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<font size="4">Two
Mystic Poems in Modern French</font></B></p>
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is the first poem, I give only the text, followed by an explanatory
paraphrase.</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>CHANSON
DES <FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">É</FONT>TAGES</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>II fait jour chez la reine.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>C' est la nuit pr<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>s
du roi</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>D<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>j<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">à</FONT>
chante la reine.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif">A </FONT>peine
dart Ie roi.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Les ombres qui I' encha<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">î</FONT>tnent,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Une <FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">à</FONT> une,
illes voit.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Le regard de la reine</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Ne sy attache pas.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Le destin qui les m<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">è</FONT>ne,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Dont frissonne Ie roi,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Ne trouble point la reine.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Brillent la mer au bas,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Et, rythme de ses veines,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>CelIe qui la br<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">û</FONT>la,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>s<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">&amp;oelig;</FONT>ur de la vague
m<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">ê</FONT>me.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">Ô</FONT>
minutes sereines,</FONT></I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I><FONT SIZE=3>Vous n'<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">ê</FONT>tes
plus au roi!</FONT></I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I><FONT SIZE=3>Le souvenir d'un
ch<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">ê</FONT>ne</FONT></I></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2>Page -  206</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Sur son front de souci</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Pose une tache claire.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>C' <I>est dans une autre vie,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Quand s'<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>veillait
la reine</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Contre Ie CrEur du roi.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Ah! ferme ton palais</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Ou monte en ses <FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>tages,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Timide souverain.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Tu comprendras pourquoi</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Sur un rocher sauvage</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Le reine appuie son sein.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Tu comprendras pourquoi,</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Et t' en consoleras.<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">¹</FONT></I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>RENE CHAR</FONT></P>
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PARAPHRASE</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>The queen upstairs is the higher consciousness. The king
downstairs is the egoistic being in the lower consciousness. While it
is dawn and daylight with the queen, it is night with the king - he
is just entering into sleep. The king sees dark 'Shadows closing him
in, binding him down - bonds  of ignorance imprisoning him in the
ordinary life and consciousness. The queen, the higher power, is free
of all that.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>Both are being led towards a high divine destiny. But
the ego-being is frightened, while the higher consciousness has no
worry. And yet the lower consciousness is aflame; for its veins are
flowing with a secret fire which its own sister has kindled in it.
Ignorance harbours within its bosom a secret knowledge that is a
reflection of the higher consciousness.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>There are tranquil moments in the lower eternity that
come from on high, from the queen. They do not belong to the king.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>At such moments a memory comes of a divine
tree, the tree of immortal life, and imprints a white seal upon the
king's tormented brow. The king feels it is another life, feels the
queen awake by his side.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>To have the queen always by his side the king must close</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">¹</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif">
<I>Poetry, </I></FONT>Volume 104, No 5, August 1964.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2>Page -  207</FONT><BR>
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doors and windows of the lower storey of his palace and climb the
stairs upward.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>The king must shed all fear. There will be no palace to
live in but a bare rock upon which he will find the queen lying down.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>The king will understand that the higher consciousness
must come down and touch and kiss the bleak earth-consciousness. The
spirit must embrace the cold bare earth. Then only the human soul,
the king free of his ego, will attain peace and felicity.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>Here is the second poem. I follow the same principle - I
 do not give a translation but, as I said, an explanatory paraphrase,
and I conclude by a short comment.</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>(2)</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>PO<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">È</FONT>MES</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>(Extraits)</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Tes soleits sont de houx, de gui.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Jamais perdu, jamais saisi</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Qui est en moi, qui ny est plus!</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>L' tau va et vient sous les talus.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Je ne vois pas ce que je vois</I></FONT></P>
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&amp;ndash; <FONT SIZE=3><I>Ta nuit de tilleul et de noix. Je vois ce que
je ne vois pas</I></FONT></P>
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&amp;ndash; <FONT SIZE=3>T<I>es mains sont dans les resedas.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Oreille ouverte, oreille close</I></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left:2in; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
<FONT SIZE=3>J' <I>entends les lacs au.r lauriers-roses.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Ton nom de silence et de sel.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Mais je n' entends pas les p<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>trels!<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">¹</FONT></I></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>(ii)</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-left:2in; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
<FONT SIZE=3><I>Mes li<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">è</FONT>vres,
dans l'herbe obscure,quelqu'un les traque.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><I>Un chien frais, un <FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>pervier
pur sur ma piste.</I></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">¹</FONT>&quot;Et
Les lIes Feront Silence,&quot; 6.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2>Page -  208</FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif">C' <I>est cache
sans abri que ces fourr<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>s, ces
cistes.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Des menhirs de
veTTe emmurent mes <FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">î</FONT>les.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif">O <I>lumi<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">è</FONT>re
aigu<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">ë</FONT>! Je m' enracile-m' exile. </I></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Le seul feu que
je fuis m' a d<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>j<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">à</FONT>
consum<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Mon sang est
pris. Mon sang ne se soumet</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Aux signes sur
la proie, mais n' est vivant que mort.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Ne plus tenter
de voir, d'entendre, d'ouvrir l'or!</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>La t<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>n<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">è</FONT>bre
d' enfance est mang<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>e de
merveilles!<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">¹</FONT></I></FONT></P>
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<BR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>(iii)</FONT></P>
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<BR>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Ce sang perdu
comme un pas</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>N'a densit<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>
que d'en bas.</I></FONT></P>
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<BR>
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&amp;ndash; <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Des
basses eaux, de la cendre</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>O<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">ù</FONT>
l' arme aussi doit descendre.</I></FONT></P>
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<BR>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left:2in; line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Les statues
marchent, s' attardent</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Dans une mort
tie<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">è</FONT>de et fade.</I></FONT></P>
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<BR>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif">J' <I>ai man amour
ennemi.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Ses sables m'
ant endormi.</I></FONT></P>
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<BR>
</P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif">Qui <I>charmera d'
un chevreuil</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Les tongues
salles de deuil?</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Ma bouche
bourbeuse, vide</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Crie par
morsure d' acide</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Sur le silence
aggrav<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>.</I></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><I>Un feu survient
du n<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>v<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>.</I></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=RIGHT style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>JEAN-CLAUDE
RENARD</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>EXPLANATORY
PARAPHRASE</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=3>All
the suns of the higher consciousness are hidden here in the heart of
leaves and flowers<font face="Times New Roman">–</font>the tiniest beauties, the</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">¹</FONT>
&quot;Et Les lIes Feront Silence,&quot; 8.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=3>floating fragrances of nature. <I>That </I>I never lose,
yet never catch, it remains within my heart and yet it is not there.
The stream flows and passes through, under the embankment.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>It is the hidden Reality that plays hide and seek with
us.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>I do not see with the outer eye what I see with the
inner eye. For the outer eye moves in a darkness made by the wooded
growths of the earth. I see with the inner eye what I do not see with
the outer eye. The luminous hand of the higher consciousness moves
about in the midst of the thorns of life.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>With the inner ear open, with the outer ear closed, I
hear the tranquil waters, bordered with laurels and roses, move
somewhere within. That is a sea of silence and of salt, but the cry
of the wild storm-bird is not there.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>*	*	*</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>In the dark woodlands of our nature animals rush about.
Someone is chasing them. A hound of heaven, a falcon of the sky is
after its prey. There are hidden bushes, grottoes, secret holes and
corners that shelter my favourite animals. But to the secret luminous
eye the soild walls of the shelter are transparent, are seen through.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>I follow the Light that pierces me. I uproot myself from
my home. I seek to fly from that Fire but I am already burnt up.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>My blood is now captured. It is the willing prey, the
victim of its hunter. It is living only because it is dead. There is
now no endeavour to seek and to hear, to run after the golden
treasure, for now it is a child's consciousness made of a darkness, a
forgetfulness crowded with marvels.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>*	*	*</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>The earthly blood that loses its way is heavy because it
treads here below. Here there are stagnant waters, dead ashes. The
arm from on high must extend here too. Here all forms are walking
statues. They delay and delay in a death that is yet warm <I>
<font face="Times New Roman">–</font>
</I>only lukewarm&nbsp; <I><font face="Times New Roman">–</font>&nbsp;
</I>but lifeless. The earthly love I
bear is my enemy. Its fire ends in dust and I go to sleep into the
unconsciousness. My home here is a mourning hall; how can it be
changed into a hall of beauty and living and moving shapes? Yes, my
mouth is empty and full of dust, yes, it cries bitten by a corrosive
acid thrown upon an increasing silence. It is a fire that comes from
the chill snowy heights.</FONT></P>
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NOTE</B></FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>The relation between the Higher and the Lower, between
the other world and this, the interaction between the two is all that
mysticism means. The relation is spoken of sometimes as that of
enmity and sometimes as that of friendliness. Ordinarily the two are
incompatibles, enemies, as is quite natural. At times however, when
the individual is ripe for the turnover, the two collaborate. The
lower consciousness aspires for the higher and the higher comes down
and enters into the lower to purify and change it.</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=3>Various figures and images depict the nature and
relation of the two. The lower is darkness and the night, the higher
is light and the day. Sometimes it is the opposite: the lower is the
day (ordinary common light), the higher is dark night (because
unknown and unfamiliar or because of the very dazzle of its light).
The lower is imaged at times as a woodland, a shelter for wild
growths and roving animals. The higher is the hunter, with his hounds
chasing the creatures of the lower domain. Also the higher is the
serene infinite sky, the lower the raging sea below. Otherwise,
again, the higher is the vast sea, tranquil or quietly rippling above
and the lower is the solid material universe. The higher is the
delightful sun, the lower is the muddy slimy earth of the bed of
stones and rocks. The consummation, the <I>d<FONT FACE="Luxi Serif">é</FONT>nouement
</I>is the interlocking between the two and a final coalescence in
which the higher penetrates into the lower and the lower is
sublimated into the higher and the two form one integral undivided
reality.</FONT><BR>
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