In contrast to much of the Western Christian ideas
of innocence, often associated with so-called "renunciation", the Muse
of the Greek poet ODYSSEAS ELYTIS (expressed in his book "Maria Nephele")
is a Priestess of Ecstasy that goes beyond Hedonism, into the Innocence
of Sensuality BEFORE the FALL (from Paradise). There is no
'split' between the Mind and the Body, no
restriction to erotic imagination, and absolutely
no alienation, in her Being. (Maria was also a real person, who inspired
Elytis as a muse).
(paidiA ki engOnia tis
apArnisis
EInai Ola tous
bAstarda").
(i MarIa nefEli zei stous
antIpodes tis eethikEEs
EInai Olo EEthos.
Otan lEei 'tha koimoithO
m'aftOn,
ennoEI oti tha skotOsei
akOmi mia forA tin istorIa...)
[NOTE: Instead of the Christian/monogamous 'ideals', the
nature of
Maria Nephele is "polyamorous", like
the Goddess Aphroditee
(Venus) who had countless lovers. However,
her polyamorous
nature is not 'greedy hedonism', but profoundly
revolutionary
and capable of changing History. Her erotic ecstasy
'murders
History', i.e. changes the 'established order'
of the World.]
| Maria Nephele is undoubtedly
| a sharp(-cutting) girl
| a true menace of the future
(p. 45)
(I marIa nefEli anamfisvItita
EInai korItsi oksY
alethinEE apeilEE tou
mEllondos)
[...]
| Maria Nephele goes forward
| redeemed from the despicable
concept of the Eternal Cycle
(i marIa nefEli pAei brostA
lytromEni apo tin apechthEE
Ennoia tou aiOniou kYklou)
[NOTE: The 'Eternal Cycle' is (probably) what the 'traditional'
Occult Theories teach. There is no escape from this Cycle
as
long as 'Occult Theories' are used conservatively and
negatively.]
| and through her mere existence
| finishes-off half-human people.
(kai mOno me tin YparksEE
tis
apoteleiOnei tous misOUs
anthrOpous).
[NOTE: The "half-human" people here, refers to alienated
people
who have lost their humanity (or half of it). Maria
Nephele
'finishes them off' meaning that her Glow annihilates
them.]
|"This girl is a shame"
| shaking their heads, they say
| Supposedly crying for me
| don't they let go, of me
[NOTE: Everybody thinks she's 'lost' or 'irredeemable'.
Yet... her Purity is Transcendent, Divine Sensuality.
Like all muses, she 'cant be understood, nor caught'.
The way to deal with her is to 'let her be'. The
Poet
knows this, becoming enchanted by her, as his MUSE.]
| In the clouds I take strolls
| like beautiful thunder
| whatever I give or take
| becomes rain
[NOTE: The 'gratuitousness' of Maria's Grace
refuses to
comply with the narrow-minded 'give and take' ideals
of alienated Love: The equation of Love to Ecomonics.
She gives herself completely, and demands everything.
Ecstasy knows no bounds, and benefits all, like
rain.]
| Hey you guys, watch me close
| I cut from both sides now
| in the mornings I hardly speak
(*)
| and swear upon 'Virgin Maries'
| and the evenings wherever I crawl
| in the grass of anyone's (garden)
| you may think I'm 'lance-fighting'
| droungou-droungou-drou
[NOTE: She 'hardly speaks' meaning 'you can't even talk
to her'.
It's not her 'obligation' to be 'polite' or 'communicative'.
If you talk to her when she doesn't want to talk,
she'll
just tell you to 'fuck off', or 'insult the Virgin
Mary',
(as Greek insults sometimes do, "...tin Panagia
sou").]
| I know nothing of 'joy'
| and I step over sadness too
| Like the angel I turn and swirl
| swirl over the edge of the cliff
[NOTE: Alienated dualities of 'positive' and 'negative',
such
as good/bad, joy/sadness have no ultimate value
for her.
She attempts to live dangerously through
love, like an
'angel at the edge of the cliff'. Yet... she falls
not!]
(Greek originals omitted here for brevity. See page 49).
(Ena sOma gymnO EInai i
monadikEE proEktasi
tis noitEEs gramEEs pou
mas enOnei me to mystEErio).
(aphorism, at end of page 104).
[...]
"When you hear 'ORDER', it smells of human meat!'
(aphorism, at end of page 108).
3)
"SPEECH on PURITY" (p. 65)
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And I add: Your shadow
is a very bad counsel
Always walk
under the vertical Sun
"Without boundaries, without bounds (or terms)"
Because... MesDammes et Monsieurs,
what the swallow-birds attribute to us
-the Spring we did not Bring-
is precisely our 'Purity'.
NOTE: The liberation of the senses is useless and alienated,
if it is restricted only to closed dark rooms,
or bound
by rules, terms, regulations, restrictions of any
kind.
Innocent Sensuality needs no such things, and fears
not
the light of the Sun. One's 'shadow' is very bad
advice;
Dark Gods are obsolete; The Sensual Maiden is Light.
]
Advice for... Christians and Saints, can also be found:
(p.77)
[....]
It would be supreme Wisdom if Saints
were to reconcile
themselves with their bodies
and hear again the Speech of the
Angels falling
like thin drizzling rain of the
Spring
at a time when all kinds of Knowledge
is burning...
[....]
With my BEAUTY
I shall make _obsolete_ the Concept
of a 'Book'!
I shall invent the New Flowers
and I shall give birth from my
guts
and I shall crown as 'king' in
the crutch of my legs
the PUBLIC ROSE.
From THIS shall flow the Wind
of True Innocence
where FEW humans shall survive
however all the birds will
be picking on the nipples of my
breasts
[....]
4) "THE
ETERNAL BET" (p. 112, last poem & conclusion)
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(the bet is...)
(1)
THAT one day you shall bite unto
the New Lemon
liberating vast quantities of Sun
from within it
(2)
THAT all the currents of the Seas
suddenly enlightened will demonstrate
that you elevate the Sea to the
Ethical Level
(3)
THAT even in your death, you will
again be
like Water in the Sun
becoming cold by instinct.
[....]
(6)
THAT all the world's callousness
shall become stone
hegemonically on which you shall
sit
holding an obedient bird in your
palm
(7)
THAT you alone, in the end, will
be assigned
(a throne) slowly into the Majesty
of the Dawn and the Sunset.
(END of BOOK)
[NOTE: This powerful, yet simple poem indicates the Vision
of the Revolutionary Muse, not the 'christian maiden'
but the
Pagan Priestess, of Joy and Justice united.
There is no doubt that her Compassion will one
day win
over callousness and un-compassionate cruelty.
The
liberation of the senses is also the liberation
of Man.]
5) "The
PRIMAL PARADISE"