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The Lords of the Ghostland: A History of the Ideal (Classic Reprint)
The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal - Classic Reprint Author:Edgar Saltus BRAHMA — THE ideal is the essence of poetry. — In the virginal innocence of the — world, poetry was a term that meant — discourse of the gods. A world grown — grey has learned to regard the gods as — diseases of language. Conceived, it may — be, in fevers of fancy, perhaps, originally, — they were but deified words. Yet, it is — as children of beauty and... more » of dream that
they remain.
"Mortal has made the immortal," the
Rig-Veda explicitly declares. The mak-
ing was surely slow.
Table of Contents
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Brahma
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Ormuzd
39
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Anmon-Ra
60
IV
Bel-Marduk
81
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Jehovah
109
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Zeus
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Jupiter
166
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The Nee Plus Ultra
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