The Scented Garden

The Spiritual Basis of Spiritual Sensation. 41 II THE JINN - VISION I plunged my stamen-shapen spud1 Into a pool of crimson mud. Yet stars2 I saw ; and camel-jinn3 And moons4 upon the winds that scud.5 The sun6 I saw ; and night borne up7 upon some dark eternal flood. Ay ! mine Habib ! thy body’s key Is like a scarlet poppy-bud. Strike in my bell thy clapper ; wake The cosmic echo in my blood ! For El Qahar thy beauty broods, Of thy perfections chews the cud. 1. [Persian text] Suli, an impaling stake. A rare word of Sanskrit origin. 2. Chokmah, the “ emanation ” referred to the Sphere of the Stars. 3. Geburah. Curiously reminiscent of Cazotte’s conception of Asmodai. There may be a pun be- tween [Persian text] camel or distortions of them. One may consult the descriptions of the 72 evil spirits of the Goetia, or the following actual results of the clairvoyance of a well known Irish lady.