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

[David Morris]

Please, might you attempt a translation for us language-challenged?
DM

>From: lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de  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
> >
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