mythical
heroes =ch the ,;ky. . . . Further, Ihe &even co1ou<"$ ofthe rainbow have hom assimilated to Ihe . even heavenl, a sym_ bolism found. . . ,t only in India and M esopotamia but also in Judai. m. In the Bamiyan fttSCO<"1the Buddha i. repre- OtrItM. . . tMonarainbowofKvenbands;thatis,m {rans_ cc:nds the cosmos, just a. in the myth of hi. Nativity he tran$C01d. the $eVen heaven. by tal<ing Kven Itrides to- ward. the north. . . . The throne of the Supreme Being is surrounded b y . rainbow, and the . . . . ". , . ymboliun persist. into the Christian art of tho Renaissance. '
Thi' in. . rpret. ation i. apposite for 1:, who in II. I sets oul tIl punu;. of a paradisiac colour. But for m the rainbow i. best regarded as the K&bbal;s. ic emhlem nfM olkuth, the lowes. nf tm Sephiroth,' representing the world, or kingdom of illU3(lty things, whence all striving departs. The fall of m, which will be studied in chopler 6, occurs ultimalely through hi. infatuation wilh a chro- matic ao;euory. If we examine the various Kvenfold allu. ion. li,ttd in M,. . Gbshcc:n', CCISUf we find . hat they are frequently linked to m as hi! "c:vcna1 ,u<::C<:Miv<"O:lloutr:d Sfiebannuid,' (126. 19), although there i. a definite overl. p with mo", and Ie. . fl"llgmentM pha. es, as when . . . . . call. I- 'Moo i. hebtau! Ma reine- holle! ' in the pa$SIlge jus. qUOtM. Many of the references . re . irnp1e inventorie, of colour, Bloom', 'Roygbiv'.
? M;w;. E;. &". s:. r. -. . . . . . . . ,f,,/Jai<T,,""if'"<! f<>'",~,. . . w. R. T-'<(Lon?
don, RQu,I<dr: . . . . . K<:pn "'u1 196. ), 13. . . . 1? ' . . . . E. W. ;<<, no. H<>9 K. ! , "d, ,<>\.
? 'Ill<' ,w<nty_eighcfold divi. ion i. al. o derived from aquacicy by the tw<nty_tiglu wet day. of 'February Filldyke' (470,04). II pos- $eSSe. ; a dislinct 'iglum <> and e'mneet> with Joycc', io,eu" in rn<nstruation (,halfmoon haernicydcs', 375? ' 2- 13). liy hi. further approval of lcapye. . . . , -I can be lailled on to <> a s . twenty-ninth UOil. We find compl<te lis. . of twenty-nine namC$ (147. Il-15), colou," (247? ]S-l<\ll. Ol), words meaning peace (470. 36-471. 05) and wordo meaning death (499. 05-Il). <> also rulC$ the tw<n,y_ nine i1enn in 1. 6. 8, A, -II- i? ? narcissistiC phase and the aevenfold division i. assigned to m, so <> pertains especially 10 C and A It i. <>whoconfronl A in Ill. l, "Itbough we should observe al 430. 16 their ability 10 fonn fourteen -II- entities, and at 101. 08--0) and 430. 35-0 Ihe fourfold division as in II I. t. The divi,ihilili"" inleT_ connect,for 4x 7- l8 and VI,B. I5. 85 points oul that 't+z- 3"'- 4-5-6+7 28. '
Angels a nd Devil.
In II. I , which we . han now examine, <> form an undifferentiated iridescenttluidmedleydedicatedtotheadulationofA and! heron- founding of r:. They at<' foremost the angel. described by J<>yc< in hi, . ynopsis of ! he chapler:'?
The . cherne of the pi""" I scm you is the game we u,ed to can Angel, and Devils ru: colours. T he Angel" girl. , are grouped behind the Angel, Shawn, and 'he Devil has to come over thl'<< times and u"fm . colour. If 'he colour
hea. h for ha, been chosen by any girl .
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ". , lona pl. Ql8e ",lalCi thet( to the cryptic len~r vii the Irish tt<<+aJphabel, which
? ? ip>ed a parti<:ular b"ee to eoch cipher. '
llw: Wl. lc-ry mirror refI<<ts not only l. . . :Ide bur nUllkroUS other
Iaditt. We have for example the pl. n. ILd elopement myth of Guine- ""r(:and~1. . Theanonymousthin"""lh-cerlIuryA"II,,,aNI M. ,Ii. . mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur distinjlUishn from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal. . Guinevere. FW m(lltion. twoGu;~ at 389. 13. From 'ili'IIIa. . ' we may lupply Ihe vill_ nolln in the EgyP';~II Bock of,h. Duld in wbich Osiri. i, backed by twOidentical oonsoru , his , ilt. . . . his and NepbthYI' (tee fiaure ) ). Altho"3h N ep\lthYf, a. the remale oounlerl>ln of Sct, was opposed by lsis,. he was 1110 her friend and helped to oollcel the fnpnmosofOsiris ",hen Sec IUllerN them. The $IfM interplay of ri. . . ry and fricDlkhip occun between the c:omplem",tl. ty Sirentof U/yu. . . reflected in their pitied bar-mirron, the paired women in rnanyoflbsm', plays, BI&te'IJerusalem and Vila, lind the two wives of Momlll\u. In A. oUMrt'. La rmral;,," tU SaiNI AII,";nt. He", i. the precise miJma of -4 and 1-: the male twins a r c u~uivocaUyam. llonitticone 1 0 a n o t h . r b U ' l h e f e m a l e O n e s merae ,0. :uity lhal il i, never possible to pinpoin, their mutual onenation. I- i. so ohviouuy an unreal or virtual ;mage, perpetu- aUy carried about by -4 U pili of her definition. Uke the alus
~ bythemamaid,ortheIlrronomicalsignofVenus,9,whicb r(:pr" rno her mirror, -(. 'IMllbad< thimblca? ket mirror only
c:an show her d. . . . est frimdeen' (SIS? . ? 6-17). IfIymmetri<::alspliltinait. llowed,10is multiple fr:opnenUlOon.
'The Ondt and the Gncchopcr' c:ahlbio the ",ther unUiUlI four- f o l d d i v . . i o n o f ' R o b a n d L U H a n d B i e n k I l I \ d V . . ~tiU. ' ( 4 t 4 . 1 S ) .
'D. I\. M I"",;e. P. cptHot My,. . . ' T_od, l ' ,. ' OL , ? _ _ _
'Sir? . 1\. Wan. II~, n. s. . . <t<Atn. . J,n,JJ,7). 1J,n.
? Th~ Mirror and the Rainhow H
Fiaure l ""T'h? Sun";. . ', pl. t<' in the i'opyr"" of Ani, ? ? reproduced in B~'. BMIt oflI. . Detu/, loll aDd Neplnhys Ofe oem "" e;~ . ide of the Tet, which <>>ntaiDl the body of o. iri", (Rep<<>du<<d by "'O,ut. . y of d>e Bri,;u, Museum, BM 1""47<'. )
? 54 TheSiglaofFi~nq,,~. W"k.
Much m<>r'e imporrnn( are the sevenfold and twenty-eightfold divi,ioru which are encounttrM all through FW.
The sevenfold division rai. ", the iml"'sing symbol ofthe rain_ bow, intrinsiCII. lly connected with water, and by Gen",i. 9 :14- 17 with the covenant ho,ween Godand humanity. The familiar Irish . upe. . . . hundancc nh ainbowt mustalso ho held pertinent. As Noah is a primary m avatar, the septenary are the . pecifiCII. lly ITk>rienlM
. =
eminary from heaven to mankind. Mircea Eliade ob&el"Vu:
mode of -t Perhaps m
Greek godd. . . , Ir ;", with her tlKluS;l;nd~lourcd roho, w u an
the rainbow ao" a path to God. The
As to the rainbow, acon. ide. . . . bk numhorof peoples aro known to see in it the bridge connocting earth and sky, and espoci. ally the bridge of the gods. That i, why it. appear- 8n", after. storm i. regarded n a . ign nf God', appease- ment. It is alway. by way of the rainbow that mythical
heroes =ch the ,;ky. . . . Further, Ihe &even co1ou<"$ ofthe rainbow have hom assimilated to Ihe . even heavenl, a sym_ bolism found. . . ,t only in India and M esopotamia but also in Judai. m. In the Bamiyan fttSCO<"1the Buddha i. repre- OtrItM. . . tMonarainbowofKvenbands;thatis,m {rans_ cc:nds the cosmos, just a. in the myth of hi. Nativity he tran$C01d. the $eVen heaven. by tal<ing Kven Itrides to- ward. the north. . . . The throne of the Supreme Being is surrounded b y . rainbow, and the . . . . ". , . ymboliun persist. into the Christian art of tho Renaissance. '
Thi' in. . rpret. ation i. apposite for 1:, who in II. I sets oul tIl punu;. of a paradisiac colour. But for m the rainbow i. best regarded as the K&bbal;s. ic emhlem nfM olkuth, the lowes. nf tm Sephiroth,' representing the world, or kingdom of illU3(lty things, whence all striving departs. The fall of m, which will be studied in chopler 6, occurs ultimalely through hi. infatuation wilh a chro- matic ao;euory. If we examine the various Kvenfold allu. ion. li,ttd in M,. . Gbshcc:n', CCISUf we find . hat they are frequently linked to m as hi! "c:vcna1 ,u<::C<:Miv<"O:lloutr:d Sfiebannuid,' (126. 19), although there i. a definite overl. p with mo", and Ie. . fl"llgmentM pha. es, as when . . . . . call. I- 'Moo i. hebtau! Ma reine- holle! ' in the pa$SIlge jus. qUOtM. Many of the references . re . irnp1e inventorie, of colour, Bloom', 'Roygbiv'.
? M;w;. E;. &". s:. r. -. . . . . . . . ,f,,/Jai<T,,""if'"<! f<>'",~,. . . w. R. T-'<(Lon?
don, RQu,I<dr: . . . . . K<:pn "'u1 196. ), 13. . . . 1? ' . . . . E. W. ;<<, no. H<>9 K. ! , "d, ,<>\.
? 'Ill<' ,w<nty_eighcfold divi. ion i. al. o derived from aquacicy by the tw<nty_tiglu wet day. of 'February Filldyke' (470,04). II pos- $eSSe. ; a dislinct 'iglum <> and e'mneet> with Joycc', io,eu" in rn<nstruation (,halfmoon haernicydcs', 375? ' 2- 13). liy hi. further approval of lcapye. . . . , -I can be lailled on to <> a s . twenty-ninth UOil. We find compl<te lis. . of twenty-nine namC$ (147. Il-15), colou," (247? ]S-l<\ll. Ol), words meaning peace (470. 36-471. 05) and wordo meaning death (499. 05-Il). <> also rulC$ the tw<n,y_ nine i1enn in 1. 6. 8, A, -II- i? ? narcissistiC phase and the aevenfold division i. assigned to m, so <> pertains especially 10 C and A It i. <>whoconfronl A in Ill. l, "Itbough we should observe al 430. 16 their ability 10 fonn fourteen -II- entities, and at 101. 08--0) and 430. 35-0 Ihe fourfold division as in II I. t. The divi,ihilili"" inleT_ connect,for 4x 7- l8 and VI,B. I5. 85 points oul that 't+z- 3"'- 4-5-6+7 28. '
Angels a nd Devil.
In II. I , which we . han now examine, <> form an undifferentiated iridescenttluidmedleydedicatedtotheadulationofA and! heron- founding of r:. They at<' foremost the angel. described by J<>yc< in hi, . ynopsis of ! he chapler:'?
The . cherne of the pi""" I scm you is the game we u,ed to can Angel, and Devils ru: colours. T he Angel" girl. , are grouped behind the Angel, Shawn, and 'he Devil has to come over thl'<< times and u"fm . colour. If 'he colour
hea. h for ha, been chosen by any girl .
