Literature in the cards

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 16 Feb 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

vijeno	16 Feb 2003
This is much like the other thread about sayings and phrases... only this time it's about characters and scenes from world literature, and whole texts as well, of course. (But please keep copyright and bandwidth in mind and post links rather than texts). 8 of Swords Rainer Maria Rilke: Der Panther original: http://home.arcor.de/lyrikon/rilke.html translation: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/136.html vijeno

vijeno	16 Feb 2003
P.S.: Thanks again firemaiden, that was a GREAT idea!

Moongold	17 Feb 2003
The High Priestess You who never arrived Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell) http://www.plagiarist.com/poetry/?wid=3315 There is an ache of mystery and longing throughout this poem which reminds me of the High Priestess. One can have a spiritual as well as physical yearning. 5 Pentacles The vast night Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell) The Sun My Country Dorothea McKellar (Australian poet) Thanks vijeno Moongold

Alex	17 Feb 2003
Two and Three of Swords A Poison Tree, William Blake http://plagiarist.com/poetry/?wid=1815 The Hermit, or Hierophant seed An interesting translation: Thus Spake Zarathustra A Book for All and No-one. Translation by Thomas Common. Can be found at http://users.compaqnet.be/cn127103/Nietzsche_thus_spake_zarathustra/ "WHEN Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and his solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But at last his heart changed,- and rising one morning with the rosy dawn, he went before the sun, and spake thus unto it:..."

Moongold	18 Feb 2003
Alex, Thanks for the link to the Plagiarist site. What a great collection! Moongold

Alex	18 Feb 2003
to give a link to a Plagiarist site. Quote: Originally posted by Moongold Alex, Thanks for the link to the Plagiarist site. Moongold

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