GRGR(16): a thing so awesome Even Dzambul could not sing it

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 Theodor Däubler (1876-1934), a poet, led a travelling life between Italy, 
 France, Greek & the Orient. Later he lived in Berlin. His major poetry work 
 "Das Nordlicht" was published in 1910. The quoted passage comes from an essay, 
 which is in outtakes reprinted in the Gnosis reader of Sloterdijk & Macho (- 
 "Weltrevolution der Seele. Ein Lese- und Arbeitsbuch zur Gnosis". Zürich 1993: 
 Artemis & Winkler), a source book I can highly recommend. 
 
 Physical death & spiritual rebirth, yes. On the kabbalistic Tree of Life the  
 "Death" card is associated with the path that leads from Netzach (Venus, 7,  
 fire, left belly/hip) to Tipheret (Sun, 6, air, Heart). The natural sun is  
 never in the North, the Black Sun ALWAYS ...

 "Furchtbar rot ist jetzt die Stunde. Wutentzündet
  Drohen Panther. Grausamfunkelnd. Aufgebracht!
  Dieser bleibt: ein Knabe reitet ihn und kündet
  Holder Wunder tollen Jubel in die Nacht".

                                      (from Däubler's poem "Berauschter Abend")

             Yours, Kai     

  
rj schrieb:
> Thanks Kai, and for the Daubler quotation. (Who is/was Daubler?) Sort of
> puts paid to that theory that the North = death (or is it "death" as in
> transformation, like that scary "Death" card in the Tarot, a sort of
> physical death and spiritual rebirth, a bit like doug was talking about
> in his good post about Pynchon's aqyn's song?)
>
> best
>
>
> > > It is Enlightenment of some description.I don't think it is the bomb,
> > > although it could be, I guess. I once suggested that it might have
> > > something to do with the Gnostic Light, or "Double Light", but the
> > > resident experts at the time wouldn't have a bar of that either. Doesn't
> > > the sun off the snow do strange things too?
> > 
> >   As I suggested before, this seems to refer to the Gnostic idea of
>  NORTHERN 
> >   LIGHT. In our rapidly thin running century especially Theodor Däubler has 
> >   written explicitly on & out of this idea. But it also plays an important
>  role 
> >   in the works of Hans Henny Jahnn & of Rolf Dieter Brinkmann. In their
>  works 
> >   the idea has also 'naturalistic' aspects. So Eddins would may call them   
> >   "Orphic naturalism". In case you  haven't read my Däubler mail, I
>  reproduce it 
> >   here once more:
> > 
> >   "It is north (...)" (p. 358)