Loba

Loba is a visionary epic quest for the reintegration of the femimine, hailed by many as the great female counterpart to Allen Ginsberg's Howl when the first half appeared in 1978. Now published for the first time in its completed form with new material, Loba, "she-wolf" in Spanish explores the wilderness at the heart of experience, through the archetype of the wolf goddess, elemental symbol of complete self-acceptance.

Diane Di Prima is the author of thirty-four books of poetry and prose, which have been translated into twenty languages. She lives in San Francisco, where she works as a writer and teacher.

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BOOK I

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PART 1

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"If he did not come apart..."

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"Who will describe the triumph..."

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"And if she bends..."

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"Is she city?..."

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"Signals. Does she stream..."

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"See how her tit drags on the ground."

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"See the young, black, naked..."

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"see how old woman's tits..."

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"Hush, the old-young woman"

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"If you do not come apart..."

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SKETCHES OF THE LOBA

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"How he drew her down..."

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THE LOBA DANCES

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PART 2

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"The day lay like a pearl..."

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(1)

"where did it"

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THREE MORE SKETCHES OF THE LOBA

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(1)

"It is still news to her..."

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(1)

"Can you, friend, say..."

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"Sometimes she slips sinuous..."

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"when she hoots it makes"

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"she strides in blue jeans..."

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"And will you hunt the Loba?"

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LOBA IN CHILDBED

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THE LOBA SINGS TO HER CUB

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"HOW DO THE GODS MANIFEST..."

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LOVE SONG OF THE LOBA

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(2)

THE LOBA CONTINUES TO SING

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(4)

PART 3

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SOME SHAPES OF THE LOBA

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Her power is to open what is shut...

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"she is the wind..."

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"she is the scrub oak..."

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"She lay"

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LITANY

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THE POET PRAYS TO THE LOBA

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MADNESS OF THE LOBA

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DEATH & THE LOBA

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(1)

"Is he in bondage?..."

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(1)

"Belili Ishtar..."

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(1)

THE LOBA OLD

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(4)

PART 4

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"I am a shadow..."

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CHILDHOOD OF THE LOBA

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(2)

SOME LIES ABOUT THE LOBA

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FOUR POETS SPEAK OF HER

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A PAINTING OF THE LOBA

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DREAM: The Loba Reveals Herself

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LOBA AS EVE

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i am thou & thou art i

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and where thou art i am

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& in all things am i dispersed

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& from wherever thou willst

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but in gathering me

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PART 5

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"Helen on the wall"

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(2)

REEDGATHERERS: The Loba North

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SONG OF THE DREAM-WOLVES

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LILITH: AN INTERLUDE

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"She flies over partitions..."

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"Whose mouth"

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"Diamond, quartz, agate..."

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"A handful of starchips thrown"

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"The horned lady"

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"Or is she soft"

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"Or she takes yr shape..."

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"Delicious the flesh she offers..."

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"You roll, listing thru gummy sheets..."

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"She sleeps on sheepskins..."

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"all night long we"

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"Oh Lil! You promised me secrets..."

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"I'm biting at yr leash..."

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"O taste the"

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"crystal pyramid w/ diamond heart"

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"She is not Helen..."

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"Huntress. She in red sari"

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PERSEPHONE

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ISEULT ON THE SHIP

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(2)

SONG OF HELOISE

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(4)

PART 6 The Seven Joys of the Virgin

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ANNUNCIATION

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VISITATION: Elizabeth & Mary

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(3)

NATIVITY

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(2)

FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

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(1)

THE RUSES: A COYOTE TALE

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THE POET, SEEKING HER

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THE MARRIAGE AT CANA

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(1)

JULIANA

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(2)

RESURRECTION

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(2)

CORONATION

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(6)

PART 7

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"This wolf is black..."

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(2)

THE LOBA RECOVERS THE MEMORY OF A MARE

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(3)

MY LADY, WE ARE BEING HUNTED

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GUARDAVIAZ!

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AND SHE TO TRISTAN

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"O make Latona white..."

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THE LOBA ADDRESSES THE GODDESS

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"In whose dream"

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"Is it She in flame at heart"

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THE LOBA, IN MAY

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THE CRITIC REVIEWS LOBA

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THE LOBA PREPARES AN AMULET FOR HER DAUGHTER

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"But we cant"

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GUINEVERE

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(2)

"Antlered"

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PART 8

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LOBA, TO APOLLO

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HYMN: The Other Face

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REPRISE

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FOR CAMERON

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"LIGHT MADE MY BODY TO LIVE..."

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NOW BORN IN UNIQUENESS, JOIN THE COMMON QUEST

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(1)

"and when we have won clear"

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(2)

LILITH OF THE STARS

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(5)

BOOK II

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PART 9

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THE SECOND DAUGHTER: LI (BRIGHTNESS)

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(2)

LOBA AS KORE IN THE LABYRINTH OF HER BEAUTY

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(2)

BELTAIN NOTE

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(1)

AULA LUCIS

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(1)

"Endurance. What remains"

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(1)

"And this is a clearing..."

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COUGAR NIGHT REPORT

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TAHUTI POEMS

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"where he passes..."

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"Tahuti / Starfire..."

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"Tahuti. / He-who-prefigures..."

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"Tahuti. / Wielder of Image..."

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"No lotus..."

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"Tahuti, whose spells leap"

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He Who Was Not Born from a Lotus

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"Human fledgling"

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PART 10

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SACRED GEOMETRY

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(7)

"The bull"

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(1)

SHE WHO

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THE LOBA PRIESTESS AS BAG LADY UTTERS RAGGED WARNINGS

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(2)

DEEP LEAP

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PART 11 Another Part of Loba

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"And Loba is Lovha..."

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(1)

"Thus Love"

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CREVASSE

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(1)

"From the wished universe"

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(1)

"Stealth of thieves"

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"thus there is"

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"The sticky nature of"

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(1)

"But in the longhouse"

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"The body itself is the vector"

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(1)

"To bring the whole form into silence"

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What does it mean to rot?

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A NOTE ON THE ABOVE

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(1)

"know the difference between..."

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(1)

"the arms (branches"

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(1)

of Loba

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(1)

"the city..."

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(1)

The Interloper

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(1)

LOBA: The Winds of Change

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PART 12

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WALPURGIS

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(1)

"THE LOBA COMPARES THE EARTHLY & HEAVENLY MOTHERS

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(1)

THE MASK IS THE PATH OF THE STAR

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[DREAM OF EMILY DICKINSON AS IMMATERIAL SURF BREAKING]

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(1)

PARTHENOS

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(6)

PART 13

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"The Memory of far things"

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(1)

"chance arrangement..."

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(1)

"She has not left me..."

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(1)

GWALCHMAI

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(2)

URSA

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(1)

THE LOBA IN BROOKLYN

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(4)

A PART OF THE THOUSAND WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE

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(3)

SUNWOLF: Beltain

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(2)

HERMETIC ASTRONOMY

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PART 14

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THE LOBA LONGS FOR REMEMBRANCE IN THE BARDO

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(1)

EROS/ANIMUS

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(1)

HER DREAM

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(1)

"APPARUIT"

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(3)

INANNA: The Epiphany

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(1)

THEOLOGY BECOMES THE BODY POLITIC

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(1)

"Even w/jewels on her eyes..."

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(1)

MEDUSA GAZEBO

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(1)

THE LOBA IN FLANDERS

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(1)

"Is it"

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(1)

BEING IN LOVE WITH DARKNESS

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(3)

"Bears see only"

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(1)

THE STARS SHINE FOR US

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(2)

ISHTAR

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(1)

AUTOUR DE

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(4)

PART 15 KALI-MA

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"Because you love the burning grounds"

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(1)

"You are the dancing youth..."

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(1)

"My mother is mad..."

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(1)

"Oh mind, you have lost the root"

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(1)

"Make me mad, O Mother!"

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(1)

"When will heart lotus bloom"

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(1)

"O the unmatched beauty..."

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(1)

"Mother Kali! Madwoman!..."

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"Kali's greatness..."

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(1)

"O Mother, put on a robe..."

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(1)

"What woman dances on this battleground?"

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(1)

"She is opposed to custom"

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(1)

"Tara's name makes all prosperity vanish."

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(1)

"I try to make an Image of illusion"

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(1)

"She strides on the battlefield..."

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(1)

"The Lady is fresh as jasmine"

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(1)

"They call me drunkard..."

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(1)

"I draw a circle about me"

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(1)

"I was drawn to this world"

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(1)

"The six systems of philosophy..."

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(1)

"The days will pass..."

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(3)

PART 16

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VISION OF THE HAG, DEVOURED

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(1)

SABBAT REVISITED

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(2)

TSOGYAL

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(2)

IMAGO MUNDI

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(1)

POINT OF RIPENING: Lughnasa

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(3)

REPORT TO APHRODITE (Evening)

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(3)

The girl had brought the weather with her

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(1)

ARIADNE AS STARMAKER

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(2)

PERSEPHONE: Reprise

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