The Twilight of the Gods (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Twilight of the Gods

A vast indefinite vault of blue, faintly studded with stars. On a lustrous cloud, firm about the edge, as in ancient pictures, sit the Three Persons of the Christian Trinity. God is represented as a severe, yet benignant man, on a throne of sapphire, elderly, with a snowy beard; Christ is a dreamy young Jew with a crown of thorns; the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove.

A vague, sweeping melody, as of harps, is always in the air; from time to time a white, swift shape, winged, shoots across the blue vault. From below, as from a distant pit, comes a confusion of sound, like the buzzing of bees. Sometimes a groan, sometimes a laugh, some times a high note, as of a trumpet, penetrates to the throne.

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