22 August 2001...October 2001
(24 pgs.)
TITLE
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