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He riddled me — ah, God! I see it now!
The bloody winepress? The ascending sun?
Thy dawning beauty and thine evil bed!
The double meaning! I had evil thoughts
When I pronounced it — else had She Herself,
Hathoör or Mary, risen. Misery!
Incessant mystery of the search for Truth!

Aleister Crowley, Tannhäuser

Hermetic quote Crowley Tannhauser dawning beauty evil bed double meaning evil thoughts hathoor mary risen misery incessant mystery search truth