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Booksby Miguel Serrano THE MYSTERIES THE VISITS OF THE QUEEN Of SHEBA THE SERPENT Of PARADISE C. G. JUNG AND HERMANN HESSE: A RECORD OF TWO FRIENDSHIPS THE ULTIMATE FLOWER EL/ELLA NOS BOOK OF THE RESURRECTION MIGUEL SERRANO TRANSLATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AUTHOR BY GELA JACOBSON ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL LONDON, BOSTON, MELBOURNE AND HENLEY Firstpublished in 1984 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc 14 LeicesterSquare, London WC2H 7PH, England 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. 02108, USA 464 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria3004, Australia and Broadway House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1EN, England Set in Bembo 10on 12pt by Set Fair Limited, London andprinted in Great Britain by The ThetJordPressLimited, ThetJord,Norfolk © English translation Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984 No part ofthis bookmay bereproduced in anyform withoutpermissionfrom thepublisher, exceptfor the quotationofbriefpassages in criticism. Library ofCongressCata/oging in PublicationData Serrano, Miguel, 1917- Nos, book ofthe Resurrection. Translation of: Nos, librodela resurreaion, I. Title. PQ8097.S57N613 1984 863 84-6956 British Library CIP Data alsoavailable. ISBN0-7100-9828-6 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Therevelation- How theCosmicEgg wasbroken- TheHerofHim- TheGods - HER-HIM- The Secret- Thefaceofthesoul-TheCircles ofReturn DEDICATION 13 ETERNALRETURN 13 ATURN OF THE WHEEL 15 Thecomrade- Thedream- Thedog on the frozen plain- TheMasterofthe Sphinx- TheMasterwho understands thelanguageoftheanimals and flowers - Thesigns- Allouine- What shelookedlike- The WhiteGods- Don'tloseyourse1f-control-'The NarrowPassages'- Thesuitor-Theflight-The WoundedKing- He asksthequestion- The supplicant- Thekiss- The bodyoftheAbsolute Woman- Thescabbardofthesword- Thetest- The 'tinyspark'- Theexchangeofhearts- Thelefthanded sign- TheRing ofResurrection- Midday- TheDisc ANOTHERTURNOFTHEWHEEL 49 Thegarden ofchildhood- Theface- Theviolets of childhood- 'Ego'- 'Uninhabitedblue' - My comrade- Thegreat war ofthe Mahabharata- TheMasterand the serpent- TheCourtofKing Antarcthus- Thestone which fellfrom heaven- Theinitiation- Thesearch once again- Carl GustavJung- 'Self'- Anima, Animus- A-Mor-'Synchronicity'- 'TheArtofthe Fugue'- HermannHesse- TheWounded Warrior Nos:Book oftheResurrection VI THERETURN OF ALLOUINE 83 TheunknownlegendofthePrincess Papan- Iinterpret the giants- She- Theglance- Thesupplication- The pathofA-Mor- Father- Thesecretchamber- The plumedserpent-'Zarathustra'- The OrphicMusic THEMETAMORPHOSIS OF THEELEPHANT 107 In which the warofthe Mahabharata begins- The difficulttestonceagain- Thesecretmarriage- 'The navel ofthe world'- Lemuria-Theinitiationofthe Manu-Tara- Dreamsaboutwater- Thebaptismofthe Man-Bird- Thecry ofthebird- Thereunion with Jason- Itisalso agrave- Deathand resurrectionin Titicaca- Theburningbush DEATHIN ANAHATA 135 Theyoungfawn- 'Thelandoftears isso mysterious' THEMASTERSPEAKS ABOUT WHATFOLLOWS 145 Dejection- Thetranscendentlight- Onthe otherside ofthe mirror- Awoman hasno soul Sheis thesoul- Don'tstay in Anahata- HowcanIbringher back to life?- Thelordofthe names- Thesealofthe word- FatherEther- Thereturn ofthebeginningto life- The astral tunnel-TheCatharstars THESOLITUDEOFTHE TRIALOGUE 161 Irecoverthe dog- Thehouseon the mountain- The BirdofParadise- TheTriad- Thelastsupper- The leap intothe Void THEEND OF KALIYUGA. THERETURN OF THEGOLDEN AGE 169 DICTIONARY OF INITIATIONOF A-MOR 171 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The illustrations for this English edition have been specially drawn by Wolfgang vom Schemm. In this book I have reproduced lines and poems by Irene Klatt, Omar Caceres, William Blake, Holderlin, Rilke, Shelley, D. H. Lawrence, Rabindranath Tagore, Leopardi, Virgil, and a translation by Ezra Poundfrom the poems ofthe troubadourBertran de Born. I am grateful to Faber & Faber Limited and New Directions Publishing Corporation for permission to quote Section 11 and SectionIV and the first line ofSection VII from the poem 'Sestina: Altaforte' from Collected Shorter Poems by Ezra Pound (Faber & Faber) and Personae by Ezra Pound (New Directions). Copyright 1926by Ezra Pound. The grave watered by tears. o you, fields ofwheat! Turn away no more. Why wilt thou turn away? The starry floor, The watery shore Is given thee till the break ofday. The only representative of God on earth is the soul MEISTER ECKHART