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Wednesday 15 June 2016

Faustus




[A Grove.]


Enter FAUSTUS to conjure


  Faust.  
Now that the gloomy shadow of the earth

Longing to view Orion’s drizzling look,

Leaps from the antarctic world unto the sky,

And dims the welkin with her pitchy breath,
Faustus, begin thine incantations,

And try if devils will obey thy hest,

Seeing thou hast pray’d and sacrific’d to them.

Within this circle is Jehovah’s name,

Forward and backward anagrammatis’d,
The breviated names of holy saints,

Figures of every adjunct to the Heavens,

And characters of signs and erring 1 stars,

By which the spirits are enforc’d to rise:

Then fear not, Faustus, but be resolute,
And try the uttermost magic can perform.

  Sint mihi Dei Acherontis propitii! Valeat numen triplex Jehovae! Ignei, aerii, aquatani spiritus, salvete! Orientis princeps Belzebub, inferni ardentis monarcha, et Demogorgon, propitiamus vos, ut appareat et surgat Mephistophilis. Quid tu moraris? per Jehovam, Gehennam et consecratum aquam quam nunc spargo, signumque crucis quod nunc facio, et per vota nostra, ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatus Mephistophilis! 2

Enter 
[MEPHISTOPHILIS] 
a DEVIL

I charge thee to return and change thy shape;

Thou art too ugly to attend on me.
Go, and return an old Franciscan friar;

That holy shape becomes a devil best.  
[Exit DEVIL

I see there’s virtue in my heavenly words;

Who would not be proficient in this art?

How pliant is this Mephistophilis,
Full of obedience and humility!

Such is the force of magic and my spells.

[Now,] Faustus, thou art conjuror laureat,

Thou canst command great Mephistophilis:

Quin regis Mephistophilis fratris imagine. 3
Re-enter MEPHISTOPHILIS 
[like a Franciscan Friar]

  Meph.  
Now, Faustus, what would’st thou have me to do?

  Faust. 
 I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live,

To do whatever Faustus shall command,

Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere,
Or the ocean to overwhelm the world.

  Meph.  
I am a servant to great Lucifer,

And may not follow thee without his leave

No more than he commands must we perform.

  Faust.  
Did not he charge thee to appear to me?
  Meph.  
No, I came hither of mine own accord.

  Faust.  
Did not my conjuring speeches raise thee? Speak.

  Meph.  
That was the cause, but yet per accidens;

For when we hear one rack 4 the name of God,

Abjure the Scriptures and his Saviour Christ,
We fly in hope to get his glorious soul;

Nor will we come, unless he use such means

Whereby he is in danger to be damn’d:

Therefore the shortest cut for conjuring

Is stoutly to abjure the Trinity,
And pray devoutly to the Prince of Hell.

  Faust.  
So Faustus hath

Already done; and holds this principle,

There is no chief but only Belzebub,

To whom Faustus doth dedicate himself.
This word “damnation” terrifies not him,

For he confounds hell in Elysium; 5

His ghost be with the old philosophers!

But, leaving these vain trifles of men’s souls,

Tell me what is that Lucifer thy lord?
  Meph.  
Arch-regent and commander of all spirits.

  Faust.  
Was not that Lucifer an angel once?

  Meph.  
Yes, Faustus, and most dearly lov’d of God.

  Faust.  
How comes it then that he is Prince of devils?

  Meph.  
O, by aspiring pride and insolence;
For which God threw him from the face of Heaven.

  Faust.  
And what are you that you live with Lucifer?

  Meph.  
Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer,

Conspir’d against our God with Lucifer,

And are for ever damn’d with Lucifer.
  Faust.  
Where are you damn’d?

  Meph.  
In hell.

  Faust.  
How comes it then that thou art out of hell?

  Meph.  
Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.

Think’st thou that I who saw the face of God,
And tasted the eternal joys of Heaven,

Am not tormented with ten thousand hells,

In being depriv’d of everlasting bliss?

O Faustus! leave these frivolous demands,

Which strike a terror to my fainting soul.
  Faust.  
What, is great Mephistophilis so passionate

For being depriv’d of the joys of Heaven?

Learn thou of Faustus manly fortitude,

And scorn those joys thou never shalt possess.

Go bear these tidings to great Lucifer:
Seeing Faustus hath incurr’d eternal death

By desperate thoughts against Jove’s deity,

Say he surrenders up to him his soul,

So he will spare him four and twenty years,

Letting him live in all voluptuousness;
Having thee ever to attend on me;

To give me whatsoever I shall ask,

To tell me whatsoever I demand,

To slay mine enemies, and aid my friends,

And always be obedient to my will.
Go and return to mighty Lucifer,

And meet me in my study at midnight,

And then resolve 6 me of thy master’s mind.

  Meph.  
I will, Faustus.  

 Exit.

  Faust.  
Had I as many souls as there be stars,
I’d give them all for Mephistophilis.

By him I’ll be great Emperor of the world,

And make a bridge through the moving air,

To pass the ocean with a band of men:

I’ll join the hills that bind the Afric shore,
And make that [country] continent to Spain,

And both contributory to my crown.

The Emperor shall not live but by my leave,

Nor any potentate of Germany.

Now that I have obtain’d what I desire,
I’ll live in speculation 7 of this art

Till Mephistophilis return again.  
Exit.


Note 1. Wandering. [back]
Note 2. “Be propitious to me, gods of Acheron! May the triple deity of Jehovah prevail! Spirits of fire, air, water, hail! Belzebub, Prince of the East, monarch of burning hell, and Demogorgon, we propitiate ye, that Mephistophilis may appear and rise. Why dost thou delay? By Jehovah, Gehenna, and the holy water which now I sprinkle, and the sign of the cross which now I make, and by our prayer, may Mephistophilis now summoned by us arise!” [back]
Note 3. “For indeed thou hast power in the image of thy brother Mephistophilis.” [back]
Note 4. Twist in anagrams. [back]
Note 5. Heaven and hell are indifferent to him. [back]
Note 6. Inform. [back]
Note 7. Study. [back]
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Tuesday 14 June 2016

Orion



"I am a Trickster God..."
- Bill Hicks


"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.



Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.



I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. 


All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. 

Time to die."



"Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south."
 (Job 9:9 KJV) 

"Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? " 
(Job 38:31 KJV) 

"Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: " 
(Amos 5:8 KJV)



Orion — 

Hebrew, 
“the fool”; 


in Job_38:31 he appears fettered with “bands.” 

The old legend represented this star as a hero, who presumptuously rebelled against God, and was therefore a fool,
Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
 and was chained in the sky as a punishment; 
for its rising is at the stormy period of the year. 

He is Nimrod 
(the exceedingly impious rebel) 
among the Assyrians; 
Orion among the Greeks. 

Sabaism 
(worship of the heavenly hosts) 
and hero-worship were blended in his person. 

He first subverted the patriarchal order of society by substituting a chieftainship  [ROYALTY] based on [right of] conquest 
(Gen_10:9, Gen_10:10). 

(Jamieson, Fausset And Brown Commentary)



Enter FAUSTUS to conjure

  Faust.  
Now that the gloomy shadow of the earth

Longing to view Orion’s drizzling look,

Leaps from the antarctic world unto the sky,

And dims the welkin with her pitchy breath,
        
Faustus, begin thine incantations,

And try if devils will obey thy hest,

Seeing thou hast pray’d and sacrific’d to them.

Within this circle is Jehovah’s name,

Forward and backward anagrammatis’d,
        
The breviated names of holy saints,

Figures of every adjunct to the Heavens,

And characters of signs and erring 1 stars,

By which the spirits are enforc’d to rise:

Then fear not, Faustus, but be resolute,
   
And try the uttermost magic can perform.




  Vicki Vale :

"Purple - I love Purple...!"

Batman :

Excuse me:-

U Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight...?



Vicki Vale: 

Orion's arms are wide enough

2 hold us both together

'Although we're worlds apart

I'd cross the stars 4 U



In the heart of a sleepless moon
I'll be with U 4 ever
This is my destiny
'Till my life is through

The arms of Orion that's where I wanna be
Since U've been gone

Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
I've been searching 4 a lover
In the Sea of Tranquility
I'm drowning without U here, my dear

'When I am lost and feeling alone'
'I just look to heaven'
'I find my comfort there'
'God only knows where U are 2 night'

"God only knows where U are 2 night"
"Maybe time will tell me"
"'Till then I'll close my eyes and say a prayer 4 U"
('I'll say a prayer 4 U 2')

The arms of Orion that's where I wanna be
Since U've been gone

Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
I've been searching 4 a lover
In the Sea of Tranquility
I'm drowning without U here, my dear
Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
Orion's heart is bright enough
2 shine on both of us
The constellations never fail
2 light the way 4 love

'Orion's arms are wide enough'
2 hold us both together

Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?

"Although we're worlds apart"
('I'd cross the stars 4 U')
"I'd cross the stars 4 U"

The arms of Orion that's where I wanna be
Since U've been gone


Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
I've been searching 4 a lover
In the Sea of Tranquility
I'm drowning without U here, my dear

The arms of Orion that's where I wanna be


Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
Since U've been gone I've been drowning"
('lost')
"In the sea of tranquility" 
('lonely')
"Drowning without U here my dear" 
('baby')

'The arms of Orion'
'That's where I wanna be'
'That's where I wanna be' 
(the arms of Orion)
That's where I wanna be 
(the arms of Orion)
Since U've been gone, babe
Since U've been gone
I've been drowning, 
(drowning), 
drowning
Drowning without your love

The arms of Orion 


Have u Ever Danced with The Devil in the Pale Moonlight,,,?
(arms of Orion)


In the Doctor Who New Adventures novel Love and War, the 25th century New Age Travellers have a trickster god they just call the Trickster (who doesn't appear to be related to The Sarah Jane Adventures character). 

During Jan's vision quest, he appears to Jan as "Arlan Jardolz, the Betalan comedian" and to Ace as Vic Reeves.





The Trickster - TV Tropes

Be careful, watch that last step!
Aelius: I think that if someone tried to rob you in the street, you'd pick his pocket, sell him a better knife and probably offer him a job as a tax collector.
Basso:
I choose to take that as a compliment.
A trickster is a character who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behavior. The Trickster openly questions and mocks authority, encourages impulse and enthusiasm, seeks out new ideas and experiences, destroys convention and complacency, and promotes chaos and unrest. At the same time, the trickster brings new knowledge, wisdom and many 
. Even when punished horribly for his effrontery, his indomitable spirit (or plain sheer foolishness) keeps him coming back for more.
Tricksters can be anything from gods of chaos, bedeviling heroes for a few laughs, to master manipulators who use cruel ploys and
. They can also be
(or more likely
) who
or bravery with manipulation,
, or just plain
. The trickster is often a
and may have magical or super-powers. They're often found
.
In mythology and religion, the trickster deity breaks the rules of the gods or nature, sometimes maliciously but usually,
, with ultimately positive effects. Often, the bending/breaking of rules takes the form of tricks or thievery, and their actions often end up
changing
the rules in the process of breaking them, much like an act of "civil disobedience".
Tricksters can be cunning or foolish or both; they are often funny even when considered sacred or performing important cultural tasks. Even if not otherwise punished, they are often prone to
. Sometimes the Trickster appears as a sort of catalyst, in that his antics are the cause of other characters' discomfiture, but he himself is left untouched. (Or at least unenlightened, if the trick backfires.)
In modern literature, the Trickster survives as a character archetype, ranging from the
, through the merely impulsive and mischievous, to an openly hostile antagonist. Mythical versions may also be
, sometimes in direct contravention of their original legends.
The Trickster is NOT the same as the
. While the Trickster may be mischievous, impudent and uppity, he is not necessarily openly malevolent or sociopathic; in fact, in many cases Tricksters are
more
friendly to humanity
. It is possible, however, for a character to be introduced as a Trickster before being gradually or suddenly revealed to possess depths of cruelty and malice that make them truly villainous, in a form of
.
Compare
and
. May overlap with
, particularly if the trickster is doing it purely for fun.

Sub Tropes




The Trickster God - TV Tropes

The Trickster figure is deeply rooted in the folklore and mythology of every culture; a cosmic jester, a wise fool, a mysterious, mischievous creature, fun-loving and rebellious, and unconstrained by the laws which bound normal men. Sound familiar?
—
Stuart Millard
on The Legend of 
, 
Smoke and Mirrors & Steven Seagal
This is a 
but with (effectively) magical powers — often in the form of a 
. The Great Gazoo allows for nearly any number of other plots, thereby guaranteeing high drama or
.
This character is typically based on
(i.e. one of many "gods of mischief" from mythology, from Loki to Coyote to Puck). Often they are a
or
whom the heroes often regard (usually with an irritated
at his return) as more like a pest than a serious menace. Sometimes the mishaps he causes are in fact a result of his
. Sometimes he's an outright
, in which case the heroes eventually get enough of his pranks and set out to stop him, but he can still be dangerously destructive if confronted improperly. The powers the Great Gazoo commandeers are by definition plot-breaking, so he usually has to be outsmarted or outwitted in order to be defeated. A direct assault never works.
Takes its name from the Great Gazoo from
, a little green alien that
. Not to be confused with
.
See Also:
and

The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Played.....



 "...Ho-Ho,Ho-Ho! 

 We'll see who believes in Me now!"
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