Lords of the Ghostland Author:Edgar Saltus 1907. A history of the ideal. The ideal is the essence of poetry. In the virginal innocence of the world, poetry was a term that meant the discourse of the gods. Found within this volume are the following Lords of the Ghostland: Brahma; Ormuzd; Amon-Ra; Bel-Marduk; Jehovah; Zeus; Jupiter; the Nec Plus Ultra.