NOS: Book of the Resurrection

203 Pages·1984·9.426 MB·English

by  SERRANO, Miguel

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
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English translation Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984
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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
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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