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Etidorhpa — Chapter IV
Etidorhpa — Chapter IV. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. A Search for Knowledge — The Alchemistic Letter. TO THE BROTHER ADEPT WHO DARES TRY TO DISCOVER ZOROASTER'S CAVE, OR THE PHILOSOPHERS' INTELLECTUAL ECHOES, BY MEANS OF WHICH THEY COMMUNICATE TO ONE ANOTHER FROM THEIR CAVES. Believe ye that I conceal the art out of envy? Would that it were! My guest of the massive forehead paused for a moment, stroked his long, white beard, and then, after casting an inquiring glance on me, asked, " Shall I read on?
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XL
Etidorhpa — Chapter XL. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Further Temptation — Etidorhpa Appears. Could any man from the data of my past experiences have predicted such a scene? The band of spirits or fairy forms reached the rock at my feet, but I did not know how long a time they consumed in doing this; it may have been a second, and it may have been an eternity. Neither did I care. A single moment of existence such as I experienced, seemed worth an age of any other pleasure. Then, in the distance, I observ...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLI
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLI. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Thank God for the sun," I cried. " Thank God for the light and heat of the sun.". Said the angel: " Were there no sun there would be no men, but were there no men there would still be misery.". Water, water, water," I cried, and then in the distance as if in answer to my cry, I beheld a lake of water. Instantly every nerve was strained, every muscle stretched, and I fled over the sands towards the welcome pool. I motioned for water; I could not speak.
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLII. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Man's conception of eternity is that of infinite duration, continuance without beginning or end, and yet everything he knows is bounded by two or more opposites. From a beginning, as he sees a form of matter, that substance passes to an end." Thus spoke my guide. You ate of the narcotic fungus; you have been intoxicated.". You say," I interrupted, " that I dropped upon my knees, that I have experienced the hallucination of intoxication, that the exp...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLIII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLIII. Thursday, September 13, 2007. To-morrow evening," said he, " I will return at nine o'clock. In the interim, if you still question any part of the story, or wish further information on any subject connected with my journey, I will be prepared to answer your queries. Since, however, that will be your last opportunity, I suggest that you make notes of all subjects that you wish to discuss.". Then, in his usual self-possessed, exquisitely polite manner, he bowed himself out. I acce...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLIV
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLIV. Thursday, September 13, 2007. The Fathomless Abyss — The Edge of the Earth's Shell. Promptly at eight o'clock the next evening the old man entered my room. He did not allude to the occurrences of the previous evening, and for this considerate treatment I felt thankful, as my part in those episodes had not been enviable. He placed his hat on the table, and in his usual cool and deliberate manner, commenced reading as follows:. Is this another hallucination? 60;< Back.
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLV
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLV. Thursday, September 13, 2007. My Heart-throb is Stilled — And Yet I Live. Have others overcome the instinctive terrors to which you allude? Yes; but usually the dread of death, or an unbearable uncertainty, compels the traveler to give up in despair before reaching this spot, and the opportunity of a lifetime is lost. Yes; an opportunity that occurs only in the lifetime of one person out of millions, of but few in our brotherhood.". Then I can return if I so elect? Stone in this ...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLVI
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLVI. Thursday, September 13, 2007. The Inner Circle, or the End of Gravitation — In the Bottomless Gulf. Open your eyes," said my guide, " you have no cause for fear.". I acquiesced in an incredulous, dazed manner. This unusual experience is sufficient to unnerve you, but you need have no fear, for you are not in corporal danger, and can relax your grasp on my person.". This is the earth-shelf from which we sprung," said the guide; " it will soon disappear.". Where are we now? The se...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLVII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLVII. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Hearing Without Ears — "What Will Be the End? A flood of recollections came over me, a vivid remembrance of my earth-learned school philosophy. " I rebel again," I said, " I deny your statements. We can neither be moving, nor can we be out of the atmosphere. Fool that I have been not to have sooner and better used my reasoning faculties, not to have at once rejected your statements concerning the disappearance of the atmosphere.". Am I not speaking?
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLVIII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLVIII. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Why and How — The Straggling Ray of Light from those Farthermost Outreaches. Confronting mankind there stands a sphinx- the vast Unknown. However well a man may be informed concerning a special subject, his farthermost outlook concerning that subject is bounded by an impenetrable infinity.". I can not believe you, and question if you can prove what you say.". Do not tell me this is beneath the notice of men of science, for science claims that no s...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XLIX
Etidorhpa — Chapter XLIX. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Oscillating Through Space — The Earth's Shell Above Us. Can this oscillation ever end? Are we to remain thus, as an unceasing pendulum, traversing space, to and fro across this invisible shell of attraction from now until the end of time? The greater degree of attraction for gases belongs, therefore, to the earth's exterior surface.". Exactly at the earth's exterior surface? Practically so. The greatest density of the air is found a few miles be...
