The Dream-God, Or a Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep
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His i nine books ' constitute the creed and code — the bible — of the i Celestial Empire/ and you will deem it a singular fact that they contain no mention of a Creator — no allusion to Grod." Mortal. — " It is indeed strange for so intel- ligent a people. All other peoples have some kind of a belief and worship of a Supreme Being. Hark ! I hear sounds from below — I hear chants !" Immortal. — " Yes, they are from the Em- peror and his court, performing idol-service, offering fruits, wines, flo...wers and fancy arti- cles, and now singing chants. We will witness their return to the palace, and then visit them." Soon the vision embraced a scene of Orien- tal pomp— a pageant, with its ceremonies, gor- geous displays and vain-glorious crudities. The Dream-God. 19 This narrative must dispense with the de- scription, nor could the reader be made to re- ceive the impression produced on the visitor from the West, while gazing on the dramas of the East. His Celestial Majesty—" brother of the sun and cousin of the stars " — is now enthroned in his extended residence, amid princely persons, political potentates and priestly dignitaries, surrounded by every burnishment and ad- ministered to by varied flattery and all servil- ity.
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