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THE CODE OF DAY & NIGHT: A FRAGMENT, by                    
First Line: * * ... / h
Last Line: Of darkness I part in the house of light a man ...
Subject(s): Jews;mysticism - Judaism; Judaism


(1)
* * . . .
h . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& a man who would become. . . .
broad & rounded . . .
mixed & not the flesh of . . .

(2)
. . . . . . . . . unclean
. . . . . . . . . hard stone
. . . . . . . . a man of . . .
. . . . . clean
& thighs are long & thin & toes
are thin & long was from the second vault
spends 6 parts in the house of light 3 in the pit
of darkness is his time of birth the festival
of taurus will grow poor his beast is taurus

(3)
wa * h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
& the head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
of terror . . . wingy teeth & fingers of
his hands are thick thighs thick & hairy
toes are thick & short spends 8 parts in the house
of darkness 1 part in the house of light a man . . .


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98368-0271, www.cc.press.org




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