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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: been is still the turquoise of Nath-Horthath, and the eighty orchid-wreathed
priests are the same who builded it ten thousand years ago. Shining
still is the bronze of the great gates, nor are the onyx pavements
ever worn or broken. And the great bronze statues on the walls
look down on merchants and camel drivers older than fable, yet
without one grey hair in their forked beards.
Carter did not
once seek out the temple or the palace or the citadel, but stayed
by the seaward wall among traders and sailors. And when it was
too late for rumours and legends he sought out an ancient tavern
he knew well, and rested with dreams of the gods on unknown Kadath
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
