Part One: King Pausole and the Wican Rede in Wican Ethics by David Richard Jones.

“It all works out well in the end, of course, and the story is a comedy of erotic errors wherein old King Pausole must learn the hard way that the great Code of Tryphême has no value if it is not a true and universal law.” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “His style was heavily influenced by Rabelais which probably accounts for the inclusion of the maxims that eventually became the Wican rede, as The Adventures of King Pausole borrows many themes and ideas from Gargantua and Pantegruel; the variant of the thelemic dictum being but one among many.”
  2. “From the standpoint of Wican ethics it is clear that Gerald Gardner came across this story in his wide and varied exposure to culture, but it is far from clear exactly how this exposure happened.”
  3. “King Pausol is not, in fact, legendary per se but the literary creation of the French novelist by Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925).”
  4. “The novel takes place in fantastic kingdom of Tryphême, which has a simple code: — Ne nuis pas à ton voisin. — Ceci bien comprix, fais ce qu’il te plaît.”
  5. “King Pausole applies this to his own life and has a variety of sexual relations with the 366 wives (one for each day with an extra for leap year) in his harem.”