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Chapter 6
HiesosKristos,magicianofthebeautiful,theLogoswhosuffersinusateverymoment.Thisverilyisthat.Iamthefireuponthealtar.Iamthesacrificialbutter.
Dunlop,Judge,thenoblestRomanofthemall,A.E.,Arval,theNameIneffable,inheavenhight:K.H.,theirmaster,whoseidentityisnosecrettoadepts.Brothersofthegreatwhitelodgealwayswatchingtoseeiftheycanhelp.TheChristwiththebridesister,moistureoflight,bornofanensouledvirgin,repentantsophia,departedtotheplaneofbuddhi.Thelifeesotericisnotforordinaryperson.O.P.mustworkoffbadkarmafirst.MrsCooperOakleyonceglimpsedourveryillustrioussisterH.P.B.’selemental.
O,fie!Outon’t!Pfuiteufel!Younaughtn’ttolook,missus,soyounaughtn’twhenalady’sashowingofherelemental.
MrBestentered,tall,young,mild,light.Heboreinhishandwithgraceanotebook,new,large,clean,bright.
—Thatmodelschoolboy,Stephensaid,wouldfindHamlet’smusingsabouttheafterlifeofhisprincelysoul,theimprobable,insignificantandundramaticmonologue,asshallowasPlato’s.
JohnEglinton,frowning,said,waxingwroth:
—UponmyworditmakesmybloodboiltohearanyonecompareAristotlewithPlato.
—Whichofthetwo,Stephenasked,wouldhavebanishedmefromhiscommonwealth?
Unsheatheyourdaggerdefinitions.Horsenessisthewhatnessofallhorse.Streamsoftendencyandeonstheyworship.God:noiseinthestreet:veryperipatetic.Space:whatyoudamnwellhavetosee.
