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As Stwlrt Gilbert tell. us," Solomon'. ocal illustrates the open- ing of the Emerald Tablt of Hermes Tritmegi. tus (263. 21-2). Uvi'. HjuoiFt de la mtlIie ties it 10 the Zt! har, by means of hi, plat. . III and IV . He tell, us that 'the face of God, crowned with light, rose over the vast sea and wu rdlteted in the w:o. tcl'S th. reof. Hi. two eyes wcre manif. . . ed, r:o. diating with splendour, darting tWO beams of light which cruISed with thoac of the reflection. The br<>w of God and Hi. eyes formed a triangle in beaven, and ito reflection formed a second triangle in the w:o. t. . . . . So was ",,,",,led tbe number six, being tha. "r univcoal CrQ. tion. '''
Fi""lly "f course the water is -l" mirror, providillj a vertical female orientation. 11. 1 showed C defealed by . be par::uto" "r colour; here he is defealed by the fluidity of hi? ? ubjte! , by in 'pm'pawI< J>eTlphtty' (298. L). The diltmnu i, prcacnted at
298. 08-299. <>" in tc. --rru of the infinit. . imal calCUlus. If the curve illU$tr-ating the rat<: of challlle of the periphery be produced, the area it cnc](lses may be estimated. A succes,ion of lin. ,. running perpendicularly from ,be bue (absci. . . . ) to cut the curve cncl"le a series of rectangles, whose areu Jhould be added tog<:th<:r 1() givcit. But. . oneendofeacbrectanglei. . lightly curved, mwtipli- ",,,ionoftheir length, and bre:o. dth, i, inaccu. . . . te. The exact ""ult can be <>btained only with an infinitesimally great number of in- tinitesim:olly narrow rtemngl. ,. . We find beneath 'the bend of the unbridalled, the jnfinisissimalb ofher face. . becQrning manier and manier as the calicolwn of het umdC1cribablC$ (tlne has thought! ! of that <1ernal Rome) u. rinh from JChurtineSli to "'hem. ' C j. up . pinl< the fact that th. caleulu. is always an apprmtimlttion. Curiously, it i. A who cventwllly break. the enigma fnr bim.
The V. . ica Pi,,,, 7t
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Be-! ides Ihe 1igLo ""npttlives, other figuTei have Ic:fl ghostl on 2-93. Pet. Sknbaodl hu <inwo OUr anttlUon to Iwo overlapping d",I. . , 'Diad;' Fiaura DilO"us', ill Bruno'. 0. _, C'k" Much ~ ""plleil ~ are the diqranu in Yn,,', A Vu. :. . . . . In 11. 2, uya Mn GIuh<<n, this won. ? i. qUOled, parodied, ""rhaps (I""'-'Ih r do nolthink 10) ill phueo absolu,ely workcd 0'11, ? Yeat- . i<oon within a Vioonian cycle. This 5<<I'On i. full of tcchni""]lerm. from A Viri. . . . . . . . . oth. er, Will, Cwltive M,nd, Prirmll1' Til>C'lu. e. Body 01 f ile, Mask. Husk, Spinl, Shifl, Byzanliutn, Gyres,
A V;". . ~ derived fnlm automatic writing produced by Y. . . . u't wife unde, the guidmoc ol. . . . no. . . 'instructo. . ? . At 29S. lZ C uYI an inalf1. lC(Ol" tluchl him ICOfDCtl1'. His cuffs at )00. 2$ an: uncons- ciously Kribblina (ltllian vtJjfia,. , 10 scratch). )0). 19 mmDons aUlOmat! c writinl' of panbolu of families of ~C'I. Parabo:>l-.
Ire ami<: oection. Ind nearly all of Yeats'. dilaram1 comi. ! of paired nianglel. lon. cltudinal scctionI 0{ Oppoled oonJol vorticel which,. . heu~. quotinaHeraclitwo,'liveeachother's death,die
ncb odItf-'. life'" (291. 0 M ).
The V. . . . . . . . ~ arc temporal cycLn. n Ull opcnina book
v dncribcs IWO thouund-ycar lYres, I ni. u:ht of I thousand Yt'IU and a day 0{1 tboutlnd ye. . . . (19,. 03). M()oI of the a th. . . . pOrtray
the moon's phallCl. VI. B. 3~. ll ,iYeI : m ~'
. . . luna (hu plv. lICI)
At 16a. F4 Api. , the lacud bull 0( Mempbis, Is wnn<<ted wilh luna and I . riple ALP. Api. Wli M(! Otlen by ? ny of gcnc. . tive liahlllowint; from tM moon. and may have been drowned when aged fWalo;y-riahl, in imotion 01 the lunar cycle. " We mi&hl Ioa~ moonrise . . i+4-oJ-'I and moonse'I at 6l). 2? -"8 bill thue i.
little COli espondenoe with the monthly rota. In Yeo. . , tht pri- mal1' phases (21-1- 8) wollld reasonably OCCIIPY the day\i. pam rL the book (I and the clos. e) . . they are obi<<tivc, atcm. a] and
ntiorul, ht-neoth tolar (m) dominion. This would make book 11
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Sphere,
A Vj"'",, deals wilh I dream Yeo! . had abou. hfo f. th. er (29S. 10)- ,,,). '''
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Vuu ao,. Jogucs the phases in his ubk of four faculm and PI"OIlCJ. e'I the followUla: rules for explorina them:
Inanantith,ori",lp~theb<:inatttbbythehelpof the Cn:arive Mind 10 deliver the Mask. from Bodyof F. ,e. In I primary pha"" the heins teck. by the help of the Body of Fo,e rod. H"", the Creali". Mind from 'he Mask. "
3oo. 2o-~ hat:
w h i l t , " - I O t h n b y . h e " " I p o f h i s . m e w c m i n d offc~ 10delebent. the mass from the booIy of ligllt our Same w i l h me h o I p o f me b o u n t y o f food " " ' C l l 1 t o d e lu b b t t i l c the meso from his c:orruo;tivc mund
This furtbtr conncctl with Vestl', UK of Plato. " Yeats dis- culscllmb;valw<< in modem think;",: 'I had never read Hc~l, but my mind had been full of Blake from boyhood up and I hw thc world IS. conHict-Spectr<, Ind llmana. i<>n-1nd could dil- 'inguish bctwttn ? rot1tury and I 11<:1I01;on:" I: at 299. 0-4-6 TtnlIIrb : 'I don'. know;s it)l<)'" IpiarcOt my omination hut I'm aLod you dimmrioocd il! '
'T'he ~ of If V. -. . . . . . in 11. 2, hownf;. fasclno. ing, m Ull be rq;ardlOd . . . . . . . 'Uioll ralller <han impintion. All the ",Ievu ll in- . . ,r<>O",inoothemanU$Crip. . t<<R1 10hlv~bttnmade:in 11/)7and _ of ,hem ~ only in the 11/37 <<Iition or II vu. :o. . , . . t. ich il ,~ Onte JOYOX'I libn. ry contaiMd. " It . . themore uooortlin whether Joyce h. ad mIlCh oontkk. . ,d the parallelism of the two
sySC<1Tl1 prior '0 ,hi. date.
F rom th~ ,. . ,. ppea. . . . ncc of -1 al 30 1,oS 10 the end of 11. 1, th~
a"hi~vcmcn. . Qf the child. . ,n begin 10 COI. l. """. Fir'Sl, C begins 10 rompolCI ,,,oensorto-i', missiv~: 'Dc. r. . . ,entJeminc:born. . . how I. . , )'0\1. 'NallY? ' BUI in )Ol. O:t-IO Ihis . . ,:w:mblQ tho: /;lobi. ~lxwhcrc imponuning h" brother (l7l. n- S; 488. ~S--1l). I-llu- ben'l Boo. wanl and Pi>ruc:he. lI'\Iy bc iod uMd ""","usc of their
. ppeannc:c in II Vi. . . . . . . . . . WW". I. v. . . . . A v. . . . . ,".