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From Anonymous
"Love and the Law" isn't a direct quote but it is a direct reference to Crowley's Thelema or 93 current. The Law is the law of Liber AL vel Legis, "The Book of the Law", where you will find the statement "Love is the law, love under will" in chapter I verse 57. You will also find the dove and the serpent in that same verse.
Also from TL:
from the Bible, especially the New Testament. The law is of course the Halacha, the jewish ritual law with its detailed prescriptions what to eat, what to do or not on Shabbat and so on. In Christianism, the "law" has been obliterated by the grace and the love of Jesus - see for example Acts 15, and the letters of St. Paul (Romans 3,28; 13,10: "Thus the love is the fulfillment of the law").
SYNOPSIS
In the Mayors mind all the trapped legions of demons are in Hell. Promethea overpowers the 5 Swell Guys. Promethea(5) and (6) enter Netzach which is an underwater realm or an ocean of emotion. In this sea of green Promethea(6)/Sophie has memories of her mother and her own birth and Promethea (5)/Barbara remembers the death of her husband.
Both are overcome by their strong emotions and surrender to love. They surface on a shore to encounter Death who dismembers them but it is only a metaphorical death.
QUOTES
“And who gives the bloody snots of an infant flayed alive and roast in hell what you think, you trickling excrescence?” – Sonny Baskerville, pg 2
“You are not here to think, you leprous little scab! The only purpose of your mildew-like existence is to do my bidding! Do you understand??” – Sonny Baskerville, pg 2
“…I worked with Daley in Chicago. He wasn’t a patch on this guy.” – Henchman 1
“He’s good. The muttering’s creepy though.” – Henchman 2 2
“Yeah. The muttering’s creepy. Personally, I like the raving and bellowing better. It’s more normal.” – Henchman 1
“Yeah. Raving and bellowing’s good. Plus, I gotta say, the voters love him.” – Henchman 2, pgs. 2-3
“Oh, balls. Roger’s down…” – Bob, pg 3
The leader of the 5 Swell Guys displaying great leadership skills as ususal
“…I’m much more in touch with my emotions…and she still has a way to go.” – Promethea 2(b), pg 5
“Austin was just explaining’ stuff to me, about Thoth and his Ape. This communication theory stuff about signal and noise. And, uh we had sex. I mean I don’t want you to think I’m unfaithful to Steve. It’s just…” – Promethea(5)
“Barbara, it’s fine. I understand. Different things are important here.” – Promethea(6), pg 6
“You’ll see me later, down the road, but I won’t know you. I’ll be a completely different person there.” – Austin Osman Spare, pg 7
“So, that’s Austin Osman Spare. He’s sort of intense isn’t he?” – Promethea(6), pg 8
“It’s a good job I’m, already dead.” – Promethea(5), pg 8
“I can breathe and talk! It’s like being underwater in a dream.” – Promethea(5), pg 10
“…it’s water on a symbolic level. Water as a symbol of emotion. An ocean of emotion.” – Promethea(6), pg 10
“It’s kinda weird. Ordinary life, it’s got these ancient symbol systems runnin’ all through it, and nobody even thinks about it.” – Promethea(5), pg 11
“…nobody loves anybody nobody love me…” – Sophie, pg 12
“…and I’m sixteen and boys love me a little while that’s what they mean when they say about doing me they mean they love me…” – Trish Bangs, pg 12
“…that’s me in 1970 when I first turned into Promethea. God look at me. I was really pretty.” – Promethea(5), pg 13
“Everything comes out of the water…Everything that’s alive…Organisms struggling and reproducing in this rich green soup…and the whole world, every species, results from that. That first attraction.” – Promethea(6) pg 17
“The tree of life. And Venus is the only planetary symbol that completely reprises its shape. They say it’s because that’s the principle the entire universe is founded on: Love.” – Promethea(6), pg 19
“I’m good. I’m just not blissed out any more.” – Promethea(6) pg 21
“It makes you wonder if we have emotions, or if emotions have us.” – Promethea(6), pg 20
“I already died. I—I really don’t need to go through that again.” – Promethea(5), pg 22
“Before progressing to the solar sphere. The highest self, it’s like our lower personality…the thing we think of as us…has to die.” – Promethea(6) pg 22
“Y’know that metaphorical stuff…it really hurts.” – Promethea(5)
“Y-yeah. Sort of gets the idea across, though, doesn’t it?” – Promethea(6)
NOTES & ANNOTATIONS
Netzach
Reality Creator Workbook Series
Page 1: Note all the devils framing the panels mostly in sexual positions:
Page 1, Panel 1: caption
Hell isn't just a metaphysical location but also a state of mind. In Christopher Marlowes Dr. Faustus when Faust ask Mephistopholes how he can be summoned up to earth instead of being permanently trapped in hell Mephistopholes answers:
Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Here is the dictionary definiton of hell:
Page 2, Panel 1:
Bael
Panel 2: Note the skulls on Mayor Baskervilles' tie.
Panel 3: Sonny certainly has a way with words.
Panel 5:
Daley in Chicago
There were 2 famous mayors named Daley in Chicago:
Richard J Daley and
Richard M Daley.
Page 3 Panel 2: Note the hovercar and the Love Club.
Panel 5: Rogers' face from Panel 3 is repeated on the screen.
Pages 4-5: Sun symbols at either end. Last time we see the devils doing naughty things to each other.
top panel: L9 seems to be a continuity mistake from the last page of the last issue
Note the clock reading just after 9 o'clock.
Page 4 panel 4/Page 5 panel 1: Nice split personality of Promethea depicted by her face being also split not only across two panels but across 2 pages.
Pages 6-7: Note the green flowers. They look like roses to me. Roses are green...
Page 6 panel 2: Note that the lightning struck tower is still visible in the background.
Page 6 panel 3/Page 7 panel 3: Note the strange faces still floating around Spare.
Page 7 panel 2: Nice little green crab emerging from the water.
Pages 8-9: The edges of the panels gradually start dissolving as we move into the water.
Page 8 Panels 1-3: nice fish with human faces and a couple of small merpeople carrying bows and arrows.
Page 9 Panels 1-2: Note the faces made by the cliffs on the seashore.
Panel 2: Saturday Night Live
John Belushi
Pages 10-11: Note that the conversation bubbles underwater are all in blue.
Page 10 Panel 2:
Yellow Submarine
Sea of Green
Yellow Submarine Art
In Ian Macdonald's Revolution in the Head pg. 165 we learn:
"The Beatles ran into Donovan, with whom they got on well. The following day McCartney stopped off at Donovan's apartment and played him Yellow Submarine, asking for a suggestion for the closing lines. The latter obliged with 'Sky of blue, sea of green'"
It looks like emerald...
No doubt a reference to The Emerald Tablet
Here are
Various Pieces on the Emerald Tablet
What is the Emerald Tablet?
Page 10 Panel 2/Page 11 panel 1:
The image comes from Crowley's Book of Thoth, part one, chapter one. Here is the diagram and two others from this section:
To see it in context click on the following link and just scroll down to past "Summary of Questions Hitherto Discussed" section.
The whole of the Book of Thoth is available online at the following link
Some more information about this image not mentioned in detail by Crowley's Book of Thoth
Azoth of the Philosophers.
It is also sometimes referred to as the
Weekday Heptagram.
Here are some images helping to explain it:
from this page
This is an image which Terry Gilliam reproduced so well with Uma Thurman in The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen:
There are 4 small mermaids attending her.
Note the sea horses amidst the flowers.
Pages 16-17 center lower panel: Victory opens her arms to the two Prometheas.
Pages 18-19: Basically just one giant panel with a time lapse of Barbara and Sophie before and after they swim through the Venus Symbol.
Note the profile face looking up on pg 19. The edge of the panel starts to lose its' fluidity and becomes more solid as we start to...
Page 20 Panel 1: ...Surface...
the green sun is still shining.
Page 21 lower panels: start to become more realistic once again.
Pages 22-23 top panel: Eyes and beetles in the sky. Cactus and scorpions on the ground. We are now on Route 24
Page 23, Panels 2-4: great shock effect. Death can be seen as just one big panel split into 3 on this page.
Page 24: The panels gradually lighten as we move away from Death and start heading towards the next Sephiroth.
to be corrected and finalized later.
Issue 16
Pandemonium
Planning Proposals…Five pointed star…Celtic Hall..South Facing
Easel 1927 alien landscape
Woman artist…bisexual mild addiction to cocaine
Netzach
Communication theory signal & noise different things are important here
This bit of me belongs in Hod
smeary faced looking around his head. I kept chaging I was like 16 or something
7th Venusian sephiroth
Netzach victory love emotion
Surf water roses warm body temperature Paint emotion Saturday Night Live John Belushi
Being underwater in a dream
Water on a symbolic level. Symbol of emotion. Ocean of emotion
Emerald Crowley Book Heptagon magical order 7
Classical planets around vs lines days of the week gods representing…
Monday – moon
Tuesday – Martial God Tiw
Wednesday- woden Mercredi Mercury
Thursday – Thor not mentioned
Firday – Freya Vendredi Venus
Saturday – Saturn (not Mentioned)
Sunday
Me kitchen cereal (achocalypse pops)
Nobody loves anybody
16 boys love me a little
20 bars drunk nobody wants me. I’m a joke my stupid name Trish Bangs
22 pregnant Juan I though he was the one. She will love me…reminiscent of Miracleman cover
Barbara
1970 when I first turned into Promethea all bubbles from Steve’s POV
Smees night queen temple astral monster
Anniversary…Steve’s dead
Heartbreak bigger than the sea.
Calm surrender
Gold fish turned green
Surrender to lover
Bliss warm drifting peaceful tears womb
E#veryhting comes out of the water that’s alive
Organisms struggling reproducing rich green soup
First attraction
Particles organisms planets suns Everything holds together
Venus Jewels kabbalah
Tree of life Venus only planetary symbol completely reprises it’s shape
Scared angry depressed all reactions
Good just not blissed out anymore
Dragged thrown around by mods & feelings maybe that’s just life
It makes you wonder if we have emotions or if emotions have us?
What’s higher than imagination or intelligence or emotion
Changing color darker
Dreams intellects feelings
Self that has higher self is higher will soul
(24) Death
just a metaphor lower personality the thing we think of as us has to die
earthly attachments worldly ideas petty emotions change move on change scary but natural
cactus plants beetles scorpions magical plants animals associated with this path. Menacing imagery skeleton scythe symbo…
that metaphorical it really hurts
way to go before morning
